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State:	Kerala
Constituency:	Calicut
Total Votes Polled:	758736
Winner: JD	M P Veerendra Kumar	355565
Runner Up: INC	K Muraleedharan	316862
Margin: 38703 (5.21%)

In 1967 and 1971, this was Ibrahim Sulaiman Sait's constituency but after that the Muslim League lost steam, and the seat has been held by the Congress and the CPI-M. In 1996, sitting Congress MP K Murleedharan -- K Karunakaran's son -- was defeated by the Janata Dal's Veerendra Kumar, the newspaper (Mathrubhumi) baron and minister in the Gujral government.