2024 Indian general election in Kerala

2024 Indian general election in Kerala

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All 20 Kerala seats in the Lok Sabha
Opinion polls
Leader K. Sudhakaran M.V. Govindan Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UDF LDF Leader since 2021 2022 Leader's seat Kannur Not Contesting
Kerala Lok Sabha seats
Incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi BJP

The 2024 Indian general election in Kerala will be held on 26 April 2024 to elect 20 members of 18th Lok Sabha. ^[1]

Election schedule

Poll event
Phase	II
Notification Date	28 March
Last Date for filing nomination	04 April
Scrutiny of nomination	05 April
Last Date for withdrawal of nomination	08 April
Date of poll	26 April
Date of counting of votes/Result	04 June
No. of constituencies	20

Parties and alliances

   United Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress			K. Sudhakaran	16
	Indian Union Muslim League			Sadiq Ali Thangal	2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party			Shibu Baby John	1
	Kerala Congress			P. J. Joseph	1
	Total				20

   Left Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			M.V. Govindan	15
	Communist Party of India			Binoy Viswam	4
	Kerala Congress (M)			Jose K. Mani	1
	Total				20

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			K. Surendran	16
	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena			Thushar Vellapally	4
	Total				20

Others

Party		Symbol	Contesting Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party		18
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)		8
	Ambedkarite Party of India		3
	Bahujan Dravida Party		3
	Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party		3
	Twenty 20 Party		2
	Marxist Communist Party of India (United)		1
	New Labour Party		1
	People's Party of India (Secular)		1
	Samajwadi Jan Parishad		1
	Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi		1
	Total		42

Candidates

Constituency
		INDIA						NDA [2]
		UDF			LDF [3]
1	Kasaragod		INC	Rajmohan Unnithan		CPI(M)	MV Balakrishnan		BJP	ML Ashwini
2	Kannur		INC	K. Sudhakaran		CPI(M)	MV Jayarajan		BJP	C Raghunath
3	Vatakara		INC	Shafi Parambil		CPI(M)	K. K. Shailaja		BJP	Prafulla Krishna
4	Wayanad		INC	Rahul Gandhi		CPI	Annie Raja [4]		BJP	K Surendran
5	Kozhikode		INC	MK Raghavan		CPI(M)	Elamaram Kareem		BJP	MT Ramesh
6	Malappuram		IUML	ET Mohammed Basheer		CPI(M)	V Vaseef		BJP	M Abdul Salam
7	Ponnani		IUML	Abdussamad Samadani		CPI(M)	K.S. Hamza		BJP	Niveditha Subramanian
8	Palakkad		INC	VK Sreekandan		CPI(M)	A Vijayaraghavan		BJP	C KrishnaKumar
9	Alathur (SC)		INC	Ramya Haridas		CPI(M)	K. Radhakrishnan		BJP	TN Sarasu
10	Thrissur		INC	K Muraleedharan		CPI	VS Sunil Kumar		BJP	Suresh Gopi
11	Chalakudy		INC	Benny Behanan		CPI(M)	C Raveendranath		BDJS	KA Unnikrishnan
12	Ernakulam		INC	Hibi Eden		CPI(M)	KJ Shine		BJP	KS Radhakrishnan
13	Idukki		INC	Dean Kuriakose		CPI(M)	Joice George		BDJS	Sangeetha Vishwanathan
14	Kottayam		KEC	Francis George		KC(M)	Thomas Chazhikadan		BDJS	Thushar Velapally
15	Alappuzha		INC	KC Venugopal		CPI(M)	AM Ariff		BJP	Sobha Surendran
16	Mavelikara (SC)		INC	Kodikunnil Suresh		CPI	CA Arun Kumar		BDJS	Baiju Kalasala
17	Pathanamthitta		INC	Anto Antony		CPI(M)	Thomas Issac		BJP	Anil Antony
18	Kollam		RSP	NK Premachandran		CPI(M)	Mukesh Madhavan		BJP	G Krishnakumar
19	Attingal		INC	Adoor Prakash		CPI(M)	V Joy		BJP	V Muraleedharan
20	Thiruvananthapuram		INC	Shashi Tharoor		CPI	Pannyan Raveendran		BJP	Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Electorate

