1984 Indian general election in Kerala

Template:Infobox electionThe 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.

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

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|1.	Indian National Congress		13
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|2.	Indian Union Muslim League	File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg	2
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|3.	Kerala Congress (Jacob)		2
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|4.	Janata Party		1
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black" \|5.	Independents		1
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|6.	Kerala Congress		1

Left Democratic Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats Contested
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Key Key	10
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black" \|2.	Indian Congress (Socialist)		2
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|3.	Communist Party of India	Star Star	4
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:black" \|4.	Independents		2
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|5.	Lok Dal		1
style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white" \|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

Performance of political parties

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No.	Party	Political Front	Seats	Votes	%Votes	±pp
1	Indian National Congress	UDF	13	36,24,315	33.27%	Template:Increase6.95
2	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	LDF	1	24,25,965	22.27%	Template:Increase0.79
3	Communist Party of India	LDF	0	8,03,206	7.37%	Template:Increase3.24
4	Kerala Congress (J)	UDF	2	5,98,113	5.49%	new
5	Indian Union Muslim League	UDF	2	5,75,754	5.29%	Template:Decrease0.27
6	Indian Congress (Socialist)	LDF	1	4,77,466	4.38%	new
7	Kerala Congress	UDF	0	2,58,591	2.37%	Template:Decrease2.00
8	Janata Party	UDF	1	2,32,339	2.13%	Template:Decrease4.57
9	All India Muslim League	LDF	0	2,24,155	2.06%	Template:Decrease0.35
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%	Template:Increase1.10

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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	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	style="background:Template:Party color" \|UDF	53,438

References

↑ General Election, 1984.
↑ PC: Kerala 1984.
↑ STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE 8th LOK SABHA.
↑ PC: Alliances Kerala 1984.
↑ Indian Parliament Elections 1984: Kerala Winners, Roy Mathew. keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.
↑ PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 Kerala.
↑ PC: Kerala 1984.

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[1] General Election, 1984.

[2] PC: Kerala 1984.

[3] STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1984 TO THE 8th LOK SABHA.

[4] PC: Alliances Kerala 1984.

[5] Indian Parliament Elections 1984: Kerala Winners, Roy Mathew. keralaassembly.org. Retrieved 2020-09-15.

[6] PC: Party-wise performance for 1984 Kerala.

[:0-7] PC: Kerala 1984.

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