Indian general election, 2009 (Kerala)

Indian general election in Kerala, 2009

April–May 2009

20 seats   First party Second party   Leader Oommen Chandy V. S. Achuthanandan Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UDF LF Seats won 16 4 Seat change +13 -11

Kerala

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

Results of Indian General Elections 2009 Kerala

UDF	LDF	NDA	OTHERS
16	4	0	0

List of Elected MPs

No.	constituency	Name of Elected M.P.	Party Affiliation
1	Kasaragod	P. Karunakaran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2	Kannur	K. Sudhakaran	Indian National Congress
3	Vatakara	Mullappally Ramachandran	Indian National Congress
4	Wayanad	M. I. Shanavas	Indian National Congress
5	Kozhikode	M. K. Raghavan	Indian National Congress
6	Malappuram	E. Ahammed	Indian Union Muslim League
7	Ponnani	E. T. Muhammed Basheer	Indian Union Muslim League
8	Palakkad	M. B. Rajesh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9	Alathur	P.K. Biju	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
10	Thrissur	P. C. Chacko	Indian National Congress
11	Chalakudy	K. P. Dhanapalan	Indian National Congress
12	Ernakulam	K. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress
13	Idukki	P. T. Thomas	Indian National Congress
14	Kottayam	Jose K Mani	Kerala Congress (M)
15	Alappuzha	K. C. Venugopal	Indian National Congress
16	Mavelikkara	Kodikunnil Suresh	Indian National Congress
17	Pathanamthitta	Anto Antony Punnathaniyil	Indian National Congress
18	Kollam	N. Peethambara Kurup	Indian National Congress
19	Attingal	A. Sampath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
20	Thiruvananthapuram	Shashi Tharoor	Indian National Congress

Constituency-Wise Detailed Results

Based on data from Chief Electrol Office, Kerala^[1][2]

No.	Constituency	Electors	Poll %	Votes Polled	Valid Votes	Winner	Party	Votes	%Votes	2nd Position	Party	Votes	%Votes	3rd Position	Party	Votes	%Votes	Margin
1	Kasaragod	1113892	76.15	848220	847096	P. Karunakaran	CPI(M)	385522	45.51	Shahida Kamal	INC	321095	37.91	K. Surendran	BJP	125482	14.81	64427
2	Kannur	1069725	80.94	864806	863832	K. Sudhakaran	INC	432878	50.11	K. K. Ragesh	CPI(M)	389727	45.12	P. P. Karunakaran Master	BJP	27123	3.14	43151
3	Vatakara	1069725	80.40	863136	862844	Mullappally Ramachandran	INC	421255	48.82	Adv. P.Satheedevi	CPI(M)	365069	42.31	K. P. Sreesan	BJP	40391	4.68	56186
4	Wayanad	1103298	74.66	823891	823694	M. I. Shanavas	INC	410703	49.86	Adv. M. Rahmathulla	CPI(M)	257264	42.31	K. Muraleedharan	NCP	99663	12.10	153439
5	Kozhikode	1053820	75.68	798060	797578	M. K. Raghavan	INC	342309	42.92	P. A. Muhammed Riaz	CPI(M)	341471	42.81	V. Muraleedharan	BJP	89718	11.25	838
6	Malappuram	1019713	76.81	783548	783230	E. Ahamed	IUML	427940	54.64	T. K. Hamza	CPI(M)	312343	39.88	N. Aravindan	BJP	36016	4.60	115597
7	Ponnani	997075	77.17	769587	769418	E. T. Muhammed Basheer	IUML	385801	50.14	Hussain Randathani	LDF IND	303117	39.40	K. Janachandran	BJP	57710	11.25	82684
8	Palakkad	1074816	73.47	789810	789648	M. B. Rajesh	CPI(M)	338070	42.81	Satheesan Pacheni	INC	336250	42.58	C. K. Padmanabhan	BJP	68804	8.71	1820
9	Alathur	1102765	75.14	828797	828576	P. K. Biju	CPI(M)	387352	46.75	N. K. Sudheer	INC	366392	44.22	M. Bindu	BJP	53890	6.50	20960
10	Thrissur	1174161	69.48	815868	815862	P. C. Chacko	INC	385297	47.23	C. N. Jayadevan	CPI	360146	44.14	Rama Ragunandan	BJP	54680	6.70	25151
11	Chalakudy	1075390	73.72	792910	792767	K. P. Dhanapalan	INC	399035	50.33	U. P. Joseph	CPI(M)	327356	41.29	K. V. Sabu	BJP	45367	5.72	71679
12	Ernakulam	1023053	72.81	744996	744869	Prof. K. V. Thomas	INC	342845	46.03	Sindhu Joy	CPI(M)	331055	44.44	A. N. Radhakrishnan	BJP	52968	6.50	11790
13	Idukki	1062849	73.94	786041	785901	P. T. Thomas	INC	408484	51.98	K. Francis George	KEC	333688	42.46	Sreenagiri Rajan	BJP	28227	3.59	74796
14	Kottayam	1095242	73.76	808085	807820	Jose K. Mani	KCM	404962	50.13	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	333392	41.27	N. K. Narayanan	BJP	37422	4.63	71570
15	Alappuzha	1154787	78.63	908360	907977	K. C. Venugopal	INC	468679	51.62	K. S. Manoj	CPI(M)	411044	45.27	Sony J.	NDA	19711	2.17	57635
16	Mavelikkara	1095242	70.56	804182	803802	Kodikkunnil Suresh	INC	397211	49.42	R S Anil	CPI	349163	43.44	P. M. Velayudhan	BJP	40992	5.10	48048
17	Pathanamthitta	1213370	65.86	797367	797154	Anto Antony	INC	408232	51.21	Adv. Kananthagopan	CPI(M)	297026	37.26	B. Radhakrishna Menon	BJP	56294	7.06	111206
18	Kollam	1108686	67.78	752594	752121	N. Peethambarakurup	INC	357401	47.52	P.Rajendran	CPI(M)	339870	45.19	Vayakal Madhu	BJP	33078	4.40	17531
19	Attingal	1091432	66.25	723233	723045	A Sampath	CPI(M)	328036	45.37	Prof. G.Balachandran	INC	309695	42.83	Thottakkad Sasi	BJP	47620	6.59	18341
20	Thiruvananthapuram	1122047	65.74	737917	737641	Shashi Tharoor	INC	326725	44.29	Adv P. Ramachandran Nair	CPI	226727	30.74	P. K. Krishnadas	BJP	84094	11.40	99998
	Kerala (Total)	21859536	73.37		16034875

Performance of Political Parties

No.	Party	Political Front	Seats	Votes	%Votes
1	INC	UDF	13	6,434,486	40.13
2	CPI(M)	LDF	4	4,887,333	30.48
3	IUML	UDF	2	813,741	5.07
4	Kerala Congress (M)	UDF	1	404,962	2.53
5	CPI	LDF	0	1,193,300	7.44
6	BJP	NDA	0	1,011,563	6.31

Performance of Political Fronts

No.	Political Front	No. of Candidates	Seats	Votes	%Votes
1	UDF	20	16	7,653,189	47.73
2	LDF	20	4	6,717,438	41.89
3	NDA	20	0	1,031,274	6.43
4	Others	157	0	632974	3.95
	Total	217	0	16034875	100

References

1. "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
2. "Kerala Assembly Election Database, Kerala".