2019 Indian general election in Kerala

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2019 Indian general election
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Leader Rahul Gandhi Pinarayi Vijayan Kummanam Rajasekharan
Party INC CPI(M) BJP
Alliance UDF LDF NDA
Leader's seat Wayanad - Thiruvananthapuram (Lost)
Last election1280
Seats won1190
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 12Increase2.svg 11Steady2.svg
Percentage37.48%46.29%15.64%
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The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha. [1]

Contents

Indian National Congress led United Democratic Front swept 19 out of 20 seats in the state winning more than 47% of total polled votes. Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance which formed government at center couldn't win any seats but gathered around 15% vote share. The ruling Left Democratic Front was decimated in the elections with just one seat, vote share dropped to 36% from 40% in 2014 general elections.

The state witnessed elections in the backdrop of Sabarimala Temple Protests, UDF’s PM candidate Rahul Gandhi contesting from state and NDA’s new alliance partner Bharath Dharma Jana Sena which is a political wing of the powerful SNDP. Even Demonetization and GST issues were discussed during election campaign though they were implemented years before the election. Both Sabarimala issue and BDJS’s partnership were expected to help NDA gain by huge margin, however final results favoured UDF due to shift of some of core voters of LDF to NDA through BDJS and more importantly presence of prime minister candidate Rahul Gandhi.

Despite no National Democratic Alliance winners from the state, it got one ministerial berth in Second Modi ministry through V. Muraleedharan a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha.

Alliances and parties

The key alliances that fought for representation of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala 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. [2] [3] National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which had not won any seat in the state, placed candidates in all constituencies. A new force in the election is the Left United Front. [4]

United Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1. Indian National Congress Hand INC.svg 16
2. Indian Union Muslim League Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) Indian Election Symbol Two Leaves.svg 1
4. Revolutionary Socialist Party Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png 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
16 [a]
2. Communist Party of India
Star CPI symbol.svg
Star
4

National Democratic Alliance

No.
PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party Lotos flower symbol.svg 15
2. Bharath Dharma Jana Sena 4
3. Kerala Congress (Thomas) 1

Parties not in any Coalition

No.
PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1. Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg 16
2. Social Democratic Party of India 10
3. Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) 9
4. Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star 4
5. Ambedkarite Party of India 3
6. Peoples Democratic Party 2
7.Secular Democratic Congress2
8. Marxist Communist Party of India (United) 1
9.Pravasi Nivasi Party1
10. Indian Gandhiyan Party 1
11. Rashtriya Samaj Paksha 1
12. Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi 1
13.Samajwadi Forward Bloc Party1
14.National Labour Party1
15.Akhila India Makkal Kazhagam1

Aam Admi Party, who had contested in the 2014 elections decided not to contest this election so as to not split anti-BJP votes. [5]

Opinion Polls

Seat Projection

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
UDF LDF NDA
Apr 2019 AZ Research – Asianet 13617
Apr 2019 CSDS-Lokniti-Hindu 5–136–140–21–9
Apr 2019 AC Nielsen – Mathrubhumi Archived 15 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine 14519
Apr 2019 Times Now – VMR 172115
Apr 2019CVoter173014
Apr 2019 Manorama – Karvy 13–154–50–19–12
Mar 2019 CVoter – IANS 172112
Feb 2019 AZ Research – Asianet 14–164–6010–13
Jan 2019 Spick Media 13529
Jan 2019CVoter164016
Oct 2018 ABP News – CSDS 164013
Sep 2018 Spick Media 127116

Vote Percentage Prediction

Date publishedPolling agencyLead
UDF LDF NDA
Apr 2019 CSDS-Lokniti-Hindu 34%38%18%4%
Apr 2019 A C Nielsen – Mathrubhumi Archived 15 September 2019 at the Wayback Machine 41%37%16%4%
Apr 2019 Times Now – VMR 46.97%28.11%20.85%18.86%
Apr 2019CVoter40.7%23.3%23.2%17.4%
Apr 2019 Manorama – Karvy 43%38%13%5%
Jan 2019CVoter42.4%37.4%15.3%10.8%
May 2019Axis My India48%36%13%12%