Constituency wise Eligible Electors

No.	Constituency	Male	Female	Third Gender	Total
1	Kasaragod	7,01,475	7,50,741	14	14,52,230
2	Kannur	6,46,181	7,12,181	6	13,58,368
3	Vatakara	6,81,615	7,40,246	22	14,21,883
4	Wayanad	7,21,054	7,41,354	15	14,62,423
5	Kozhikode	6,91,096	7,38,509	26	14,29,631
6	Malappuram	7,45,978	7,33,931	12	14,79,921
7	Ponnani	7,29,255	7,41,522	27	14,70,804
8	Palakkad	6,82,281	7,15,849	13	13,98,143
9	Alathur (SC)	6,48,437	6,89,047	12	13,37,496
10	Thrissur	7,08,317	7,74,718	20	14,83,055
11	Chalakudy	6,34,347	6,76,161	21	13,10,529
12	Ernakulam	6,40,662	6,83,370	15	13,24,047
13	Idukki	6,15,084	6,35,064	9	12,50,157
14	Kottayam	6,07,502	6,47,306	15	12,54,823
15	Alappuzha	6,74,066	7,26,008	9	14,00,083
16	Mavelikkara (SC)	6,30,307	7,01,564	9	13,31,880
17	Pathanamthitta	6,83,307	7,46,384	9	14,29,700
18	Kollam	6,31,625	6,95,004	19	13,26,648
19	Attingal	6,53,549	7,43,223	35	13,96,807
20	Thiruvananthapuram	6,89,155	7,41,317	59	14,30,531
	Total	1,34,15,293	1,43,33,499	367	2,77,49,159

District wise - Overseas (NRI) Electors

No.	District	Male Electors	Female Electors	Third Gender Electors	District Total
1	Kasargod	3,157	133	0	3,290
2	Kannur	13,276	599	0	13,875
3	Wayanad	714	65	0	779
4	Kozhikode	34,002	1,787	4	35,793
5	Malappuram	14,590	529	2	15,121
6	Palakkad	4,200	257	0	4,457
7	Thrissur	3,519	498	1	4,018
8	Ernakulam	1,991	515	0	2,506
9	Idukki	263	62	0	325
10	Kottayam	1,203	322	0	1,525
11	Alappuzha	1,513	286	0	1,799
12	Pathanamthitta	1,801	437	0	2,238
13	Kollam	1,673	244	2	1,919
14	Thiruvananthapuram	1,863	331	0	2,194
	Total	83,765	6,065	9	89,839

Age Wise Electors

Age Group	Male Electors	Female Electors	Third Gender Electors	State Total
18-19	2,77,084	2,57,288	22	5,34,394
20-29	22,41,328	22,30,491	119	44,71,938
30-39	27,61,925	26,66,165	114	54,28,204
40-49	28,11,446	30,62,002	68	58,73,516
50-59	23,87,739	27,49,835	27	51,37,601
60-69	17,83,503	19,25,095	8	37,08,606
70-79	9,10,122	10,57,726	7	19,67,855
80+	2,42,146	3,84,897	2	6,27,045
	1,34,15,293	1,43,33,499	367	2,77,49,159

Surveys and polls

Opinion polls

Polling agency	Date published [lower-alpha 1]	Margin of Error					Lead
			INDIA		NDA	Others
			UDF	LDF
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [5]	±3-5%	20	0	0	0	I.N.D.I.A.
Mathrubhumi News-P-MARQ	March 2024 [6]	±3%	14	5	1	0	I.N.D.I.A.
News 18	March 2024 [7]	±3%	14	4	2	0	I.N.D.I.A.
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [8]	±5%	16	4	0	0	I.N.D.I.A.
India TV-CNX	March 2024 [9]	±3%	11	6	3	0	I.N.D.I.A.
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [10]	±3-5%	20		0	0	I.N.D.I.A
Times Now-ETG	December 2023 [11]	±3%	12-15	3-5	0-1	0	I.N.D.I.A.
India TV-CNX	October 2023 [12]	±3%	16	4	0	0	I.N.D.I.A.
Times Now-ETG	September 2023 [13]	±3%	18-20		0-2	0	I.N.D.I.A.
	August 2023 [14]	±3%	18-20		0-2	0	I.N.D.I.A.

Polling agency	Date published [lower-alpha 2]	Margin of Error					Lead
			INDIA		NDA	Others
			UDF	LDF
ABP News-CVoter	April 2024 [15]	±3-5%	43%	31%	21%	5%	12
ABP News-CVoter	March 2024 [8]	±5%	44.5%	31.4%	19.8%	4.3%	13.1
India Today-CVoter	February 2024 [16]	±3-5%	78%		17%	5%	61
India Today-CVoter	August 2023 [17]	±3-5%	81%		14%	5%	67

Opinion polls (State-wise Alliances)

Polling agency	Date published	Margin of Error	I.N.D.I.A.		NDA	Others	Lead
			LDF	UDF
Manorama News - CVoter [18]	January 2024	3%	3	17	0	0	UDF
Reporter TV- Mega Survey [19]	February 2024	2%	5	15	0	0	UDF
24 News - Jana Manasu [20]	February 2024	5%	2	18	0	0	UDF
ABP News - CVoter [21]	March 2024	±3%	0	20	0	0	UDF
CNN News18 - Mega Opinion Poll [22]	March 2024	±3%	4	14	2	0	UDF
Mathrubhumi News-P-MARQ [23]	March 2024	±3%	5-6	14-15	0	0	UDF

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/ Party				Popular vote			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	UDF		INC				16
			IUML				2
			RSP				1
			KC				1
		Total					20
	LDF		CPI(M)				15
			CPI				4
			KC(M)				1
		Total					20
	NDA		BJP				16
			BDJS				4
		Total					20
	Others						42
	IND						92
	NOTA
Total					100%	-	194	20	-

