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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 1998 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1996 Indian general election in Kerala
| previous_year = 1996
| next_election = 1999 Indian general election in Kerala
| next_year = 1999
| election_date = February–March 1998
| seats_for_election = 20 seats

| image1 = {{CSS image crop|Image=K. Karunakaran, Indian politician.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=14|Location=center}}
| leader1 = [[K. Karunakaran]]
| alliance1 = [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| leaders_seat1 = [[Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Thiruvananthapuram]]

| image2 = {{CSS image crop|Image=E.K.Nayanar 1.jpg|bSize=100|cWidth=100|cHeight=120|oLeft=0|oTop=05}}
| leader2 = [[E.K. Nayanar]]
| alliance2 = [[Left Democratic Front|LDF]]
| leaders_seat2 = -

| seats1 = 11
| seats2 = 9
| last_election1 = 10
| last_election2 = 10

| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 1
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 1
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| title = [[Prime Minister of India|Prime Minister]]
| posttitle = Prime Minister after election
| before_election = [[Inder Kumar Gujral]]
| before_party = Janata Dal
| after_election = [[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
| after_party = Bharatiya Janata Party
| percentage1 = 46.08%
| percentage2 = 44.55%
}}

The '''[[1998 Indian general election]]''' were held to elect 20 members to the [[12th Lok Sabha|twelfth Lok Sabha]] from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=General Election, 1998|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii-iii/}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front (UDF)]] won 11 seats, while the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]], led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]] won the remaining 9 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Kerala 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=12}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The earlier election in [[1996 Indian general election|1996]] saw both alliances win equal share of seats. Turnout for the election was at 70.66%<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA|url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/98_Vol_I.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180413155035/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in:80/Links/Books/98_Vol_I.pdf |archive-date=2018-04-13 |access-date=|website=}}</ref>

== Background ==
The ruling LDF government in the state faced infightings, especially among [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] and [[Centre of Indian Trade Unions|CITU]] as the former was denied the Chief Ministerial post. KSKTU launched agitations against paddy field reclamation, which spiraled into a law and order issue. The state High Court directed the government to return the crop fields to the farmers. M. L. Ahuja cited "an element of militancy" and "disregard for democratic forms of agitations" among the CPI(M) activists during the agitation.

== Alliances and parties ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Alliances Kerala 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/12/28}}</ref>

UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran [[K. Karunakaran]]. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], forming the [[Third Front (India)|Left Front]] in the national level. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), leading [[National Democratic Alliance|National Democratic Alliance (NDA)]] at national level contested in all 20 seats.

