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1996 Indian general election Turnout 70.66% ( 2.66%)
The 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 [ 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 18 seats.
United Democratic Front [ edit ]
Left Democratic Front [ edit ]
Bharatiya Janata Party [ edit ]
No.
Party
Election Symbol
Seats Contested
1.
Bharatiya Janata Party
18
List of elected MPs [ edit ]
[5]
Results [ edit ]
Performance of political parties [ edit ]
[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (3.77%)
No.
Party
Political Front
Seats
Votes
%Votes
±pp
1
Indian National Congress
UDF
7
54,67,132
38.01%
0.76
2
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
LDF
5
30,44,369
21.16%
0.45
3
Communist Party of India
LDF
2
11,82,944
8.22%
0.10
4
Bharatiya Janata Party
none
0
8,07,607
5.61%
1.00
5
Indian Union Muslim League
UDF
2
7,45,070
5.08%
0.06
6
Janata Dal
LDF
1
6,33,104
4.40%
0.11
7
Kerala Congress (M)
UDF
1
3,56,168
2.66%
0.04
8
Revolutionary Socialist Party
LDF
1
3,59,786
2.50%
0.09
9
Indian Congress (Secular)
LDF
0
3,32,622
2.31%
0.39
10
Kerala Congress
LDF
0
3,20,539
2.23%
0.01
11
Peoples Democratic Party
none
0
64,950
0.45%
new
12
Bahujan Samaj Party
none
0
22,139
0.15%
0.01
13
Janata Party
none
0
13,557
0.01%
0.12
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%
0.76
By constituency [ edit ]
[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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
LDF
20,802
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]