1984 Indian general election in Kerala

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1984 Indian general election
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  1980 December 1984 1989  

20 seats
Turnout77.12% (Increase2.svg14.96%)
 First partySecond partyThird party
  CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Party INC CPI(M) CPI
Alliance UDF LDF LDF
Last election571
Seats won1310
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Decrease2.svg6Decrease2.svg1
Percentage33.27%22.27%7.37%

 Fourth partyFifth party
 
Party KC(J) IUML
Alliance UDF UDF
Last election-2
Seats won22
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2
Percentage5.49%5.29%

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The 1984 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the eighth Lok Sabha from Kerala. [1] Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 18 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won just 2 seats. [2] Turnout for the election was at 77.12% [3] In the Lok Sabha, INC won by a landslide and its leader Rajiv Gandhi went on to become the Prime Minister of India.

Contents

Alliances and parties

[4]

UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran K. Karunakaran. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested in 5 seats.

United Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Indian National Congress13
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (Jacob) 2
4. Janata Party 1
5.Independents1
6. Kerala Congress 1

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Key CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Key
10
2. Indian Congress (Socialist) 2
3.Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4
4.Independents2
5. Lok Dal 1
6.All India Muslim League1

List of elected MPs

[5]

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party Affiliation
1 Kasaragod I. Rama Rai INC
2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran INC
3 Vatakara K. P. Unnikrishnan IC(S)
4 Kozhikode K. G. Adiyodi INC
5 Manjeri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait IUML
6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala IUML
7 Palakkad V. S. VijayaraghavanINC
8 Ottapalam K. R. Narayanan INC
9 Thrissur P. A. Antony INC
10 Mukundapuram K. MohandasKC(J)
11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas INC
12 Muvattupuzha George Joseph MundakkalKC(J)
13 Kottayam K. Suresh Kurup CPI(M)
14 Idukki P. J. Kurien INC
15 Alappuzha Vakkom Purushothaman INC
16 Mavelikkara Thampan Thomas JNP
17 Adoor K. KunhambuINC
18 Kollam S. Krishna Kumar INC
19 Chirayankil Thalekunnil Basheer INC
20 Thiruvananthapuram A. Charles INC

Results

Performance of political parties

[6]

Vote Share by alliance

   UDF (51.91%)
   LDF (42.24%)
  Other (5.85%)
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1336,24,31533.27%Increase2.svg6.95
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF124,25,96522.27%Increase2.svg0.79
3Communist Party of IndiaLDF08,03,2067.37%Increase2.svg3.24
4Kerala Congress (J)United Democratic Front (Kerala)25,98,1135.49%new
5Indian Union Muslim LeagueUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,75,7545.29%Decrease2.svg0.27
6Indian Congress (Socialist)LDF14,77,4664.38%new
7Kerala CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)02,58,5912.37%Decrease2.svg2.00
8Janata PartyUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)12,32,3392.13%Decrease2.svg4.57
9All India Muslim LeagueLDF02,24,1552.06%Decrease2.svg0.35
10Bharatiya Janata Partynone01,91,1201.75%new
11Lok DalLDF01,86,3531.71%new
Independents012,95,63411.89%Increase2.svg1.10

By constituency

[7]

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodI. Rama Rai2,62,90445.1%INCBalanandan2,51,53543.2%CPI(M)K. G. Marar59,02110.1%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)11,369
2KannurMullappally Ramachandran2,88,79150.9%INCPattiam Rajan2,63,73846.4%CPI(M)Kuntimangalam Azeez2,9420.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,053
3VatakaraK. M. Radhakrishnan2,59,43744.5%INDK. P. Unnikrishnan2,70,41646.3%IC(S)A. D. Nair33,7815.8%BJPLDF10,979
4KozhikodeK. G. Adiyodi2,78,21649.5%INCMoideenkutty Haji2,24,15539.9%AIMLK. Madhavankutty40,5497.2%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)54,061
5ManjeriEbrahim Sulaman Sait2,87,53850.4%IUML E. K. Imbichi Bava 2,16,36337.9%CPI(M) O. Rajagopal 43,3017.6%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,175
6PonnaniG. M. Banatwalia2,88,21657.0%IUMLKoladi Govindankutty1,85,89036.7%CPIK. T. M. Kutty Moulavi13,2902.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,02,326
7PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan2,87,17050.9%INCT. Sivadasa Menon2,49,01744.2%CPI(M)Rohana Jayaram11,0922.0%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)38,153
8OttapalamK. R. Narayanan2,90,17753.7%INC A. K. Balan 2,34,60743.4%CPI(M)C. Aru3,1430.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)55,570
9ThrissurP. A. Antony2,68,68351.5%INC V. V. Raghavan 2,17,39341.7%CPIM. Jayaprakash22,4874.3%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)51,290
10MukundapuramK. Mohandas290,59451.1%KC(J)M. M. Lawrence246,20943.3%CPI(M)V. Balakrishnan20,2343.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)44,385
11ErnakulamK. V. Thomas2,77,37450.3%INCA. A. Kochunny2,07,05037.5%IC(S)P. R. Nambiar29,8935.4%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)70,324
12MuvattupuzhaGeorge Joseph Mundakkal307,51958.3%KC(J)P. P. Esthose199,31937.8%CPI(M)Paul Chirakkarodu9,1861.7%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,08,200
13KottayamSkaria Thomas2,58,59146.2%KEC K. Suresh Kurup 2,64,44447.2%CPI(M)O. M. Mathew26,0404.7%INDLDF5,853
14IdukkiP. J. Kurian3,08,05656.9%INCC. A. Kurian1,77,43232.8%CPIJoseph Michael44,4728.2%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,30,624
15AlappuzhaVakkom Purushothaman3,03,73251.6%INC Susheela Gopalan 2,65,96845.1%CPI(M)M. S. Prasanna10,4651.8%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)37,764
16MavelikkaraThampan Thomas2,32,33946.2%JNDT. N. Upendranatha Kurup2,31,05245.9%INDP. K. Vishnu Namboodiri25,1245.0%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,287
17AdoorK. K. Kunhambu2,73,46353.6%INC P. K. Raghavan 2,22,49143.6%CPIN. S. Bhaskaran7,0361.4%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)50,972
18KollamS. Krishnakumar2,79,72849.4%INC R. S. Unni 2,59,37145.8%INDC. Rajendran14,3582.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)20,357
19ChirayinkilThalekunnil Basheer2,66,23050.1%INC K. Sudhakaran 2,34,76544.2%CPI(M)Vattappara Das10,8702.0%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)31,465
20TrivandrumA. Charles2,39,79142.6%INCA. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar1,86,35333.1%LKDKerala Verma1,10,44919.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)53,438

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