Template:Infobox electionThe 1996 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the eleventh Lok Sabha from Kerala.[1] Both Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won 10 seats each.[2] Turnout for the election was at 70.66%[3]
Alliances and parties
[4]
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 18 seats.
United Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front
Bharatiya Janata Party
List of elected MPs
[5]
Results
[6]Template:Pie chart
| No.
|
Party
|
Political Front
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%Votes
|
±pp
|
| 1
|
Indian National Congress
|
UDF
|
7
|
54,67,132
|
38.01%
|
Template:Decrease0.76
|
| 2
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
LDF
|
5
|
30,44,369
|
21.16%
|
Template:Increase0.45
|
| 3
|
Communist Party of India
|
LDF
|
2
|
11,82,944
|
8.22%
|
Template:Increase0.10
|
| 4
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
none
|
0
|
8,07,607
|
5.61%
|
Template:Increase1.00
|
| 5
|
Indian Union Muslim League
|
UDF
|
2
|
7,45,070
|
5.08%
|
Template:Increase0.06
|
| 6
|
Janata Dal
|
LDF
|
1
|
6,33,104
|
4.40%
|
Template:Decrease0.11
|
| 7
|
Kerala Congress (M)
|
UDF
|
1
|
3,56,168
|
2.66%
|
Template:Decrease0.04
|
| 8
|
Revolutionary Socialist Party
|
LDF
|
1
|
3,59,786
|
2.50%
|
Template:Increase0.09
|
| 9
|
Indian Congress (Secular)
|
LDF
|
0
|
3,32,622
|
2.31%
|
Template:Decrease0.39
|
| 10
|
Kerala Congress
|
LDF
|
0
|
3,20,539
|
2.23%
|
Template:Increase0.01
|
| 11
|
Peoples Democratic Party
|
none
|
0
|
64,950
|
0.45%
|
new
|
| 12
|
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
none
|
0
|
22,139
|
0.15%
|
Template:Decrease0.01
|
| 13
|
Janata Party
|
none
|
0
|
13,557
|
0.01%
|
Template:Decrease0.12
|
| 14
|
All India Forward Bloc
|
none
|
0
|
12,837
|
0.09%
|
new
|
| 15
|
Shiv Sena
|
none
|
0
|
5,609
|
0.02%
|
new
|
| 16
|
Indian National League
|
none
|
0
|
1,354
|
0.01%
|
new
|
| 17
|
Nagaland Peoples Party
|
none
|
0
|
1,066
|
0.01%
|
new
|
| 18
|
Samata Party
|
none
|
0
|
721
|
0.01%
|
new
|
| Independents
|
1
|
10,02,198
|
6.97%
|
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|
By constituency
[7]
| No.
|
Constituency
|
UDF candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
LDF candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
BJP / Other candidates
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
Winning alliance
|
Margin
|
| 1
|
Kasaragod
|
I. Rama Rai
|
2,97,267
|
36.6%
|
INC
|
T. Govindan
|
371,997
|
45.8%
|
CPI(M)
|
P. K. Krishnadas
|
97,577
|
12.0%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
74,730
|
| 2
|
Kannur
|
Mullappally Ramachandran
|
3,71,924
|
48.0%
|
INC
|
Kadannappalli Ramachandran
|
3,32,622
|
42.9%
|
IC(S)
|
M. K. Saseeindran
|
30,511
|
3.9%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
39,302
|
| 3
|
Vatakara
|
K. P. Unnikrishnan
|
3,35,950
|
40.7%
|
INC
|
O. Bharathan
|
4,15,895
|
50.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
A. D. Nair
|
49,971
|
6.1%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
79,945
|
| 4
|
Kozhikode
|
K. Muraleedharan
|
3,16,862
|
41.8%
|
INC
|
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
|
3,55,565
|
46.9%
|
JD
|
K. P. Sreesan
|
56,942
|
7.5%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
38,703
|
| 5
|
Manjeri
|
E. Ahammed
|
3,76,001
|
47.3%
|
IUML
|
C. H. Ashiq
|
3,21,030
|
40.3%
|
CPI(M)
|
Cherukattu Vasudevan
