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1996 Indian general election|
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Turnout | 70.66% (2.66%) |
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First party
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Second party
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Third party
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Party
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INC
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CPI(M)
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CPI
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Alliance
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UDF
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LDF
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LDF
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Last election
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13
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3
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0
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Seats won
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8
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6
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2
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Seat change
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5
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3
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2
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Percentage
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38.01%
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21.16%
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8.22%
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Fourth party
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Fifth party
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Party
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IUML
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BJP
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Alliance
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UDF
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-
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Last election
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2
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0
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Seats won
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2
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0
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Seat change
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-
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-
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Percentage
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5.61%
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5.08%
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The 1996 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the eleventh Lok Sabha from Kerala.[1] 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.[2] Turnout for the election was at 70.66%[3]
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 18 seats.
United Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front
Bharatiya Janata Party
List of elected MPs
[5]
Results
Performance of political parties
[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (3.77%)
No.
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Party
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Political Front
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Seats
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Votes
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%Votes
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±pp
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1
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Indian National Congress
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UDF
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7
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54,67,132
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38.01%
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0.76
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2
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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LDF
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5
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30,44,369
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21.16%
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0.45
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3
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Communist Party of India
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LDF
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2
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11,82,944
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8.22%
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0.10
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4
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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none
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0
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8,07,607
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5.61%
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1.00
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5
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Indian Union Muslim League
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UDF
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2
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7,45,070
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5.08%
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0.06
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6
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Janata Dal
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LDF
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1
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6,33,104
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4.40%
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0.11
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7
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Kerala Congress (M)
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UDF
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1
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3,56,168
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2.66%
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0.04
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8
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Revolutionary Socialist Party
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LDF
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1
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3,59,786
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2.50%
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0.09
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9
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Indian Congress (Secular)
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LDF
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0
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3,32,622
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2.31%
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0.39
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10
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Kerala Congress
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LDF
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0
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3,20,539
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2.23%
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0.01
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11
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Peoples Democratic Party
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none
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0
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64,950
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0.45%
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new
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12
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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none
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0
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22,139
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0.15%
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0.01
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13
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Janata Party
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none
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0
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13,557
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0.01%
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0.12
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14
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All India Forward Bloc
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none
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0
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12,837
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0.09%
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new
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15
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Shiv Sena
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none
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0
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5,609
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0.02%
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new
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16
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Indian National League
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none
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0
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1,354
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0.01%
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new
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17
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Nagaland Peoples Party
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none
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0
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1,066
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0.01%
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new
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18
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Samata Party
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none
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0
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721
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0.01%
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new
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Independents
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1
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10,02,198
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6.97%
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0.76
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By constituency
[7]
No.
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Constituency
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UDF candidate
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Votes
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%
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Party
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LDF candidate
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Votes
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%
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Party
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BJP / Other candidates
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Votes
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%
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Party
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Winning alliance
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Margin
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1
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Kasaragod
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I. Rama Rai
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2,97,267
