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{{Infobox election|
| alliance2 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| last_election2 = 7
| post title =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party = 
| image2 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|75px]]
| seats2 = 1
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| country = India
| map_caption = [[Kerala]]
| previous_year = 1980
| next_election = 1989 Indian general election in Kerala
| party3 = Communist Party of India
| alliance3 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| seats3 = 0
| last_election3 = 1
| title =
| map_size = 200px
| next_year = 1989
| election_name = 1984 Indian general election
| image3 =
| type = parliamentary|
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}8
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}6
| map_image = Kerala in India.png
| percentage1 = 33.27%
| seats_for_election = 20 seats

| image1 =
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| seats1 = 13
| last_election1 = 5
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 1980 Indian general election
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}1
| turnout = 77.12% ({{increase}}14.96%)
| percentage3 = 7.37%
| last_election5 = 2
| election_date = December 1984
| alliance4 = UDF
| seats5 = 2
| percentage5 = 5.29%
| party5 = Indian Union Muslim League
| image 4 =
| image 5 =
| percentage2 = 22.27%
| party4 = [[Kerala Congress|KC(J)]]
| alliance5 = UDF
| last_election4 = -
| seats4 = 2
| percentage4 = 5.49%
| seat_change4 = {{increase}}2
}}The '''[[1984 Indian general election]]''' were held to elect 20 members to the [[8th Lok Sabha|eighth Lok Sabha]] from [[Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=General Election, 1984|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/4118-general-election-1984-vol-i-ii/|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> [[Indian National Congress|Indian National Congress (INC)]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front (UDF)]] won 18 seats while [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]], led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))]] won just 2 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Kerala 1984|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=08|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> Turnout for the election was at 77.12%<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE 8th LOK SABHA|url=https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/84_Vol_I.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref> In the Lok Sabha, INC won by a landslide and its leader [[Rajiv Gandhi]] went on to become the Prime Minister of India.

== Alliances and parties ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Alliances Kerala 1984|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/08/28|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>

UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran [[K. Karunakaran]]. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], forming the [[Third Front (India)|Left Front]] in the national level. [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]] contested in 5 seats.

=== United Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Indian National Congress
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |13
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|47x47px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress (Jacob)]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Party}};color:white" |'''4.'''
|[[Janata Party]]
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};color:black" |'''5.'''
|Independents
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress}};color:white" |'''6.'''
|[[Kerala Congress]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== Left Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png|center|45x45px|Key]]
| style="text-align:center;" |10
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Congress (Socialist)}};color:black" |'''2.'''
|[[Indian Congress (Socialist)]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|Communist Party of India
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ears_of_Corn_and_Sickle.png|center|45x45px|Star]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};color:black" |'''4.'''
|Independents
|
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal}};color:white" |'''5.'''
|[[Lokdal|Lok Dal]]
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}};color:white" |'''6.'''
|All India Muslim League
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

== List of elected MPs ==
<ref>{{Cite web|last=Roy Mathew|date=|title=Indian Parliament Elections 1984: Kerala Winners|url=http://keralaassembly.org/lok/winners.php4?year=1984|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2020-09-15|website=keralaassembly.org}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!Name of Elected M.P.
!Party Affiliation
|-
|1
|[[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
|[[I. Rama Rai]]
|INC
|-
|2
|[[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur]]
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
|INC
|-
|3
|[[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]]
|[[K.P. Unnikrishnan|K. P. Unnikrishnan]]
|IC(S)
|-
|4
|[[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
|[[K. G. Adiyodi]]
|INC
|-
|5
|[[Manjeri (Lok Sabha constituency)|Manjeri]]
|[[Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait]]
|IUML
|-
|6
|[[Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ponnani]]
|[[G. M. Banatwala]]
|IUML
|-
|7
|[[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad]]
|V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|INC
|-
|8
|[[Ottapalam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ottapalam]]
|[[K. R. Narayanan]]
|INC
|-
|9
|[[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]]
|[[P. A. Antony]]
|INC
|-
|10
|[[Mukundapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mukundapuram]]
|K. Mohandas
|KC(J)
|-
|11
|[[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam]]
|[[K. V. Thomas]]
|INC
|-
|12
|[[Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Muvattupuzha]]
|George Joseph Mundakkal
|KC(J)
|-
|13
|[[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]]
|[[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|CPI(M)
|-
|14
|[[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]]
|[[P. J. Kurien]]
|INC
|-
|15
|[[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]
|[[Vakkom Purushothaman]]
|INC
|-
|16
|[[Mavelikkara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikkara]]
|[[Thampan Thomas]]
|JNP
|-
|17
|[[Adoor (Lok Sabha constituency)|Adoor]]
|K. Kunhambu
|INC
|-
|18
|[[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]]
|[[S. Krishna Kumar]]
|INC
|-
|19
|[[Chirayinkil (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chirayankil]]
|[[Thalekunnil Basheer]]
|INC
|-
|20
|[[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
|[[A. Charles]]
|INC
|}

