Elections 98

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Badagara
Total Votes Polled:	845229
Winner: CPM	A.K. Premajam	407876
Runner Up: INC	P.M. Suresh Babu	348715
Margin: 59161 (15%)

Elections 96

State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Badagara
Total Votes Polled:	825203
Winner: CPM	O Bharathan	415895
Runner Up: INC	Unnikrishnan K P	335950
Margin: 79945 (9.84%)

From 1971 till 1991 the portly K P Unnikrishnan, firstly of the Congress, then of the Congress-Urs and finally of the Congress-S, represented this constituency. In 1996, which he contested after joining the Congress, he was sent home by CPI-M veteran O Bharathan.