# 2009 Indian general election in Kerala

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.

## 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.

### 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 | Election Symbol | Seats Contested |
| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Key | 14 |
| 2. | Communist Party of India | Star | 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 | Party | 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

| 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 | %Votes | ±pp |
| 1 | INC | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 13 | 13 | 6,434,486 | 40.13 | 8.00 |
| 2 | CPI(M) | Left Democratic Front | 4 | 8 | 4,887,333 | 30.48 | 1.04 |
| 3 | IUML | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 2 | 1 | 813,741 | 5.07 | 0.21 |
| 4 | KC(M) | United Democratic Front (Kerala) | 1 | 1 | 404,962 | 2.53 | 1.14 |
| 5 | CPI | Left Democratic Front | 0 | 3 | 1,193,300 | 7.44 | 0.45 |
| 6 | BJP | NDA | 0 | | 1,011,563 | 6.31 | 4.07 |
Vote Share by alliance

### 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 | Total | 217 | 20 | 1,60,34,875 | 100.00 |