=== United Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|[[Indian National Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Hand INC.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|47x47px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Mani)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg|45x45px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== Left Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg|center|45x45px|Key]]
| style="text-align:center;" |9
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist Party of India}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|[[File:CPI symbol.svg|center|45x45px|Star]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};color:black" |'''4.'''
|[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|style="text-align:center;" | [[File:Blank.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |3
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal}};color:white" |'''5.'''
|[[Janata Dal]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Janata Dal symbol.svg|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress}};color:black" |'''6.'''
|[[Kerala Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png|50px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== National Democratic Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |'''1.'''
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Lotos flower symbol.svg|40x40px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |20
|}
==List of Candidates==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" | Constituency
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |[[Left Democratic Front|LDF]]
! colspan="3" style="background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |[[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]
|-
! No.
! Name
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
! colspan="2" | Party ||Candidate
|-
!1
|[[Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency|Kasaragod]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Khader Mangad
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[T. Govindan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| P.K. Krishna Das
|-
!2
|[[Kannur Lok Sabha constituency|Cannanore]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Independent|shortname=Ind.}}
| [[A. C. Shanmughadas]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| P. C. Mohanan Master
|-
!3
|[[Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency|Badagara]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| P. M. Suresh Babu
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[A. K. Premajam]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Chettoor Balakrishnan Master
|-
!4
|[[Kozhikode Lok Sabha constituency|Calicut]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[P. Sankaran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| [[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| [[P. S. Sreedharan Pillai]]
|-
!5
|[[Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency|Manjeri]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| [[E. Ahamed]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| Adv. K. V. Salahuddin
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Prof. Sumathy Haridas
|-
!6
|[[Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency|Ponnani]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| G.M. Banatwalla
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| Minu Mumthas
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Ahalliya Sankar
|-
!7
|[[Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency|Palghat]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| V.S. Vijayaraghavan
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[N. N. Krishnadas]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Prof. T.C. Govindan
|-
!8
|[[Ottapalam Lok Sabha constituency|Ottapalam (SC)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Prof. K.K. Vijayalakshmi
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[S. Ajaya Kumar]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| P.M. Velayudhan
|-
!9
|[[Trichur Lok Sabha constituency|Trichur]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[K. Muraleedharan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| V.V. Raghavan
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| P.M. Gopinadhan
|-
!10
|[[Mukundapuram Lok Sabha constituency|Mukundapuram]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| A.C. Jose
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| P. Govindappillai
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| P.D. Purushothaman Master
|-
!11
|[[Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency|Ernakulam]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| Adv. George Eden
|{{Party name with colour|Independent|shortname=Ind.}}
| [[Sebastian Paul]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| V.V. Augustine
|-
!12
|[[Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency|Muvattupuzha]]
|{{Party name with colour|Kerala Congress (M)}}
| [[P. C. Thomas]]
|{{Party name with colour|Janata Dal}}
| Mathew John
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Adv. Narayanan Namboothiri
|-
!13
|[[Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency|Kottayam]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Ramesh Chennithala]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Adv. George Kurian
|-
!14
|[[Idukki Lok Sabha constituency|Idukki]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[P. C. Chacko]]
|{{Party name with colour|Kerala Congress}}
| [[K. Francis George]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Adv. D. Asokakumar
|-
!15
|[[Alleppey Lok Sabha constituency|Alleppey]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[V. M. Sudheeran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| Adv. C.S. Sujatha
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| T.L. Radhamma
|-
!16
|[[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency|Mavelikara]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[P. J. Kurien]]
|{{Party name with colour|Independent|shortname=Ind.}}
| [[Ninan Koshy]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Rajan Moolaveettil
|-
!17
|[[Adoor Lok Sabha constituency|Adoor (SC)]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[Kodikunnil Suresh]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| [[Chengara Surendran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Kainakary Janardhanan
|-
!18
|[[Kollam Lok Sabha constituency|Quilon]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| K.C. Rajan
|{{Party name with colour|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
| [[N. K. Premachandran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Dr. Raichel Matthai
|-
!19
|[[Chirayinkil Lok Sabha constituency|Chirayinkil]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[M. M. Hassan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| [[Varkala Radhakrishnan]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| T.M. Viswambharan
|-
!20
|[[Trivandrum Lok Sabha constituency|Trivandrum]]
|{{Party name with colour|Indian National Congress}}
| [[K. Karunakaran]]
|{{Party name with colour|Communist Party of India}}
| [[K. V. Surendranath]]
|{{Party name with colour|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
| Kerala Varma Raja
|-
|}

== List of elected MPs ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy Mathew|date=|title=Indian Parliament Elections 1998: Kerala Winners|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/winners.php4?year=1998|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031125150501/http://www.keralaassembly.org:80/lok/winners.php4?year=1998 |archive-date=2003-11-25 |access-date=2020-09-15|website=keralaassembly.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!Name of Elected M.P.
!Party affiliation
|-
|1
|[[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
|[[T. Govindan]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|2
|[[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur]]
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|INC
|-
|3
|[[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]]
|[[A. K. Premajam]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|4
|[[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
|[[P. Sankaran]]
|INC
|-
|5
|[[Manjeri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Manjeri]]
|[[E. Ahamed]]
|IUML
|-
|6
|[[Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ponnani]]
|[[G. M. Banatwala]]
|IUML
|-
|7
|[[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad]]
|[[N. N. Krishnadas]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|8
|[[Ottapalam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ottapalam]]
|[[S. Ajaya Kumar]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|9
|[[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]]
|[[V. V. Raghavan]]
|CPI
|-
|10
|[[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mukundapuram]]
|[[A. C. Jose]]
|INC
|-
|11
|[[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam]]
|George Eden
|INC
|-
|12
|[[Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muvattupuzha]]
|[[P. C. Thomas]]
|KC(M)
|-
|13
|[[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]]
|[[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|14
|[[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]]
|[[P. C. Chacko]]
|KEC
|-
|15
|[[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]
|[[V. M. Sudheeran]]
|INC
|-
|16
|[[Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikkara]]
|[[P. J. Kurien]]
|INC
|-
|17
|[[Adoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adoor]]
|[[Chengara Surendran]]
|CPI
|-
|18
|[[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]]
|[[N. K. Premachandran]]
|RSP
|-
|19
|[[Chirayinkil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chirayankil]]
|[[Varkala Radhakrishnan]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|20
|[[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
|[[K. Karunakaran]]
|INC
|}