Constituency Wise Prediction

Manorama – KarvyMathrubhumi – AC NielsenAZ Research – Asianet
Constituencies
UDF LDF NDA UDF LDF NDA UDF LDF NDA
Kasaragod 43%35%19%43%35%21%33%34%17%
Kannur 49%38%9%47%44%5%39%38%17%
Vatakara 43%44%8%41%43%12%45%38%13%
Wayanad 43%38%9%42%34%13%45%39%16%
Kozhikode 42%38%14%39%42%14%44%36%16%
Malappuram 44%36%10%48%39%8%52%29%15%
Ponnani 55%22%15%45%39%10%46%36%16%
Palakkad 27%51%17%30%34%31%35%37%28%
Alathur (SC) 45%38%13%37%44%16%39%41%17%
Thrissur 41%37%16%39%36%16%36%32%26%
Chalakudy 40%39%13%39%37%14%36%38%19%
Ernakulam 41%33%11%45%34%15%43%32%20%
Idukki 44%39%9%42%36%16%37%38%14%
Kottayam 49%39%2%47%36%9%50%31%14%
Alappuzha 44%47%4%47%35%9%45%37%13%
Mavelikkara (SC) 45%44%8%44%35%18%46%33%18%
Pathanamthitta 42%33%21%32%29%31%36%20%35%
Kollam 48%41%7%47%39%8%44%32%16%
Attingal 38%44%13%38%46%10%35%36%17%
Thiruvananthapuram 35%25%36%33%23%40%34%25%40%

Constituency-wise Candidates

No.ConstituencyCandidates
UPA

   INC (16)   IUML (2)

   RSP (1)   KC(M) (1)

 LDF

   CPI(M) (14)   CPI (4)

   Independent (2)

 NDA

   BJP (15)

   BDJS (4)   KC(T) (1)

1 Kasaragod Rajmohan Unnithan    INC K. P. Satheesh Chandran    CPI(M) Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar   BJP
2 Kannur K. Sudhakaran    INC P. K. Sreemathy    CPI(M) C. K. Padmanabhan   BJP
3 Vatakara K. Muraleedharan    INC P. Jayarajan    CPI(M) V. K. Sajeevan   BJP
4 Wayanad Rahul Gandhi    INC P. P. Suneer   CPI Thushar Vellapally   BDJS
5 Kozhikode M. K. Raghavan    INC A. Pradeepkumar    CPI(M) K. P. Prakash Babu   BJP
6 Malappuram P. K. Kunhalikutty    IUML V. P. Sanu    CPI(M) Unnikrishnan Master   BJP
7 Ponnani E. T. Mohammed Basheer    IUML P. V. Anvar    Independent V. T. Rema   BJP
8 Palakkad V.K Sreekandan    INC M. B. Rajesh    CPI(M) C. Krishnakumar   BJP
9 Alathur (SC) Remya Haridas    INC P. K. Biju    CPI(M) T. V. Babu   BDJS
10 Thrissur T. N. Prathapan    INC Rajaji Mathew Thomas    CPI Suresh Gopi    BJP
11 Chalakudy Benny Behanan    INC Innocent Vareed Thekkethala    CPI(M) A. N. Radhakrishnan   BJP
12 Ernakulam Hibi Eden    INC P. Rajeev    CPI(M) Alphons Kannanthanam    BJP
13 Idukki Dean Kuriakose    INC Joice George    Independent Biju Krishnan   BDJS
14 Kottayam Thomas Chazhikadan    KC(M) V. N. Vasavan    CPI(M) P. C. Thomas    KC(T)
15 Alappuzha Shanimol Usman    INC A. M. Ariff    CPI(M) K. S. Radhakrishnan   BJP
16 Mavelikkara (SC) Kodikunnil Suresh    INC Chittayam Gopakumar    CPI Thazhava Sahadevan   BDJS
17 Pathanamthitta Anto Antony    INC Veena George    CPI(M) K. Surendran   BJP
18 Kollam N. K. Premachandran    RSP K. N. Balagopal    CPI(M) K. V. Sabu   BJP
19 Attingal Adoor Prakash    INC A. Sampath    CPI(M) Shobha Surendran   BJP
20 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor    INC C. Divakaran    CPI Kummanam Rajasekharan    BJP

