State board · Lok Sabha

Kerala Lok Sabha 1989

Results board · 20 constituencies

HouseLok Sabha

StateKerala

Seats

Constituencies

Majority

Seats needed of 20

Electors

1.89Cr

On the roll

Votes polled

1.50Cr

79.3% of electors

Median turnout

79.6%

Median of 20 seats

INC lead

Above majority · 14 − 11

[01]Seat matrix

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

Majority · 11 of 20INC 14 · +3 above majority

INC 1470.0% Indian National Congress

CPI(M) 210.0% 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)

State level, as published

INC 41.7%14 seats · 70.0%

CPI(M) 22.9%2 seats · 10.0%

CPI 6.2%0 seats

MUL 5.2%Seats unmatched

BJP 4.5%0 seats

Others 19.5%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

Not in the source for this election.

[03]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

INC converted 41.7% of votes into 70.0% of seats, a seat premium of 28.3 pp.
14 ÷ 20 = 70.0% · 70.0 − 41.7 = +28.3
CPI(M) polled 22.9% of votes, the 2nd-highest share, but won 2 seats (10.0%).
2 ÷ 20 = 10.0% · 10.0 − 22.9 = −12.9
Palghat was decided by 1,286 votes, the closest of 20 seats; Ponnani had the widest margin, 1,07,519.
min / max of margin over 20 seats with a recorded margin
4 seats were won by a margin under 1%; CPI(M) won 2 of them.
count(margin % < 1.0) = 4 of 20 · CPI(M) 2
Turnout ran from 71.7% in Ponnani to 84.9% in Alleppey; the median seat polled 79.6%.
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

< 50% 00.0% of seats

50–60 00.0% of seats

60–70 00.0% of seats

70–80 1155.0% of seats

≥ 80% 945.0% of seats

LowestPonnani71.7%
HighestAlleppey84.9%
NOTANOTA did not exist before 2013Not recorded

[05]Every seat

20 rows · by constituency number

Constituency results, Kerala Lok Sabha 1989, all 20 seats
#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes polled	Margin	Margin %	Turnout %
01	Kasaragod	M. Rammana Rai	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	8,02,722	1,546	0.2	79.5
02	Cannanore	Mullappally Ramachandran	Indian National Congress	7,81,281	42,404	5.4	83.1
03	Badagara	K. P. Unnikrishnan	Indian Congress (SOCIALIST- SARAT CHANDRA SINHA)	7,95,853	8,209	1.0	80.9
04	Calicut	K. Muraleedharan	Indian National Congress	7,88,439	28,957	3.7	82.3
05	Manjeri	Ebrahim Sulaiman Sait	Muslim Leage	8,11,009	70,282	8.7	79.7
06	PonnaniWIDEST	G. M. Banat Walia	Muslim Leage	7,10,929	1,07,519	15.1	71.7
07	PalghatCLOSEST	A. Vijayaraghavan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	7,41,859	1,286	0.2	77.5
08	Ottapalam	K. R. Narayanan	Indian National Congress	7,22,920	26,187	3.6	76.4
09	TrichurSC	P. A. Antony	Indian National Congress	7,19,432	6,235	0.9	78.9
10	Mukundapuram	Savithri Lakshmanan	Indian National Congress	7,59,285	18,754	2.5	82.4
11	Ernakulam	K. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress	7,76,614	36,465	4.7	80.8
12	Muvattupuzha	P. C. Thomas	Kerala Congress (M)	7,32,761	68,811	9.4	81.9
13	Kottayam	Ramesh Chennithala	Indian National Congress	7,52,839	53,533	7.1	84.6
14	Idukki	Palai K. M. Mathew	Indian National Congress	7,46,958	91,479	12.2	76.8
15	Alleppey	Vakkom Purushotham	Indian National Congress	7,50,995	25,123	3.3	84.9
16	MavelikaraSC	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress	6,57,992	57,182	8.7	78.3
17	Adoor	Kodikunnil Suresh	Indian National Congress	6,92,830	21,542	3.1	78.7
18	Quilon	S. Krishnakumar	Indian National Congress	7,75,045	27,462	3.5	81.4
19	Chirayinkil	Thalekunnil Basheer	Indian National Congress	7,30,320	5,130	0.7	74.2
20	Trivandrum	A. Charles	Indian National Congress	7,57,167	50,913	6.7	73.9

Margin bar scaled to the widest margin, 1,07,519 votes

Seat resultsElection Commission of India, constituency-wise results · Lok Sabha 1989 · 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