The 1989 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the ninth Lok Sabha from Kerala. Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 17 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 3 seats. Turnout for the election was at 79.30% In the Lok Sabha, INC won plurality of seats, however Janata Dal (JD), led by V. P. Singh formed the government, albeit a short-lived one, with support from BJP and CPI(M).

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 19 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)102.Communist Party of India33.Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha 14. Independents 35.Janata Dal16.Revolutionary Socialist Party 17.Kerala Congress 1

Bharatiya Janata Party No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Bharatiya Janata Party19

List of Candidates ConstituencyUDFLDFBJP # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kasaragod I. Rama Rai Ramanna Rai C. K. Padmanabhan 2Cannanore M. Ramachandran P. Sasi Palliyara Raman 3Badagara A. Sujanapal K. P. Unnikrishnan P. K. Krishnadas 4Calicut K. Muraleedharan E. K. Imbichibava P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 5Manjeri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait K. V. Salahuddin Ahalya Sankar 6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwala M. Rahmathulia Janachandran Master 7Palghat V. S. Vijayaraghavan A. Vijayaraghavan T. Chandrasekharan 8 Ottapalam (SC) K. R. Narayanan Lenin Rajendran Lakshmanan 9 Trichur P. A. Antony Meenakshi Thampan K. V. Sreedharan Master 10 Mukundapuram Savithri Lakshmanan C. O. Poulose Master K. K. Gangadharan Master 11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas P. S. Poti A. N. Radhakrishnan 12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas P. J. Joseph P. J. Thomas 13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala K. Suresh Kurup Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan 14 Idukki Palai K. M. Mathew M. C. Josephine M. N. Jayachandran 15 Alleppey V. Purushothaman K. V. Devadas K. D. Ramakrishnan 16 Mavelikara P. J. Kurien Thampan Thomas Prathapachandra Verma 17 Adoor (SC) Kodikunnil Suresh N. Rajan E. K. Sasidharan 18Quilon S. Krishna Kumar Babu Divakaran P. K. S. Rajeev 19 Chirayinkil Thalekunnil Basheer Susheela Gopalan V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair 20 Trivandrum A. Charles O. N. V. Kurup P. Asok Kumar

List of elected MPs

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation1KasaragodRamanna RaiCPI(M)2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC3VatakaraK. P. UnnikrishnanICS(SCS)4KozhikodeK. MuraleedharanINC5ManjeriG.M. BanatwaliaIUML6PonnaniEbrahim Sulaiman SaitIUML7PalakkadA. VijayaraghavanCPI(M)8OttapalamK. R. NarayananINC9ThrissurP. A. AntonyINC10MukundapuramSavitri LakshmananINC11ErnakulamK. V. ThomasINC12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasKC(M)13KottayamRamesh ChennithalaINC14IdukkiK. M. MathewINC15AlappuzhaVakkom PurushothamanINC16MavelikkaraP. J. KurienINC17AdoorKodikunnil SureshINC18KollamS. Krishna KumarINC19ChirayankilThalekunnil BasheerINC20ThiruvananthapuramA. CharlesINC

Results

Performance of political parties

No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp1Indian National CongressUDF1462,18,85041.70%8.432Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF234,11,22722.87%0.603Communist Party of IndiaLDF09,24,9946.20%1.174Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,80,3225.23%0.065Bharatiya Janata Party06,72,6134.51%2.766Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra SinghaLDF13,70,4342.48%1.907Revolutionary Socialist PartyLDF03,59,3932.41%new8Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,52,1912.36%new9Janata DalLDF02,77,6821.86%new10Kerala CongressLDF068,8110.46%1.9111Janata Partynone038,4920.26%1.8712Bahujan Samaj Partynone017,7620.12%new13Deseeya Karshaka Partynone03,0590.02%new14Socialist Unity Centre of Indianone02,1510.01%newIndependents014,14,5609.49%2.40

By constituency

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodI. Rama Rai3,57,17744.5%INCM. Rammana Rai3,58,72344.7%CPI(M)C. K. Padmanabhan69,4198.6%BJPLDF1,5462KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,91,04250.1%INCP. Sasi3,48,63844.6%CPI(M)Palliyara Raman31,2664.0%BJPUDF42,4043VatakaraA. Sujanapal3,62,22545.5%INCK. P. Unnikrishnan3,70,43446.5%ICS(SCS)P. K. Krishnadas45,5585.7%BJPLDF8,2094KozhikodeK. Muraleedharan3,77,85847.9%INCE. K. Imbichibava3,48,90144.3%CPI(M)P. S. Sreedharan Pillai49,6966.3%BJPUDF28,9575ManjeriEbrahim Sulaiman Sait4,01,97549.6%IUMLK. V. Salahuddin3,31,69340.9%INDAhalya Sankar51,6347.0%BJPUDF70,2826PonnaniG. M. Banatwalia3,78,34753.2%IUMLM. Rahmathulia2,70,82838.1%CPIK. Janachandran48,8926.9%BJPUDF1,07,5197PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,47,11546.8%INCA. Vijayaraghavan3,48,40147.0%CPI(M)T. Chandrasekharan27,2203.7%BJPLDF1,2868OttapalamK. R. Narayanan3,50,68348.5%INCLenin Rajendran3,24,49644.9%CPI(M)Lakshmanan32,8924.5%BJPUDF26,1879ThrissurP. A. Antony3,38,27147.0%INCMeenakshi Thampan3,32,03646.2%CPIK. V. Sreedharan38,2055.3%BJPUDF6,23510MukundapuramSavithri Lakshmanan3,67,93148.5%INCC. O. Poulose3,49,17746.0%CPI(M)K. K. Gangadharan28,7813.8%BJPUDF18,75411ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,85,17649.6%INCP. Subramnoian Poti3,48,71144.9%INDA. N. Radhakrishnan29,1623.8%BJPUDF36,46512MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,52,19148.1%KC(M)P. J. Joseph68,8119.4%KECC. Poulose2,83,38038.7%INDUDF68,81113KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,84,80951.1%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,31,27644.0%CPI(M)Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan18,4492.5%BJPUDF53,53314IdukkiK. M. Mathew3,98,51653.4%INCM. C. Josephine3,07,03741.1%CPI(M)M. N. Jayachandran25,3543.4%BJPUDF91,47915AlappuzhaVakkom Purushotham3,75,76350.0%INCK. V. Devadas3,50,64046.7%CPI(M)K. D. Ramakrishnan15,1272.0%BJPUDF25,12316MavelikkaraP. J. Kurian3,34,86450.9%INCThampan Thomas2,77,68242.2%JDPrathapachandra Verma30,2294.6%BJPUDF57,18217AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,43,67249.6%INCN. Rajan3,22,13046.5%CPIE. K. Sasidharan17,1232.5%BJPUDF21,54218KollamS. Krishnakumar3,86,85549.9%INCBabu Divakaran3,59,39346.4%RSPP. K. S. Rajeev16,2022.1%INDUDF27,46219ChirayinkilThalekunnil Basheer3,49,06847.8%INCSusheela Gopalan3,43,93847.1%CPI(M)V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair23,0493.2%BJPUDF5,13020TrivandrumA. Charles3,67,82548.6%INCO. N. V. Kurup3,16,91241.9%INDP. Asok Kumar56,0467.4%BJPUDF50,913

See also Elections in Kerala Politics of Kerala

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