Voter turnout

Constituency no.ConstituencyElectorsTotal Votes% Voter Turnout
1Kasaragod1,363,9371,100,09980.6%
2Kannur1266550105474683.2%
3Vadakara1288926106593282.6%
4Wayanad1359679109275980.3%
5Kozhikode1318024107688281.7%
6Malappuram1370544103479975.5%
7Ponnani1356803101736674.9%
8Palakkad1323010102887477.7%
9Alathur1266794101937680.4%
10Thrissur1337110104212277.9%
11Chalakudy123019799043380.5%
12Ernakulam124597296739077.6%
13Idukki120419191955976.3%
14Kottayam120669891064875.4%
15Alappuzha1356701109011280.3%
16Mavelikkara130810297236074.3%
17Pathanamthitta1382741102737874.3%
18Kollam129672096901774.7%
19Attingal1350710100604874.4%
20Thiruvananthapuram1371427101126873.7%

[6]

Bogus votes detection and re-polling

The Election Commission of India ordered to conduct re-polling on 19 May 2019 in 3 booths in Kasaragod and one in Kannur constituencies after confirming bogus votes. [7] [8]

Results

Results by alliance or party

Vote Share (By alliance)

   UDF (40.48%)
   LDF (46.29%)
   NDA (05.64%)
  Others (2.59%)
Alliance/PartyPopular voteSeats
Votes%±pp ContestedWon+/−
UDF INC 6,596,61027.46%Decrease2.svg 6.36%1615Decrease2.svg 7
IUML 1,111,6972.48%Decrease2.svg 0.94%22Steady2.svg
RSP 499,6772.46%Increase2.svg 0.19%11Steady2.svg
KEC(M) 421,0462.08%Decrease2.svg 0.28%11Steady2.svg
Total7,629,03037.48 %Decrease2.svg 7.50%201Decrease2.svg 5
LDF CPI(M) 7,266,51045.97%Increase2.svg 4.38%141Increase2.svg 4
CPI 1,233,8866.08%Decrease2.svg 1.51%40Decrease2.svg 1
LDF Ind. 655,9914.24%Decrease2.svg 5.01%20Decrease2.svg 2
Total9,156,38746.29%Increase2.svg 8.83%2019Increase2.svg 8
NDA BJP 2,635,81013.00%Decrease2.svg 2.67%150Steady2.svg
BDJS 380,8471.88%New40Steady2.svg
KC (T) 155,1350.76%New10Steady2.svg
Total3,171,79215.64%Increase2.svg 4.82%200Steady2.svg
Others439,9590.59%
Total20,397,168100%Increase2.svg 3.95%20

