1998 Indian general election in Kerala

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Nayanar LDF - 11 9 10 10 1 1 Indian National Congress Communist Party of India (Marxist) Prime Minister Prime Minister after election Inder Kumar Gujral Janata Dal Atal Bihari Vajpayee Bharatiya Janata Party 46.08% 44.55% The 1998 Indian general election were held to elect 20 members to the twelfth Lok Sabha from Kerala.General Election, 1998 https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/4124-general-election-1998-vol-i-ii-iii/ Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 11 seats, while the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) won the remaining 9 seats.PC: Kerala 1998 https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=12May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes The earlier election in 1996 saw both alliances win equal share of seats. Turnout for the election was at 70.66%STATISTICAL REPORT ON GENERAL ELECTIONS, 1998 TO THE 12th LOK SABHA https://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in/Links/Books/98_Vol_I.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20180413155035/http://ceomadhyapradesh.nic.in:80/Links/Books/98_Vol_I.pdf 2018-04-13 Background The ruling LDF government in the state faced infightings, especially among V. S. Achuthanandan and CITU as the former was denied the Chief Ministerial post. KSKTU launched agitations against paddy field reclamation, which spiraled into a law and order issue. The state High Court directed the government to return the crop fields to the farmers. M. L. Ahuja cited "an element of militancy" and "disregard for democratic forms of agitations" among the CPI(M) activists during the agitation. Alliances and parties PC: Alliances Kerala 1998 https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/12/28 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), leading National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at national level contested in all 20 seats. United Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Indian National Congress50px172.Indian Union Muslim League47x47px23.Kerala Congress (M)45x45px1 Left Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)center|45x45px|Key92.Communist Party of Indiacenter|45x45px|Star43.Revolutionary Socialist Party50px14.Independents 50px35.Janata Dal50px26.Kerala Congress50px 1 National Democratic Alliance No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested1.Bharatiya Janata Party40x40px20 List of Candidates ConstituencyUDFLDFBJP # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1KasaragodIndian National Congress Khader MangadCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM T. GovindanBharatiya Janata Party P. K. Krishna ml പി.കെ. കൃഷ്ണദാസ്2CannanoreIndian National Congress M. RamachandranIndependent IND A. C. ShanmughadasBharatiya Janata Party P. C. Mohanan3BadagaraIndian National Congress P. M. Suresh BabuCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM A. K. PremajamBharatiya Janata Party C. Balakrishnan Master4CalicutIndian National Congress P. SankaranJanata Dal M. P. Veerendra KumarBharatiya Janata Party P. S. Sreedharan Pillai5ManjeriIndian Union Muslim League E. AhamedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM K. V. SalahuddinBharatiya Janata Party Sumathy Haridas6PonnaniIndian Union Muslim League G. M. BanatwalaCommunist Party of India Minu MumthasBharatiya Janata Party Ahalliya SankarSenior BJP leader Ahalya Shankar passes away - The Hindu https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/senior-bjp-leader-ahalya-shankar-passes-away/article69361837.ece 2026-09-28 www.thehindu.com7PalghatIndian National Congress V. S. Vijayaraghavan ml വി.എസ്. വിജയരാഘവൻCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM N. N. KrishnadasBharatiya Janata Party T. C. Govindan8Ottapalam (SC)Indian National Congress K. K. VijayalakshmiCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM S. Ajaya KumarBharatiya Janata Party P. M. Velayudhan9TrichurIndian National Congress K. MuraleedharanCommunist Party of India V. V. RaghavanBharatiya Janata Party P. M. Gopinadhan10MukundapuramIndian National Congress A. C. JoseCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM P. Govinda PillaiBharatiya Janata Party P. D. Purushothaman 11ErnakulamIndian National Congress George EdenIndependent IND Sebastian PaulBharatiya Janata Party V. V. Augustine12MuvattupuzhaKerala Congress (M) P. C. ThomasJanata Dal Mathew JohnBharatiya Janata Party Narayanan Namboothiri13KottayamIndian National Congress Ramesh ChennithalaCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM K. Suresh KurupBharatiya Janata Party George Kurian14IdukkiIndian National Congress P. C. ChackoKerala Congress K. Francis GeorgeBharatiya Janata Party D. Asokakumar15AlleppeyIndian National Congress V. M. SudheeranCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM C. S. SujathaBharatiya Janata Party T. L. Radhamma16MavelikaraIndian National Congress P. J. KurienIndependent IND Ninan KoshyBharatiya Janata Party Rajan Moolaveettil17Adoor (SC)Indian National Congress