|
54,550
|
6.9%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
54,971
|
| 6
|
Ponnani
|
G. M. Banatwalla
|
3,54,808
|
48.4%
|
IUML
|
Mokkath Rahmathulla
|
2,75,513
|
37.6%
|
CPI
|
K. Janachandran
|
56,234
|
7.7%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
79,295
|
| 7
|
Palakkad
|
V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|
3,19,841
|
43.3%
|
INC
|
N. N. Krishnadas
|
3,43,264
|
46.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
M. V. Sukumaran
|
37,221
|
5.0%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
23,423
|
| 8
|
Ottapalam
|
K. K. Vijayalakshmi
|
3,00,958
|
43.3%
|
INC
|
S. Ajayakumar
|
3,24,022
|
46.6%
|
CPI(M)
|
K. V. Kumaran
|
49,296
|
7.1%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
23,064
|
| 9
|
Thrissur
|
K. Karunakaran
|
3,07,002
|
43.3%
|
INC
|
V. V. Raghavan
|
3,08,482
|
43.6%
|
CPI
|
Rema Reghunandan
|
41,139
|
5.8%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
1,480
|
| 10
|
Mukundapuram
|
P. C.Chacko
|
3,49,801
|
46.7%
|
INC
|
V. Viswanatha Menon
|
3,25,044
|
43.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
Narayana Iyer
|
35,227
|
4.7%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
24,757
|
| 11
|
Ernakulam
|
K. V. Thomas
|
3,05,094
|
41.8%
|
INC
|
Xavier Arrakkal
|
3,35,479
|
46.0%
|
IND
|
O. M. Mathew
|
46,559
|
6.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
30,385
|
| 12
|
Muvattupuzha
|
P. C. Thomas
|
3,82,319
|
53.1%
|
KC(M)
|
Baby Kurien
|
2,60,423
|
36.2%
|
IND
|
Narayanan Namboothiri
|
50,738
|
7.7%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
1,21,896
|
| 13
|
Kottayam
|
Ramesh Chennithala
|
3,30,447
|
45.9%
|
INC
|
Jayalakshmi
|
2,77,539
|
39.6%
|
JD
|
A. K. Achary
|
29,319
|
4.2%
|
IND
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
67,048
|
| 14
|
Idukki
|
A. C. Jose
|
3,50,679
|
48.0%
|
INC
|
K. Francis George
|
3,20,539
|
43.9%
|
KEC
|
D. Ashok Kumar
|
32,107
|
4.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
30,140
|
| 15
|
Alappuzha
|
V. M. Sudheeran
|
3,69,539
|
48.7%
|
INC
|
T. J. Anjalose
|
3,43,590
|
45.3%
|
CPI(M)
|
Nedumuthara Unnikrishnan
|
17,990
|
2.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
25,949
|
| 16
|
Mavelikkara
|
P. J. Kurien
|
2,90,524
|
45.9%
|
INC
|
M. R.
Gopalakrishnan
|
2,69,448
|
42.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
K. K. R. Kumar
|
45,325
|
7.2%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
21,076
|
| 17
|
Adoor
|
Kodikkunnil Suresh
|
3,51,872
|
51.6%
|
INC
|
P. K. Raghavan
|
2,86,327
|
42.0%
|
CPI
|
Kainakari Janardhanan
|
21,609
|
3.2%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |UDF
|
65,545
|
| 18
|
Kollam
|
S. Krishnakumar
|
2,81,416
|
38.1%
|
INC
|
N. K. Premachandran
|
3,59,786
|
48.7%
|
RSP
|
Nina Rajan Pillai
|
57,917
|
7.8%
|
IND
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
78,370
|
| 19
|
Chirayinkil
|
Thalekkunnil Basheer
|
2,81,996
|
40.5%
|
INC
|
A. Sampath
|
3,30,079
|
47.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
R. Radhakrishnan Unnithan
|
30,348
|
4.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
48,083
|
| 20
|
Trivandrum
|
A. Charles
|
2,91,820
|
40.5%
|
INC
|
K. V. Surendranath
|
3,12,622
|
43.4%
|
CPI
|
K. Raman Pillai
|
74,904
|
10.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Party color" |LDF
|
20,802
|
See also
References
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