2004 Indian general election in Kerala

2004 Indian general election

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20 seats
First party Second party Third party   Leader V.S. Achuthanandan A. K. Antony P. C. Thomas Party CPI(M) INC IFDP Alliance LDF UDF NDA Leader's seat - - Muvattupuzha Last election 9 11 0 Seats won 18 1 1 Seat change 9 10 1 Percentage 46.15% 38.38% 12.08%
Prime Minister before election Atal Bihari Vajpayee BJP Prime Minister after election Manmohan Singh INC

The 2004 Indian general election in Kerala were held for 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. ^[1] The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 18 seats out of 20 seats in the state. Indian National Congress, who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections, won one in this election. The other seats were won by Kerala Congress (1), P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party (1), Indian Union Muslim League (1), Janata Dal (Secular) (1), and by an LDF supported Independent candidate (1).

In the aftermath of this election, the then Chief Minister of the state A. K. Antony resigned taking sole responsibility for the INC's poor electoral performance. ^[2] Despite this, the outside support from the Left Front proved valuable for Congress to have a stable government in the Lok Sabha for the next 5 years. ^[3]

Alliances

United Democratic Front (UDF), National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Left Democratic Front (LDF) are the major alliances.

United Democratic Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats contested
1.	Indian National Congress		17
2.	Indian Union Muslim League		2
3.	Kerala Congress (M)		1

Left Democratic Front

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Key	13
2.	Communist Party of India	Star	4
3.	Kerala Congress (J)		1
4.	Janata Dal (Secular)		1
5.	Independent		1

National Democratic Alliance

No.	Party	Election Symbol	Seats contested
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party		19
2.	Indian Federal Democratic Party		1

List of elected MPs

No.	Constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party Affiliation		Alliance
1	Kasaragod	P. Karunakaran		CPI(M)	LDF
2	Kannur	A. P. Abdullakutty		CPI(M)	LDF
3	Vatakara	P. Satheedevi		CPI(M)	LDF
4	Kozhikode	M. P. Veerendra Kumar		JD(S)	LDF
5	Manjeri	T. K. Hamza		CPI(M)	LDF
6	Ponnani	E. Ahammed		IUML	UDF
7	Palakkad	N. N. Krishnadas		CPI(M)	LDF
8	Ottapalam	S. Ajaya Kumar		CPI(M)	LDF
9	Thrissur	C. K. Chandrappan		CPI	LDF
10	Mukundapuram	Lonappan Nambadan		CPI(M)	LDF
11	Ernakulam	Sebastian Paul		LDF Ind.	LDF
12	Muvattupuzha	P. C. Thomas		IFDP	NDA
13	Kottayam	Suresh Kurup		CPI(M)	LDF
14	Idukki	K. Francis George		KC	LDF
15	Alappuzha	K. S. Manoj		CPI(M)	LDF
16	Mavelikkara	C. S. Sujatha		CPI(M)	LDF
17	Adoor	Chengara Surendran		CPI	LDF
18	Kollam	P. Rajendran		CPI(M)	LDF
19	Chirayankil	Varkala Radhakrishnan		CPI(M)	LDF
20	Thiruvananthapuram	P. K. Vasudevan Nair		CPI	LDF
		Pannyan Raveendran [a]		CPI	LDF

Results

^[4]

Results by alliance or party

Vote Share (By alliance)

1. LDF (46.1%)
2. UDF (38.4%)
3. NDA (12.1%)
4. Others (3.39%)

Alliance/Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	LDF		CPI(M)	4,754,567	31.52%	3.62%	13	12	3
			CPI	1,190,526	7.89%	0.29%	4	3	3
			KC(J)	353,905	2.35%	0.05%	1	1
			JD(S)	340,111	2.25%	0.05%	1	1	1
			LDF Ind.	323,042	2.14%	New	1	1	1
		Total		6,962,151	46.15%	2.45%	20	18	9
	UDF		INC	4,846,637	32.13%	7.27%	17	0	8
			IUML	733,228	4.86%	0.44%	2	1	1
			KC(M)	209,880	1.39%	0.91%	1	0	1
		Total		5,789,745	38.38%	8.52%	20	1	10
	NDA		BJP	1,566,569	10.38%	3.78%	19	0
			IFDP	380,847	1.70%	New	1	1	New
		Total		1,947,416	12.08%	4.18%	20	1	1
Others				387,116	3.39%
Total				15,086,428	100%			20

