2009 Indian general election in Kerala
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}} The 2009 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for 20 seats in the state.
This is the first polls that took place in Kerala after implementation of Delimitation Commission 2002 rrecommendations. Though there wasn't any change in number of constituencies. There was significant apportionment of existing constituencies and change of boundaries.[1]
Alliances
[edit]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.[2]
United Democratic Front
[edit]No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
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1. | Indian National Congress | 17 | |
2. | Indian Union Muslim League | ![]() |
2 |
3. | Kerala Congress (M) | ![]() |
1 |
Left Democratic Front
[edit]No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
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1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() |
14 |
2. | Communist Party of India | ![]() |
4 |
3. | Kerala Congress | 1 | |
4. | Independents | 1 |
National Democratic Alliance
[edit]No. | Party | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
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1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | ![]() |
19 |
2. | Janata Dal (United) | 1 |
List of Elected MPs
[edit]Constituency-Wise Detailed Results
[edit]No. | Constituency | UDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | LDF candidate | Votes | % | Party | NDA candidate | Votes | % | Party | Other candidate | Votes | % | Party | Winning alliance | Margin |
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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 | Left Democratic Front | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | Left Democratic Front | 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 | Left Democratic Front | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 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 | Left Democratic Front | 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 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 99,998 |
Performance of Political Parties
[edit]No. | Party | Political Front | Seats | swing | Votes | %Votes | ±pp |
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1 | INC | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 13 | ![]() |
6,434,486 | 40.13 | ![]() |
2 | CPI(M) | Left Democratic Front | 4 | ![]() |
4,887,333 | 30.48 | ![]() |
3 | IUML | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 2 | ![]() |
813,741 | 5.07 | ![]() |
4 | KC(M) | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1 | ![]() |
404,962 | 2.53 | ![]() |
5 | CPI | Left Democratic Front | 0 | ![]() |
1,193,300 | 7.44 | ![]() |
6 | BJP | NDA | 0 | ![]() |
1,011,563 | 6.31 | ![]() |
Vote Share by alliance
United Democratic Front (Kerala) (47.73%)
Left Democratic Front (41.89%)
NDA (6.43%)
Other (3.95%)
Performance by alliance
[edit]No. | Alliance | Seats contested | Seats won | Votes | % |
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1 | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 20 | 16 | 76,53,189 | 47.73 |
2 | Left Democratic Front | 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
[edit]- ^ Gatade, Sunil (4 January 2008). "Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
- ^ "PC: Alliances Kerala 2009".
- ^ "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 20 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
- ^ "PC: Kerala 2009". IndiaVotes.