Elections 98

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Muvattupuzha
Total Votes Polled:	660851
Winner: KEC(M)	Adv. P.C. Thomas	356168
Runner Up: JD	Mathew John	242359
Margin: 113809 (32%)

Elections 96

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Muvattupuzha
Total Votes Polled:	719419
Winner: KEC(M)	P C Thomas	382319
Runner Up: IND	Baby Kurien	260423
Margin: 121896 (17.35%)

In the last three elections it was the Kerala Congress-Mani's P C Thomas who has been returned, with national parties remaining a distant third and fourth. In 1996, in fact, he raised his tally to 54.41 % of the vote.