2009 Indian general election in Kerala

The 2009 Indian general election 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

2009 Indian general election

April–May 2009
20 seats
First party Second party Third party   Party INC CPI (M) BJP Alliance UDF LDF NDA Last election 1 18 1 Seats won 16 4 0 Seat change +15 -14 -1
Kerala

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	UDF	Party	Votes	%Votes	LDF	Party	Votes	%Votes	NDA	Party	Votes	%Votes	Other Parties	Candidate	Votes	%	Margin
1	Kasaragod	Shahida Kamal	INC	321095	37.91	P. Karunakaran	CPI(M)	385522	45.51	K. Surendran	BJP	125482	14.81	RMP		0	0	64427
2	Kannur	K. Sudhakaran	INC	432878	50.11	K. K. Ragesh	CPI(M)	389727	45.12	P. P. Karunakaran Master	BJP	27123	3.14	RMP		0	0	43151
3	Vatakara	Mullappally Ramachandran	INC	421255	48.82	Adv. P.Satheedevi	CPI(M)	365069	42.31	K. P. Sreesan	BJP	40391	4.68	RMP	T. P. Chandrasekharan	21833	2.53	56186
4	Wayanad	M. I. Shanavas	INC	410703	49.86	Adv. M. Rahmathulla	CPI(M)	257264	42.31	C. Vasudevan	BJP	19623	4.1	RMP		0	0	153439
5	Kozhikode	M. K. Raghavan	INC	342309	42.92	P. A. Mohamed Riyas	CPI(M)	341471	42.81	V. Muraleedharan	BJP	89718	11.25	RMP	ADV. P. KUMARANKUTTY	5871	0.74	838
6	Malappuram	E. Ahamed	IUML	427940	54.64	T. K. Hamza	CPI(M)	312343	39.88	N. Aravindan	BJP	36016	4.6	RMP		0	0	115597
7	Ponnani	E. T. Muhammed Basheer	IUML	385801	50.14	Hussain Randathani	LDF IND	303117	39.4	K. Janachandran	BJP	57710	11.25	RMP		0	0	82684
8	Palakkad	Satheesan Pacheni	INC	336250	42.58	M. B. Rajesh	CPI(M)	338070	42.81	C. K. Padmanabhan	BJP	68804	8.71	RMP		0	0	1820
9	Alathur	N. K. Sudheer	INC	366392	44.22	P. K. Biju	CPI(M)	387352	46.75	M. Bindu	BJP	53890	6.5	RMP		0	0	20960
10	Thrissur	P. C. Chacko	INC	385297	47.23	C. N. Jayadevan	CPI	360146	44.14	Rama Ragunandan	BJP	54680	6.7	RMP		0	0	25151
11	Chalakudy	K. P. Dhanapalan	INC	399035	50.33	U. P. Joseph	CPI(M)	327356	41.29	K. V. Sabu	BJP	45367	5.72	RMP		0	0	71679
12	Ernakulam	Prof. K. V. Thomas	INC	342845	46.03	Sindhu Joy	CPI(M)	331055	44.44	A. N. Radhakrishnan	BJP	52968	6.5	RMP		0	0	11790
13	Idukki	P. T. Thomas	INC	408484	51.98	K. Francis George	KEC	333688	42.46	Sreenagiri Rajan	BJP	28227	3.59	RMP		0	0	74796
14	Kottayam	Jose K. Mani	KCM	404962	50.13	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	333392	41.27	N. K. Narayanan	BJP	37422	4.63	RMP		0	0	71570
15	Alappuzha	K. C. Venugopal	INC	468679	51.62	K. S. Manoj	CPI(M)	411044	45.27	Sony J.	NDA	19711	2.17	RMP		0	0	57635
16	Mavelikkara	Kodikkunnil Suresh	INC	397211	49.42	R S Anil	CPI	349163	43.44	P. M. Velayudhan	BJP	40992	5.1	RMP		0	0	48048
17	Pathanamthitta	Anto Antony	INC	408232	51.21	Adv. Kananthagopan	CPI(M)	297026	37.26	B. Radhakrishna Menon	BJP	56294	7.06	RMP		0	0	111206
18	Kollam	N. Peethambarakurup	INC	357401	47.52	P.Rajendran	CPI(M)	339870	45.19	Vayakal Madhu	BJP	33078	4.4	RMP		0	0	17531
19	Attingal	Prof. G.Balachandran	INC	309695	42.83	A Sampath	CPI(M)	328036	45.37	Thottakkad Sasi	BJP	47620	6.59	RMP		0	0	18341
20	Thiruvananthapuram	Dr. Shashi Tharoor	INC	326725	44.29	Adv P. Ramachandran Nair	CPI	226727	30.74	P. K. Krishnadas	BJP	84094	11.4	RMP		0	0	99998

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".