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1989 Indian general election in Kerala


The 1989 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the ninth Lok Sabha from Kerala. 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. Turnout for the election was at 79.30% 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).

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.

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1.Indian National Congress17
2.Indian Union Muslim League2
3.Kerala Congress (M)1
No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)Key10
2.Communist Party of IndiaStar3
3.Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha1
4.Independents3
5.Janata Dal1
6.Revolutionary Socialist Party1
7.Kerala Congress1
No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1.Bharatiya Janata Party19
ConstituencyUDFLDFBJP
KasaragodINCI. Rama RaiCPI(M)Ramanna RaiBJPC. K. Padmanabhan
CannanoreINCMullappally RamachandranCPI(M)P. SasiBJPPalliyara Raman
BadagaraINCA. SujanapalINS(SCS)K. P. UnnikrishnanBJPP. K. Krishnadas
CalicutINCK. MuraleedharanCPI(M)E. K. ImbichibavaBJPP. S. Sreedharan Pillai
ManjeriIUMLEbrahim Sulaiman SaitInd.K. V. SalahuddinBJPAhalya Sankar
PonnaniIUMLG. M. BanatwalaCPIM. RahmathuliaBJPJanachandran Master
PalghatINCV. S. VijayaraghavanCPI(M)A. VijayaraghavanBJPT. Chandrasekharan
Ottapalam (SC)INCK. R. NarayananCPI(M)Lenin RajendranBJPLakshmanan
TrichurINCP. A. AntonyCPIMeenakshi ThampanBJPK. V. Sreedharan Master
MukundapuramINCSavithri LakshmananCPI(M)C. O. Poulose MasterBJPK. K. Gangadharan Master
ErnakulamINCK. V. ThomasInd.Padmanabhan Subramanian PotiBJPA. N. Radhakrishnan
MuvattupuzhaKC(M)P. C. ThomasKECP. J. JosephBJPP. J. Thomas
KottayamINCRamesh ChennithalaCPI(M)K. Suresh KurupBJPEttumanoor Radhakrishnan
IdukkiINCPalai K. M. MathewCPI(M)M. C. JosephineBJPM. N. Jayachandran
AlleppeyINCVakkom PurushothamanCPI(M)K. V. DevadasBJPK. D. Ramakrishnan
MavelikaraINCP. J. KurienJDThampan ThomasBJPPrathapachandra Verma
Adoor (SC)INCKodikunnil SureshCPIN. RajanBJPE. K. Sasidharan
QuilonINCS. Krishna KumarRSPBabu DivakaranBJPP. K. S. Rajeev
ChirayinkilINCThalekunnil BasheerCPI(M)Susheela GopalanBJPV. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair
TrivandrumINCA. CharlesInd.O. N. V. KurupBJPP. Asok Kumar
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
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
  • Elections in Kerala
  • Politics of Kerala
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