2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

The thirteenth Kerala legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members representing 140 constituencies in Kerala. Election results were released on 13 May 2011. The election, whose results were released on 13 May 2011, proved to be one of the closest ones in Kerala's history, with the United Democratic Front (UDF) beating the Left Democratic Front (LDF) by a margin of 4 seats.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
13 April 2011
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.26% (Increase3.18)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oommen Chandy V S Achuthanandan
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance   UDF   LDF
Leader's seat Puthuppally Malampuzha
Last election 42 98
Seats won 72 68
Seat change Increase30 Decrease30
Popular vote 8,002,874 7,846,703
Percentage 45.83% 44.94%
Swing Increase 2.85% Decrease 3.69%
Kerala Assembly 2011 Seat Status
Chief Minister before election

V. S. Achuthanandan
CPI(M)

 Chief Minister

Oommen Chandy
INC

Election map (By constituencies)

Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time on 18 May 2011.

Parties and coalitions

There are three major political coalitions in Kerala. The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of leftwing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also contested in the state and fielded candidates in 139 constituencies, with one seat to their NDA alliance partner Janata Dal (United).[1][2]

United Democratic Front
Sl.No:Name of the PartyParty FlagParty Leader in Kerala
1Indian National CongressRamesh Chennithala
2Indian Union Muslim LeagueSayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal
3Kerala Congress (M)Jose K. Mani
4Revolutionary Socialist PartyA. A. Azeez
6Kerala Congress (Jacob)Anoop Jacob
7Communist Marxist Party (John)C. P. John
8All India Forward BlocG. Devarajan

Left Democratic Front
Sl.No:Name of the PartyParty FlagParty Leader in Kerala
1Communist Party of India (Marxist)Pinarayi Vijayan
2Communist Party of IndiaC.K. Chandrappan
3Janata Dal (Secular) Mathew T. Thomas
4Nationalist Congress PartyUzhavoor Vijayan
5Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)Skariah Thomas
6Congress (S)Kadannappalli Ramachandran
8Communist Marxist PartyK.R. Aravindakshan
9Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)R. Balakrishna Pillai
10Indian National LeagueS.A. Puthiya Vallapil

Third Front
Sl.No:Name of the PartyParty FlagParty Leader in Kerala
1Bharatiya Janata PartyV. Muraleedharan
2Janata Dal (United)

Other Parties

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting in all the 140 seats.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) contests in 6 seats in the state.

The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI)[3] is contesting in 26 seats.

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)[4] fielded candidates in 84[5] constituencies.

The Shiv Sena is contesting 44[6] seats, without any alliance with the BJP.

Seat allotment

Common election symbols are provided only to national parties and registered recognized state parties.[7] Registered unrecognized parties are given free symbols as per availability, based on request.

UDF
Sl.No:Name of the PartyElection SymbolSeats contestedSeats won
1Indian National Congress8239
2Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)2420
3Kerala Congress (M)159
3Socialist Janatha (Democratic)62
4Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (JSS)40
5Communist Marxist Party (CMP)30
6Kerala Congress (Jacob)31
7Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) (RSP (B))11
8Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)42
Total14073

The Indian Union Muslim League contests the elections as Muslim League Kerala State Committee.

LDF
Sl.No:Name of the PartyElection SymbolSeats contestedSeats Won
1Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M))9344
2Communist Party of India (CPI)2713
3Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)54
3Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)42
4Indian National League (INL)30
5Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)
30
6Congress (S)10
7Independent42
Total14067

§ R. Selvaraj won the election as a Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M)) candidate but later resigned and won again from Neyyanttinkara Constituency in the by-election

The official constituency-wise list of candidates with their election symbols

Constituencies

There are 140 constituencies in Kerala, spread over 14 districts, based on the Delimitation commission of 2002.[8] Many constituencies present in the 2006 elections become non-existent and 24 new constituencies came into existence following the delimitation.

