Elections 98

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Palghat
Total Votes Polled:	745183
Winner: CPM	N.N. Krishnadas	345963
Runner Up: INC	V.S. Vijayaraghavan	320941
Margin: 25022 (7%)

Elections 96

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Palaghat
Total Votes Polled:	737849
Winner: CPM	N N Krishnadas	343264
Runner Up: INC	V S Vijayaraghavan	319841
Margin: 23423 (3.26%)

In 1967 E K Nayanar, later to become chief minister, won from here on the CPI-M ticket. Soon after it started the state's favourite pastime of alternating between the Congress and the Left. In 1991 V S Vijayaraghavan of the Congress was elected MP, and in 1996 it was the turn of the CPI-M's N N Krishnadas to replace him.