Kerala, Lok Sabha election 1996
20 constituencies in Kerala, 69.58% turnout.
Seats
20
Candidates
232
10 women, 0 elected
Turnout
69.58%
1.44 cr of 2.07 cr
Leading party
INC
7 of 20 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 7 | -6 | 17 | 54,67,132 | 38.01% | -0.76 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 5 | +2 | 9 | 30,44,369 | 21.16% | +0.45 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 2 | +2 | 4 | 11,82,944 | 8.22% | +0.11 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7,30,809 | 5.08% | +0.06 |
| INDIndependent | 1 | +1 | 154 | 10,02,198 | 6.97% | -0.77 |
| JDJanata Dal | 1 | +1 | 2 | 6,33,104 | 4.40% | -0.11 |
| KECMKerala Congress (M) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,82,319 | 2.66% | -0.04 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 1 | +1 | 1 | 3,59,786 | 2.50% | +0.10 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 18 | 8,07,607 | 5.61% | +1.01 |
| ICSIndian Congress (Socialist) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,32,622 | 2.31% | — |
| KECKerala Congress | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3,20,539 | 2.23% | -0.02 |
| PDPJammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party | 0 | 0 | 7 | 64,950 | 0.45% | — |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22,139 | 0.15% | -0.01 |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13,557 | 0.09% | -0.03 |
| FBLAll India Forward Bloc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12,837 | 0.09% | — |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5,609 | 0.04% | — |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,354 | 0.01% | — |
| SAPSAP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 721 | 0.01% | — |
- INC7 (35%)
- CPM5 (25%)
- CPI2 (10%)
- MUL2 (10%)
- IND1 (5%)
- JD1 (5%)
- Others2 (10%)
- INC7
- CPM5
- CPI2
- MUL2
- IND1
- JD1
- Others2
- INC7
- CPM5
- CPI2
- MUL2
- IND1
- JD1
- KECM1
- RSP1
Constituency performance
From the 20 results in Kerala
Closest contest
TRICHUR
won by 1,480 (0.21%)
Biggest victory
MUVATTUPUZHA
won by 1,21,896 (17.35%)
Highest turnout
ALLEPPEY
76.33%
Lowest turnout
TRIVANDRUM
63.07%
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Lok Sabha election (1991), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained11 (55%)
- Changed hands9 (45%)
11 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 9 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 Lok Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- CPM
- CPI
- MUL
TURNOUT
Constituency results
All 20 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–20 of 20
| Constituency | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | INCKODIKKUNNIL SURESH | CPIP.K.RAGHAVAN | 65,5459.79% | 71.2% |
| ALLEPPEY | INCV M SUDHEERAN | CPMT J ANJALOSE | 25,9493.49% | 76.3% |
| BADAGARA | CPMO. BHARATHAN | INCUNNIKRISHNAN K.P. | 79,9459.84% | 74.6% |
| CALICUT | JDM P VEERENDRA KUMAR | INCK. MURALEEDHARAN | 38,7035.21% | 70.1% |
| CANNANORE | INCMULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN | ICSRAMACHANDRAN KADANNAPPALLI | 39,3025.19% | 72.5% |
| CHIRAYINKIL | CPMA.SAMPATH | INCTHALEKKUNNIL BASHEER | 48,0837.07% | 65.7% |
| ERNAKULAM | INDXAVIER ARRAKKAL | INCK.V.THOMAS | 30,3854.25% | 66.8% |
| IDUKKI | INCA.C.JOS | KECK. FRANCIS GEORGE | 30,1404.20% | 69.4% |
| KASARAGOD | CPMT. GOVINDAN | INCI. RAMA RAI | 74,7309.37% | 71.3% |
| KOTTAYAM | INCREMESH CHENNITHALA | JDJAYALAKSHMI | 67,0489.78% | 70.8% |
| MANJERI | MULE.AHAMMED | CPMC.H.ASHIQ | 54,9717.08% | 67.3% |
| MAVELIKARA | INCP.J.KURIEN | CPMM.R.GOPALAKRISHNAN | 21,0763.41% | 70.1% |
| MUKUNDAPURAM | INCP. C.CHACKO | CPMV.VISWANATHA MENON | 24,7573.38% | 72.8% |
| MUVATTUPUZHA | KECMP C THOMAS | INDBABY KURIEN | 1,21,89617.35% | 72.1% |
| OTTAPALAM | CPMS. AJAYAKUMAR | INCVIJAYALAKSHMI K K | 23,0643.38% | 65.9% |
| PALGHAT | CPMN N KRISHNADAS | INCV S VIJAYARAGHAVAN | 23,4233.26% | 67.7% |
| PONNANI | MULG.M.BANATWALLA | CPIMOKKATH RAHMATHULLA | 79,29511.09% | 65.5% |
| QUILON | RSPN.K.PREMACHANDRAN | INCS. KRISHNAKUMAR | 78,37010.84% | 70.7% |
| TRICHUR | CPIV.V.RAGHAVAN | INCK.KARUNAKARAN | 1,4800.21% | 69.4% |
| TRIVANDRUM | CPIK.V.SURENDRANATH | INCA.CHARLES | 20,8022.95% | 63.1% |
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.