The trends in Kerala state assembly elections were always the same. No party ever won twice in succession. People never wanted them to continue in power for more than five years. Each party ruled alternate tenures. So at the end of the fifth year they know they are going to be replaced.
In 1996, the United People’s Assembly led by R. Vasudevan came in power. This was the most corrupt government as per records as even the chief minister was also involved in scams and frauds. Unaccountable transactions, black money and even gold smuggling led to collapse of the government. But as the UPA party won by a margin of twenty six votes, eighty three seats out of one hundred and forty, a new UPA government took power. Karunashankar’s name was suggested by one of the most powerful leader of the side