== Results ==

=== Performance of political parties ===
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Party-wise performance for 1998 Kerala|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/28/12}}</ref>{{Pie chart|caption='''Vote Share by alliance'''|other=yes|value1=46.08|label1=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|color1={{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value2=44.55|label2=[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|color2={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value3=8.02|label3=[[National Democratic Alliance|NDA]]|color3={{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Party
!Political Front
!Seats
!Votes
!%Votes
!±pp
|-
|1
|Indian National Congress
|UDF
|8
|57,46,566
|38.67%
|{{increase}}0.66
|-
|2
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|LDF
|4
|31,21,636
|21%
|{{decrease}}0.16
|-
|3
|Communist Party of India
|LDF
|2
|12,35,761
|8.32%
|{{increase}}0.10
|-
|4
|Bharatiya Janata Party
|NDA
|0
|11,92,046
|8.02%
|{{increase}}2.41
|-
|5
|Indian Union Muslim League
|UDF
|2
|7,45,070
|5.01%
|{{decrease}}0.07
|-
|6
|Janata Dal
|LDF
|0
|5,80,094
|3.90%
|{{decrease}}0.50
|-
|7
|Revolutionary Socialist Party
|LDF
|1
|3,96,145
|2.67%
|{{increase}}0.17
|-
|8
|Kerala Congress (M)
|UDF
|1
|3,56,168
|2.40%
|{{decrease}}0.26
|-
|9
|Kerala Congress
|LDF
|0
|3,27,649
|2.20%
|{{decrease}}0.03
|-
|10
|[[Indian National League]]
|''none''
|0
|80,333
|0.54%
|{{increase}}0.53
|-
|11
|[[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Peoples Democratic Party]]
|''none''
|0
|40,972
|0.28%
|{{decrease}}0.17
|-
|12
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|''none''
|0
|19,475
|0.1%
|{{decrease}}0.05
|-
|13
|[[Shiv Sena]]
|''none''
|0
|3,290
|0.02%
|{{nochange}}
|-
|14
|[[Janata Party]]
|''none''
|0
|1,164
|0.01%
|{{nochange}}
|-
|15
|[[Naga People's Front|Nagaland Peoples Party]]
|''none''
|0
|1,066
|0.01%
|{{nochange}}
|-
|16
|The Humanist Party Of India
|''none''
|0
|765
|0.01%
|''new''
|-
|17
|[[Samta Party|Samata Party]]
|''none''
|0
|558
|0.00%
|{{decrease}}0.01
|-
| colspan="3" |''Independents''
|2
|10,13,067
|6.82%
|{{decrease}}0.15
|}

