2009 Indian general election in Kerala

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2009 Indian general election
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  2004 April–May 2009 2014  

20 seats
Turnout73.38%
 First partySecond party
 
The Chief Minister of Kerala, Shri Oommen Chandy calling on the Union Minister for Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Culture, Kum. Selja, in New Delhi on September 23, 2011 (cropped).jpg
V.S.Achuthanandan.jpg
Leader Oommen Chandy V. S. Achuthanandan
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat--
Last election118
Seats won164
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Decrease2.svg 14
Percentage47.73%41.89%

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Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Manmohan Singh
INC

The 2009 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for 20 seats in the state.

Contents

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]

Alliances

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]

United Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 17
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 1

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Key CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg
Key
14
2. Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4
3. Kerala Congress 1
4. Independent No image available.svg 1

National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 19
2. Janata Dal (United) Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg 1

List of Elected MPs

No.NameTurnout%NamePartyMargin
1 Kasaragod 76.11 P. Karunakaran Communist Party of India (Marxist) 64,427
2 Kannur 80.83 K. Sudhakaran Indian National Congress 43,151
3 Vatakara 80.55 Mullappally Ramachandran Indian National Congress 56,186
4 Wayanad 74.74 M. I. Shanavas Indian National Congress 1,53,439
5 Kozhikode 75.68 M. K. Raghavan Indian National Congress 838
6 Malappuram 76.81 E. Ahamed Muslim League Kerala State Committee 1,15,597
7 Ponnani 77.17 E. T. Mohammed Basheer Muslim League Kerala State Committee 82,684
8 Palakkad 73.47 M. B. Rajesh Communist Party of India (Marxist) 1,820
9 Alathur 75.27 P. K. Biju Communist Party of India (Marxist) 20,960
10 Thrissur 69.48 P. C. Chacko Indian National Congress 25,151
11 Chalakudy 73.72 K. P. Dhanapalan Indian National Congress 71,679
12 Ernakulam 72.81 K. V. Thomas Indian National Congress 11,790
13 Idukki 73.95 P. T. Thomas Indian National Congress 74,796
14 Kottayam 73.76 Jose K. Mani Kerala Congress (M) 71,570
15 Alappuzha 79.15 K. C. Venugopal Indian National Congress 57,635
16 Mavelikkara 70.34 Kodikunnil Suresh Indian National Congress 48,048
17 Pathanamthitta 65.70 Anto Antony Indian National Congress 1,11,206
18 Kollam 67.85 N. Peethambara Kurup Indian National Congress 17,531
19 Attingal 66.25 A Sampath Communist Party of India (Marxist) 18,341
20 Thiruvananthapuram 65.74 Shashi Tharoor Indian National Congress 99,998

Constituency-Wise Detailed Results

[3] [4]

