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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
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20 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat - -
Last election 8 12
Seats won 18 2
Seat change Increase10 Decrease10
Percentage 51.91% 42.24%

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 5 seats.

United Democratic Front

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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 Front

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

List of elected MPs

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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

Results

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Performance of political parties

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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 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

By constituency

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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 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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "General Election, 1984". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15.
  2. ^ "PC: Kerala 1984".
  3. ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE 8th LOK SABHA" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-13.
  4. ^ "PC: Alliances Kerala 1984".
  5. ^ Roy Mathew. "Indian Parliament Elections 1984: Kerala Winners". keralaassembly.org. Archived from the original on 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
  6. ^ "PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 Kerala".
  7. ^ "PC: Kerala 1984".
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