State board · Lok Sabha

Kerala Lok Sabha 1984

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateKerala

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 20

Electors

1.43Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

1.10Cr

77.1% of electors

Median turnout

77.2%

Median of 20 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 13 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

20 seats · one dot per seat · ordered by seats won

Majority · 11 of 20INC 13 · +2 above majority

INC 1365.0% Indian National Congress

KEC(J) 210.0% Kerala Congress (J)

ML 210.0% Muslim Leage

ICS 15.0% Indian Congress (SOCIALIST)

CPI(M) 15.0% Communist Party of India (Marxist)

JNP 15.0% Janata Party

State level, as published

INC 33.3%13 seats · 65.0%

CPI(M) 22.3%1 seat · 5.0%

CPI 7.4%0 seats

KCJ 5.5%Seats unmatched

MUL 5.3%Seats unmatched

Others 26.2%Seat count not derivable

Vote share not published

KEC(J)2 seats
ML2 seats
ICS1 seat
JNP1 seat

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

Alliances

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 33.3% of votes into 65.0% of seats, a seat premium of 31.7 pp.
13 ÷ 20 = 65.0% · 65.0 − 33.3 = +31.7
CPI(M) polled 22.3% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 1 seat (5.0%).
1 ÷ 20 = 5.0% · 5.0 − 22.3 = −17.3
Mavelikara was decided by 1,287 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Idukki had the widest margin, 1,30,624.
min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin
1 seat was won by a margin under 1%; JNP won 1 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 1 of 20 · JNP 1
Turnout ran from 70.5% in Ponnani to 84.0% in Alleppey; the median seat polled 77.2%.
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

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 00.0% of seats

60–70 00.0% of seats

70–80 1680.0% of seats

≥ 80% 420.0% of seats

LowestPonnani70.5%
HighestAlleppey84.0%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1984, all 20 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	Kasaragod	I. Rama Rai	Indian National Congress	5,82,565	11,369	2.0	78.2
02	Cannanore	Muliappalli Ramachandran	Indian National Congress	5,67,922	25,053	4.4	81.9
03	Badagara	K. P. Unnikrishnan	Indian Congress (SOCIALIST)	5,83,558	10,979	1.9	78.8
04	Calicut	K. G. Adiyodi	Indian National Congress	5,62,184	54,061	9.6	79.6
05	Manjeri	Ebrahim Sulaman Sait	Muslim Leage	5,70,262	71,175	12.5	77.4
06	Ponnani	G. M. Banatwalla	Muslim Leage	5,06,049	1,02,326	20.2	70.5
07	Palghat	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	Indian National Congress	5,63,938	38,153	6.8	77.1
08	Ottapalam	K. R. Narayanan	Indian National Congress	5,40,620	55,570	10.3	76.7
09	TrichurSC	P. A. Antony	Indian National Congress	5,21,761	51,290	9.8	77.2
10	Mukundapuram	K. Mohandas	Kerala Congress (J)	5,69,192	44,385	7.8	81.0
11	Ernakulam	K. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress	5,51,838	70,324	12.7	75.8
12	Muvattupuzha	George Joseph Mundakkal (Baby)	Kerala Congress (J)	5,27,328	1,08,200	20.5	76.4
13	Kottayam	Suresh Kurup	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5,59,836	5,853	1.0	80.5
14	IdukkiWIDEST	P. J. Kurian	Indian National Congress	5,41,206	1,30,624	24.1	75.4
15	Alleppey	Vakkon Purushothaman	Indian National Congress	5,89,117	37,764	6.4	84.0
16	MavelikaraSCCLOSEST	Thampan Thomas	Janata Party	5,03,109	1,287	0.3	74.7
17	Adoor	K. K. Kunhambu	Indian National Congress	5,10,084	50,972	10.0	75.7
18	Quilon	S. Krishna Kumar	Indian National Congress	5,66,439	20,357	3.6	78.0
19	Chirayinkil	Thalekkunnil Basheer	Indian National Congress	5,31,321	31,465	5.9	73.0
20	Trivandrum	A. Charles	Indian National Congress	5,62,700	53,438	9.5	71.5

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,30,624 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1984 · 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