Kerala assembly election, Jun 1996

140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 69.01% turnout.

Seats

140

Candidates

1,201

55 women, 13 elected

Turnout

69.01%

1.43 cr of 2.07 cr

Leading party

CPM

40 of 140 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	40	+11	62	30,78,723	21.59%	-0.49
INC Indian National Congress	37	-18	94	43,40,717	30.43%	-1.64
CPI Communist Party of India	18	+6	22	10,86,350	7.62%	-0.64
MUL Indian Union Muslim League	13	-6	22	10,25,556	7.19%	-0.18
KEC Kerala Congress	6	+5	10	4,42,421	3.10%	-0.27
IND Independent	5	+1	672	10,95,761	7.68%	+1.57
KECM Kerala Congress (M)	5	-5	10	4,53,614	3.18%	-1.13
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	5	+3	6	2,94,744	2.07%	+0.34
JD Janata Dal	4	+1	13	5,87,716	4.12%	+0.08
ICS Indian Congress (Socialist)	3	+3	9	3,55,755	2.49%	—
KECJ KECJ	2	+2	4	1,62,114	1.14%	—
JPSS JPSS	1	+1	4	1,82,210	1.28%	—
KECB KECB	1	+1	2	91,968	0.64%	—
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	0	0	127	7,81,090	5.48%	+0.72
PDP Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	0	0	50	1,02,226	0.72%	—
CMPKSC CMPKSC	0	0	3	69,934	0.49%	—
INL INL	0	0	15	63,975	0.45%	—
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	12	17,872	0.13%	-0.07
AIICT AIICT	0	0	8	8,549	0.06%	—
JP JP	0	0	21	8,027	0.06%	-0.04
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	16	4,445	0.03%	—
BLP Bharatiya Lokvikas Party	0	0	1	3,632	0.03%	—
FBL All India Forward Bloc	0	0	6	2,522	0.02%	—
SAP SAP	0	0	9	1,916	0.01%	+0.01
ILC ILC	0	0	1	630	0.00%	—
SWJP SWJP	0	0	1	167	0.00%	—
SLAP SLAP	0	0	1	58	0.00%	—

CPM40 (29%)
INC37 (26%)
CPI18 (13%)
MUL13 (9%)
KEC6 (4%)
IND5 (4%)
Others21 (15%)

CPM40
INC37
CPI18
MUL13
KEC6
IND5
Others21

CPM40
INC37
CPI18
MUL13
KEC6
IND5
KECM5
RSP5
Others11

Constituency performance

From the 140 results in Kerala

Closest contest

KUNNATHUNAD

won by 60 (0.05%)

Biggest victory

VARKALA

won by 26,389 (34.61%)

Highest turnout

SHERTHALAI

84.54%

Lowest turnout

TRIVANDRUM WEST

57.31%

Seat change

Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained88 (63%)
Changed hands52 (37%)

88 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 52 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–140 of 140