By alliance

Coalition/Alliance	Parties contesting in Kerala from the Alliance in 1999	Seats won in 1999 Election	Parties contesting in Kerala from the Alliance in 2004	Seats won in 2004 Election	Swing
Left Democratic Front	Communist Party of India(12) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4) Janata Dal (Secular) (1) Kerala Congress (J) (1) Independent (2)	9	Communist Party of India (3) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (12) Janata Dal (Secular) (1) Kerala Congress (J) (1) Independent (1)	18	9
United Democratic Front	Indian National Congress(17) Indian Union Muslim League (2) Kerala Congress (1)	11	Indian National Congress Indian Union Muslim League (1) Kerala Congress	1	10
National Democratic Alliance	Bharatiya Janata Party Janata Dal (United)	0	Kerala Congress (1) P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party 1)	1	1

• Note:
  1. UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999 represents the seats won by Indian National Congress
  2. UDF, is a coalition in Kerala, that was formed in 2001, that includes the Indian National Congress, and splinter Congress groups in Kerala.
  3. Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.
  4. P. C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party, later merged with Kerala Congress and the United Democratic Front.

By Party

Party	Alliance	Seats contested	Seats	Change	Votes	%	±pp
Indian National Congress	UDF	17	1	7	4,846,637	32.13	7.27
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Left Democratic Front	13	12	8	4,754,567	31.52	3.62
Communist Party of India	Left Democratic Front	4	3	3	1,190,526	7.89	0.29
Bharatiya Janata Party	NDA	19	0		15,66,569	10.38	3.78
Indian Union Muslim League	UDF	2	1	1	733,228	4.86	0.44
Kerala Congress (J)	Left Democratic Front	1	1	1	353,905	2.35	new
Janata Dal (Secular)	Left Democratic Front	1	1	1	340,111	2.25	0.05
Indian Federal Democratic Party	NDA	1	1	new	256,411	1.7	new
Kerala Congress (Mani)	UDF	1	0	1	209,880	1.39	0.91
Bahujan Samaj Party	none	14	0		74,656	0.49	0.48
Peoples Democratic Party (India)	none	1	0	new	45,720	0.3	new
Janata Dal (United)	NDA	4	0		7,806	0.05	1.25
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation	None	1	0	new	3,270	0.02	new
Social Action Party	none	1	0	new	2,987	0.02	new
All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party	none	1	0	new	2,158	0.01	new
Independent	Left Democratic Front	1	1	3	323042	2.14
Total		177	20	–	15,086,428	–

