2009 Indian general election in Kerala explained

Election Name:2009 Indian general election
Country:India
Type:parliamentary
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:Indian general election in Kerala, 2004
Previous Year:2004
Next Election:Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
Next Year:2014
Election Date:April–May 2009
Seats For Election:20 seats
Leader1:Oommen Chandy
Alliance1:UDF
Leaders Seat1:-
Leader2:V.S. Achuthanandan
Alliance2:LDF
Leaders Seat2:-
Seats1:16
Seats2:4
Last Election1:1
Last Election2:18
Seat Change1: 15
Seat Change2: 14
Party1:Indian National Congress
Party2:Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Percentage1:47.73%
Percentage2:41.89%
Turnout:73.38%
Map Size:300px

}}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

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

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Indian National Congress17
2.Indian Union Muslim League2
3.Kerala Congress (M)1

Left Democratic Front

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)14
2.Communist Party of India4
3.Kerala Congress1
4.Independents1

National Democratic Alliance

No.PartyElection SymbolSeats Contested
1.Bharatiya Janata Party19
2.Janata Dal (United)1

List of Elected MPs

No.NameTurnout%NamePartyMargin
1Kasaragod76.11P. KarunakaranCommunist Party of India (Marxist)64,427
2Kannur80.83K. SudhakaranIndian National Congress43,151
3Vatakara80.55Mullappally RamachandranIndian National Congress56,186
4Wayanad74.74M. I. ShanavasIndian National Congress1,53,439
5Kozhikode75.68M. K. RaghavanIndian National Congress838
6Malappuram76.81E. AhamedMuslim League Kerala State Committee1,15,597
7Ponnani77.17E. T. Mohammed BasheerMuslim League Kerala State Committee82,684
8Palakkad73.47M. B. RajeshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1,820
9Alathur75.27P. K. BijuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)20,960
10Thrissur69.48P. C. ChackoIndian National Congress25,151
11Chalakudy73.72K. P. DhanapalanIndian National Congress71,679
12Ernakulam72.81K. V. ThomasIndian National Congress11,790
13Idukki73.95P. T. ThomasIndian National Congress74,796
14Kottayam73.76Jose K. ManiKerala Congress (M)71,570
15Alappuzha79.15K. C. VenugopalIndian National Congress57,635
16Mavelikkara70.34Kodikunnil SureshIndian National Congress48,048
17Pathanamthitta65.70Anto AntonyIndian National Congress1,11,206
18Kollam67.85N. Peethambara KurupIndian National Congress17,531
19Attingal66.25A SampathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)18,341
20Thiruvananthapuram65.74Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress99,998

