Indian general election held to elect 20 members
1989 Indian general election 20 seats First party Second party Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UDF LDF Leader's seat - - Last election 18 2 Seats won 17 3 Seat change 1 1 Percentage 49.29% 42.93%
The 1989 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the ninth Lok Sabha from Kerala.[1] 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.[2] Turnout for the election was at 79.30%[3] 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 [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 Left Democratic Front No. Party Election Symbol Seats Contested 1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Key 10 2. Communist Party of India Star 3 3. Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha 1 4. Independents 3 5. Janata Dal 1 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 (49.29%)
LDF (42.93%)
Other (3.27%)
No. Party Political Front Seats Votes %Votes ±pp 1 Indian National Congress UDF 14 62,18,850 41.70% 8.43 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist) LDF 2 34,11,227 22.87% 0.60 3 Communist Party of India LDF 0 9,24,994 6.20% 1.17 4 Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 7,80,322 5.23% 0.06 5 Bharatiya Janata Party 0 6,72,613 4.51% 2.76 6 Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha LDF 1 3,70,434 2.48% 1.90 7 Revolutionary Socialist Party LDF 0 3,59,393 2.41% new 8 Kerala Congress (M) UDF 1 3,52,191 2.36% new 9 Janata Dal LDF 0 2,77,682 1.86% new 10 Kerala Congress LDF 0 68,811 0.46% 1.91 11 Janata Party none 0 38,492 0.26% 1.87 12 Bahujan Samaj Party none 0 17,762 0.12% new 13 Deseeya Karshaka Party none 0 3,059 0.02% new 14 Socialist Unity Centre of India none 0 2,151 0.01% new Independents 0 14,14,560 9.49% 2.40
By constituency [7]
No. Constituency UDF candidate Votes % Party LDF candidate Votes % Party BJP / Other candidate Votes % Party Winning alliance Margin 1 Kasaragod I. Rama Rai 3,57,177 44.5% INC M. Rammana Rai 3,58,723 44.7% CPI(M) C. K. Padmanabhan 69,419 8.6% BJP LDF 1,546 2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran 3,91,042 50.1% INC P. Sasi 3,48,638 44.6% CPI(M) Palliyara Raman 31,266 4.0% BJP UDF 42,404 3 Vatakara A. Sujanapal 3,62,225 45.5% INC K. P. Unnikrishnan 3,70,434 46.5% ICS(SCS) P. K. Krishnadas 45,558 5.7% BJP LDF 8,209 4 Kozhikode K. Muraleedharan 3,77,858 47.9% INC E. K. Imbichibava 3,48,901 44.3% CPI(M) P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 49,696 6.3% BJP UDF 28,957 5 Manjeri Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait 4,01,975 49.6% IUML K. V. Salahuddin 3,31,693 40.9% IND Ahalya Sankar 51,634 7.0% BJP UDF 70,282 6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwalia 3,78,347 53.2% IUML M. Rahmathulia 2,70,828 38.1% CPI K. Janachandran 48,892 6.9% BJP UDF 1,07,519 7 Palakkad V. S. Vijayaraghavan 3,47,115 46.8% INC A. Vijayaraghavan 3,48,401 47.0% CPI(M) T. Chandrasekharan 27,220 3.7% BJP LDF 1,286 8 Ottapalam K. R. Narayanan 3,50,683 48.5% INC Lenin Rajendran 3,24,496 44.9% CPI(M) Lakshmanan 32,892 4.5% BJP UDF 26,187 9 Thrissur P. A. Antony 3,38,271 47.0% INC Meenakshi Thampan 3,32,036 46.2% CPI K. V. Sreedharan 38,205 5.3% BJP UDF 6,235 10 Mukundapuram Savithri Lakshmanan 3,67,931 48.5% INC C. O. Poulose 3,49,177 46.0% CPI(M) K. K. Gangadharan 28,781 3.8% BJP UDF 18,754 11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas 3,85,176 49.6% INC P. Subramnoian Poti 3,48,711 44.9% IND A. N. Radhakrishnan 29,162 3.8% BJP UDF 36,465 12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas 3,52,191 48.1% KC(M) P. J. Joseph 68,811 9.4% KEC C. Poulose 2,83,380 38.7% IND UDF 68,811 13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala 3,84,809 51.1% INC K. Suresh Kurup 3,31,276 44.0% CPI(M) Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan 18,449 2.5% BJP UDF 53,533 14 Idukki K. M. Mathew 3,98,516 53.4% INC M. C. Josephine 3,07,037 41.1% CPI(M) M. N. Jayachandran 25,354 3.4% BJP UDF 91,479 15 Alappuzha Vakkom Purushotham 3,75,763 50.0% INC K. V. Devadas 3,50,640 46.7% CPI(M) K. D. Ramakrishnan 15,127 2.0% BJP UDF 25,123 16 Mavelikkara P. J. Kurian 3,34,864 50.9% INC Thampan Thomas 2,77,682 42.2% JD Prathapachandra Verma 30,229 4.6% BJP UDF 57,182 17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh 3,43,672 49.6% INC N. Rajan 3,22,130 46.5% CPI E. K. Sasidharan 17,123 2.5% BJP UDF 21,542 18 Kollam S. Krishnakumar 3,86,855 49.9% INC Babu Divakaran 3,59,393 46.4% RSP P. K. S. Rajeev 16,202 2.1% IND UDF 27,462 19 Chirayinkil Thalekunnil Basheer 3,49,068 47.8% INC Susheela Gopalan 3,43,938 47.1% CPI(M) V. N. Gopalakrishnan Nair 23,049 3.2% BJP UDF 5,130 20 Trivandrum A. Charles 3,67,825 48.6% INC O. N. V. Kurup 3,16,912 41.9% IND P. Asok Kumar 56,046 7.4% BJP UDF 50,913
See also References ^ "General Election, 1989". Archived from the original on 2019-05-15. ^ "PC: Kerala 1989". [permanent dead link ] ^ "STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1989 TO THE 9th LOK SABHA" (PDF) . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2018-04-13. ^ "PC: Alliances Kerala 1989". ^ Roy Mathew. "Indian Parliament Elections 1989: Kerala Winners". keralaassembly.org . Archived from the original on 2004-04-30. Retrieved 2020-09-15 . ^ "PC: Party-wise performance for 1989 Kerala". ^ "PC: Kerala 1989". [permanent dead link ]