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State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Ottapalam (SC)
Total Votes Polled:	695723
Winner: CPM	S Ajaykumar	324022
Runner Up: INC	Vijayalakshmi K K	300958
Margin: 23064 (3.38%)

From 1984 the MP was K R Narayanan, given a Congress ticket despite K Karunakaran's objections. After the 1991 election, he was appointed vice-president and later elected President.