2014 Indian general election in Kerala

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2014 Indian general election
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  2009 April–May 2014 2019  

20 seats
Turnout73.89% (Increase2.svg0.51%)
 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
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Leader Oommen Chandy V. S. Achuthanandan
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat--
Last election164
Seats won128
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 4Increase2.svg 4
Percentage41.98%40.12%

Prime Minister before election

Manmohan Singh
INC

Prime Minister after election

Narendra Modi
BJP

The 2014 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for the twenty Lok Sabha seats in the state on 10 April 2014. [1] The total voter strength of Kerala for the election was 2,42,51,937 and 73.89% of voters exercised their right to do so. [2] The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

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Background

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government under the premiership of Manmohan Singh completed its second term in May 2014 and general election was conducted to form a government to head the largest democracy in the world. The United Democratic Front (UDF), aligned to the national coalition of the UPA, the incumbent ruling alliance in the state legislature after wresting power from the Left Democratic Front (LDF), in the state assembly election of 2011. The buildup to this election saw parties shifting allegiance from both the prominent coalitions.

Alliances and parties

As in the previous general elections in the recent history of the state, the key alliances that fought for representation of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in the 2014 general election are the UDF which is the Kerala state legislative alliance aligned with the UPA at the national level and the LDF comprising primarily the CPI(M) and the CPI. The nationally relevant National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has not had any success in general elections in Kerala so far but set up their candidates in all constituencies of the state. A new force in the election is the Left United Front. The debutant Aam Aadmi Party fielded candidates in fifteen of the twenty seats.

United Democratic Front

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UDF seat sharing in Kerala

The United Democratic Front alliance saw the addition of two parties since the previous general election of 2009 while parting ways with one party that did not have any representation in the state legislature. The Socialist Janata (Democratic) (SJ(D)) joined the UDF in August 2010 [3] splitting away from its parent Janata Dal (S) while the left leaning RSP docked itself to the UDF in March 2014, after the announcement of the general election. [4]

No.
PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 15
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 1
4. Socialist Janata (Democratic) 1
5. Revolutionary Socialist Party Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png 1

Left Democratic Front

No.
PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg 15 [a]
2. Communist Party of India CPI symbol.svg 4
3. Janata Dal (Secular) Indian election symbol female farmer.svg 1

National Democratic Alliance

NDA seat sharing in Kerala 2014 general elections Kerala NDA seat sharing.png
NDA seat sharing in Kerala
No.
PartyElection SymbolSeats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 18
2. Kerala Congress (Nationalist) Auto Rickshaw Election Symbol.svg 1
3. Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik) Gas Cylinder.jpg 1

Left United Front

The Left United Front was launched in March 2014, by the Revolutionary Marxist Party, the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the Marxist Communist Party of India (United). [5]

Opinion Polls

Conducted in Month(s)RefPolling Organisation/AgencySample size
UDF LDF NDA Others
Aug–Oct 2013 [6] Outlook-CVoter24,28471300
Jan–Feb 2014 [7] Times Now-India TV-CVoter14,00010910
Feb 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research46,57113700
March 2014 [8] NDTV- Hansa Research46,57191100
March–April 2014 [9] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 60711–174–800
April 2014 [10] NDTV- Hansa Research24,00081200

Candidates

Constituency
UPA LF NDA
1 Kasaragod INC T. Siddique CPI(M) P. Karunakaran BJP K. Surendran
2 Kannur INC K. Sudhakaran CPI(M) P. K. Sreemathy BJP P. C. Mohanan
3 Vatakara INC Mullappally Ramachandran CPI(M) A. N. Shamseer BJP V. K. Sajeevan
4 Wayanad INC M. I. Shanavas CPI Sathyan Mokeri BJP P. R. Rasmilnath
5 Kozhikode INC M. K. Raghavan CPI(M) A. Vijayaraghavan BJP C. K. Padmanabhan
6 Malappuram IUML E. Ahammed CPI(M) P. K. Sainaba BJP N. Sreeprakash
7 Ponnani IUML E. T. Muhammed Basheer IND V. Abdurahiman BJP Narayanan
8 Palakkad SJ(D) M. P. Veerendrakumar CPI(M) M. B. Rajesh BJP Sobha Surendran
9 Alathur INC Sheeba CPI(M) P. K. Biju BJP Shajumon Vattekkattu
10 Thrissur INC K. P. Dhanapalan CPI C. N. Jayadevan BJP K. P. Sreesan
11 Chalakudy INC P. C. Chacko IND Innocent BJP B. Gopalakrishnan
12 Ernakulam INC K. V. Thomas IND Christy Fernandez BJP A. N. Radhakrishnan
13 Idukki INC Dean Kuriakose IND Joice George BJP Sabu Varghese
14 Kottayam KC(M) Jose K Mani JD(S) Mathew T. Thomas KC(N) Noble Mathew
15 Alappuzha INC K. C. Venugopal CPI(M) C B Chandrababu RSP(B) A. V. Thamarakshan
16 Mavelikkara INC Kodikkunnil Suresh CPI Chengara Surendran BJP P. Sudheer
17 Pathanamthitta INC Anto Antony Punnathaniyil IND Peelipose Thomas BJP M. T. Ramesh
18 Kollam RSP N. K. Premachandran CPI(M) M. A. Baby BJP P. M. Velayudhan
19 Attingal INC Bindu Krishna CPI(M) Anirudhan Sampath BJP Girijakumari S
20 Thiruvananthapuram INC Shashi Tharoor CPI Bennet Abraham BJP O. Rajagopal

Results

Vote Share (By alliance)
  1. UDF (42.0%)
  2. LDF (40.1%)
  3. NDA (10.8%)
  4. Others (7.08%)

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segments
UDF INC 57
IUML 11
KC(M) 7
RSP 4
SJ(D) 1
Total80
LDF CPI(M) 36
CPI 9
Independent 11
Total56
NDA BJP 4
Total4
Total140

See also

References

  1. "Elections 2014: Notification for second, third phases of Lok Sabha polls". NDTV.com.
  2. "General Election to HPC - 2014: Voter Turnout (Final)" (PDF). Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala. Archived (PDF) from the original on 30 June 2022.
  3. "Veerendra Kumar launches Socialist Janata (Democratic) party - The Hindu". The Hindu. 7 August 2010.
  4. "RSP Set to Join UDF, CPI Presses Karat for Patch-up- The New Indian Express". Archived from the original on 23 March 2014.
  5. India Today. RMP-led new front to hit CPI-M's prospects in Kerala
  6. "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Archived from the original on 16 October 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
  8. 1 2 "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV.
  9. "Kerala poll tracker: UDF ahead with 11–17 seats, LDF 4–8". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Archived from the original on 3 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  10. "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV. 14 April 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2014.
  11. 1 2 "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  12. "IndiaVotes | India's largest election database". IndiaVotes.

Notes

  1. It includes five Independent candidates contesting on CPI(M) symbol