The 1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 18 June 1991 to elect members to the
Niyamasabha
The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...
. 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
The Lok Sabha, constitutionally the House of the People, is the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, with the upper house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by an adult universal suffrage and a first-past ...
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
Kannoth Karunakaran (5 July 1918 – 23 December 2010) was an Indian politician and member of the Indian National Congress (INC). He served as the Chief Minister of Kerala four times during the late 1970s through the mid 1990s. He is the ...
, the leader of the UDF alliance, was sworn in as the Chief Minister of the state on 24 June 1991.
Results
Kerala Assembly Election Results in 1991.
References
External links
Kerala Assembly Election DATABASE
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections
Kerala
Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile regions of Cochin, Malabar, South ...
State Assembly elections in Kerala
1990s in Kerala