Elections 98

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Cannanore
Total Votes Polled:	824208
Winner: INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	380465
Runner Up: IND	A.C.Shanmukha Das	378285
Margin: 2180 (1%)

Elections 96

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Cannanore
Total Votes Polled:	774769
Winner: INC	Mullappally Ramachandran	371924
Runner Up: ICS	Ramachandran Kadannappalli	332622
Margin: 39302 (5.19%)

From 1980, the constituency has voted firmly for Congress candidate Mulapally Ramachandran, with the CPI-M coming in second. In 1996 the challenger was the Indian Congress Socialist.