  1. Kanhangad
  2. Mattannur
  3. Dharmadam
  4. Kalliasseri
  5. Elathur
  6. Kuttiady
  7. Eranad
  8. Vallikkunnu
  9. Kottakkal
  10. Vengara
  11. Thavanur
  12. Kongad
  13. Tarur
  14. Shornur
  15. Kaipamangalam
  16. Puthukkad
  17. Kalamassery
  18. Kochi
  19. Thrikkakara
  20. Vattiyoorkavu
  21. Aruvikkara
  22. Nemom
  23. Kattakkada
  24. Thiruvananthapuram

Aranmula constituency in Pathanamathitta district is the only seat in the state that has over two lakh voters at 203,411. The constituency that has the second-highest number of voters is Sultan Battery in Wayanad district with over 196,078 voters, followed by Kunnathur in Kollam district with over 190,322 voters. Kozhikode South constituency has the fewest voters with 130,254, followed by Ernakulam with 133,398 and Tanur in Malappuram district with 136,183 voters respectively.

Female voters outnumber the male voters in 127 of the 140 assembly seats. The Aranmula constituency has the highest number of female voters in the state, followed by Adoor with 102,336 and Manalur with 102,300 females.[9]

Peerumedu constituency has the most polling booths, with 195 booths.

Thiruvananthapuram district has the largest number of 100 candidates in the fray, the fewest, with 17 candidates, is in Wayanad.[10]

Poonjar constituency has the maximum number of candidates, 13. The fewest candidates is 4, in the constituencies of Sulthanbathery, Alathur, Malampuzha and Kaduthuruthy.[11]

Campaign

Salient points

V. S. Achuthanandan started the LDF campaign in Malampuzha, Palakkad on 21 March 2011.[12]

An Asianet News journalist was allegedly roughed up by P. Jayarajan, a senior legislator of Kerala's ruling Left Democratic Front after a chat show in Kannur.[13][14]

The use of a helicopter by KPCC chief Ramesh Chennithala in poll campaign was criticised by LDF.[15]

The Supreme Court upheld the Election Commission's order directing the state government to defer its decision to extend a scheme for providing rice at Rs. 2 per kg to all ration card holders that was announced on the eve of the assembly elections.[16]

Former UDF M.L.A. Sobhana George who gave nomination to contest as an Independent candidate from Chenganoor later withdrew her candidature. Janakeeya Vikasana Munnai leader M. R. Murali also withdrew his nomination from contesting polls in Shoranur.[17]

UDF manifesto

The main promises in the UDF manifesto are:-[18]

  1. 36 lakh jobs for unemployed youth.
  2. 25  kg of rice at Re one a kg rice for Below Poverty Line families and at Rs two per kg to others.
  3. Farm loans at three percent interest.
  4. Free bicycles to class X students.
  5. Setting up of pepper and horticulture boards.
  6. Back-door appointments to be reconsidered.
  7. Interest-free loans for purchasing computers and motorbikes for students.
  8. Making Kochi Metro project a reality.
  9. Ensuring electricity connections to all households within one year.
  10. Exploitation by operators of other state lotteries to be stopped.

LDF Manifesto

The main promises in the LDF manifesto are:-[19]

  1. Increase old age pension from Rs 400 to Rs 1000.
  2. Creation of 25 lakh jobs in non-farm sectors and increasing the state spending on infrastructure projects.
  3. A subsidy of Rs 20 per liter for kerosene for the weaker sections.
  4. Several sops for women and children with various empowerment schemes totaling Rs 7500 crore.
  5. The maternity leave with the wage for women working in the unorganized sector would be increased to three months from the present one month.
  6. All the school children would be given a free meal, uniforms, and textbooks.
  7. A welfare-cum-pension scheme for employees of places of worship of all religions will be introduced.
  8. The operations of other-state lotteries would be contained while protecting the Kerala state lottery.
  9. Total electrification of the state in six months.
  10. Cent percent drinking water supply in five years.

