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Kerala Lok Sabha 1991

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha
StateKerala
Seats
20
Constituencies
Majority
11
Seats needed of 20
Electors
1.97Cr
On the roll
Votes polled
1.44Cr
73.3% of electors
Median turnout
73.6%
Median of 20 seats
INC lead
+2
Above majority · 13 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won
Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 13, CPI(M) 3, ML 2, ICSSC 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats. Hemicycle of 20 seats: INC 13, CPI(M) 3, ML 2, ICSSC 1, KC(M) 1. Majority line at 11 seats.
Majority · 11 of 20INC 13 · +2 above majority
INC 1365.0% Indian National Congress
CPI(M) 315.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)
ML 210.0% Muslim Leage
ICSSC 15.0% Indian Congress (SOCIALIST- SARAT CHANDRA SINHA)
KC(M) 15.0% Kerala Congress (M)

[02]Vote share

State level, as published
INC 38.8%13 seats · 65.0%
CPI(M) 20.7%3 seats · 15.0%
CPI 8.1%0 seats
MUL 5.0%Seats unmatched
BJP 4.6%0 seats
Others 22.8%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

  • ML2 seats
  • ICSSC1 seat
  • KC(M)1 seat

The published shares sum to 100.0%, so these parties' votes sit inside Others.

Alliances

UPA 41.5%14 seats
THIRD FRONT 40.8%4 seats
NDA 4.6%0 seats
OTHERS 13.1%Seats not published

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

  1. INC converted 38.8% of votes into 65.0% of seats, a seat premium of 26.2 pp.

    13 ÷ 20 = 65.0% · 65.0 − 38.8 = +26.2

  2. CPI polled 8.1% of votes, the 3rd-highest share, but won 0 seats (0.0%).

    0 ÷ 20 = 0.0% · 0.0 − 8.1 = −8.1

  3. Chirayinkil was decided by 1,106 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Muvattupuzha had the widest margin, 98,103.

    min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin

  4. 1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; CPI(M) won 1 of them.

    count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 20 · CPI(M) 1

  5. Turnout ran from 64.2% in Ponnani to 78.5% in Alleppey; the median seat polled 73.6%.

    min / median / max over 20 seats with a recorded turnout

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

[04]Turnout

20 of 20 seats carry a turnout
025507510073.6%MEDIAN SEAT
< 50% 00.0% of seats
50–60 00.0% of seats
60–70 420.0% of seats
70–80 1680.0% of seats
≥ 80% 00.0% of seats
  • LowestPonnani64.2%
  • HighestAlleppey78.5%
  • NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number
Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1991, all 20 seats
# Constituency Winner Party Votes polled Margin Margin % Turnout %
01 Kasaragod M. Ramanna Rai Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,75,421 9,423 1.2 74.8
02 Cannanore Mullappally Ramachandran Indian National Congress 7,49,811 41,127 5.5 77.4
03 Badagara Unnikrishnan K.P. (SCS) Indian Congress (SOCIALIST- SARAT CHANDRA SINHA) 8,00,229 17,489 2.2 77.7
04 Calicut K. Muraleedharan Indian National Congress 7,54,114 15,884 2.1 74.3
05 Manjeri E. Ahamed Muslim Leage 7,42,123 89,323 12.0 70.4
06 Ponnani Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait Muslim Leage 6,49,480 95,706 14.7 64.2
07 Palghat V.S. Vijayaraghavan Indian National Congress 7,02,860 15,768 2.2 71.6
08 Ottapalam K.R. Narayanan Indian National Congress 6,86,327 15,088 2.2 69.9
09 TrichurSC P.C. Chacko Indian National Congress 7,06,087 29,231 4.1 72.9
10 Mukundapuram Savithri Lakshmanan (W) Indian National Congress 7,57,831 12,365 1.6 77.7
11 Ernakulam K.V. Thomas Indian National Congress 7,40,866 47,144 6.4 72.7
12 MuvattupuzhaWIDEST P.C. Thomas Kerala Congress (M) 7,19,001 98,103 13.6 76.3
13 Kottayam Ramesh Chennithala Indian National Congress 7,13,707 62,622 8.8 76.1
14 Idukki Palai K.M. Mathew Indian National Congress 7,14,298 25,206 3.5 71.6
15 Alleppey T.J. Anjalose Communist Party of India (Marxist) 7,41,369 14,075 1.9 78.5
16 MavelikaraSC P.J. Kurian Indian National Congress 6,28,846 25,488 4.1 72.9
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh Indian National Congress 6,68,474 18,595 2.8 74.2
18 Quilon S. Krishna Kumar Indian National Congress 7,41,389 27,727 3.7 75.7
19 ChirayinkilCLOSEST Suseela Gopalan (W) Communist Party of India (Marxist) 6,99,598 1,106 0.2 69.7
20 Trivandrum A. Charles Indian National Congress 7,21,412 43,670 6.1 68.9
Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 98,103 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1991 · Kerala · 20 seats · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

Vote share and alliancesState-level summary published with the same results · retrieval date not recorded in the results database

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