KERALA · 1996

20 seats

Seats20

Electors2.07 Cr

Votes polled1.47 Cr

Median turnout71.9%

Party standings

20 seats · majority 11

Indian National Congress 7 of 20 seats · 35% 4 short of a majority

Indian National Congress 7

Communist Party Of India (MARXIST) 5

Muslim Leage 2

Communist Party Of India 2

Janata Dal 1

Revolutionary Socialist Party 1

Independent 1

Kerala Congress(M) 1

by constituency number

#	Constituency	Winner	Party	Votes	Margin	Margin %	Turnout
1	Kasaragod	T. Govindan	CPIM	812,375	74,730	9.2	72.6
2	Cannanore	Mullappally Ramachandran	INC	774,769	39,302	5.1	74.1
3	Badagara	O. Bharathan	CPIM	825,203	79,945	9.7	75.7
4	Calicut	M P Veerendra Kumar	JD	758,736	38,703	5.1	71.6
5	Manjeri	E.Ahammed	ML	795,721	54,971	6.9	69.0
6	Ponnani	G.M.Banatwalla	ML	733,423	79,295	10.8	67.2
7	Palghat	N N Krishnadas	CPIM	737,849	23,423	3.2	69.5
8	Ottapalam	S. Ajayakumar	CPIM	695,723	23,064	3.3	67.2
9	TrichurSC	V.V.Raghavan	CPI	708,216	1,480	0.2	71.2
10	Mukundapuram	P. C.Chacko	INC	749,439	24,757	3.3	74.6
11	Ernakulam	Xavier Arrakkal	IND	729,915	30,385	4.2	68.2
12	Muvattupuzha	P C Thomas	KCM	719,419	121,896	16.9	73.8
13	Kottayam	Remesh Chennithala	INC	701,660	67,048	9.6	72.5
14	Idukki	A.C.Jos	INC	729,832	30,140	4.1	70.6
15	Alleppey	V M Sudheeran	INC	758,374	25,949	3.4	77.9
16	MavelikaraSC	P.J.Kurien	INC	633,593	21,076	3.3	71.9
17	Adoor	Kodikkunnil Suresh	INC	681,578	65,545	9.6	72.5
18	Quilon	N.K.Premachandran	RSP	738,078	78,370	10.6	72.2
19	Chirayinkil	A.Sampath	CPIM	696,024	48,083	6.9	67.2
20	Trivandrum	K.V.Surendranath	CPI	721,087	20,802	2.9	64.6