1998 Indian general election in Kerala

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1998 Indian general election
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  1996 February–March 1998 1999  

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 Thiruvananthapuram -
Last election1010
Seats won119
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 1Decrease2.svg 1
Percentage46.08%44.55%

The 1998 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the twelfth Lok Sabha from Kerala. [1] Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 11 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 9 seats. [2] The earlier election in 1996 saw both alliances win equal share of seats. Turnout for the election was at 70.66% [3]

Contents

Background

The ruling LDF government in the state faced infightings, especially among V. S. Achuthanandan and CITU as the former was denied the Chief Ministerial post. KSKTU launched agitations against paddy field reclamation, which spiraled into a law and order issue. The state High Court directed the government to return the crop fields to the farmers. M. L. Ahuja cited "an element of militancy" and "disregard for democratic forms of agitations" among the CPI(M) activists during the agitation.

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), leading National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at national level contested in all 20 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
9
2.Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4
3. Revolutionary Socialist Party 1
4. Independents 3
5. Janata Dal 2
6. Kerala Congress 1

National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 20

List of elected MPs

[5]

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party Affiliation
1 Kasaragod T. Govindan CPI(M)
2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran INC
3 Vatakara A. K. Premajam CPI(M)
4 Kozhikode P. Sankaran INC
5 Manjeri E. Ahamed IUML
6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala IUML
7 Palakkad N. N. Krishnadas CPI(M)
8 Ottapalam S. Ajaya Kumar CPI(M)
9 Thrissur V. V. Raghavan CPI
10 Mukundapuram A. C. Jose INC
11 Ernakulam George EdenINC
12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas KC(M)
13 Kottayam K. Suresh Kurup CPI(M)
14 Idukki P. C. Chacko KEC
15 Alappuzha V. M. Sudheeran INC
16 Mavelikkara P. J. Kurien INC
17 Adoor Chengara Surendran CPI
18 Kollam N. K. Premachandran RSP
19 Chirayankil Varkala Radhakrishnan CPI(M)
20 Thiruvananthapuram K. Karunakaran INC

Results

Performance of political parties

[6]

Vote Share by alliance

   UDF (46.08%)
   LDF (44.55%)
   NDA (8.02%)
  Other (1.35%)
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUDF857,46,56638.67%Increase2.svg0.66
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF431,21,63621%Decrease2.svg0.16
3Communist Party of IndiaLDF212,35,7618.32%Increase2.svg0.10
4Bharatiya Janata PartyNDA011,92,0468.02%Increase2.svg2.41
5Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,45,0705.01%Decrease2.svg0.07
6Janata DalLDF05,80,0943.90%Decrease2.svg0.50
7Revolutionary Socialist PartyLDF13,96,1452.67%Increase2.svg0.17
8Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,56,1682.40%Decrease2.svg0.26
9Kerala CongressLDF03,27,6492.20%Decrease2.svg0.03
10 Indian National League none080,3330.54%Increase2.svg0.53
11 Peoples Democratic Party none040,9720.28%Decrease2.svg0.17
12 Bahujan Samaj Party none019,4750.1%Decrease2.svg0.05
13 Shiv Sena none03,2900.02%Steady2.svg
14 Janata Party none01,1640.01%Steady2.svg
15 Nagaland Peoples Party none01,0660.01%Steady2.svg
16The Humanist Party Of Indianone07650.01%new
17 Samata Party none05580.00%Decrease2.svg0.01
Independents210,13,0676.82%Decrease2.svg0.15

By constituency

[7]

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodKhader Mangad3,47,67039.9%INCT. Govindan3,95,91045.4%CPI(M)P. K. Krishnadas1,03,09311.8%BJPLDF48,240
2KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,80,46546.2%INCA .C. Shanmukhadas3,78,28545.9%INDP. C. Mohanan42,7605.2%BJPUDF2,180
3VatakaraP. M. Suresh Babu3,48,71541.3%INCA. K. Premajam4,07,87648.3%CPI(M)Chettoor Balakrishnan69,5648.2%BJPLDF59,161
4KozhikodeP. Sankaran3,56,39245.0%INC M. P. Veerendra Kumar 3,37,73542.6%JDP. C. Mohanan83,86210.1%BJPUDF18,657
5ManjeriE. Ahamed4,00,60949.3%IUMLK. V. Salahuddin2,94,60036.2%CPI(M)Sumathy Haridas79,5469.8%BJPUDF1,06,009
6PonnaniG. M. Banatwalla3,44,46149.7%IUMLMinu Mumthas2,40,21734.7%CPIAhalliya Sankar65,0089.4%BJPUDF1,04,244
7PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,20,94143.1%INCN. N. Krishnadas3,45,96346.4%CPI(M)T. C. Govindan61,4198.2%BJPLDF25,022
8OttapalamK. K. Vijayalakshmi3,15,57643.7%INCS. Ajayakumar3,35,37646.5%CPI(M)P. M. Velayudhan63,1858.8%BJPLDF19,800
9Thrissur K. Muraleedharan 3,47,94546.2%INCV. V. Raghavan3,38,99645.1%CPIP. D. Purushothaman54,4797.2%BJPLDF18,409
10MukundapuramA. C. Jose3,97,15650.1%INC P. Govinda Pillai 3,44,69343.5%CPI(M)M. S. Muraleedharan30,7793.9%BJPUDF8,949
11ErnakulamGeorge Eden3,89,38750.2%INC Sebastian Paul 3,14,87940.6%INDV. V. Augustine62,2628.0%BJPUDF74,508
12MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,56,16853.9%KC(M)Mathew John2,42,35936.7%JDNarayanan Namboothiri50,7387.7%BJPUDF1,13,809
13Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala 3,30,44745.9%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,35,89346.7%CPI(M)George Kurian42,8305.9%BJPLDF5,446
14IdukkiP. C. Chacko3,33,99946.4%INC K. Francis George 3,27,64945.6%KECD. Asokakumar46,1306.4%BJPUDF6,350
15AlappuzhaV. M. Sudheeran3,86,18050.5%INC C. S. Sujatha 3,45,54345.2%CPI(M)T. L. Radhamma27,0103.5%BJPUDF40,637
16MavelikkaraP. J. Kurien2,75,00144.0%INCNinan Koshy2,73,74043.8%INDRajan Moolaveettil68,45011.0%BJPUDF1,261
17Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh 3,16,29245.8%INCChengara Surendran3,33,29748.2%CPIKainakary Janardhanan34,8165.0%BJPLDF17,005
18KollamK. C. Rajan3,24,38342.4%INCN. K. Premachandran3,96,14551.8%RSPRaichel Matthai36,9164.8%BJPLDF71,762
19Chirayinkil M. M. Hassan 3,13,93745.1%INCVarkala Radhakrishnan3,21,47946.2%CPI(M)T. M. Viswambharan47,2496.8%BJPLDF7,542
20TrivandrumK. Karunakaran3,37,42944.0%INC K. V. Surendranath 3,22,03142.0%CPIKerala Varma Raja94,30312.3%BJPUDF15,398

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