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36.6%
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INC
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T. Govindan
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371,997
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45.8%
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CPI(M)
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P. K. Krishnadas
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97,577
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12.0%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
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74,730
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2
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Kannur
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Mullappally Ramachandran
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3,71,924
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48.0%
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INC
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Kadannappalli Ramachandran
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3,32,622
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42.9%
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IC(S)
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M. K. Saseeindran
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30,511
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3.9%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
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39,302
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3
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Vatakara
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K. P. Unnikrishnan
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3,35,950
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40.7%
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INC
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O. Bharathan
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4,15,895
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50.4%
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CPI(M)
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A. D. Nair
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49,971
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6.1%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
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79,945
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4
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Kozhikode
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K. Muraleedharan
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3,16,862
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41.8%
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INC
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M. P. Veerendra Kumar
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3,55,565
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46.9%
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JD
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K. P. Sreesan
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56,942
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7.5%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
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38,703
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5
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Manjeri
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E. Ahammed
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3,76,001
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47.3%
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IUML
|
C. H. Ashiq
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3,21,030
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40.3%
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CPI(M)
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Cherukattu Vasudevan
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54,550
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6.9%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
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54,971
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6
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Ponnani
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G. M. Banatwalla
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3,54,808
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48.4%
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IUML
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Mokkath Rahmathulla
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2,75,513
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37.6%
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CPI
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K. Janachandran
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56,234
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7.7%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
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79,295
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7
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Palakkad
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V. S. Vijayaraghavan
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3,19,841
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43.3%
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INC
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N. N. Krishnadas
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3,43,264
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46.5%
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CPI(M)
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M. V. Sukumaran
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37,221
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5.0%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
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23,423
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8
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Ottapalam
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K. K. Vijayalakshmi
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3,00,958
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43.3%
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INC
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S. Ajayakumar
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3,24,022
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46.6%
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CPI(M)
|
K. V. Kumaran
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49,296
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7.1%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
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23,064
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9
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Thrissur
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K. Karunakaran
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3,07,002
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43.3%
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INC
|
V. V. Raghavan
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3,08,482
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43.6%
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CPI
|
Rema Reghunandan
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41,139
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5.8%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
1,480
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10
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Mukundapuram
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P. C.Chacko
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3,49,801
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46.7%
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INC
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V. Viswanatha Menon
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3,25,044
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43.4%
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CPI(M)
|
Narayana Iyer
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35,227
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4.7%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
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24,757
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11
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Ernakulam
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K. V. Thomas
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3,05,094
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41.8%
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INC
|
Xavier Arrakkal
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3,35,479
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46.0%
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IND
|
O. M. Mathew
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46,559
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6.4%
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BJP
|
style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
30,385
|
12
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Muvattupuzha
|
P. C. Thomas
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3,82,319
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53.1%
|
KC(M)
|
Baby Kurien
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2,60,423
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36.2%
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IND
|
Narayanan Namboothiri
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50,738
|
7.7%
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BJP
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style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
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1,21,896
|
13
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Kottayam
|
Ramesh Chennithala
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3,30,447
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45.9%
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INC
|
Jayalakshmi
|
2,77,539
|
39.6%
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JD
|
A. K. Achary
|
29,319
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4.2%
|
IND
|
style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
67,048
|
14
|
Idukki
|
A. C. Jose
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3,50,679
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48.0%
|
INC
|
K. Francis George
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3,20,539
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43.9%
|
KEC
|
D. Ashok Kumar
|
32,107
|
4.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
|
30,140
|
15
|
Alappuzha
|
V. M. Sudheeran
|
3,69,539
|
48.7%
|
INC
|
T. J. Anjalose
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3,43,590
|
45.3%
|
CPI(M)
|
Nedumuthara Unnikrishnan
|
17,990
|
2.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
|
25,949
|
16
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Mavelikkara
|
P. J. Kurien
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2,90,524
|
45.9%
|
INC
|
M. R.
Gopalakrishnan
|
2,69,448
|
42.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
K. K. R. Kumar
|
45,325
|
7.2%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
|
21,076
|
17
|
Adoor
|
Kodikkunnil Suresh
|
3,51,872
|
51.6%
|
INC
|
P. K. Raghavan
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2,86,327
|
42.0%
|
CPI
|
Kainakari Janardhanan
|
21,609
|
3.2%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |UDF
|
65,545
|
18
|
Kollam
|
S. Krishnakumar
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2,81,416
|
38.1%
|
INC
|
N. K. Premachandran
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3,59,786
|
48.7%
|
RSP
|
Nina Rajan Pillai
|
57,917
|
7.8%
|
IND
|
style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
78,370
|
19
|
Chirayinkil
|
Thalekkunnil Basheer
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2,81,996
|
40.5%
|
INC
|
A. Sampath
|
3,30,079
|
47.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
R. Radhakrishnan Unnithan
|
30,348
|
4.4%
|
BJP
|
style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
48,083
|
20
|
Trivandrum
|
A. Charles
|
2,91,820
|
40.5%
|
INC
|
K. V. Surendranath
|
3,12,622
|
43.4%
|
CPI
|
K. Raman Pillai
|
74,904
|
10.4%
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BJP
|
style="background:Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color" |LDF
|
20,802
|
See also
References