By constituency

No.	Constituency	UDF candidate	Votes	%	Party	LDF candidate	Votes	%	Party	NDA candidate	Votes	%	Party	Winning alliance	Margin
1	Kasaragod	N. A. Mohammed	3,29,028	36.5	INC	P. Karunakaran	4,37,284	48.5	CPI(M)	V. Balakrishna Shetty	1,10,328	12.2	BJP	Left Democratic Front	1,08,256
2	Kannur	Mullappally Ramachandran	3,51,209	40.8	INC	A. P. Abdullakutty	4,35,058	50.5	CPI(M)	O. K. Vasu	47,213	5.4	BJP	Left Democratic Front	83,849
3	Vatakara	M. T. Padma	2,98,705	36.1	INC	P. Satheedevi	4,29,294	51.8	CPI(M)	K. P. Sreesan	81,901	9.9	BJP	Left Democratic Front	1,30,589
4	Kozhikode	V. Balram	2,74,785	35.2	INC	M.P. Veerendra Kumar	3,40,111	43.5	JD(S)	M. T. Ramesh	97,711	12.5	BJP	Left Democratic Front	65,326
5	Manjeri	K. P. A. Majeed	3,79,177	41.8	IUML	T. K. Hamza	4,26,920	47.1	CPI(M)	Uma Unni	84,149	9.3	BJP	Left Democratic Front	47,743
6	Ponnani	E. Ahamed	3,54,051	48.5	IUML	P. P. Suneer	2,51,293	34.4	CPI	Aravindan	71,609	9.8	BJP	UDF	1,02,758
7	Palakkad	V. S. Vijaya Raghavan	2,76,986	33.7	INC	N. N. Krishnadas	3,75,144	45.7	CPI(M)	C. Udai Bhasker	1,47,792	18	BJP	Left Democratic Front	98,158
8	Ottapalam	K. A. Thulasi	3,25,518	40.3	INC	S. Ajaya Kumar	3,95,928	49	CPI(M)	Velayudhan	68,193	8.5	BJP	Left Democratic Front	70,410
9	Thrissur	A. C. Jose	2,74,999	40	INC	C. K. Chandrappan	3,20,960	46.7	CPI	P. S. Sreeraman	72,042	10.5	BJP	Left Democratic Front	45,961
10	Mukundapuram	Padmaja Venugopal	2,58,078	35.7	INC	Lonappan Nambadan	3,75,175	51.9	CPI(M)	Mathew Pailee	62,338	8.6	BJP	Left Democratic Front	1,17,097
11	Ernakulam	Edward Edezhath	2,52,943	38.4	INC	Sebastian Paul	3,23,042	49	IND-LDF	O. G. Thankappan	60,697	9.2	BJP	Left Democratic Front	70,099
12	Muvattupuzha	Jose K. Mani	2,09,880	28	KEC(M)	P. M. Ismail	2,55,882	34.3	CPI(M)	P. C. Thomas	2,56,411	34.4	IFDP	NDA	529
13	Kottayam	Vijayamma. S	2,98,299	46.3	INC	K.Suresh Kurup	3,41,213	44.3	CPI(M)	B. Radhakrishna Menon	53,034	7.5	BJP	Left Democratic Front	42,914
14	Idukki	Benny Behanan	2,84,521	39	INC	K. Francis George	3,53,905	48.5	KEC	S. T. B. Mohandas	58,290	8	BJP	Left Democratic Front	69,384
15	Alappuzha	V. M. Sudheeran	3,34,485	45.8	INC	K. S. Manoj	3,35,494	46	CPI(M)	V. Padmanabhan	43,891	6	BJP	Left Democratic Front	1,009
16	Mavelikkara	Ramesh Chennithala	2,70,867	42	INC	C. S. Sujatha	2,78,281	43.2	CPI(M)	S. Krishna Kumar	83,013	12.9	NDA	Left Democratic Front	7,414
17	Adoor	Kodikunnil Suresh	2,77,682	40.6	INC	Chengara Surendran	3,32,216	48.5	CPI(M)	P. M. Velayudhan	61,907	9	BJP	Left Democratic Front	54,534
18	Kollam	Sooranad Rajasekharan	2,44,208	34.6	INC	P. Rajendran	3,55,279	50.4	CPI(M)	Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran	62,183	8.8	BJP	Left Democratic Front	1,11,071
19	Chirayinkil	M. I. Shanavas	2,62,870	39.3	INC	Varkala Radhakrishnan	3,13,612	46.8	CPI(M)	J. R. Padmakumar	71,982	10.7	BJP	Left Democratic Front	50,742
20	Trivandrum	V. S. Sivakumar	2,31,454	30.3	INC	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	2,86,057	37.5	CPI	O. Rajagopal	2,28,052	29.9	BJP	Left Democratic Front	54,603

2005 By-election

Due to the death of the sitting MP P. K. Vasudevan Nair, Trivandrum constituency went to bypolls. Turnout for the election was 68.15% ^[5]

No.	Constituency	UDF candidate	Votes	%	Party	LDF candidate	Votes	%	Party	NDA candidate	Votes	%	Party	Winning alliance	Margin
20	Trivandrum	V. S. Sivakumar	3,16,124	41.63%	INC	Pannyan Raveendran	3,90,324	51.41%	CPI	C. K. Padmanabhan	36,690	4.83%	BJP	Left Democratic Front	74,200