Poll surveys
Pre-poll Surveys
When Conducted Ref. Polling Organisation/Agency LDF UDF OTH
9 March 2011 [20] Asianet News 60 - 68 72 -80 0 - 5
31 March 2011 50 - 60 80 - 90 0 - 2
31 March 2011 [21] Institute for Monitoring Economic Growth 58 - 68 72 - 82 -
1 April 2011 [22][23] Mail Today-India Today-Headlines Today-Aaj Tak-ORG 41 96 3
Post-poll Surveys
When conducted Ref. Polling Organisation/Agency LDF UDF OTH
10 May 2011 [24] Centre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) 69 - 77 63 - 71 -
[25] Centre for Forecasting and Research (C-fore) 58 - 68 72 - 82 0 - 2
[26] Headlines Today-ORG 48 - 55 85 - 92 -
[27][28] Star News 49 88 -
[29] Jai Hind TV channel 44 - 54 86 - 96 -
[30] News24 channel -Today's Chanakya Agency 84 - 102 35 - 53 0 - 6
[31] CVB News-C-Voter 49 - 57 83 - 91 1 - 4

Election

The thirteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011. The filing of nominations for the elections ended on 26 March 2011. A total of 1373 contestants filed nominations. The scrutiny of nominations took place on 29 March 2011. According to the latest revised electoral list, there are a total of 22,878,767 voters, with 11,919,652 women and 10,959,115 men. There are 20,758 polling booths in 11,662 polling locations in the state.[32]

A total of 971 candidates contested the elections, after the withdrawal of nominations closed.[10]

Voting

The polling to elect members of the assembly from the 140 constituencies in Kerala was held successfully on 13 April 2011. 75.12 percent of voter turnout was recorded in the state. The district-wise and constituency-wise polling percentage is as given below.[33][34]

