The 1996 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the eleventh Lok Sabha from Kerala. 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. Turnout for the election was at 70.66%

Alliances and parties

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 No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Indian National Congress172.Indian Union Muslim League23.Kerala Congress (M)1

Left Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)92.Communist Party of India43.Independents 34.Janata Dal25.Revolutionary Socialist Party 16.Kerala Congress 1

Bharatiya Janata Party No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Bharatiya Janata Party18 Constituency wise candidates ConstituencyUDFLDFBJP # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kasaragod I. Rama Rai T. Govindan P. K. Krishnadas 2 Cannanore M. Ramachandran K. Ramachandran M. K. Saseeindran 3 Badagara K. P. Unnikrishnan O. Bharathan A. D. Nair 4 Calicut K. Muraleedharan M. P. Veerendra Kumar K. P. Sreesan 5 Manjeri E. Ahamed C. H. Ashiq Cherukattu Vasudevan 6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala Mokkath Rahmathulla K. Janachandran M. 7 Palghat V. S. Vijayaraghavan N. N. Krishnadas M. V. Sukumaran 8 Ottapalam (SC) K. K. Vijayalakshmi S. Ajayakumar K. V. Kumaran 9 Trichur K. Karunakaran V. V. Raghavan Rema Reghunandan10 Mukundapuram P. C. Chacko V. Viswanatha Menon Narayana Iyer11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas Xavier Arrakkal O. M. Mathew12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas Baby Kurien George Kurian13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala Jayalakshmi14 Idukki A. C. Jose K. Francis George D. Asok Kumar15 Alleppey V. M. Sudheeran T. J. Anjalose N. Unnikrishnan16 Mavelikara P. J. Kurien M. R. Gopalakrishnan K. K. R. Kumar17 Adoor (SC) Kodikkunnil Suresh P. K. Raghavan Kainakari Janardhanan18 Quilon S. Krishna Kumar N. K. Premachandran19 Chirayinkil Thalekunnil Basheer Anirudhan Sampath R. Radhakrishnan U.20 Trivandrum A. Charles K. V. Surendranath K. Raman Pillai

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation1KasaragodT. GovindanCPI(M)2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC3VatakaraO. BharathanCPI(M)4KozhikodeM. P. Veerendra KumarJD5ManjeriE. AhamedIUML6PonnaniG. M. BanatwalaIUML7PalakkadN. N. KrishnadasCPI(M)8OttapalamS. Ajaya KumarCPI(M)9ThrissurV. V. RaghavanCPI10MukundapuramP. C. ChackoINC11ErnakulamXavier ArackalIND12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasKC(M)13KottayamRamesh ChennithalaINC14IdukkiA. C. JoseINC15AlappuzhaV. M. SudheeranINC16MavelikkaraP. J. KurienINC17AdoorKodikunnil SureshINC18KollamN. K. PremachandranRSP19ChirayankilA. SampathCPI(M)20ThiruvananthapuramK. V. SurendranathCPI

Results

Performance of political parties

No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp1Indian National CongressUDF754,67,13238.01%0.762Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF530,44,36921.16%0.453Communist Party of IndiaLDF211,82,9448.22%0.104Bharatiya Janata Partynone08,07,6075.61%1.005Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,45,0705.08%0.066Janata DalLDF16,33,1044.40%0.117Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,56,1682.66%0.048Revolutionary Socialist PartyLDF13,59,7862.50%0.099Indian Congress (Secular)LDF03,32,6222.31%0.3910Kerala CongressLDF03,20,5392.23%0.0111Peoples Democratic Partynone064,9500.45%new12Bahujan Samaj Partynone022,1390.15%0.0113Janata Partynone013,5570.01%0.1214All India Forward Blocnone012,8370.09%new15Shiv Senanone05,6090.02%new16Indian National Leaguenone01,3540.01%new17Nagaland Peoples Partynone01,0660.01%new18Samata Partynone07210.01%newIndependents110,02,1986.97%0.76

By constituency

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidatesVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodI. Rama Rai2,97,26736.6%INCT. Govindan371,99745.8%CPI(M)P. K. Krishnadas97,57712.0%BJPLDF74,7302KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,71,92448.0%INCKadannappalli Ramachandran3,32,62242.9%IC(S)M. K. Saseeindran30,5113.9%BJPUDF39,3023VatakaraK. P. Unnikrishnan 3,35,95040.7%INCO. Bharathan4,15,89550.4%CPI(M)A. D. Nair49,9716.1%BJPLDF79,9454KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,16,86241.8%INCM. P. Veerendra Kumar3,55,56546.9%JDK. P. Sreesan56,9427.5%BJPLDF38,7035ManjeriE. Ahammed3,76,00147.3%IUMLC. H. Ashiq3,21,03040.3%CPI(M)Cherukattu Vasudevan54,5506.9%BJPUDF54,9716PonnaniG. M. Banatwalla3,54,80848.4%IUMLMokkath Rahmathulla2,75,51337.6%CPIK. Janachandran 56,2347.7%BJPUDF79,2957PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,19,84143.3%INCN. N. Krishnadas3,43,26446.5%CPI(M)M. V. Sukumaran37,2215.0%BJPLDF23,4238OttapalamK. K. Vijayalakshmi 3,00,95843.3%INCS. Ajayakumar3,24,02246.6%CPI(M)K. V. Kumaran49,2967.1%BJPLDF23,0649ThrissurK. Karunakaran3,07,00243.3%INCV. V. Raghavan3,08,48243.6%CPIRema Reghunandan41,1395.8%BJPLDF1,48010MukundapuramP. C.Chacko3,49,80146.7%INCV. Viswanatha Menon3,25,04443.4%CPI(M)Narayana Iyer35,2274.7%BJPUDF24,75711ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,05,09441.8%INCXavier Arrakkal3,35,47946.0%INDO. M. Mathew46,5596.4%BJPLDF30,38512MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,82,31953.1%KC(M)Baby Kurien2,60,42336.2%INDNarayanan Namboothiri50,7387.7%BJPUDF1,21,89613KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,30,44745.9%INCJayalakshmi2,77,53939.6%JDA. K. Achary29,3194.2%INDLDF67,04814IdukkiA. C. Jose3,50,67948.0%INCK. Francis George3,20,53943.9%KECD. Ashok Kumar32,1074.4%BJPUDF30,14015AlappuzhaV. M. Sudheeran3,69,53948.7%INCT. J. Anjalose3,43,59045.3%CPI(M)Nedumuthara Unnikrishnan17,9902.4%BJPUDF25,94916MavelikkaraP. J. Kurien2,90,52445.9%INCM. R. Gopalakrishnan2,69,44842.5%CPI(M)K. K. R. Kumar45,3257.2%BJPUDF21,07617AdoorKodikkunnil Suresh3,51,87251.6%INCP. K. Raghavan2,86,32742.0%CPIKainakari Janardhanan21,6093.2%BJPUDF65,54518KollamS. Krishnakumar2,81,41638.1%INCN. K. Premachandran3,59,78648.7%RSPNina Rajan Pillai57,9177.8%INDLDF78,37019ChirayinkilThalekkunnil Basheer2,81,99640.5%INCA. Sampath3,30,07947.4%CPI(M)R. Radhakrishnan Unnithan30,3484.4%BJPLDF48,08320TrivandrumA. Charles2,91,82040.5%INCK. V. Surendranath3,12,62243.4%CPIK. Raman Pillai74,90410.4%BJPLDF20,802

See also

Elections in Kerala Politics of Kerala

References