1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
← 1987 June 18, 1991 (1991-06-18) 1996 →
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout73.42%
  First party Second party
 
Leader K. Karunakaran E.K. Nayanar
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat Mala Thrikaripur
Seats won 90 48
Seat change Increase 29 Decrease 30
Percentage 44.84% 45.88%
Kerala, India
Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
Chief Minister before election

E.K. Nayanar
LDF

Chief Minister

K. Karunakaran[1]
UDF

The 1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 June 1991 to elect members to the Niyamasabha. The incumbent LDF government, which was in power from 1987, decided to seek a fresh mandate one year ahead of the expiry of its term. The decision was prompted by the announcement of the elections to the Lok Sabha and the Front's good showing in the elections to the local bodies held in the previous year.

The elections saw the LDF losing power and the UDF returning to power after four years. K. Karunakaran, the leader of the UDF alliance, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state on 24 June 1991.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

This was the final election in which the two major fronts were led by K. Karunakaran and E.K. Nayanar respectively.

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