Constituency-Wise Detailed Results

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No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyOther candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin
1KasaragodShahida Kamal3,21,09537.91INCP. Karunakaran3,85,52245.51CPI(M)K. Surendran1,25,48214.81BJPK. H. Madhavi5,5180.7%BSPLeft Democratic Front64,427
2KannurK. Sudhakaran4,32,87850.11INCK. K. Ragesh3,89,72745.12CPI(M)P. P. Karunakaran27,1233.14BJPK. Sudhakaran Kavinte3,4300.4%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)43,151
3VatakaraMullappally Ramachandran4,21,25548.82INCP. Satheedevi3,65,06942.31CPI(M)K. P. Sreesan40,3914.68BJPT. P. Chandrasekharan21,8332.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)56,186
4WayanadM. I. Shanavas4,10,70349.86INCM. Rahmathulla2,57,26442.31CPI(M)C. Vasudevan19,6234.1BJPK. Muraleedharan99,66312.1%NCPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,53,439
5KozhikodeM. K. Raghavan3,42,30942.92INCP. A. Mohamed Riyas3,41,47142.81CPI(M)V. Muraleedharan89,71811.25BJPP. Kumarankutty5,8710.7%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)838
6MalappuramE. Ahamed4,27,94054.64IUMLT. K. Hamza3,12,34339.88CPI(M)N. Aravindan36,0164.6BJPE. A. Aboobacker6,9310.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,15,597
7PonnaniE. T. Muhammed Basheer3,85,80150.14IUMLHussain Randathani3,03,11739.4INDK. Janachandran57,71011.25BJPK. Sadanandan4,3212.6%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)82,684
8PalakkadSatheesan Pacheni3,36,25042.58INCM. B. Rajesh338,07042.81CPI(M)C. K. Padmanabhan68,8048.71BJPM. R. Murali20,8962.6%INDLeft Democratic Front1,820
9AlathurN. K. Sudheer3,66,39244.22INCP. K. Biju3,87,35246.75CPI(M)M. Bindu53,8906.5BJPK. K. Sudhir7,5880.9%INDLeft Democratic Front20,960
10ThrissurP. C. Chacko3,85,29747.23INCC. N. Jayadevan3,60,14644.14CPIRama Ragunandan54,6806.7BJPN. Hariharan Nair3,6870.5%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)25,151
11ChalakudyK. P. Dhanapalan3,99,03550.33INCU. P. Joseph3,27,35641.29CPI(M)K. V. Sabu45,3675.72BJPJose Maveli7,5440.9%INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,679
12ErnakulamK. V. Thomas3,42,84546.03INCSindhu Joy3,31,05544.44CPI(M)A. N. Radhakrishnan52,9686.5BJPSherif Mohammed4,0830.5%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)11,790
13IdukkiP. T. Thomas4,08,48451.98INCK. Francis George3,33,68842.46KECSreenagiri Rajan28,2273.59BJPBiju M. John5,5670.7%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)74,796
14KottayamJose K. Mani4,04,96250.13KC(M)K. Suresh Kurup3,33,39241.27CPI(M)N. K. Narayanan37,4224.63BJPSpencer Marks11,4321.4%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)71,570
15AlappuzhaK. C. Venugopal4,68,67951.62INCK. S. Manoj4,11,04445.27CPI(M)P.J Kurian1,0250.1%JD(U)Sony J. Kalyankumar19,7112.17INDUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)57,635
16MavelikkaraKodikkunnil Suresh3,97,21149.42INCR. S. Anil3,49,16343.44CPIP. M. Velayudhan40,9925.1BJPN. D. Mohan8,6811.1%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)48,048
17PathanamthittaAnto Antony4,08,23251.21INCKananthagopan2,97,02637.26CPI(M)B. Radhakrishna Menon56,2947.06BJPK. K. Nair22,4242.8%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)1,11,206
18KollamN. Peethambarakurup3,57,40147.52INCP. Rajendran3,39,87045.19CPI(M)Vayakal Madhu33,0784.4BJPK. M. Jayanandan6,7520.9%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)17,531
19AttingalG. Balachandran3,09,69542.83INCA. Sampath3,28,03645.37CPI(M)Thottakkad Sasi47,6206.59BJPJ. Sudhakaran15,5582.1%BSPLeft Democratic Front18,341
20ThiruvananthapuramShashi Tharoor3,26,72544.29INCP. Ramachandran Nair2,26,72730.74CPIP. K. Krishnadas84,09411.4BJPA. Neelalohithadasan Nadar86,23311.7%BSPUnited Democratic Front (Kerala)99,998

Performance of Political Parties

No. PartyPolitical FrontSeatsswingVotes%Votes±pp
1 INCUnited Democratic Front (Kerala) 131340.138.00
2 CPI(M) Left Democratic Front 4830.481.04
3 IUML United Democratic Front (Kerala) 215.070.21
4 KC(M) United Democratic Front (Kerala) 112.531.14
5 Left Democratic Front 037.440.45
6 NDA 06.314.07

Performance by alliance

!No.!Alliance!Seats contested!Seats won!Votes!%
1United Democratic Front (Kerala)201676,53,18947.73
2Left Democratic Front20467,17,43841.89
3NDA20010,31,2746.43
4Others15706,32,9743.95
Total217201,60,34,875100.00

Notes and References

  1. News: Gatade . Sunil . 2008-01-04 . Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod . 2024-05-10 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
  2. Web site: PC: Alliances Kerala 2009.
  3. Web site: Chief electoral officer, Kerala . 14 May 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140520095812/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electedmembers.html . 20 May 2014 . live . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: IndiaVotes. PC: Kerala 2009.