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
PERAMBRA	CPMN.K.RADHA	KECMROSHY AUGUSTINE	2,7522.23%	79.5%
PERAVOOR	ICSK.T.KUNNAHAMMED	INCK.P.NOORUDEEN	1860.15%	75.6%
PERINGALAM	JDP.R.KURUP	MULK.M.SOOPY	14,08013.56%	68.0%
PERINTHALMANNA	MULNALAKATH SOOPPY	INDA.MOHAMED	6,2485.67%	68.6%
PERUMBAVOOR	INCP.P.THANKACHAN	JDRAMAN KARTHA	4,7834.56%	71.7%
PIRAVOM	KECJT.M.JACOB	INDC.POULOSE	7,7087.34%	74.5%
PONNANI	CPMMUHAMMEDKUTTY PALOLI	INCP.T.MOHANAKRISHNAN	8,6188.35%	65.4%
POONJAR	KECP.C.GEORGE	KECMJOY ABRAHAM	10,13611.19%	73.7%
PUNALOOR	CPIP.K.SREENIVASAN	INCPUNALUR MADHU	6,6986.15%	68.3%
PUTHUPPALLY	INCOOMMEN CHANDY	CPMREJI ZACHARIAH	10,1559.65%	72.1%
QUILANDY	CPMP.VISWAN	INCP.SANKARAN	4,8513.92%	76.7%
QUILON	RSPBABU DIVAKARAN	INCKADAVOOR SIVADASAN	6,2986.87%	67.0%
RANNI	CPMRAJU ABRAHAM	INCPEEILIPOSE THOMAS	3,4294.01%	70.8%
SHERTHALAI	INCA.K.ANTONY	CPIC.K.CHANDRAPPAN	8,3857.72%	84.5%
SREEKRISHNAPURAM	CPMGIRIJA SURENDRAN	INCP.BALAN	4,0173.56%	68.6%
SULTAN'S BATTERY	CPMVARGHESE VAIDYAR	INCKC ROSAKUTTY	1,2961.14%	67.3%
TALIPARAMBA	CPMM.V.GOVINDAN MASTER	INCSATHEESAN PACHENI	17,61713.69%	77.1%
TANUR	MULABDU RABB	INDT.V. MOIDEEN KUTTY @ KUNHAN BAVA HAJI	20,01322.12%	57.4%
TELLICHERRY	CPMK.P.MAMMU MASTER	INCK.C.KADAMBOORAN	18,35019.33%	67.2%
THIRUVALLA	KECMMAMMAN MATHAI	JDOOMMEN THALAVADY	5,9417.52%	68.1%
THIRUVAMBADI	MULABDURAHIMAN HAJI AV	ICSCYRIAC JOHN	5,1225.06%	68.9%
THODUPUZHA	KECP.J.JOSEPH	INCP.T.THOMAS	4,1243.23%	78.0%
THRIPPUNITHURA	INCK.BABU	CPMGOPI KOTTAMURIKKAL	14,77311.01%	71.3%
THRITHALA	CPMV.K.CHANDRAN	INCA.P.ANILKUMAR	4,4014.50%	68.1%
TIRUR	MULE.T.MOHAMED BASHEER	INDU.A.NASEER	9,6848.95%	65.7%
TIRURANGADI	MULKUTTY AHAMED KUTTY	INDA.V.ABDU HAJI	8,0327.93%	64.8%
TRICHUR	INCTHERAMBIL RAMAKRISHNAN	INDM.R.GOVINDAN	10,20910.66%	66.2%
TRIKKARPUR	CPMK.P.SATEESH CHANDRAN	INCSONY SEBASTIAN	15,74811.89%	76.1%
TRIVANDRUM EAST	INCB.VIJAYA KUMAR	ICSK.KRISHNA PILLAI	2,4782.93%	60.3%
TRIVANDRUM NORTH	CPMM.VIJAYAKUMAR	INCT.SARATCHANDRA PRASAD	14,30912.09%	63.0%
TRIVANDRUM WEST	KECANTONY RAJU	INCM.M.HASSAN	6,8948.26%	57.3%
UDMA	CPMP. RAGHAVAN	INCK.P.KUNHIKANNAN	10,3959.55%	68.4%
UDUMBANCHOLA	INCE.M.AUGUSTHY	CPMM.M.MONI	4,6673.89%	63.9%
VADAKKEKARA	CPMS.SARMA	INCV.P.MARAKKAR	3690.35%	77.4%
VAIKOM	CPIM.K.KESAVAN	INCK.K. BALAKRISHNAN	9,2389.24%	73.5%
VAMANAPURAM	CPMPIRAPPANCODE MURALI	JPSSC.K.SITARAM	6,3866.33%	67.1%
VARKALA	CPMA.ALI HASSAN	INCG.PRIYADARSANAN	26,38934.61%	57.8%
VAZHOOR	KECMK.NARAYANA KURUP	CPIKANAM RAJENDRAN	2,5163.01%	68.6%
WADAKKANCHERRY	INCV.BALARAM	KECK.MOHANDAS	9,6789.72%	65.5%
WANDOOR	CPMN.KANNAN	INCPANDALAM SUDHAKARAN	4,2013.69%	66.7%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, Jun 1996?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 40 of 140 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, Jun 1996?

Turnout was 69.01% — 1.43 cr of 2.07 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Kerala have?

Kerala has 140 assembly seats.