The 1991 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the tenth Lok Sabha from Kerala.[1] Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 16 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 4 seats.[2] Turnout for the election was at 70.66%[3] In the Lok Sabha, INC formed a minority government under the premiership of P. V. Narasimha Rao .
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 19 seats.
United Democratic Front No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested 1. Indian National Congress 16 2. Indian Union Muslim League 2 3. Kerala Congress (M) 1 4. Independents 1
Left Democratic Front No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested 1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Key 9 2. Communist Party of India Star 4 3. Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha 1 4. Independents 2 5. Janata Dal 2 6. Revolutionary Socialist Party 1 7. Kerala Congress 1
Bharatiya Janata Party No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested 1. Bharatiya Janata Party 19
List of elected MPs [5]
Results Performance of political parties [6]
Vote Share by alliance
UDF (48.59%)
LDF (44.28%)
Other (2.52%)
No. Party Political Front Seats Votes %Votes ±pp 1 Indian National Congress UDF 13 55,26,187 38.77% 2.93 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) LDF 3 29,52,043 20.71% 2.16 3 Communist Party of India LDF 0 11,56,798 8.12% 1.92 4 Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 7,15,222 5.02% 0.21 5 Janata Dal LDF 0 6,43,366 4.51% 2.65 6 Bharatiya Janata Party none 0 6,56,945 4.61% 0.10 7 Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha LDF 1 3,95,501 2.77% 0.29 8 Kerala Congress (M) UDF 1 3,84,255 2.70% 0.34 9 Revolutionary Socialist Party LDF 0 3,42,796 2.41% 10 Kerala Congress LDF 0 3,19,933 2.24% 1.78 11 Bahujan Samaj Party none 0 23,475 0.16% 0.04 12 Janata Party none 0 17,883 0.13% 0.13 13 Republican Party of India none 0 5,840 0.04% new 14 Deseeya Karshaka Party none 0 4,508 0.03% new 15 Door Darshi Party none 0 3,268 0.02% new 16 Lok Dal none 0 3,024 0.02% new Independents 0 11,02,111 7.73% 1.76
By constituency [7]
No. Constituency UDF candidate Votes % Party LDF candidate Votes % Party BJP / Other candidate Votes % Party Winning alliance Margin 1 Kasaragod K. C. Venugopal 3,35,113 43.2% INC M. Ramanna Rai 3,44,536 44.4% CPI(M) C. K. Padmanabhan 76,067 9.8% BJP LDF 9,423 2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran 3,76,696 50.2% INC E. Ebrahim Kutty 3,35,569 44.8% IC(S) M. K. Saseendran 25,720 3.4% BJP UDF 41,127 3 Vatakara M. Ratnasingh 3,78,012 47.2% INC K. P. Unnikrishnan 3,95,501 49.4% CPI(M) P. Unnikrishnan 8,566 1.1% IND LDF 17,489 4 Kozhikode K. Muraleedharan 3,55,113 47.1% INC M. P. Veerendra Kumar 3,39,229 45.0% JD U. Dattathriya Rao 43,661 5.8% BJP UDF 15,884 5 Manjeri E. Ahamed 3,75,456 50.6% IUML V. Venugopal 2,86,133 38.6% CPI(M) Ahalya Sankar 51,634 7.0% BJP UDF 89,323 6 Ponnani Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait 3,39,766 52.3% IUML K. Hamza Kunju 2,44,060 37.6% CPI K. Janachandran 45,388 7.0% BJP UDF 95,706 7 Palakkad V. S. Vijayaraghavan 3,34,913 47.7% INC A. Vijayaraghavan 3,19,145 45.4% CPI(M) Rema S. Menon 31,323 4.5% BJP UDF 15,768 8 Ottapalam K. R. Narayanan 3,27,043 47.7% INC Lenin Rajendran 3,11,955 45.5% CPI(M) M. A. Pushpakran 33,542 4.9% BJP UDF 15,088 9 Thrissur P. C. Chacko 3,42,896 48.6% INC K. P. Rajendran 3,13,665 44.4% CPI E. Reghunandanan 38,213 5.4% BJP UDF 29,231 10 Mukundapuram Savithri Lakshmanan 3,62,029 47.8% INC A. P. Kurian 3,49,664 46.1% IND K. V. Sreedharan 30,776 4.1% BJP UDF 12,365 11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas 3,62,975 49.0% INC V. Viswanatha Menon 3,15,831 42.6% CPI(M) V. A. Rahman 30,082 4.1% BJP UDF 47,144 12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas 3,84,255 53.4% KC(M) P. I. Devasia 2,86,152 39.8% IND N. Ajith 26,783 3.7% BJP UDF 98,103 13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala 3,66,759 51.4% INC Thampan Thomas 3,04,137 42.6% JD George Kurian 22,622 3.2% BJP UDF 62,622 14 Idukki K. M. Mathew 3,45,139 48.3% INC P. J. Joseph 3,19,933 44.8% KEC K. Madhusoodhanan Nair 25,197 3.5% BJP UDF 25,206 15 Alappuzha Vakkom Purushothaman 3,50,719 47.3% INC T. J. Anjalose 3,64,794 49.2% CPI(M) V. S. Vijayakumar 15,973 2.2% BJP LDF 14,075 16 Mavelikkara P. J. Kurian 3,04,519 48.4% INC K. Suresh Kurup 2,79,031 44.4% CPI(M) Chennithala Gopalkrishnan Nair 25,665 4.1% BJP UDF 25,488 17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh 3,27,066 48.9% INC Bhargavi Thankappan 3,08,471 46.1% CPI C. C. Kunjan 17,067 2.6% BJP UDF 18,595 18 Kollam S. Krishna Kumar 3,70,523 50.0% INC R. S. Unni 3,42,796 46.2% RSP S. Ramakrishna Pillai 16,507 2.2% IND UDF 27,727 19 Chirayinkil Thalekunnil Basheer 3,30,412 47.2% INC Suseela Gopalan 3,31,518 47.4% CPI(M) K. K. R. Kumar 20,159 2.9% BJP LDF 1,106 20 Trivandrum A. Charles 3,34,272 46.3% INC E. J. Vijayamma 2,90,602 40.3% CPI O. Rajagopal 80,566 11.2% BJP UDF 43,670
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