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The1991 Indian general electionwere held to elect 20 members to thetenth Lok SabhafromKerala.[1]Indian National Congress (INC)-ledUnited Democratic Front (UDF)won 16 seats whileLeft Democratic Front (LDF),led byCommunist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))won the remaining 4 seats.[2]Turnout for the election was at 70.66%[3]In the Lok Sabha, INC formed a minority government under the premiership ofP. V. Narasimha Rao.
Alliances and parties
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UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteranK. Karunakaran.LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and theCPI,forming theLeft Frontin the national level.Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)contested in 19 seats.
United Democratic Front
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Left Democratic Front
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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No.
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Party
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Election Symbol
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Seats Contested
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1.
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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19
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List of elected MPs
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[6]
Vote Share by alliance
Other (2.52%)
No.
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Party
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Political Front
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Seats
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Votes
|
%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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13
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55,26,187
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38.77%
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2.93
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2
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Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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LDF
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3
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29,52,043
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20.71%
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2.16
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3
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Communist Party of India
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LDF
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0
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11,56,798
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8.12%
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1.92
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4
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Indian Union Muslim League
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UDF
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2
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7,15,222
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5.02%
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0.21
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5
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Janata Dal
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LDF
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0
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6,43,366
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4.51%
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2.65
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6
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Bharatiya Janata Party
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none
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0
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6,56,945
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4.61%
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0.10
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7
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Indian Congress (Socialist) - Sarat Chandra Singha
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LDF
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1
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3,95,501
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2.77%
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0.29
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8
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Kerala Congress (M)
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UDF
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1
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3,84,255
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2.70%
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0.34
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9
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Revolutionary Socialist Party
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LDF
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0
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3,42,796
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2.41%
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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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3,19,933
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2.24%
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1.78
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11
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Bahujan Samaj Party
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none
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0
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23,475
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0.16%
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0.04
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12
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Janata Party
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none
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0
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17,883
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0.13%
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0.13
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13
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Republican Party of India
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none
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0
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5,840
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0.04%
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new
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14
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Deseeya Karshaka Party
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none
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0
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4,508
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0.03%
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new
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15
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Door Darshi Party
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none
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0
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3,268
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0.02%
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new
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16
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Lok Dal
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none
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0
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3,024
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0.02%
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new
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Independents
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0
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11,02,111
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7.73%
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1.76
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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 candidate
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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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K. C. Venugopal
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3,35,113
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43.2%
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INC
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M. Ramanna Rai
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3,44,536
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44.4%
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CPI(M)
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C. K. Padmanabhan
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76,067
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9.8%
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BJP
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LDF
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9,423
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2
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Kannur
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Mullappally Ramachandran
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3,76,696
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50.2%
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INC
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E. Ebrahim Kutty
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3,35,569
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44.8%
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IC(S)
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M. K. Saseendran
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25,720
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3.4%
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BJP
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UDF
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41,127
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3
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Vatakara
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M. Ratnasingh
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3,78,012
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47.2%
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INC
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K. P. Unnikrishnan
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3,95,501
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49.4%
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CPI(M)
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P. Unnikrishnan
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8,566
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1.1%
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IND
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LDF
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17,489
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4
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Kozhikode
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K. Muraleedharan
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3,55,113
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47.1%
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INC
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M. P. Veerendra Kumar
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3,39,229
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45.0%
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JD
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U. Dattathriya Rao
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43,661
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5.8%
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BJP
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UDF
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15,884
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5
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Manjeri
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E. Ahamed
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3,75,456
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50.6%
