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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. 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. Turnout for the election was at 77.12% In the Lok Sabha, INC won by a landslide and its leader Rajiv Gandhi went on to become the Prime Minister of India.

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.

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1.Indian National Congress13
2.Indian Union Muslim League2
3.Kerala Congress (Jacob)2
4.Janata Party1
5.Independent1
6.Kerala Congress1
No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)Key10
2.Indian Congress (Socialist)2
3.Communist Party of IndiaStar4
4.Independents2
5.Lok Dal1
6.All India Muslim League1
ConstituencyUDFLDF
KasaragodINCI. Rama RaiCPI(M)Balanandan
CannanoreINCMuliappalli RamachandranCPI(M)Pattiam Rajan
BadagaraInd.K. M. RadhakrishnanIC(S)K. P. Unnikrishnan
CalicutINCK. G. AdiyodiAIMLMoideenkutty Haji (Bavae Haji)
ManjeriIUMLEbrahim Sulaman SaitCPI(M)E. K. Imbichi Bava
PonnaniIUMLG. M. BanatwallaCPIKoladi Govindankutty
PalghatINCV. S. VijayaraghavanCPI(M)T. Sivadasa Menon
Ottapalam (SC)INCK. R. NarayananCPI(M)A. K. Balan
TrichurINCP. A. AntonyCPIV. V. Raghavan
MukundapuramKC(J)K. MohandasCPI(M)M. M. Lawrence
ErnakulamINCK. V. ThomasIC(S)A. A. Kochunny Master
MuvattupuzhaKC(J)George Joseph Mundakkal (Baby)CPI(M)P. P. Esthose
KottayamKECSkaria ThomasCPI(M)Suresh Kurup
IdukkiINCP. J. KurianCPIC. A. Kurian
AlleppeyINCVakkon PurushothamanCPI(M)Suseela Gopalan
MavelikaraJPThampan ThomasInd.T. N. Upendranatha Kurup
Adoor (SC)INCK. K. KunhambuCPIP. K. Raghavan
QuilonINCS. Krishna KumarInd.R. S. Unni
ChirayinkilINCThalekkunnil BasheerCPI(M)K. Sudhakaran
TrivandrumINCA. CharlesLKDA. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar
No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation
1KasaragodI. Rama RaiINC
2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC
3VatakaraK. P. UnnikrishnanIC(S)
4KozhikodeK. G. AdiyodiINC
5ManjeriEbrahim Sulaiman SaitIUML
6PonnaniG. M. BanatwalaIUML
7PalakkadV. S. VijayaraghavanINC
8OttapalamK. R. NarayananINC
9ThrissurP. A. AntonyINC
10MukundapuramK. MohandasKC(J)
11ErnakulamK. V. ThomasINC
12MuvattupuzhaGeorge Joseph MundakkalKC(J)
13KottayamK. Suresh KurupCPI(M)
14IdukkiP. J. KurienINC
15AlappuzhaVakkom PurushothamanINC
16MavelikkaraThampan ThomasJNP
17AdoorK. KunhambuINC
18KollamS. Krishna KumarINC
19ChirayankilThalekunnil BasheerINC
20ThiruvananthapuramA. CharlesINC
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp
1Indian National CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1336,24,31533.27%6.95
2Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF124,25,96522.27%0.79
3Communist Party of IndiaLDF08,03,2067.37%3.24
4Kerala Congress (J)United Democratic Front (Kerala)25,98,1135.49%new
5Indian Union Muslim LeagueUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,75,7545.29%0.27
6Indian Congress (Socialist)LDF14,77,4664.38%new
7Kerala CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)02,58,5912.37%2.00
8Janata PartyUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)12,32,3392.13%4.57
9All India Muslim LeagueLDF02,24,1552.06%0.35
10Bharatiya Janata Partynone01,91,1201.75%new
11Lok DalLDF01,86,3531.71%new
Independents012,95,63411.89%1.10
  • Elections in Kerala
  • Politics of Kerala
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