=== By constituency ===
<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Kerala 1998|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=12}}{{Dead link|date=May 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!UDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!LDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!NDA candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!Winning alliance
!Margin
|-
|'''1'''
|'''Kasaragod'''
|Khader Mangad
|3,47,670
|39.9%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |T. Govindan
|3,95,910
|45.4%
|CPI(M)
|P. K. Krishnadas
|1,03,093
|11.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''48,240''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Kannur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Mullappally Ramachandran
|3,80,465
|46.2%
|INC
|A .C. Shanmukhadas
|3,78,285
|45.9%
|IND
|P. C. Mohanan
|42,760
|5.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''2,180''
|-
|'''3'''
|'''Vatakara'''
|P. M. Suresh Babu
|3,48,715
|41.3%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |A. K. Premajam
|4,07,876
|48.3%
|CPI(M)
|Chettoor Balakrishnan
|69,564
|8.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''59,161''
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Kozhikode'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. Sankaran
|3,56,392
|45.0%
|INC
|[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]]
|3,37,735
|42.6%
|JD
|P. C. Mohanan
|83,862
|10.1%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''18,657''
|-
|'''5'''
|'''Manjeri'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |E. Ahamed
|4,00,609
|49.3%
|IUML
|K. V. Salahuddin
|2,94,600
|36.2%
|CPI(M)
|Sumathy Haridas
|79,546
|9.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,06,009''
|-
|'''6'''
|'''Ponnani'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |G. M. Banatwalla
|3,44,461
|49.7%
|IUML
|Minu Mumthas
|2,40,217
|34.7%
|CPI
|Ahalliya Sankar
|65,008
|9.4%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,04,244''
|-
|'''7'''
|'''Palakkad'''
|V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|3,20,941
|43.1%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |N. N. Krishnadas
|3,45,963
|46.4%
|CPI(M)
|T. C. Govindan
|61,419
|8.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''25,022''
|-
|'''8'''
|'''Ottapalam'''
|K. K. Vijayalakshmi
|3,15,576
|43.7%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |S. Ajayakumar
|3,35,376
|46.5%
|CPI(M)
|P. M. Velayudhan
|63,185
|8.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''19,800''
|-
|'''9'''
|'''Thrissur'''
|[[K. Muraleedharan]]
|3,47,945
|46.2%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |V. V. Raghavan
|3,38,996
|45.1%
|CPI
|P. D. Purushothaman
|54,479
|7.2%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''18,409''
|-
|'''10'''
|'''Mukundapuram'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |A. C. Jose
|3,97,156
|50.1%
|INC
|[[P. Govinda Pillai]]
|3,44,693
|43.5%
|CPI(M)
|M. S. Muraleedharan
|30,779
|3.9%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''8,949''
|-
|'''11'''
|'''Ernakulam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |George Eden
|3,89,387
|50.2%
|INC
|[[Sebastian Paul]]
|3,14,879
|40.6%
|IND
|V. V. Augustine
|62,262
|8.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''74,508''
|-
|'''12'''
|'''Muvattupuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. C. Thomas
|3,56,168
|53.9%
|KC(M)
|Mathew John
|2,42,359
|36.7%
|JD
|Narayanan Namboothiri
|50,738
|7.7%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,13,809''
|-
|'''13'''
|'''Kottayam'''
|[[Ramesh Chennithala]]
|3,30,447
|45.9%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. Suresh Kurup
|3,35,893
|46.7%
|CPI(M)
|George Kurian
|42,830
|5.9%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''5,446''
|-
|'''14'''
|'''Idukki'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. C. Chacko
|3,33,999
|46.4%
|INC
|[[Francis George (Kerala politician)|K. Francis George]]
|3,27,649
|45.6%
|KEC
|D. Asokakumar
|46,130
|6.4%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''6,350''
|-
|'''15'''
|'''Alappuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |V. M. Sudheeran
|3,86,180
|50.5%
|INC
|[[C. S. Sujatha]]
|3,45,543
|45.2%
|CPI(M)
|T. L. Radhamma
|27,010
|3.5%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''40,637''
|-
|'''16'''
|'''Mavelikkara'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. J. Kurien
|2,75,001
|44.0%
|INC
|Ninan Koshy
|2,73,740
|43.8%
|IND
|Rajan Moolaveettil
|68,450
|11.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,261''
|-
|'''17'''
|'''Adoor'''
|[[Kodikunnil Suresh]]
|3,16,292
|45.8%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Chengara Surendran
|3,33,297
|48.2%
|CPI
|Kainakary Janardhanan
|34,816
|5.0%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''17,005''
|-
|'''18'''
|'''Kollam'''
|K. C. Rajan
|3,24,383
|42.4%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |N. K. Premachandran
|3,96,145
|51.8%
|RSP
|Raichel Matthai
|36,916
|4.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''71,762''
|-
|'''19'''
|'''Chirayinkil'''
|[[M. M. Hassan]]
|3,13,937
|45.1%
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Varkala Radhakrishnan
|3,21,479
|46.2%
|CPI(M)
|T. M. Viswambharan
|47,249
|6.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''7,542''
|-
|'''20'''
|'''Trivandrum'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. Karunakaran
|3,37,429
|44.0%
|INC
|[[K. V. Surendranath]]
|3,22,031
|42.0%
|CPI
|Kerala Varma Raja
|94,303
|12.3%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''15,398''
|}

== See also ==
* [[Elections in Kerala]]
* [[Politics of Kerala]]

== References ==
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{{Kerala elections}}

[[Category:1998 Indian general election by state or union territory]]
[[Category:Indian general elections in Kerala]]

1998 Indian general election in Kerala - Revision history

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