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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.
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.
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | 13 | |
| 2. | Indian Union Muslim League |  | 2 |
| 3. | Kerala Congress (Jacob) | 2 | |
| 4. | Janata Party | 1 | |
| 5. | Independents | 1 | |
| 6. | Kerala Congress | 1 |
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | 10 |
| 2. | Indian Congress (Socialist) | 2 | |
| 3. | Communist Party of India |  | 4 |
| 4. | Independents | 2 | |
| 5. | Lok Dal | 1 | |
| 6. | All India Muslim League | 1 |
| No. | Constituency | Name 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. Vijayaraghavan | INC |
| 8 | Ottapalam | K. R. Narayanan | INC |
| 9 | Thrissur | P. A. Antony | INC |
| 10 | Mukundapuram | K. Mohandas | KC(J) |
| 11 | Ernakulam | K. V. Thomas | INC |
| 12 | Muvattupuzha | George Joseph Mundakkal | KC(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. Kunhambu | INC |
| 18 | Kollam | S. Krishna Kumar | INC |
| 19 | Chirayankil | Thalekunnil Basheer | INC |
| 20 | Thiruvananthapuram | A. Charles | INC |
| No. | Party | Political Front | Seats | Votes | %Votes | ±pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indian National Congress | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 13 | 36,24,315 | 33.27% |  6.95 |
| 2 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | LDF | 1 | 24,25,965 | 22.27% | 0.79 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India | LDF | 0 | 8,03,206 | 7.37% | 3.24 |
| 4 | Kerala Congress (J) | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 2 | 5,98,113 | 5.49% | new |
| 5 | Indian Union Muslim League | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 2 | 5,75,754 | 5.29% |  0.27 |
| 6 | Indian Congress (Socialist) | LDF | 1 | 4,77,466 | 4.38% | new |
| 7 | Kerala Congress | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 0 | 2,58,591 | 2.37% | 2.00 |
| 8 | Janata Party | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1 | 2,32,339 | 2.13% | 4.57 |
| 9 | All India Muslim League | LDF | 0 | 2,24,155 | 2.06% | 0.35 |
| 10 | Bharatiya Janata Party | none | 0 | 1,91,120 | 1.75% | new |
| 11 | Lok Dal | LDF | 0 | 1,86,353 | 1.71% | new |
| Independents | 0 | 12,95,634 | 11.89% | 1.10 | ||
| No. | Constituency | UDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | LDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | BJP / Other candidate | Votes | % | Party | Winning alliance | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasaragod | I. Rama Rai | 2,62,904 | 45.1% | INC | Balanandan | 2,51,535 | 43.2% | CPI(M) | K. G. Marar | 59,021 | 10.1% | BJP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 11,369 |
| 2 | Kannur | Mullappally Ramachandran | 2,88,791 | 50.9% | INC | Pattiam Rajan | 2,63,738 | 46.4% | CPI(M) | Kuntimangalam Azeez | 2,942 | 0.5% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 25,053 |
| 3 | Vatakara | K. M. Radhakrishnan | 2,59,437 | 44.5% | IND | K. P. Unnikrishnan | 2,70,416 | 46.3% | IC(S) | A. D. Nair | 33,781 | 5.8% | BJP | LDF | 10,979 |
| 4 | Kozhikode | K. G. Adiyodi | 2,78,216 | 49.5% | INC | Moideenkutty Haji | 2,24,155 | 39.9% | AIML | K. Madhavankutty | 40,549 | 7.2% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 54,061 |
| 5 | Manjeri | Ebrahim Sulaman Sait | 2,87,538 | 50.4% | IUML | E. K. Imbichi Bava | 2,16,363 | 37.9% | CPI(M) | O. Rajagopal | 43,301 | 7.6% | BJP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 71,175 |
| 6 | Ponnani | G. M. Banatwalia | 2,88,216 | 57.0% | IUML | Koladi Govindankutty | 1,85,890 | 36.7% | CPI | K. T. M. Kutty Moulavi | 13,290 | 2.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,02,326 |
| 7 | Palakkad | V. S. Vijayaraghavan | 2,87,170 | 50.9% | INC | T. Sivadasa Menon | 2,49,017 | 44.2% | CPI(M) | Rohana Jayaram | 11,092 | 2.0% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 38,153 |
| 8 | Ottapalam | K. R. Narayanan | 2,90,177 | 53.7% | INC | A. K. Balan | 2,34,607 | 43.4% | CPI(M) | C. Aru | 3,143 | 0.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 55,570 |
| 9 | Thrissur | P. A. Antony | 2,68,683 | 51.5% | INC | V. V. Raghavan | 2,17,393 | 41.7% | CPI | M. Jayaprakash | 22,487 | 4.3% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 51,290 |
| 10 | Mukundapuram | K. Mohandas | 290,594 | 51.1% | KC(J) | M. M. Lawrence | 246,209 | 43.3% | CPI(M) | V. Balakrishnan | 20,234 | 3.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 44,385 |
| 11 | Ernakulam | K. V. Thomas | 2,77,374 | 50.3% | INC | A. A. Kochunny | 2,07,050 | 37.5% | IC(S) | P. R. Nambiar | 29,893 | 5.4% | BJP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 70,324 |
| 12 | Muvattupuzha | George Joseph Mundakkal | 307,519 | 58.3% | KC(J) | P. P. Esthose | 199,319 | 37.8% | CPI(M) | Paul Chirakkarodu | 9,186 | 1.7% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,08,200 |
| 13 | Kottayam | Skaria Thomas | 2,58,591 | 46.2% | KEC | K. Suresh Kurup | 2,64,444 | 47.2% | CPI(M) | O. M. Mathew | 26,040 | 4.7% | IND | LDF | 5,853 |
| 14 | Idukki | P. J. Kurian | 3,08,056 | 56.9% | INC | C. A. Kurian | 1,77,432 | 32.8% | CPI | Joseph Michael | 44,472 | 8.2% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,30,624 |
| 15 | Alappuzha | Vakkom Purushothaman | 3,03,732 | 51.6% | INC | Susheela Gopalan | 2,65,968 | 45.1% | CPI(M) | M. S. Prasanna | 10,465 | 1.8% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 37,764 |
| 16 | Mavelikkara | Thampan Thomas | 2,32,339 | 46.2% | JND | T. N. Upendranatha Kurup | 2,31,052 | 45.9% | IND | P. K. Vishnu Namboodiri | 25,124 | 5.0% | BJP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,287 |
| 17 | Adoor | K. K. Kunhambu | 2,73,463 | 53.6% | INC | P. K. Raghavan | 2,22,491 | 43.6% | CPI | N. S. Bhaskaran | 7,036 | 1.4% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 50,972 |
| 18 | Kollam | S. Krishnakumar | 2,79,728 | 49.4% | INC | R. S. Unni | 2,59,371 | 45.8% | IND | C. Rajendran | 14,358 | 2.5% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 20,357 |
| 19 | Chirayinkil | Thalekunnil Basheer | 2,66,230 | 50.1% | INC | K. Sudhakaran | 2,34,765 | 44.2% | CPI(M) | Vattappara Das | 10,870 | 2.0% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 31,465 |
| 20 | Trivandrum | A. Charles | 2,39,791 | 42.6% | INC | A. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar | 1,86,353 | 33.1% | LKD | Kerala Verma | 1,10,449 | 19.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 53,438 |
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