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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.