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

Party				Assembly segments
	LDF		CPI(M)	71
			CPI	19
			JD(S)	7
			KC	7
			Independent	7
		Total		111
	UDF		INC	15
			IUML	9
		Total		24
	NDA		IFDP	3
			BJP	2
		Total		5
Total				140

Assembly Constituency

S.No	Name	Constituency	Winning Alliance	Runner-up Alliance	Leading Party	Margin
1	Manjeshwar	Kasaragod	UDF	LDF	INC	2695
2	Kasaragod		UDF	LDF	INC	13668
3	Udma		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	15992
4	Hosdurg		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	18367
5	Trikaripur		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	23867
6	Irikkur	Cannanore	UDF	LDF	INC	4158
7	Payyannur	Kasaragod	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	34590
8	Taliparamba		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	30616
9	Azhikode	Cannanore	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	19204
10	Kannur		UDF	LDF	INC	1542
11	Edakkad		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	16044
12	Thalassery	Badagara	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	23815
13	Peringalam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	17188
14	Kuthuparamba	Cannanore	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	31580
15	Peravoor		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	13522
16	North Wynad		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	8449
17	Badagara	Badagara	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	24153
18	Nadapuram		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	14422
19	Meppayur		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	17105
20	Quilandy		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	12390
21	Perambra		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	20433
22	Balusseri	Calicut	LDF	UDF	JD(S)	19934
23	Koduvally		LDF	UDF	JD(S)	9510
24	Kozhikode I		LDF	UDF	JD(S)	11687
25	Kozhikode II		LDF	UDF	JD(S)	11726
26	Beypore	Manjeri	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	24149
27	Kunnamangalam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	13079
28	Thiruvambady	Calicut	LDF	UDF	JD(S)	2252
29	Kalpetta		LDF	UDF	JD(S)	4146
30	Sultan'S Battery		LDF	UDF	JD(S)	5468
31	Wandoor	Manjeri	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	6895
32	Nilambur		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	11012
33	Manjeri		UDF	LDF	IUML	903
34	Malappuram		UDF	LDF	IUML	5352
35	Kondotty		UDF	LDF	IUML	2025
36	Tirurangadi	Ponnani	UDF	LDF	IUML	23476
37	Tanur		UDF	LDF	IUML	26300
38	Tirur		UDF	LDF	IUML	5728
39	Ponnani		LDF	UDF	CPI	5486
40	Kuttippuram		UDF	LDF	IUML	24516
41	Mankada		UDF	LDF	IUML	18171
42	Perinthalmanna		UDF	LDF	IUML	10252
43	Thrithala	Ottapalam	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	9851
44	Pattambi		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	8651
45	Ottapalam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	19425
46	Sreekrishnapuram	Palghat	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	18832
47	Mannarkkad		UDF	LDF	INC	1574
48	Malampuzha		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	25664
49	Palghat		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	10062
50	Chittur		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	1313
51	Kollengode		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	17536
52	Coyalmannam	Ottapalam	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	15754
53	Alathur	Palghat	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	25758
54	Chelakara	Ottapalam	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	2057
55	Wadakkanchery		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	5438
56	Kunnamkulam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	8759
57	Cherpu	Trichur	LDF	UDF	CPI	11063
58	Trichur		UDF	LDF	INC	1379
59	Ollur		LDF	UDF	CPI	3501
60	Kodakara		LDF	UDF	CPI	9619
61	Chalakudi	Mukundapuram	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	11665
62	Mala		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	12542
63	Irinjalakuda		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	16959
64	Manalur	Trichur	LDF	UDF	CPI	7703
65	Guruvayoor		LDF	UDF	CPI	6423
66	Nattika		LDF	UDF	CPI	8499
67	Kodungallur	Mukundapuram	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	24434