Constituency-wise Result

No.ConstituencyTurnout%Elected MemberPartyMargin
1 Kasaragod 80.66 Increase2.svg Rajmohan Unnithan    INC 40,438
2 Kannur 83.28 Increase2.svg K. Sudhakaran    INC 94,559
3 Vatakara 82.70 Increase2.svg K. Muraleedharan    INC 84,663
4 Wayanad 80.37 Increase2.svg Rahul Gandhi    INC 4,31,770
5 Kozhikode 81.70 Increase2.svg M. K. Raghavan    INC 85,225
6 Malappuram 75.50 Increase2.svg P. K. Kunhalikutty    IUML 2,60,153
7 Ponnani 74.98 Increase2.svg E. T. Mohammed Basheer    IUML 1,93,273
8 Palakkad 77.77 Increase2.svg V. K. Sreekandan    INC 11,637
9 Alathur 80.47 Increase2.svg Ramya Haridas    INC 1,58,968
10 Thrissur 77.94 Increase2.svg T. N. Prathapan    INC 93,633
11 Chalakudy 80.51 Increase2.svg Benny Behanan    INC 1,32,274
12 Ernakulam 77.64 Increase2.svg Hibi Eden    INC 1,69,153
13 Idukki 76.36 Increase2.svg Dean Kuriakose    INC 1,71,053
14 Kottayam 75.47 Increase2.svg Thomas Chazhikadan    KC(M) 1,06,259
15 Alappuzha 80.35 Increase2.svg A. M. Ariff    CPI(M) 10,474
16 Mavelikkara 74.33 Increase2.svg Kodikunnil Suresh    INC 61,138
17 Pathanamthitta 74.30 Increase2.svg Anto Antony    INC 44,243
18 Kollam 74.73 Increase2.svg N. K. Premachandran    RSP 1,48,856
19 Attingal 74.48 Increase2.svg Adoor Prakash    INC 38,247
20 Thiruvananthapuram 73.74 Increase2.svg Shashi Tharoor    INC 99,989

Constituency wise alliance votes

No.ConstituencyUDF VotesLDF VotesNDA Votes
1 Kasaragod 4,74,9614,34,5231,76,049
2 Kannur 5,29,7414,35,18268,509
3 Vatakara 5,26,7554,42,09280,128
4 Wayanad 7,06,3672,74,59778,816
5 Kozhikode 4,93,4444,08,2191,61,216
6 Malappuram 5,89,8733,29,72082,332
7 Ponnani 5,21,8243,28,5511,10,603
8 Palakkad 3,99,2743,87,6372,18,556
9 Alathur (SC) 5,33,8153,74,84789,837
10 Thrissur 4,15,0893,21,4562,93,822
11 Chalakudy 4,73,4443,41,1701,54,159
12 Ernakulam 4,91,2633,22,1101,37,749
13 Idukki 4,98,4933,27,44078,648
14 Kottayam 4,21,0463,14,7871,55,135
15 Alappuzha 4,35,4964,45,9701,87,729
16 Mavelikkara (SC) 4,40,4153,79,2771,33,546
17 Pathanamthitta 3,80,9273,36,6842,97,396
18 Kollam 4,99,6773,50,8211,03,339
19 Attingal 3,80,9953,42,7482,48,081
20 Thiruvananthapuram 4,16,1512,58,5563,16,142

Assembly segments wise lead and votes secured by Parties

Results

PartyVotes securedPercentage of
total votes (in %)		Assembly segmentsPosition in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
Indian National Congress 75,96,61037.469621
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 52,66,51025.971662
Indian Union Muslim League 11,11,6975.481415
Kerala Congress (M) 4,21,0462.0865
Revolutionary Socialist Party 4,99,6772.467 –
Bharatiya Janata Party 26,35,81013.0010
Communist Party of India 12,33,8866.08 –17
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena 3,80,8471.88 – –
Kerala Congress (Thomas) 1,55,1350.76 – –
Others –11 –20
Total140

[9]

Votes by State Legislative Assembly constituencies

According to the ECI, the details of the valid votes polled in the state legislative assembly constituencies of Kerala are as follows: [10]

