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Kerala Assembly Election, 1996

140 seats · 58 changed party since 1991

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 1996 · 13 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 40 seatsIndian National Congress — 37 seatsCommunist Party of India — 18 seatsMUL — 13 seatsKerala Congress — 6 seatsIndependent — 5 seatsKerala Congress (M) — 5 seats6 other parties — 16 seats71140of 140 seats
  • CPM40
  • INC37
  • CPI18
  • MUL13
  • KEC6
  • IND5
  • KECM5
  • Others16

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)4029%30,78,72321.6%62
INCIndian National Congress3726%43,40,71730.4%94
CPICommunist Party of India1813%10,86,3507.6%22
MULMUL139%10,25,5567.2%22
KECKerala Congress64%4,42,4213.1%10
INDIndependent54%10,95,7617.7%672
KECMKerala Congress (M)54%4,53,6143.2%10
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party54%2,94,7442.1%6
JDJanata Dal43%5,87,7164.1%13
ICSICS32%3,55,7552.5%9
KECJKECJ21%1,62,1141.1%4
JPSSJPSS11%1,82,2101.3%4
KECBKECB11%91,9680.6%2
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%7,81,0905.5%127

+ 13 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 1996 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 71

1996 · selected
Majority 71
CPM40INC37CPI18MUL13KEC6IND5KECM5RSP5JD4ICS3+3 more · 4 seats
1991 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 1991 → 1996

1991 1996· by party
40%30%20%10%0%
21.7
21.6
32.1
30.4
8.3
7.6
7.4
7.2
3.4
3.1
6.1
7.7
0.0
3.2
CPMINCCPIMULKECINDKECM

Seat change

1996 seats minus 1991 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
28 → 40
+12
INC
55 → 37
−18
CPI
12 → 18
+6
MUL
19 → 13
−6
KEC
1 → 6
+5
IND
4 → 5
+1
KECM
0 → 5
+5
RSP
2 → 5
+3
JD
3 → 4
+1
ICS
0 → 3
+3

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 1991 → 1996

share lostshare gained
KECM
0.0% → 3.2%
+3.2%
ICS
0.0% → 2.5%
+2.5%
IND
6.1% → 7.7%
+1.6%
JPSS
0.0% → 1.3%
+1.3%
KECJ
0.0% → 1.1%
+1.1%
BJP
4.8% → 5.5%
+0.7%
PDP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
KECB
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
CMPKSC
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
INL
0.0% → 0.4%
+0.4%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 1991 → 1996. Bold = the seat changed hands.

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

toward INCtoward CPM
Udma
+53.4%
Calicut- Ii
+52.0%
Quilandy
+51.2%
Peermade
+51.0%
Alleppey
−50.9%
Kunnathunad
+49.9%
Pathanamthitta
−49.2%
Konni
−49.1%
Piravom
−47.1%
Vamanapuram
+46.8%
Kunnamangalam
+46.3%
Pandalam
+46.2%

All constituencies · 1996

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 1991