Kodikunnil SureshCommunist Party of India Chengara SurendranBharatiya Janata Party Kainakary Janardhanan18QuilonIndian National Congress K. C. RajanRevolutionary Socialist Party (India) N. K. PremachandranBharatiya Janata Party Raichel Matthai19ChirayinkilIndian National Congress M. M. HassanCommunist Party of India (Marxist) CPM Varkala RadhakrishnanBharatiya Janata Party T. M. Viswambharan20TrivandrumIndian National Congress K. KarunakaranCommunist Party of India K. V. SurendranathBharatiya Janata Party Kerala Varma Raja List of elected MPs Roy Mathew Indian Parliament Elections 1998: Kerala Winners http://keralaassembly.org/lok/winners.php4?year=1998 live https://web.archive.org/web/20031125150501/http://www.keralaassembly.org:80/lok/winners.php4?year=1998 2003-11-25 2020-09-15 keralaassembly.org No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party affiliation1KasaragodT. GovindanCPI(M)2KannurMullappally RamachandranINC3VatakaraA. K. PremajamCPI(M)4KozhikodeP. SankaranINC5ManjeriE. AhamedIUML6PonnaniG. M. BanatwalaIUML7PalakkadN. N. KrishnadasCPI(M)8OttapalamS. Ajaya KumarCPI(M)9ThrissurV. V. RaghavanCPI10MukundapuramA. C. JoseINC11ErnakulamGeorge EdenINC12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasKC(M)13KottayamK. Suresh KurupCPI(M)14IdukkiP. C. ChackoKEC15AlappuzhaV. M. SudheeranINC16MavelikkaraP. J. KurienINC17AdoorChengara SurendranCPI18KollamN. K. PremachandranRSP19ChirayankilVarkala RadhakrishnanCPI(M)20ThiruvananthapuramK. KarunakaranINC Results Performance of political parties PC: Party-wise performance for 1998 Kerala https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/party_list/28/12Vote Share by alliance yes 46.08 UDF United Democratic Front (Kerala) 44.55 LDF Left Democratic Front (Kerala) 8.02 NDA National Democratic Alliance No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsVotes%Votes±pp1Indian National CongressUDF857,46,56638.67%0.662Communist Party of India (Marxist)LDF431,21,63621%0.163Communist Party of IndiaLDF212,35,7618.32%0.104Bharatiya Janata PartyNDA011,92,0468.02%2.415Indian Union Muslim LeagueUDF27,45,0705.01%0.076Janata DalLDF05,80,0943.90%0.507Revolutionary Socialist PartyLDF13,96,1452.67%0.178Kerala Congress (M)UDF13,56,1682.40%0.269Kerala CongressLDF03,27,6492.20%0.0310Indian National Leaguenone080,3330.54%0.5311Peoples Democratic Partynone040,9720.28%0.1712Bahujan Samaj Partynone019,4750.1%0.0513Shiv Senanone03,2900.02%14Janata Partynone01,1640.01%15Nagaland Peoples Partynone01,0660.01%16The Humanist Party Of Indianone07650.01%new17Samata Partynone05580.00%0.01Independents210,13,0676.82%0.15 By constituency PC: Kerala 1998 https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?state=28&eid=12May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodKhader Mangad3,47,67039.9%INCT. Govindan3,95,91045.4%CPI(M)P. K. Krishnadas1,03,09311.8%BJPLDF48,2402KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,80,46546.2%INCA .C. Shanmukhadas3,78,28545.9%INDP. C. Mohanan42,7605.2%BJPUDF2,1803VatakaraP. M. Suresh Babu3,48,71541.3%INCA. K. Premajam4,07,87648.3%CPI(M)Chettoor Balakrishnan69,5648.2%BJPLDF59,1614KozhikodeP. Sankaran3,56,39245.0%INCM. P. Veerendra Kumar3,37,73542.6%JDP. C. Mohanan83,86210.1%BJPUDF18,6575ManjeriE. Ahamed4,00,60949.3%IUMLK. V. Salahuddin2,94,60036.2%CPI(M)Sumathy Haridas79,5469.8%BJPUDF1,06,0096PonnaniG. M. Banatwalla3,44,46149.7%IUMLMinu Mumthas2,40,21734.7%CPIAhalliya Sankar65,0089.4%BJPUDF1,04,2447PalakkadV. S. Vijayaraghavan3,20,94143.1%INCN. N. Krishnadas3,45,96346.4%CPI(M)T. C. Govindan61,4198.2%BJPLDF25,0228OttapalamK. K. Vijayalakshmi3,15,57643.7%INCS. Ajayakumar3,35,37646.5%CPI(M)P. M. Velayudhan63,1858.8%BJPLDF19,8009ThrissurK. Muraleedharan3,47,94546.2%INCV. V. Raghavan3,38,99645.1%CPIP. D. Purushothaman54,4797.2%BJPLDF18,40910MukundapuramA. C. Jose3,97,15650.1%INCP. Govinda Pillai3,44,69343.5%CPI(M)M. S. Muraleedharan30,7793.9%BJPUDF8,94911ErnakulamGeorge Eden3,89,38750.2%INCSebastian Paul3,14,87940.6%INDV. V. Augustine62,2628.0%BJPUDF74,50812MuvattupuzhaP. C. Thomas3,56,16853.9%KC(M)Mathew John2,42,35936.7%JDNarayanan Namboothiri50,7387.7%BJPUDF1,13,80913KottayamRamesh Chennithala3,30,44745.9%INCK. Suresh Kurup3,35,89346.7%CPI(M)George Kurian42,8305.9%BJPLDF5,44614IdukkiP. C. Chacko3,33,99946.4%INCK. Francis George3,27,64945.6%KECD. Asokakumar46,1306.4%BJPUDF6,35015AlappuzhaV. M. Sudheeran3,86,18050.5%INCC. S. Sujatha3,45,54345.2%CPI(M)T. L. Radhamma27,0103.5%BJPUDF40,63716MavelikkaraP. J. Kurien2,75,00144.0%INCNinan Koshy2,73,74043.8%INDRajan Moolaveettil68,45011.0%BJPUDF1,26117AdoorKodikunnil Suresh3,16,29245.8%INCChengara Surendran3,33,29748.2%CPIKainakary Janardhanan34,8165.0%BJPLDF17,00518KollamK. C. Rajan3,24,38342.4%INCN. K. Premachandran3,96,14551.8%RSPRaichel Matthai36,9164.8%BJPLDF71,76219ChirayinkilM. M. Hassan3,13,93745.1%INCVarkala Radhakrishnan3,21,47946.2%CPI(M)T. M. Viswambharan47,2496.8%BJPLDF7,54220TrivandrumK. Karunakaran3,37,42944.0%INCK. V. Surendranath3,22,03142.0%CPIKerala Varma Raja94,30312.3%BJPUDF15,398 See also Elections in Kerala Politics of Kerala References Kerala Category:Indian general elections in Kerala