2019 Lok Sabha in Kerala.svg

Allianceassembly segments.
UDF
 
123
LDF
 
16
NDA
 
1
Total assembly lead out of 140.
Allianceassembly segments
UDF
 
16
LDF
 
117
NDA
 
7
Second position in the assembly segments (out of 140).
No.ConstituencyAssembly SegmentUDFLDFNDALeadRunner-upMargin
1 Kasaragod Manjeshwaram 682173279657104UDFNDA11113
2 Kasaragod 697902856746630UDFNDA23160
3 Udma 723246338723786UDFLDF8937
4 Kanhangad 725707479120046LDFUDF2221
5 Thrikaripur 74504764038652LDFUDF1899
6 Payyanur 56730828619268LDFUDF26131
7 Kalliasseri 59848735429854LDFUDF13694
8 Kannur Taliparamba 81444807198659UDFLDF725
9 Irikkur 90221529017289UDFLDF37320
10 Azhikode 730755121811728UDFLDF21857
11 Kannur 70683472609740UDFLDF23423
12 Dharmadom 70631747308538LDFUDF4099
13 Mattanur 670927458011612LDFUDF7488
14 Peravoor 745395087410054UDFLDF23665
15 Vatakara Thalassery 539326540113456LDFUDF11469
16 Kuthuparamba 684926435915303UDFLDF4133
17 Vatakara 71162481999469UDFLDF22963
18 Kuttiadi 83628657367851UDFLDF17892
19 Nadapuram 87061694658408UDFLDF17596
20 Koyilandy 798005875516588UDFLDF21045
21 Perambra 80929677258505UDFLDF13204
22 Wayanad Mananthavady 932373860613916UDFLDF54631
23 Sulthan Bathery 1106974023217602UDFLDF70465
24 Kalpetta 1012293747514122UDFLDF63754
25 Thiruvambady 91152366817767UDFLDF54471
26 Eranad 92909363826133UDFLDF56527
27 Nilambur 1038624220210749UDFLDF61660
28 Wandoor 111948423938301UDFLDF69555
29 Kozhikode Balussery 830597331418836UDFLDF9745
30 Elathur 672806717724649UDFLDF103
31 Kozhikode North 542464968828665UDFLDF4558
32 Kozhikode South 546084087720173UDFLDF13731
33 Beypore 694025897925697UDFLDF10423
34 Kunnamangalam 815517025930650UDFLDF11292
35 Koduvally 816894578111682UDFLDF35908
36 Malappuram Kondotty 875614824813832UDFLDF39313
37 Manjeri 855794953111595UDFLDF36048
38 Perinthalmanna 79867568299851UDFLDF23038
39 Mankada 851934992810160UDFLDF35265
40 Malappuram 94704497287343UDFLDF44976
41 Vengara 82388305007504UDFLDF51888
42 Vallikunnu 738614433921802UDFLDF29522
43 Ponnani Tirurangadi 854283844410663UDFLDF46984
44 Tanur 752104304414791UDFLDF32166
45 Tirur 907344934911365UDFLDF41385
46 Kottakkal 877954559613506UDFLDF42199
47 Thavanur 624815012820769UDFLDF12353
48 Ponnani 612945155517498UDFLDF9739
49 Thrithala 584965009221838UDFLDF8404
50 Palakkad Pattambi 676445046520716UDFLDF17179
51 Shornur 498106090232308LDFUDF11092
52 Ottapalam 543866084635683LDFUDF6460
53 Kongad 524565281229104LDFUDF356
54 Mannarkkad 782504862518560UDFLDF29625
55 Malampuzha 477436903741413LDFUDF21294
56 Palakkad 484254408639963UDFLDF4339
57 Alathur Tarur 72441476028601UDFLDF24839
58 Chittur 79423559569885UDFLDF23467
59 Nenmara 825395231812345UDFLDF30221
60 Alathur 73120504076959UDFLDF22713
61 Chelakkara 760345233917133UDFLDF23695
62 Kunnamkulam 699085558617228UDFLDF14322
63 Wadakkanchery 790285948817424UDFLDF19540
64 Thrissur Guruvayur 651604469533967UDFLDF20465
65 Manalur 634205048244765UDFLDF12938
66 Ollur 634064737239594UDFLDF16034
67 Thrissur 556683111037641UDFNDA18027
68 Nattika 525585013148171UDFLDF2427
69 Irinjalakuda 574814609142857UDFLDF11390