No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyOther candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodShahida Kamal3,21,09537.91INCP. Karunakaran3,85,52245.51CPI(M)K. Surendran1,25,48214.81BJPK. H. Madhavi5,5180.7%BSPLeft Democratic Front64,427
2KannurK. Sudhakaran4,32,87850.11INCK. K. Ragesh3,89,72745.12CPI(M)P. P. Karunakaran27,1233.14BJPK. Sudhakaran Kavinte3,4300.4%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)43,151
3VatakaraMullappally Ramachandran4,21,25548.82INCP. Satheedevi3,65,06942.31CPI(M)K. P. Sreesan40,3914.68BJP T. P. Chandrasekharan 21,8332.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)56,186
4WayanadM. I. Shanavas4,10,70349.86INCM. Rahmathulla2,57,26442.31CPI(M)C. Vasudevan19,6234.1BJP K. Muraleedharan 99,66312.1%NCPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,53,439
5KozhikodeM. K. Raghavan3,42,30942.92INC P. A. Mohamed Riyas 3,41,47142.81CPI(M)V. Muraleedharan89,71811.25BJPP. Kumarankutty5,8710.7%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)838
6MalappuramE. Ahamed4,27,94054.64IUML T. K. Hamza 3,12,34339.88CPI(M)N. Aravindan36,0164.6BJPE. A. Aboobacker6,9310.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,15,597
7PonnaniE. T. Muhammed Basheer3,85,80150.14IUMLHussain Randathani3,03,11739.4INDK. Janachandran57,71011.25BJPK. Sadanandan4,3212.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)82,684
8Palakkad Satheesan Pacheni 3,36,25042.58INC M. B. Rajesh 338,07042.81CPI(M)C. K. Padmanabhan68,8048.71BJPM. R. Murali20,8962.6%INDLeft Democratic Front1,820
9AlathurN. K. Sudheer3,66,39244.22INCP. K. Biju3,87,35246.75CPI(M)M. Bindu53,8906.5BJPK. K. Sudhir7,5880.9%INDLeft Democratic Front20,960
10ThrissurP. C. Chacko3,85,29747.23INC C. N. Jayadevan 3,60,14644.14CPIRama Ragunandan54,6806.7BJPN. Hariharan Nair3,6870.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,151
11ChalakudyK. P. Dhanapalan3,99,03550.33INCU. P. Joseph3,27,35641.29CPI(M)K. V. Sabu45,3675.72BJPJose Maveli7,5440.9%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,679
12ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,42,84546.03INC Sindhu Joy 3,31,05544.44CPI(M)A. N. Radhakrishnan52,9686.5BJPSherif Mohammed4,0830.5%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)11,790
13IdukkiP. T. Thomas4,08,48451.98INC K. Francis George 3,33,68842.46KECSreenagiri Rajan28,2273.59BJPBiju M. John5,5670.7%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)74,796
14KottayamJose K. Mani4,04,96250.13KC(M) K. Suresh Kurup 3,33,39241.27CPI(M)N. K. Narayanan37,4224.63BJPSpencer Marks11,4321.4%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,570
15AlappuzhaK. C. Venugopal4,68,67951.62INC K. S. Manoj 4,11,04445.27CPI(M)P.J Kurian1,0250.1%JD(U)Sony J. Kalyankumar19,7112.17INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)57,635
16MavelikkaraKodikkunnil Suresh3,97,21149.42INCR. S. Anil3,49,16343.44CPIP. M. Velayudhan40,9925.1BJPN. D. Mohan8,6811.1%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)48,048
17PathanamthittaAnto Antony4,08,23251.21INCKananthagopan2,97,02637.26CPI(M)B. Radhakrishna Menon56,2947.06BJPK. K. Nair22,4242.8%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,11,206
18KollamN. Peethambarakurup3,57,40147.52INC P. Rajendran 3,39,87045.19CPI(M)Vayakal Madhu33,0784.4BJPK. M. Jayanandan6,7520.9%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)17,531
19AttingalG. Balachandran3,09,69542.83INCA. Sampath3,28,03645.37CPI(M)Thottakkad Sasi47,6206.59BJPJ. Sudhakaran15,5582.1%BSPLeft Democratic Front18,341
20ThiruvananthapuramShashi Tharoor3,26,72544.29INCP. Ramachandran Nair2,26,72730.74CPIP. K. Krishnadas84,09411.4BJPA. Neelalohithadasan Nadar86,23311.7%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)99,998

Performance of Political Parties

No.PartyPolitical FrontSeatsswingVotes%Votes±pp
1INCUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)13Increase2.svg136,434,48640.13Increase2.svg8.00
2CPI(M)Left Democratic Front4Decrease2.svg84,887,33330.48Decrease2.svg1.04
3IUMLUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)2Increase2.svg1813,7415.07Increase2.svg0.21
4KC(M)United Democratic Front (Kerala)1Increase2.svg1404,9622.53Increase2.svg1.14
5 CPI Left Democratic Front0Decrease2.svg31,193,3007.44Decrease2.svg0.45
6 BJP NDA0Steady2.svg1,011,5636.31Decrease2.svg4.07
Vote Share by alliance
  1. United Democratic Front (Kerala) (47.7%)
  2. Left Democratic Front (41.9%)
  3. NDA (6.43%)
  4. Other (3.95%)

Performance by alliance

No.AllianceSeats contestedSeats wonVotes%
1United Democratic Front (Kerala)201676,53,18947.73
2Left Democratic Front20467,17,43841.89
3NDA20010,31,2746.43
4Others15706,32,9743.95
Total217201,60,34,875100.00

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments
UDF INC 81
IUML 13
KC(M) 6
Total100
LDF CPI(M) 36
CPI 3
Independent 1
Total40
Total140

References

  1. Gatade, Sunil (4 January 2008). "Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod". The Economic Times. ISSN   0013-0389 . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  2. "PC: Alliances Kerala 2009".
  3. "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  4. "PC: Kerala 2009". IndiaVotes.