1989 Indian general election in Kerala

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1989 Indian general election
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K. Karunakaran, Indian politician.jpg
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Leader K. Karunakaran E. K. Nayanar
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat--
Last election182
Seats won173
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Percentage49.29%42.93%

The 1989 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the ninth Lok Sabha from Kerala. [1] Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 17 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 3 seats. [2] Turnout for the election was at 79.30% [3] In the Lok Sabha, INC won plurality of seats, however Janata Dal (JD), led by V. P. Singh formed the government, albeit a short-lived one, with support from BJP and CPI(M).

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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 19 seats.

United Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Indian National Congress17
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 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.Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
3
3. Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha 1
4.Independents3
5. Janata Dal 1
6. Revolutionary Socialist Party 1
7. Kerala Congress 1

Bharatiya Janata Party

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 19

List of elected MPs

[5]

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party Affiliation
1 Kasaragod Ramanna Rai CPI(M)
2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran INC
3 Vatakara K. P. Unnikrishnan ICS(SCS)
4 Kozhikode K. Muraleedharan INC
5 Manjeri G.M. Banatwalia IUML
6 Ponnani Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait IUML
7 Palakkad A. Vijayaraghavan CPI(M)
8 Ottapalam K. R. Narayanan INC
9 Thrissur P. A. Antony INC
10 Mukundapuram Savitri Lakshmanan INC
11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas INC
12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas KC(M)
13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala INC
14 Idukki K. M. MathewINC
15 Alappuzha Vakkom Purushothaman INC
16 Mavelikkara P. J. Kurien INC
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh INC
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 (49.29%)
   LDF (42.93%)
   BJP (4.51%)
  Other (3.27%)
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUDF1462,18,85041.70%Increase2.svg8.43
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF234,11,22722.87%Increase2.svg0.60
3Communist Party of IndiaLDF09,24,9946.20%Decrease2.svg1.17
4Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,80,3225.23%Decrease2.svg0.06
5Bharatiya Janata Party06,72,6134.51%Increase2.svg2.76
6Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra SinghaLDF13,70,4342.48%Decrease2.svg1.90
7Revolutionary Socialist PartyLDF03,59,3932.41%new
8Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,52,1912.36%new
9Janata DalLDF02,77,6821.86%new
10Kerala CongressLDF068,8110.46%Decrease2.svg1.91
11 Janata Party none038,4920.26%Increase2.svg1.87
12 Bahujan Samaj Party none017,7620.12%new
13Deseeya Karshaka Partynone03,0590.02%new
14 Socialist Unity Centre of India none02,1510.01%new
Independents014,14,5609.49%Increase2.svg2.40

By constituency

[7]

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1Kasaragod I. Rama Rai 3,57,17744.5%INCM. Rammana Rai3,58,72344.7%CPI(M)C. K. Padmanabhan69,4198.6%BJPLDF1,546
2KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,91,04250.1%INCP. Sasi3,48,63844.6%CPI(M)Palliyara Raman31,2664.0%BJPUDF42,404
3VatakaraA. Sujanapal3,62,22545.5%INCK. P. Unnikrishnan3,70,43446.5%ICS(SCS)P. K. Krishnadas45,5585.7%BJPLDF8,209
4KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,77,85847.9%INCE. K. Imbichibava3,48,90144.3%CPI(M) P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 49,6966.3%BJPUDF28,957
5ManjeriEbrahim Sulaiman Sait4,01,97549.6%IUMLK. V. Salahuddin3,31,69340.9%INDAhalya Sankar51,6347.0%BJPUDF70,282
6PonnaniG. M. Banatwalia3,78,34753.2%IUMLM. Rahmathulia2,70,82838.1%CPIK. Janachandran48,8926.9%BJPUDF1,07,519
7PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,47,11546.8%INCA. Vijayaraghavan3,48,40147.0%CPI(M)T. Chandrasekharan27,2203.7%BJPLDF1,286
8OttapalamK. R. Narayanan3,50,68348.5%INC Lenin Rajendran 3,24,49644.9%CPI(M)Lakshmanan32,8924.5%BJPUDF26,187
9ThrissurP. A. Antony3,38,27147.0%INC Meenakshi Thampan 3,32,03646.2%CPIK. V. Sreedharan38,2055.3%BJPUDF6,235
10MukundapuramSavithri Lakshmanan3,67,93148.5%INCC. O. Poulose3,49,17746.0%CPI(M)K. K. Gangadharan28,7813.8%BJPUDF18,754
11ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,85,17649.6%INCP. Subramnoian Poti3,48,71144.9%INDA. N. Radhakrishnan29,1623.8%BJPUDF36,465
12MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,52,19148.1%KC(M) P. J. Joseph 68,8119.4%KECC. Poulose2,83,38038.7%INDUDF68,811
13KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,84,80951.1%INC K. Suresh Kurup 3,31,27644.0%CPI(M)Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan18,4492.5%BJPUDF53,533
14IdukkiK. M. Mathew3,98,51653.4%INC M. C. Josephine 3,07,03741.1%CPI(M)M. N. Jayachandran25,3543.4%BJPUDF91,479
15AlappuzhaVakkom Purushotham3,75,76350.0%INCK. V. Devadas3,50,64046.7%CPI(M)K. D. Ramakrishnan15,1272.0%BJPUDF25,123
16MavelikkaraP. J. Kurian3,34,86450.9%INC Thampan Thomas 2,77,68242.2%JDPrathapachandra Verma30,2294.6%BJPUDF57,182
17AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,43,67249.6%INCN. Rajan3,22,13046.5%CPIE. K. Sasidharan17,1232.5%BJPUDF21,542
18KollamS. Krishnakumar3,86,85549.9%INC Babu Divakaran 3,59,39346.4%RSPP. K. S. Rajeev16,2022.1%INDUDF27,462
19ChirayinkilThalekunnil Basheer3,49,06847.8%INC Susheela Gopalan 3,43,93847.1%CPI(M)V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair23,0493.2%BJPUDF5,130
20TrivandrumA. Charles3,67,82548.6%INCO. N. V. Kurup3,16,91241.9%INDP. Asok Kumar56,0467.4%BJPUDF50,913

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