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1984 Indian general election Turnout 77.12% ( 14.96%)
First party
Second party
Third party
Party
INC
CPI (M)
CPI
Alliance
UDF
LDF
LDF
Last election
5
7
1
Seats won
13
1
0
Seat change
8
6
1
Percentage
33.27%
22.27%
7.37%
Fourth party
Fifth party
Party
KC(J)
IUML
Alliance
UDF
UDF
Last election
-
2
Seats won
2
2
Seat change
2
Percentage
5.49%
5.29%
The 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 [ edit ]
[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 5 seats.
United Democratic Front [ edit ]
Left Democratic Front [ edit ]
No.
Party
Election Symbol
Seats Contested
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
10
2.
Indian Congress (Socialist)
2
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Communist Party of India
4
4.
Independents
2
5.
Lok Dal
1
6.
All India Muslim League
1
List of elected MPs [ edit ]
[5]
Results [ edit ]
Performance of political parties [ edit ]
[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (5.85%)
No.
Party
Political Front
Seats
Votes
%Votes
±pp
1
Indian National Congress
UDF
13
36,24,315
33.27%
6.95
2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
LDF
1
24,25,965
22.27%
0.79
3
Communist Party of India
LDF
0
8,03,206
7.37%
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%
0.27
6
Indian Congress (Socialist)
LDF
1
4,77,466
4.38%
new
7
Kerala Congress
UDF
0
2,58,591
2.37%
2.00
8
Janata Party
UDF
1
2,32,339
2.13%
4.57
9
All India Muslim League
LDF
0
2,24,155
2.06%
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
Independents
0
12,95,634
11.89%
1.10
By constituency [ edit ]
[7]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
UDF
53,438
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]