Results by constituency

Constituency		Winner							Runner Up							Margin
No.	Name	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%	Party		Alliance		Candidate	Votes	%
1	Kasaragod
2	Kannur
3	Vatakara
4	Wayanad
5	Kozhikode
6	Malappuram
7	Ponnani
8	Palakkad
9	Alathur (SC)
10	Thrissur
11	Chalakudy
12	Ernakulam
13	Idukki
14	Kottayam
15	Alappuzha
16	Mavelikkara (SC)
17	Pathanamthitta
18	Kollam
19	Attingal
20	Thiruvananthapuram

Results by Alliance

No.	Constituency	UDF Votes	LDF Votes	NDA Votes
1	Kasaragod
2	Kannur
3	Vatakara
4	Wayanad
5	Kozhikode
6	Malappuram
7	Ponnani
8	Palakkad
9	Alathur (SC)
10	Thrissur
11	Chalakudy
12	Ernakulam
13	Idukki
14	Kottayam
15	Alappuzha
16	Mavelikkara (SC)
17	Pathanamthitta
18	Kollam
19	Attingal
20	Thiruvananthapuram

Results by Assembly constituency

No.	Constituency	Assembly Segment	UDF	LDF	NDA	Lead	Runner up	Margin
1	Kasaragod	Manjeshwaram
2		Kasaragod
3		Udma
4		Kanhangad
5		Thrikaripur
6		Payyanur
7		Kalliasseri
8	Kannur	Taliparamba
9		Irikkur
10		Azhikode
11		Kannur
12		Dharmadom
13		Mattanur
14		Peravoor
15	Vatakara	Thalassery
16		Kuthuparamba
17		Vatakara
18		Kuttiadi
19		Nadapuram
20		Koyilandy
21		Perambra
22	Wayanad	Mananthavady
23		Sulthan Bathery
24		Kalpetta
25		Thiruvambady
26		Eranad
27		Nilambur
28		Wandoor
29	Kozhikode	Balussery
30		Elathur
31		Kozhikode North
32		Kozhikode South
33		Beypore
34		Kunnamangalam
35		Koduvally
36	Malappuram	Kondotty
37		Manjeri
38		Perinthalmanna
39		Mankada
40		Malappuram
41		Vengara
42		Vallikunnu
43	Ponnani	Tirurangadi
44		Tanur
45		Tirur
46		Kottakkal
47		Thavanur
48		Ponnani
49		Thrithala
50	Palakkad	Pattambi
51		Shornur
52		Ottapalam
53		Kongad
54		Mannarkkad
55		Malampuzha
56		Palakkad
57	Alathur	Tarur
58		Chittur
59		Nenmara
60		Alathur
61		Chelakkara
62		Kunnamkulam
63		Wadakkanchery
64	Thrissur	Guruvayur
65		Manalur
66		Ollur
67		Thrissur
68		Nattika
69		Irinjalakuda
70		Puthukkad
71	Chalakudy	Kaipamangalam
72		Chalakudy
73		Kodungallur
74		Perumbavoor
75		Angamaly
76		Aluva
77		Kunnathunad
78	Ernakulam	Kalamassery
79		Paravur
80		Vypen
81		Kochi
82		Thrippunithura
83		Ernakulam
84		Thrikkakara
85	Idukki	Muvattupuzha
86		Kothamangalam
87		Devikulam
88		Udumbanchola
89		Thodupuzha
90		Idukki
91		Peerumade
92	Kottayam	Piravom
93		Pala
94		Kaduthuruthy
95		Vaikom
96		Ettumanoor
97		Kottayam
98		Puthuppally
99	Alappuzha	Aroor
100		Cherthala
101		Alappuzha
102		Ambalappuzha
103		Haripad
104		Kayamkulam
105		Karunagappally
106	Mavelikara	Changanassery
107		Kuttanad
108		Mavelikara
109		Chengannur
110		Kunnathur
111		Kottarakkara
112		Pathanapuram
113	Pathanamthitta	Kanjirappally
114		Poonjar
115		Thiruvalla
116		Ranni
117		Aranmula
118		Konni
119		Adoor
120	Kollam	Chavara
121		Punalur
122		Chadayamangalam
123		Kundara
124		Kollam
125		Eravipuram
126		Chathannoor
127	Attingal	Varkala
128		Attingal
129		Chirayinkeezhu
130		Nedumangad
131		Vamanapuram
132		Aruvikkara
133		Kattakkada
134	Thiruvananthapuram	Kazhakkoottam
135		Vattiyoorkavu
136		Thiruvananthapuram
137		Nemom
138		Parassala
139		Kovalam
140		Neyyattinkara

See also

• 2024 Indian general election in Ladakh
• 2024 Indian general election in Lakshadweep
• 2024 Indian general election in Madhya Pradesh

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Notes

1. Some polls did not differentiate between UDF and LDF, even though they are contesting separately.
2. Some polls did not differentiate between UDF and LDF, even though they are contesting separately.