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.	Party	Seats Contested
1.	Indian National Congress	17
2.	Indian Union Muslim League	2
3.	Kerala Congress (M)	1

Left Democratic Front

No.	Party	Seats Contested
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	14
2.	Communist Party of India	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

No.	Name	Turnout%	Name		Margin
1	Kasaragod	76.11	P. Karunakaran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	64,427
2	Kannur	80.83	K. Sudhakaran	Indian National Congress	43,151
3	Vatakara	80.55	Mullappally Ramachandran	Indian National Congress	56,186
4	Wayanad	74.74	M. I. Shanavas	Indian National Congress	1,53,439
5	Kozhikode	75.68	M. K. Raghavan	Indian National Congress	838
6	Malappuram	76.81	E. Ahamed	Muslim League Kerala State Committee	1,15,597
7	Ponnani	77.17	E. T. Mohammed Basheer	Muslim League Kerala State Committee	82,684
8	Palakkad	73.47	M. B. Rajesh	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1,820
9	Alathur	75.27	P. K. Biju	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	20,960
10	Thrissur	69.48	P. C. Chacko	Indian National Congress	25,151
11	Chalakudy	73.72	K. P. Dhanapalan	Indian National Congress	71,679
12	Ernakulam	72.81	K. V. Thomas	Indian National Congress	11,790
13	Idukki	73.95	P. T. Thomas	Indian National Congress	74,796
14	Kottayam	73.76	Jose K. Mani	Kerala Congress (M)	71,570
15	Alappuzha	79.15	K. C. Venugopal	Indian National Congress	57,635
16	Mavelikkara	70.34	Kodikunnil Suresh	Indian National Congress	48,048
17	Pathanamthitta	65.70	Anto Antony	Indian National Congress	1,11,206
18	Kollam	67.85	N. Peethambara Kurup	Indian National Congress	17,531
19	Attingal	66.25	A Sampath	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	18,341
20	Thiruvananthapuram	65.74	Shashi Tharoor	Indian National Congress	99,998

Constituency-Wise Detailed Results

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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	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

No.	Party	Political Front	Seats	swing	%Votes	±pp
1	INC	United Democratic Front (Kerala)	13	13	40.13	8.00
2	CPI(M)	Left Democratic Front	4	8	30.48	1.04
3	IUML	United Democratic Front (Kerala)	2	1	5.07	0.21
4	KC(M)	United Democratic Front (Kerala)	1	1	2.53	1.14
5		Left Democratic Front	0	3	7.44	0.45
6		NDA	0		6.31	4.07

Performance by alliance

!No.!Alliance!Seats contested!Seats won!Votes!%
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

Notes and References

News: Gatade . Sunil . 2008-01-04 . Delimitation process now gets CCPA nod . 2024-05-10 . The Economic Times . 0013-0389.
Web site: PC: Alliances Kerala 2009.
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 .
Web site: IndiaVotes. PC: Kerala 2009.