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The 2009 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for 20 seats in the state.
This is the first polls that took place in Kerala after implementation of Delimitation Commission 2002 recommendations. Though there wasn't any change in number of constituencies. There was significant apportionment of existing constituencies and change of boundaries. [1]
United Democratic Front (UDF) is a Kerala legislative alliance and is allied to United Progressive Alliance (UPA) in the Lok Sabha. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) contested in all 20 seats. [2]
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats contested |
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1. | Indian National Congress | ![]() | 17 |
2. | Indian Union Muslim League | ![]() | 2 |
3. | Kerala Congress (M) | ![]() | 1 |
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats contested |
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1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() | 14 |
2. | Communist Party of India | ![]() | 4 |
3. | Kerala Congress | 1 | |
4. | Independent | ![]() | 1 |
No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats contested |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | ![]() | 19 |
2. | Janata Dal (United) | ![]() | 1 |
No. | Constituency | UDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | LDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | NDA candidate | Votes | % | Party | Other candidate | Votes | % | Party | Winning alliance | Margin |
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1 | Kasaragod | Shahida Kamal | 3,21,095 | 37.91 | INC | P. Karunakaran | 3,85,522 | 45.51 | CPI(M) | K. Surendran | 1,25,482 | 14.81 | BJP | K. H. Madhavi | 5,518 | 0.7% | BSP | Left Democratic Front | 64,427 |
2 | Kannur | K. Sudhakaran | 4,32,878 | 50.11 | INC | K. K. Ragesh | 3,89,727 | 45.12 | CPI(M) | P. P. Karunakaran | 27,123 | 3.14 | BJP | K. Sudhakaran Kavinte | 3,430 | 0.4% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 43,151 |
3 | Vatakara | Mullappally Ramachandran | 4,21,255 | 48.82 | INC | P. Satheedevi | 3,65,069 | 42.31 | CPI(M) | K. P. Sreesan | 40,391 | 4.68 | BJP | T. P. Chandrasekharan | 21,833 | 2.5% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 56,186 |
4 | Wayanad | M. I. Shanavas | 4,10,703 | 49.86 | INC | M. Rahmathulla | 2,57,264 | 42.31 | CPI(M) | C. Vasudevan | 19,623 | 4.1 | BJP | K. Muraleedharan | 99,663 | 12.1% | NCP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,53,439 |
5 | Kozhikode | M. K. Raghavan | 3,42,309 | 42.92 | INC | P. A. Mohamed Riyas | 3,41,471 | 42.81 | CPI(M) | V. Muraleedharan | 89,718 | 11.25 | BJP | P. Kumarankutty | 5,871 | 0.7% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 838 |
6 | Malappuram | E. Ahamed | 4,27,940 | 54.64 | IUML | T. K. Hamza | 3,12,343 | 39.88 | CPI(M) | N. Aravindan | 36,016 | 4.6 | BJP | E. A. Aboobacker | 6,931 | 0.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,15,597 |
7 | Ponnani | E. T. Muhammed Basheer | 3,85,801 | 50.14 | IUML | Hussain Randathani | 3,03,117 | 39.4 | IND | K. Janachandran | 57,710 | 11.25 | BJP | K. Sadanandan | 4,321 | 2.6% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 82,684 |
8 | Palakkad | Satheesan Pacheni | 3,36,250 | 42.58 | INC | M. B. Rajesh | 338,070 | 42.81 | CPI(M) | C. K. Padmanabhan | 68,804 | 8.71 | BJP | M. R. Murali | 20,896 | 2.6% | IND | Left Democratic Front | 1,820 |
9 | Alathur | N. K. Sudheer | 3,66,392 | 44.22 | INC | P. K. Biju | 3,87,352 | 46.75 | CPI(M) | M. Bindu | 53,890 | 6.5 | BJP | K. K. Sudhir | 7,588 | 0.9% | IND | Left Democratic Front | 20,960 |