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IUML
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V. Venugopal
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2,86,133
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38.6%
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CPI(M)
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Ahalya Sankar
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51,634
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7.0%
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BJP
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UDF
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89,323
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6
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Ponnani
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Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait
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3,39,766
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52.3%
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IUML
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K. Hamza Kunju
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2,44,060
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37.6%
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CPI
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K. Janachandran
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45,388
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7.0%
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BJP
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UDF
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95,706
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7
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Palakkad
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V. S. Vijayaraghavan
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3,34,913
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47.7%
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INC
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A. Vijayaraghavan
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3,19,145
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45.4%
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CPI(M)
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Rema S. Menon
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31,323
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4.5%
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BJP
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UDF
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15,768
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8
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Ottapalam
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K. R. Narayanan
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3,27,043
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47.7%
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INC
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Lenin Rajendran
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3,11,955
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45.5%
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CPI(M)
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M. A. Pushpakran
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33,542
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4.9%
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BJP
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UDF
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15,088
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9
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Thrissur
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P. C. Chacko
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3,42,896
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48.6%
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INC
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K. P. Rajendran
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3,13,665
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44.4%
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CPI
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E. Reghunandanan
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38,213
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5.4%
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BJP
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UDF
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29,231
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10
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Mukundapuram
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Savithri Lakshmanan
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3,62,029
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47.8%
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INC
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A. P. Kurian
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3,49,664
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46.1%
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IND
|
K. V. Sreedharan
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30,776
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4.1%
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BJP
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UDF
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12,365
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11
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Ernakulam
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K. V. Thomas
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3,62,975
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49.0%
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INC
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V. Viswanatha Menon
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3,15,831
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42.6%
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CPI(M)
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V. A. Rahman
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30,082
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4.1%
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BJP
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UDF
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47,144
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12
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Muvattupuzha
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P. C. Thomas
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3,84,255
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53.4%
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KC(M)
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P. I. Devasia
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2,86,152
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39.8%
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IND
|
N. Ajith
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26,783
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3.7%
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BJP
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UDF
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98,103
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13
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Kottayam
|
Ramesh Chennithala
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3,66,759
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51.4%
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INC
|
Thampan Thomas
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3,04,137
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42.6%
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JD
|
George Kurian
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22,622
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3.2%
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BJP
|
UDF
|
62,622
|
14
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Idukki
|
K. M. Mathew
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3,45,139
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48.3%
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INC
|
P. J. Joseph
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3,19,933
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44.8%
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KEC
|
K. Madhusoodhanan Nair
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25,197
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3.5%
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BJP
|
UDF
|
25,206
|
15
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Alappuzha
|
Vakkom Purushothaman
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3,50,719
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47.3%
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INC
|
T. J. Anjalose
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3,64,794
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49.2%
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CPI(M)
|
V. S. Vijayakumar
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15,973
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2.2%
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BJP
|
LDF
|
14,075
|
16
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Mavelikkara
|
P. J. Kurian
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3,04,519
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48.4%
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INC
|
K. Suresh Kurup
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2,79,031
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44.4%
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CPI(M)
|
Chennithala Gopalkrishnan Nair
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25,665
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4.1%
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BJP
|
UDF
|
25,488
|
17
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Adoor
|
Kodikunnil Suresh
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3,27,066
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48.9%
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INC
|
Bhargavi Thankappan
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3,08,471
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46.1%
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CPI
|
C. C. Kunjan
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17,067
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2.6%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
18,595
|
18
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Kollam
|
S. Krishna Kumar
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3,70,523
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50.0%
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INC
|
R. S. Unni
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3,42,796
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46.2%
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RSP
|
S. Ramakrishna Pillai
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16,507
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2.2%
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IND
|
UDF
|
27,727
|
19
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Chirayinkil
|
Thalekunnil Basheer
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3,30,412
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47.2%
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INC
|
Suseela Gopalan
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3,31,518
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47.4%
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CPI(M)
|
K. K. R. Kumar
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20,159
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2.9%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
1,106
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20
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Trivandrum
|
A. Charles
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3,34,272
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46.3%
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INC
|
E. J. Vijayamma
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2,90,602
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40.3%
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CPI
|
O. Rajagopal
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80,566
|
11.2%
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BJP
|
UDF
|
43,670
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