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Kerala Assembly Election, 1991

140 seats · 65 changed party since 1987

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1991 · 13 parties won seats

Derived
Indian National Congress — 55 seatsCommunist Party of India (Marxist) — 28 seatsMUL — 19 seatsCommunist Party of India — 12 seatsKCM — 10 seatsIndependent — 4 seatsJanata Dal — 3 seats6 other parties — 9 seats71140of 140 seats
  • INC55
  • CPM28
  • MUL19
  • CPI12
  • KCM10
  • IND4
  • JD3
  • Others9

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
INCIndian National Congress5539%45,46,37932.1%91
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)2820%30,82,35421.7%64
MULMUL1914%10,44,5827.4%22
CPICommunist Party of India129%11,70,4998.3%24
KCMKCM107%6,11,7024.3%13
INDIndependent43%8,65,8276.1%334
JDJanata Dal32%5,73,1404.0%13
ICSSCSIcs (Scs)21%4,91,5383.5%12
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party21%2,45,0231.7%6
NDPNational Democratic Party (Indian)21%1,32,3280.9%3
KECKerala Congress11%4,77,8493.4%11
CPMKCPMK11%1,67,5711.2%4
CPIMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)11%47,1690.3%1
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%6,74,5254.8%137

+ 7 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1991 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

1991 · selected
Majority 71
INC55CPM28MUL19CPI12KCM10IND4JD3ICSSCS2RSP2NDP2+3 more · 3 seats
1987 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1987 → 1991

1987 1991· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
24.8
32.1
22.9
21.7
7.7
7.4
8.1
8.3
0.0
4.3
16.9
6.1
0.0
4.0
INCCPMMULCPIKCMINDJD

Seat change

1991 seats minus 1987 seats

seats lostseats gained
INC
33 → 55
+22
CPM
38 → 28
−10
MUL
15 → 19
+4
CPI
16 → 12
−4
KCM
0 → 10
+10
IND
14 → 4
−10
JD
0 → 3
+3
ICSSCS
6 → 2
−4
RSP
5 → 2
−3
NDP
0 → 2
+2

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1987 → 1991

share lostshare gained
INC
24.8% → 32.1%
+7.2%
KCM
0.0% → 4.3%
+4.3%
JD
0.0% → 4.0%
+4.0%
CPMK
0.0% → 1.2%
+1.2%
NDP
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
CPIM
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
RSP
2.1% → 1.7%
−0.3%
MUL
7.7% → 7.4%
−0.4%
ICSSCS
4.0% → 3.5%
−0.5%
LKD
0.6% → 0.0%
−0.6%

Biggest INC–CPM swings

Seats where the INC-vs-CPM vote gap moved most, 1987 → 1991. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (INC share − CPM share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward INC; to the left, toward CPM.

toward CPMtoward INC
Ankamali
+95.0%
Thodupuzha
+86.9%
Devicolam
+57.0%
Trichur
+54.5%
Mavelikara
+53.8%
Thrithala
−52.6%
Chalakudi
+51.1%
Alathur
+50.1%
Quilon
+50.1%
Varkala
+49.9%
Punaloor
+49.2%
Kothamangalam
+49.2%

Closest races · 1991

Ranked by margin as a share of valid votes · tap a seat for full results

All constituencies · 1991

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1987