2009 Indian general election in Kerala
The 2009 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for 20 seats in the state.
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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.[1]
United Democratic Front
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress |  |
17 |
| 2. | Indian Union Muslim League |  |
2 |
| 3. | Kerala Congress (M) |  |
1 |
Left Democratic Front
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  Key |
14 |
| 2. | Communist Party of India |  Star |
4 |
| 3. | Kerala Congress | 1 | |
| 4. | Independents | 1 |
National Democratic Alliance
| No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
19 |
| 2. | Janata Dal (United) | 1 |
List of Elected MPs
Constituency-Wise Detailed Results
| No. | Constituency | UDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | LDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | NDA candidate | Votes | % | Party | Other candidate | Votes | % | Party | Winning alliance | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | LDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | LDF | 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 | LDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | UDF | 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 | LDF | 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 | UDF | 99,998 |
Performance of Political Parties
| No. | Party | Political Front | Seats | swing | Votes | %Votes | ±pp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | INC | UDF | 13 |  13 | 6,434,486 | 40.13 | 8.00 |
| 2 | CPI(M) | LDF | 4 |  8 |
4,887,333 | 30.48 | 1.04 |
| 3 | IUML | UDF | 2 | 1 |
813,741 | 5.07 | 0.21 |
| 4 | KC(M) | UDF | 1 | 1 |
404,962 | 2.53 | 1.14 |
| 5 | CPI | LDF | 0 | 3 |
1,193,300 | 7.44 | 0.45 |
| 6 | BJP | NDA | 0 |  |
1,011,563 | 6.31 | 4.07 |
Vote Share by alliance
UDF (47.73%)
LDF (41.89%)
NDA (6.43%)
Other (3.95%)
Performance by alliance
| No. | Alliance | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | UDF | 20 | 16 | 76,53,189 | 47.73 |
| 2 | LDF | 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 | |
References
- "PC: Alliances Kerala 2009".
- "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- "PC: Kerala 2009". IndiaVotes.
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