== Results ==

=== Performance of political parties ===
<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 Kerala|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/28/08|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>{{Pie chart|caption='''Vote Share by alliance'''|other=yes|value1=51.91|label1=[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]|color1={{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value2=42.24|label2=[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|color2={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|color3={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Party
!Political Front
!Seats
!Votes
!%Votes
!±pp
|-
|1
|Indian National Congress
|UDF
|13
|36,24,315
|33.27%
|{{increase}}6.95
|-
|2
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|LDF
|1
|24,25,965
|22.27%
|{{increase}}0.79
|-
|3
|Communist Party of India
|LDF
|0
|8,03,206
|7.37%
|{{increase}}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%
|{{decrease}}0.27
|-
|6
|Indian Congress (Socialist)
|LDF
|1
|4,77,466
|4.38%
|''new''
|-
|-
|7
|Kerala Congress
|UDF
|0
|2,58,591
|2.37%
|{{decrease}}2.00
|-
|8
|Janata Party
|UDF
|1
|2,32,339
|2.13%
|{{decrease}}4.57
|-
|9
|All India Muslim League
|LDF
|0
|2,24,155
|2.06%
|{{decrease}}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''
|-
|-
| colspan="3" |''Independents''
|0
|12,95,634
|11.89%
|{{increase}}1.10
|}

=== By constituency ===
<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=PC: Kerala 1984|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=08|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!UDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!LDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!BJP / Other candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!Winning alliance
!Margin
|-
|'''1'''
|'''Kasaragod'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''11,369''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Kannur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Mullappally Ramachandran
|2,88,791
|50.9%
|INC
|Pattiam Rajan
|2,63,738
|46.4%
|CPI(M)
|Kuntimangalam Azeez
|2,942
|0.5%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''25,053''
|-
|'''3'''
|'''Vatakara'''
|K. M. Radhakrishnan
|2,59,437
|44.5%
|IND
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. P. Unnikrishnan
|2,70,416
|46.3%
|IC(S)
|A. D. Nair
|33,781
|5.8%
|BJP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''10,979''
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Kozhikode'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. G. Adiyodi
|2,78,216
|49.5%
|INC
|Moideenkutty Haji
|2,24,155
|39.9%
|AIML
|K. Madhavankutty
|40,549
|7.2%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''54,061''
|-
|'''5'''
|'''Manjeri'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''71,175''
|-
|'''6'''
|'''Ponnani'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,02,326''
|-
|'''7'''
|'''Palakkad'''
| style="background:lightgreen;"|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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''38,153''
|-
|'''8'''
|'''Ottapalam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''55,570''
|-
|'''9'''
|'''Thrissur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''51,290''
|-
|'''10'''
|'''Mukundapuram'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. Mohandas
|290,594
|51.1%
|KC(J)
|M. M. Lawrence
|246,209
|43.3%
|CPI(M)
|V. Balakrishnan
|20,234
|3.6%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''44,385''
|-
|'''11'''
|'''Ernakulam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''70,324''
|-
|'''12'''
|'''Muvattupuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,08,200''
|-
|'''13'''
|'''Kottayam'''
|Skaria Thomas
|2,58,591
|46.2%
|KEC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |[[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|2,64,444
|47.2%
|CPI(M)
|O. M. Mathew
|26,040
|4.7%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |LDF
|''5,853''
|-
|'''14'''
|'''Idukki'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,30,624''
|-
|'''15'''
|'''Alappuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''37,764''
|-
|'''16'''
|'''Mavelikkara'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''1,287''
|-
|'''17'''
|'''Adoor'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''50,972''
|-
|'''18'''
|'''Kollam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |S. Krishnakumar
|2,79,728
|49.4%
|INC
|[[R. S. Unni]]
|2,59,371
|45.8%
|IND
|C. Rajendran
|14,358
|2.5%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''20,357''
|-
|'''19'''
|'''Chirayinkil'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Thalekunnil Basheer
|2,66,230
|50.1%
|INC
|[[K. Sudhakaran]]
|2,34,765
|44.2%
|CPI(M)
|Vattappara Das
|10,870
|2.0%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''31,465''
|-
|'''20'''
|'''Trivandrum'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |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
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |UDF
|''53,438''
|}

== See also ==

* [[Elections in Kerala]]
* [[Politics of Kerala]]

== References ==
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