10 | Thrissur | P. C. Chacko | 3,85,297 | 47.23 | INC | C. N. Jayadevan | 3,60,146 | 44.14 | CPI | Rama Ragunandan | 54,680 | 6.7 | BJP | N. Hariharan Nair | 3,687 | 0.5% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 25,151 |
11 | Chalakudy | K. P. Dhanapalan | 3,99,035 | 50.33 | INC | U. P. Joseph | 3,27,356 | 41.29 | CPI(M) | K. V. Sabu | 45,367 | 5.72 | BJP | Jose Maveli | 7,544 | 0.9% | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 71,679 |
12 | Ernakulam | K. V. Thomas | 3,42,845 | 46.03 | INC | Sindhu Joy | 3,31,055 | 44.44 | CPI(M) | A. N. Radhakrishnan | 52,968 | 6.5 | BJP | Sherif Mohammed | 4,083 | 0.5% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 11,790 |
13 | Idukki | P. T. Thomas | 4,08,484 | 51.98 | INC | K. Francis George | 3,33,688 | 42.46 | KEC | Sreenagiri Rajan | 28,227 | 3.59 | BJP | Biju M. John | 5,567 | 0.7% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 74,796 |
14 | Kottayam | Jose K. Mani | 4,04,962 | 50.13 | KC(M) | K. Suresh Kurup | 3,33,392 | 41.27 | CPI(M) | N. K. Narayanan | 37,422 | 4.63 | BJP | Spencer Marks | 11,432 | 1.4% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 71,570 |
15 | Alappuzha | K. C. Venugopal | 4,68,679 | 51.62 | INC | K. S. Manoj | 4,11,044 | 45.27 | CPI(M) | P.J Kurian | 1,025 | 0.1% | JD(U) | Sony J. Kalyankumar | 19,711 | 2.17 | IND | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 57,635 |
16 | Mavelikkara | Kodikkunnil Suresh | 3,97,211 | 49.42 | INC | R. S. Anil | 3,49,163 | 43.44 | CPI | P. M. Velayudhan | 40,992 | 5.1 | BJP | N. D. Mohan | 8,681 | 1.1% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 48,048 |
17 | Pathanamthitta | Anto Antony | 4,08,232 | 51.21 | INC | Kananthagopan | 2,97,026 | 37.26 | CPI(M) | B. Radhakrishna Menon | 56,294 | 7.06 | BJP | K. K. Nair | 22,424 | 2.8% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1,11,206 |
18 | Kollam | N. Peethambarakurup | 3,57,401 | 47.52 | INC | P. Rajendran | 3,39,870 | 45.19 | CPI(M) | Vayakal Madhu | 33,078 | 4.4 | BJP | K. M. Jayanandan | 6,752 | 0.9% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 17,531 |
19 | Attingal | G. Balachandran | 3,09,695 | 42.83 | INC | A. Sampath | 3,28,036 | 45.37 | CPI(M) | Thottakkad Sasi | 47,620 | 6.59 | BJP | J. Sudhakaran | 15,558 | 2.1% | BSP | Left Democratic Front | 18,341 |
20 | Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor | 3,26,725 | 44.29 | INC | P. Ramachandran Nair | 2,26,727 | 30.74 | CPI | P. K. Krishnadas | 84,094 | 11.4 | BJP | A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar | 86,233 | 11.7% | BSP | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 99,998 |
No. | Party | Political Front | Seats | swing | Votes | %Votes | ±pp |
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1 | INC | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 13 | ![]() | 6,434,486 | 40.13 | ![]() |
2 | CPI(M) | Left Democratic Front | 4 | ![]() | 4,887,333 | 30.48 | ![]() |
3 | IUML | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 2 | ![]() | 813,741 | 5.07 | ![]() |
4 | KC(M) | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1 | ![]() | 404,962 | 2.53 | ![]() |
5 | CPI | Left Democratic Front | 0 | ![]() | 1,193,300 | 7.44 | ![]() |
6 | BJP | NDA | 0 | ![]() | 1,011,563 | 6.31 | ![]() |
No. | Alliance | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes | % |
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1 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 20 | 16 | 76,53,189 | 47.73 |
2 | Left Democratic Front | 20 | 4 | 67,17,438 | 41.89 |
3 | NDA | 20 | 0 | 10,31,274 | 6.43 |
4 | Others | 157 | 0 | 6,32,974 | 3.95 |
Total | 217 | 20 | 1,60,34,875 | 100.00 |
Party | Assembly segments | |||
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UDF | INC | 81 | ||
IUML | 13 | |||
KC(M) | 6 | |||
Total | 100 | |||
LDF | CPI(M) | 36 | ||
CPI | 3 | |||
Independent | 1 | |||
Total | 40 | |||
Total | 140 |