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1984 Indian general election in Kerala

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.

1984 Indian general election
← 1980 December 1984 1989 →
20 seats
Turnout77.12% (Increase14.96%)
  First party Second party Third party
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Party INC CPI (M) CPI
Alliance UDF LDF LDF
Last election 5 7 1
Seats won 13 1 0
Seat change Increase8 Decrease6 Decrease1
Percentage 33.27% 22.27% 7.37%
  Fourth party Fifth party
 
Party KC(J) IUML
Alliance UDF UDF
Last election - 2
Seats won 2 2
Seat change Increase2
Percentage 5.49% 5.29%
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Alliances and partiesEdit

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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 5 seats.

United Democratic FrontEdit

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

Left Democratic FrontEdit

No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
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 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
 
 10
2. Indian Congress (Socialist) 2
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 Communist Party of India
 
 4
4. Independents 2
5. Lok Dal 1
6. All India Muslim League 1

List of elected MPsEdit

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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

ResultsEdit

Performance of political partiesEdit

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Vote Share by alliance

  UDF (51.91%)
  LDF (42.24%)
  Other (5.85%)
No. Party Political Front Seats Votes %Votes ±pp
1 Indian National Congress UDF 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) UDF 2 5,98,113 5.49% new
5 Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 5,75,754 5.29%  0.27
6 Indian Congress (Socialist) LDF 1 4,77,466 4.38% new
7 Kerala Congress UDF 0 2,58,591 2.37%  2.00
8 Janata Party UDF 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

By constituencyEdit

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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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 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 UDF 53,438

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ↑ "General Election, 1984".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "PC: Kerala 1984".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE 8th LOK SABHA" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ↑ "PC: Alliances Kerala 1984".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ↑ Roy Mathew. "Indian Parliament Elections 1984: Kerala Winners". keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ↑ "PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 Kerala".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "PC: Kerala 1984".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)

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