The 1984 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the eighth Lok Sabha from Kerala. Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 18 seats while Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won just 2 seats. Turnout for the election was at 77.12% In the Lok Sabha, INC won by a landslide and its leader Rajiv Gandhi went on to become the Prime Minister of India.
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 5 seats.
United Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Indian National Congress132.Indian Union Muslim League23.Kerala Congress (Jacob) 24.Janata Party15.Independent 16.Kerala Congress 1
Left Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)102.Indian Congress (Socialist) 23.Communist Party of India44.Independents 25.Lok Dal 16.All India Muslim League 1 List of Candidates from UDF and LDF ConstituencyUDFLDF No. Name Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kasaragod I. Rama Rai Balanandan 2Cannanore Muliappalli Ramachandran Pattiam Rajan 3Badagara K. M. Radhakrishnan K. P. Unnikrishnan 4Calicut K. G. Adiyodi Moideenkutty Haji (Bavae Haji) 5Manjeri Ebrahim Sulaman Sait E. K. Imbichi Bava 6 Ponnani G. M. Banatwalla Koladi Govindankutty 7Palghat V. S. Vijayaraghavan T. Sivadasa Menon 8 Ottapalam (SC) K. R. Narayanan A. K. Balan 9 Trichur P. A. Antony V. V. Raghavan 10 Mukundapuram K. Mohandas M. M. Lawrence 11 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas A. A. Kochunny Master 12 Muvattupuzha George Joseph Mundakkal (Baby) P. P. Esthose 13 Kottayam Skaria Thomas Suresh Kurup 14 Idukki P. J. Kurian C. A. Kurian 15 Alleppey Vakkon Purushothaman Suseela Gopalan 16 Mavelikara Thampan Thomas T. N. Upendranatha Kurup 17 Adoor (SC) K. K. Kunhambu P. K. Raghavan 18Quilon S. Krishna Kumar R. S. Unni 19 Chirayinkil Thalekkunnil Basheer K. Sudhakaran 20 Trivandrum A. Charles A. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar
List of elected MPs
No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation1KasaragodI. Rama RaiINC2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC3VatakaraK. P. UnnikrishnanIC(S)4KozhikodeK. G. AdiyodiINC5ManjeriEbrahim Sulaiman SaitIUML6PonnaniG. M. BanatwalaIUML7PalakkadV. S. VijayaraghavanINC8OttapalamK. R. NarayananINC9ThrissurP. A. AntonyINC10MukundapuramK. MohandasKC(J)11ErnakulamK. V. ThomasINC12MuvattupuzhaGeorge Joseph MundakkalKC(J)13KottayamK. Suresh KurupCPI(M)14IdukkiP. J. KurienINC15AlappuzhaVakkom PurushothamanINC16MavelikkaraThampan ThomasJNP17AdoorK. KunhambuINC18KollamS. Krishna KumarINC19ChirayankilThalekunnil BasheerINC20ThiruvananthapuramA. CharlesINC
Results
Performance of political parties
No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp1Indian National CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1336,24,31533.27%6.952Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF124,25,96522.27%0.793Communist Party of IndiaLDF08,03,2067.37%3.244Kerala Congress (J)United Democratic Front (Kerala)25,98,1135.49%new5Indian Union Muslim LeagueUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,75,7545.29%0.276Indian Congress (Socialist)LDF14,77,4664.38%new7Kerala CongressUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)02,58,5912.37%2.008Janata PartyUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)12,32,3392.13%4.579All India Muslim LeagueLDF02,24,1552.06%0.3510Bharatiya Janata Partynone01,91,1201.75%new11Lok DalLDF01,86,3531.71%newIndependents012,95,63411.89%1.10
By constituency
No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyBJP / Other candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodI. Rama Rai2,62,90445.1%INCBalanandan2,51,53543.2%CPI(M)K. G. Marar59,02110.1%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)11,3692KannurMullappally Ramachandran2,88,79150.9%INCPattiam Rajan2,63,73846.4%CPI(M)Kuntimangalam Azeez2,9420.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,0533VatakaraK. M. Radhakrishnan2,59,43744.5%INDK. P. Unnikrishnan2,70,41646.3%IC(S)A. D. Nair33,7815.8%BJPLDF10,9794KozhikodeK. G. Adiyodi2,78,21649.5%INCMoideenkutty Haji2,24,15539.9%AIMLK. Madhavankutty40,5497.2%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)54,0615ManjeriEbrahim Sulaman Sait2,87,53850.4%IUMLE. K. Imbichi Bava2,16,36337.9%CPI(M)O. Rajagopal43,3017.6%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,1756PonnaniG. M. Banatwalia2,88,21657.0%IUMLKoladi Govindankutty1,85,89036.7%CPIK. T. M. Kutty Moulavi13,2902.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,02,3267PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan2,87,17050.9%INC T. Sivadasa Menon2,49,01744.2%CPI(M)Rohana Jayaram11,0922.0%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)38,1538OttapalamK. R. Narayanan2,90,17753.7%INCA. K. Balan2,34,60743.4%CPI(M)C. Aru3,1430.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)55,5709ThrissurP. A. Antony2,68,68351.5%INCV. V. Raghavan2,17,39341.7%CPIM. Jayaprakash22,4874.3%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)51,29010MukundapuramK. Mohandas290,59451.1%KC(J)M. M. Lawrence246,20943.3%CPI(M)V. Balakrishnan20,2343.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)44,38511ErnakulamK. V. Thomas2,77,37450.3%INCA. A. Kochunny2,07,05037.5%IC(S)P. R. Nambiar29,8935.4%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)70,32412MuvattupuzhaGeorge Joseph Mundakkal307,51958.3%KC(J)P. P. Esthose199,31937.8%CPI(M)Paul Chirakkarodu9,1861.7%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,08,20013KottayamSkaria Thomas2,58,59146.2%KECK. Suresh Kurup2,64,44447.2%CPI(M)O. M. Mathew26,0404.7%INDLDF5,85314IdukkiP. J. Kurian3,08,05656.9%INCC. A. Kurian1,77,43232.8%CPIJoseph Michael44,4728.2%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,30,62415AlappuzhaVakkom Purushothaman3,03,73251.6%INCSusheela Gopalan2,65,96845.1%CPI(M)M. S. Prasanna10,4651.8%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)37,76416MavelikkaraThampan Thomas2,32,33946.2%JNDT. N. Upendranatha Kurup2,31,05245.9%INDP. K. Vishnu Namboodiri25,1245.0%BJPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,28717AdoorK. K. Kunhambu2,73,46353.6%INCP. K. Raghavan2,22,49143.6%CPIN. S. Bhaskaran7,0361.4%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)50,97218KollamS. Krishnakumar2,79,72849.4%INCR. S. Unni2,59,37145.8%INDC. Rajendran14,3582.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)20,35719ChirayinkilThalekunnil Basheer2,66,23050.1%INCK. Sudhakaran2,34,76544.2%CPI(M)Vattappara Das10,8702.0%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)31,46520TrivandrumA. Charles2,39,79142.6%INCA. Neela Lohithadasan Nadar1,86,35333.1%LKDKerala Verma1,10,44919.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)53,438
See also Elections in Kerala Politics of Kerala
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