1989 Indian general election in Kerala explained

Election Name:1989 Indian general election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1984 Indian general election in Kerala
Previous Year:1984
Next Election:1991 Indian general election in Kerala
Next Year:1991
Election Date:November 1989
Seats For Election:20 seats
Leader1:K. Karunakaran
Alliance1:UDF
Leaders Seat1:-
Leader2:E. K. Nayanar
Alliance2:LDF
Leaders Seat2:-
Seats1:17
Seats2:3
Last Election1:18
Last Election2:2
Seat Change1: 1
Seat Change2: 1
Party1:Indian National Congress
Party2:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Percentage1:49.29%
Percentage2:42.93%

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).

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 Congress17
2.Indian Union Muslim League2
3.Kerala Congress (M)1

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)10
2.Communist Party of India3
3.Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha1
4.Independents3
5.Janata Dal1
6.Revolutionary Socialist Party1
7.Kerala Congress1

Bharatiya Janata Party

List of elected MPs

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No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party Affiliation
1KasaragodRamanna RaiCPI(M)
2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC
3VatakaraK. P. UnnikrishnanICS(SCS)
4KozhikodeK. MuraleedharanINC
5ManjeriG.M. BanatwaliaIUML
6PonnaniEbrahim Sulaiman SaitIUML
7PalakkadA. VijayaraghavanCPI(M)
8OttapalamK. R. NarayananINC
9ThrissurP. A. AntonyINC
10MukundapuramSavitri LakshmananINC
11ErnakulamK. V. ThomasINC
12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasKC(M)
13KottayamRamesh ChennithalaINC
14IdukkiK. M. MathewINC
15AlappuzhaVakkom PurushothamanINC
16MavelikkaraP. J. KurienINC
17AdoorKodikunnil SureshINC
18KollamS. Krishna KumarINC
19ChirayankilThalekunnil BasheerINC
20ThiruvananthapuramA. CharlesINC

Results

Performance of political parties

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No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUDF1462,18,85041.70%8.43
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF234,11,22722.87%0.60
3Communist Party of IndiaLDF09,24,9946.20%1.17
4Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,80,3225.23%0.06
5Bharatiya Janata Party06,72,6134.51%2.76
6Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra SinghaLDF13,70,4342.48%1.90
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%1.91
11Janata Partynone038,4920.26%1.87
12Bahujan Samaj Partynone017,7620.12%new
13Deseeya Karshaka Partynone03,0590.02%new
14Socialist Unity Centre of Indianone02,1510.01%new
Independents014,14,5609.49%2.40

By constituency

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No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodI. Rama Rai3,57,17744.5%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 Pillai49,6966.3%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%INCLenin Rajendran3,24,49644.9%CPI(M)Lakshmanan32,8924.5%BJPUDF26,187
9ThrissurP. A. Antony3,38,27147.0%INCMeenakshi Thampan3,32,03646.2%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. Joseph68,8119.4%KECC. Poulose2,83,38038.7%INDUDF68,811
13KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,84,80951.1%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,31,27644.0%CPI(M)Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan18,4492.5%BJPUDF53,533
14IdukkiK. M. Mathew3,98,51653.4%INCM. C. Josephine3,07,03741.1%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%INCThampan Thomas2,77,68242.2%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%INCBabu Divakaran3,59,39346.4%RSPP. K. S. Rajeev16,2022.1%INDUDF27,462
19ChirayinkilThalekunnil Basheer3,49,06847.8%INCSusheela Gopalan3,43,93847.1%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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: General Election, 1989. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20190515060548/https://www.eci.gov.in/files/file/4120-general-election-1989-vol-i-ii/ . 2019-05-15 .
  2. Web site: PC: Kerala 1989.
  3. Web site: STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1989 TO THE 9th LOK SABHA. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20180413154801/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in:80/Links/Books/89_Vol_I.pdf . 2018-04-13 .
  4. Web site: PC: Alliances Kerala 1989.
  5. Web site: Roy Mathew. Indian Parliament Elections 1989: Kerala Winners. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20040430125531/http://www.keralaassembly.org:80/lok/winners.php4?year=1989 . 2004-04-30 . 2020-09-15. keralaassembly.org.
  6. Web site: PC: Party-wise performance for 1989 Kerala.
  7. Web site: PC: Kerala 1989.

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