1991 Indian general election in Kerala

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1991 Indian general election
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  1989 May–June 1991 1996  

20 seats
 First partySecond party
 
K. Karunakaran, Indian politician.jpg
E.K.Nayanar 1.jpg
Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat--
Last election173
Seats won164
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 1Increase2.svg 1
Percentage48.59%44.28%

Prime Minister before election

Chandra Shekhar
SJP(R)

Prime Minister after election

P. V. Narasimha Rao
INC

The 1991 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the tenth Lok Sabha from Kerala. [1] Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 16 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 4 seats. [2] Turnout for the election was at 70.66% [3] In the Lok Sabha, INC formed a minority government under the premiership of P. V. Narasimha Rao.

Contents

Alliances and parties

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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 Congress Hand INC.svg 16
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 1
4. Independents No image available.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
9
2. Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4
3. Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha No image available.svg 1
4. Independents No image available.svg 2
5. Janata Dal Janata Dal symbol.svg 2
6. Revolutionary Socialist Party Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png 1
7. Kerala Congress Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png 1

Bharatiya Janata Party

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

List of elected MPs

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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 E. Ahamed IUML
6 Ponnani Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait IUML
7 Palakkad V. S. VijayaraghavanINC
8 Ottapalam K. R. Narayanan INC
9 Thrissur P. C. Chacko 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 T. J. AnjaloseCPI(M)
16 Mavelikkara P. J. Kurien INC
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh INC
18 Kollam S. Krishna Kumar INC
19 Chirayankil Suseela Gopalan CPI(M)
20 Thiruvananthapuram A. Charles INC

Results

Performance of political parties

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Vote Share by alliance
  1. UDF (48.6%)
  2. LDF (44.3%)
  3. BJP (4.61%)
  4. Other (2.52%)

By constituency

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No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1Kasaragod K. C. Venugopal 3,35,11343.2%INCM. Ramanna Rai3,44,53644.4%CPI(M)C. K. Padmanabhan76,0679.8%BJPLDF9,423
2KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,76,69650.2%INCE. Ebrahim Kutty3,35,56944.8%IC(S)M. K. Saseendran25,7203.4%BJPUDF41,127
3VatakaraM. Ratnasingh3,78,01247.2%INCK. P. Unnikrishnan3,95,50149.4%CPI(M)P. Unnikrishnan8,5661.1%INDLDF17,489
4KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,55,11347.1%INC M. P. Veerendra Kumar 3,39,22945.0%JDU. Dattathriya Rao43,6615.8%BJPUDF15,884
5ManjeriE. Ahamed3,75,45650.6%IUMLV. Venugopal2,86,13338.6%CPI(M)Ahalya Sankar51,6347.0%BJPUDF89,323
6PonnaniEbrahim Sulaiman Sait3,39,76652.3%IUMLK. Hamza Kunju2,44,06037.6%CPIK. Janachandran45,3887.0%BJPUDF95,706
7PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,34,91347.7%INC A. Vijayaraghavan 3,19,14545.4%CPI(M)Rema S. Menon31,3234.5%BJPUDF15,768
8OttapalamK. R. Narayanan3,27,04347.7%INC Lenin Rajendran 3,11,95545.5%CPI(M)M. A. Pushpakran33,5424.9%BJPUDF15,088
9ThrissurP. C. Chacko3,42,89648.6%INC K. P. Rajendran 3,13,66544.4%CPIE. Reghunandanan38,2135.4%BJPUDF29,231
10MukundapuramSavithri Lakshmanan3,62,02947.8%INCA. P. Kurian3,49,66446.1%INDK. V. Sreedharan30,7764.1%BJPUDF12,365
11ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,62,97549.0%INCV. Viswanatha Menon3,15,83142.6%CPI(M)V. A. Rahman30,0824.1%BJPUDF47,144
12MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,84,25553.4%KC(M)P. I. Devasia2,86,15239.8%INDN. Ajith26,7833.7%BJPUDF98,103
13KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,66,75951.4%INCThampan Thomas3,04,13742.6%JDGeorge Kurian22,6223.2%BJPUDF62,622
14IdukkiK. M. Mathew3,45,13948.3%INC P. J. Joseph 3,19,93344.8%KECK. Madhusoodhanan Nair25,1973.5%BJPUDF25,206
15Alappuzha Vakkom Purushothaman 3,50,71947.3%INCT. J. Anjalose3,64,79449.2%CPI(M)V. S. Vijayakumar15,9732.2%BJPLDF14,075
16MavelikkaraP. J. Kurian3,04,51948.4%INC K. Suresh Kurup 2,79,03144.4%CPI(M)Chennithala Gopalkrishnan Nair25,6654.1%BJPUDF25,488
17AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,27,06648.9%INC Bhargavi Thankappan 3,08,47146.1%CPIC. C. Kunjan17,0672.6%BJPUDF18,595
18KollamS. Krishna Kumar3,70,52350.0%INC R. S. Unni 3,42,79646.2%RSPS. Ramakrishna Pillai16,5072.2%INDUDF27,727
19Chirayinkil Thalekunnil Basheer 3,30,41247.2%INCSuseela Gopalan3,31,51847.4%CPI(M)K. K. R. Kumar20,1592.9%BJPLDF1,106
20TrivandrumA. Charles3,34,27246.3%INCE. J. Vijayamma2,90,60240.3%CPI O. Rajagopal 80,56611.2%BJPUDF43,670

See also

References

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