70 Puthukkad 568485100646410UDFLDF5842
71 Chalakudy Kaipamangalam 512125115424420UDFLDF58
72 Chalakudy 695364882723433UDFLDF20709
73 Kodungallur 610854935529732UDFLDF11730
74 Perumbavoor 695264690322954UDFLDF22623
75 Angamaly 724964469613863UDFLDF27800
76 Aluva 763184421521951UDFLDF32103
77 Kunnathunad 727625543117581UDFLDF17331
78 Ernakulam Kalamassery 737455305621026UDFLDF20689
79 Paravur 710255694023035UDFLDF14085
80 Vypen 680474480614940UDFLDF23241
81 Kochi 712704195714747UDFLDF29313
82 Thrippunithura 716315240425304UDFLDF19227
83 Ernakulam 619203074217769UDFLDF31178
84 Thrikkakara 732164143920710UDFLDF31777
85 Idukki Muvattupuzha 787994626012867UDFLDF32539
86 Kothamangalam 679424734612092UDFLDF20596
87 Devikulam 66748427127498UDFLDF24036
88 Udumbanchola 635505105610863UDFLDF12494
89 Thodupuzha 793424231915223UDFLDF37023
90 Idukki 712185029010891UDFLDF20928
91 Peerumade 70098467189070UDFLDF23380
92 Kottayam Piravom 661925708822772UDFLDF9104
93 Pala 669713349926533UDFLDF33472
94 Kaduthuruthy 658773917020895UDFLDF26707
95 Vaikom 472565647621871LDFUDF9220
96 Ettumanoor 553564691120112UDFLDF8445
97 Kottayam 548314086421564UDFLDF13967
98 Puthuppally 638113948420911UDFLDF24327
99 Alappuzha Aroor 656566500825250UDFLDF648
100 Cherthala 663268322122655LDFUDF16895
101 Alappuzha 658286575921303UDFLDF69
102 Ambalappuzha 531595252125061UDFLDF638
103 Haripad 614455560126238UDFLDF5844
104 Kayamkulam 580736237031660LDFUDF4297
105 Karunagappally 633035852334111UDFLDF4780
106 Mavelikara Changanassery 643684095813884UDFLDF23410
107 Kuttanad 552535263014476UDFLDF2623
108 Mavelikara 603925942323387UDFLDF969
109 Chengannur 612425140324854UDFLDF9839
110 Kunnathur 695006232721136UDFLDF7173
111 Kottarakkara 629986024419091UDFLDF2754
112 Pathanapuram 642444951215495UDFLDF14732
113 Pathanamthitta Kanjirappally 553304558736628UDFLDF9743
114 Poonjar 615304360130990UDFLDF17929
115 Thiruvalla 542505051140186UDFLDF3739
116 Ranni 507554293139560UDFLDF7824
117 Aranmula 592775268450497UDFLDF6593
118 Konni 496674694646506UDFLDF2721
119 Adoor 492805321651260LDFNDA1956
120 Kollam Chavara 745624699411655UDFLDF27568
121 Punalur 736225495616168UDFLDF18666
122 Chadayamangalam 703875615515820UDFLDF14232
123 Kundara 792175490814696UDFLDF24309
124 Kollam 687484420312871UDFLDF24545
125 Eravipuram 675824416211488UDFLDF23420
126 Chathannoor 631464611419621UDFLDF17032
127 Attingal Varkala 480194233534343UDFLDF5684
128 Attingal 500454849242389UDFLDF1553
129 Chirayinkeezhu 563144775032829UDFLDF8564
130 Nedumangad 545065526536417LDFUDF759
131 Vamanapuram 596715023129681UDFLDF9440
132 Aruvikkara 589525040330151UDFLDF8549
133 Kattakkada 519624582240692UDFLDF6140
134 Thiruvananthapuram Kazhakkoottam 469643768845479UDFNDA1485
135 Vattiyoorkavu 535452941450709UDFNDA2836
136 Thiruvananthapuram 570772753042877UDFNDA14200
137 Nemom 464723392158513NDAUDF12041
138 Parassala 699444794242887UDFLDF22002
139 Kovalam 732214205041092UDFLDF31171
140 Neyyattinkara 668343792532368UDFLDF28909

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Notes

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