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State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Alleppey
Total Votes Polled:	758374
Winner: INC	V M Sudheeran	369539
Runner Up: CPM	T J Anjalose	343590
Margin: 25949 (3.49%)

Barring a few times, this constituency has voted decisively for the Communists in most of the elections. The 1996 poll threw a surprise when sitting Marxist MP T J Anjalose was defeated by the Congress's V M Sudheeran. Interestingly, in the past, the CPI-M has not won from this seat twice in succession; that honour goes to its counterpart, the CPI.