68	Ankamali		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	14071
69	Vadakkekara		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	18770
70	Parur	Ernakulam	LDF	UDF	IND	11035
71	Narakkal		LDF	UDF	IND	8420
72	Ernakulam		LDF	UDF	IND	4629
73	Mattancherry		LDF	UDF	IND	3681
74	Palluruthy		LDF	UDF	IND	4024
75	Trippunithura		LDF	UDF	IND	18834
76	Alwaye		LDF	UDF	IND	18888
77	Perumbavoor	Mukundapuram	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	17600
78	Kunnathunad	Muvattupuzha	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	11373
79	Piravom		LDF	NDA	CPI(M)	9189
80	Muvattupuzha		LDF	NDA	CPI(M)	7022
81	Kothamangalam		LDF	NDA	CPI(M)	6322
82	Thodupuzha	Idukki	LDF	UDF	KEC	17629
83	Devicolam		LDF	UDF	KEC	11317
84	Idukki		LDF	UDF	KEC	13060
85	Udumbanchola		LDF	UDF	KEC	16471
86	Peermade		LDF	UDF	KEC	33
87	Kanjirappally	Muvattupuzha	NDA	LDF	IFDP	7782
88	Vazhoor	Kottayam	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	6189
89	Changanacherry		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	119
90	Kottayam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	12820
91	Ettumanoor		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	3754
92	Puthuppally		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	4995
93	Poonjar	Muvattupuzha	NDA	LDF	IFDP	9755
94	Palai		NDA	UDF	IFDP	10848
95	Kaduthuruthy	Kottayam	UDF	LDF	INC	2105
96	Vaikom		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	16380
97	Aroor	Alleppey	UDF	LDF	INC	7615
98	Sherthalai		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	1822
99	Mararikulam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	7423
100	Alleppey		UDF	LDF	INC	1489
101	Ambalapuzha		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	2835
102	Kuttanad		UDF	LDF	INC	1003
103	Haripad		UDF	LDF	INC	1243
104	Kayamkulam	Mavelikara	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	6657
105	Thiruvalla		UDF	LDF	INC	8345
106	Kallooppara		UDF	LDF	INC	3540
107	Aranmula		UDF	LDF	INC	158
108	Chengannur		UDF	LDF	INC	1546
109	Mavelikara		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	7814
110	Pandalam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	6153
111	Ranni	Idukki	LDF	UDF	KEC	7800
112	Pathanamthitta		LDF	UDF	KEC	2550
113	Konni	Adoor	LDF	UDF	CPI	13031
114	Pathanapuram		LDF	UDF	CPI	3014
115	Punalur		LDF	UDF	CPI	4471
116	Chadayamangalam		LDF	UDF	CPI	11580
117	Kottarakkara		LDF	UDF	CPI	284
118	Neduvathur		LDF	UDF	CPI	16470
119	Adoor		LDF	UDF	CPI	5369
120	Kunnathur	Quilon	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	13164
121	Karunagappally		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	11586
122	Chavara		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	9239
123	Kundara		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	15323
124	Kollam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	10097
125	Eravipuram		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	29058
126	Chathanoor		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	21318
127	Varkala	Chirayinkil	LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	9269
128	Attingal		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	10726
129	Kilimanoor		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	11966
130	Vamanapuram		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	1982
131	Ariyanad		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	2720
132	Nedumangad		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	8514
133	Kazhakuttam		LDF	UDF	CPI(M)	4976
134	Trivandrum North	Trivandrum	NDA	LDF	BJP	1924
135	Trivandrum West		LDF	NDA	CPI	4271
136	Trivandrum East		NDA	LDF	BJP	7893
137	Nemom		LDF	NDA	CPI	6523
138	Kovalam		LDF	UDF	CPI	5400
139	Neyyattinkara		LDF	UDF	CPI	8997
140	Parassala		LDF	UDF	CPI	2845

Result- Party Wise

LDF

111

UDF

24

NDA

5

Alliance assembly segments. LDF   111 UDF   24 NDA   5 Total assembly lead out of 140.

Alliance assembly segments LDF   28 UDF   107 NDA   5 Second position in the assembly segments (out of 140).

	2004 Lok Sabha	2006 Assembly Election
CPI(M)	71	61
CPI	19	17
KEC	7	4
JD(S)	7	5
INC	15	24
IUML	9	7
BJP	2	0
IFDP	3	-

Notes

1. Elected in 2005 through by-election

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