Sl. No: Constituency No. of Voters Polling Stations Percentage of Polling
Kasaragod76.3%
1Manjeshwar17680116075.1%
2Kasargod15925114073.6%
3Udma17344115274.0%
4Kanhangad17781215878.4%
5Trikaripur16901916280.4%
Kannur80.7%
6Payyannur15766715182.3%
7Kalliasseri15659814879.4%
8Taliparamba17359316182.7%
9Irikkur16837616377.3%
10Azhikode14741312882.2%
11Kannur14318112278.7%
12Dharmadam16216113983.4%
13Thalassery14917414478.6%
14Kuthuparamba16002614779.7%
15Mattannur15981514682.7%
16Peravoor14543712680.0%
Wayanad73.8%
17Mananthavady (ST)16682313474.2%
18Sulthanbathery (ST)19827217973.2%
19Kalpetta17004213775.0%
Kozhikode81.3%
20Vatakara14129013780.5%
21Kuttiady16214014087.2%
22Nadapuram17921316081.4%
23Koyilandy16594514181.6%
24Perambra15905014584.3%
25Balusseri (SC)18385116181.5%
26Elathur16199913782.0%
27Kozhikode North14989013477.1%
28Kozhikode South13262112877.9%
29Beypore16384013178.7%
30Kunnamangalam17762214084.0%
31Koduvally14215412179.7%
32Thiruvambadi14544612779.1%
Malappuram74.6%
33Kondotty15791113177.5%
34Ernad14170412580.4%
35Nilambur17463315177.8%
36Wandoor (SC)18053615873.3%
37Manjeri16403613671.0%
38Perinthalmanna16499814381.3%
39Mankada16400613173.6%
40Malappuram16766714372.6%
41Vengara14430411868.9%
42Vallikunnu15616512372.2%
43Tirurangadi15282812465.5%
44Tanur13805111075.3%
45Tirur16627314275.9%
46Kottakkal16743513270.5%
47Thavanur15618912478.1%
48Ponnani15862714176.2%
Palakkad75.6%
49Thrithala15536312778.4%
50Pattambi15346712276.5%
51Shornur16339014173.4%
52Ottappalam17436315275.0%
53Kongad (SC)15541013472.7%
54Mannarkkad16612614172.7%
55Malampuzha18026715075.2%
56Palakkad15410113472.6%
57Tarur (SC)14871613175.3%
58Chittur16750314381.0%
59Nemmara17156715977.9%
60Alathur15235513176.1%
Thrissur74.9%
61Chelakkara (SC)17335214776.6%
62Kunnamkulam17399315575.3%
63Guruvayoor17810715071.9%
64Manalur18979616973.3%
65Wadakkanchery17783714977.9%
66Ollur17663714573.8%
67Thrissur16169713568.7%
68Nattika (SC)17947014871.4%
69Kaipamangalam15128113577.2%
70Irinjalakuda17406115175.8%
71Puthukkad17585015578.0%
72Chalakudy17248615776.2%
73Kodungallur16890215675.9%
Ernakulam77.6%
74Perumbavoor15428315381.1%
75Angamaly15225014480.7%
76Aluva15881914480.3%
77Kalamassery16499914479.3%
78Paravur17094015484.0%
79Vypin15187913879.3%
80Kochi15760414866.9%
81Thripunithura17142915776.3%
82Ernakulam13551212271.6%
83Thrikkakara15970113973.6%
84Kunnathunad (SC)15293917183.4%
88Piravom17599513479.1%
86Muvattupuzha15430412574.9%
87Kothamangalam14414613674.1%
Idukki71.1%
88Devikulam (SC)14776517072.3%
89Udumbanchola15338615771.9%
90Thodupuzha17734118171.6%
91Idukki16971117570.3%
92Peerumade16517919569.6%
Kottayam73.8%
93Pala16898117073.4%
94Kaduthuruthy17107516672.0%
95Vaikom (SC)15320514878.7%
96Ettumanoor15042715478.2%
97Kottayam14799015877.4%
98Puthuppally15700215673.8%
99Changanassery14886013972.5%
100Kanjirappally16139315469.9%
101Poonjar16774516070.0%
Alappuzha79.1%
102Aroor17390615984.0%
103Cherthala19046716684.7%
104Alappuzha17366515380.7%
105Ambalappuzha14636913079.3%
106Kuttanad14912116878.6%
107Haripad16869818179.5%
108Kayamkulam17913017977.6%
109Mavelikkara (SC)17572017975.8%
110Chengannur17561015471.2%
Pathanamthitta68.2%
111Thiruvalla19315916365.4%
112Ranni17528515068.5%
113Aranmula20597818165.8%
114Konni18119616372.1%
115Adoor (SC)19272117069.8%
Kollam72.8%
116Karunagapally18157516275.4%
117Chavara15926013479.1%
118Kunnathur (SC)19310617273.7%
119Kottarakkara18359016974.3%
120Pathanapuram17233715774.1%
121Punalur18647017971.2%
122Chadayamangalam17702116571.6%
123Kundara17805015271.2%
124Kollam16026715170.6%
125Eravipuram15338313667.9%
126Chathannoor16001913671.0%
Thiruvananthapuram68.3%
127Varkala15161315472.5%
128Attingal (SC)17131616266.7%
129Chirayinkeezhu (SC)16978417266.1%
130Nedumangad17488915370.7%
131Vamanapuram17374816670.6%
132Kazhakoottam16260013766.9%
133Vattiyoorkavu17472114063.9%
134Thiruvananthapuram17709814860.2%
135Nemom17184114467.5%
136Aruvikkara16489013970.2%
137Parassala18756516671.0%
138Kattakkada16530013670.6%
139Kovalam18311616167.6%
140Neyyattinkara15700414070.7%
23147871211875.12%

Re-polling was conducted on two polling stations in the state on 16-April-2011, in the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Pattambi and Chalakkudy.

Results
UDF Vs LDF results

The Election resulted in a slender victory for the UDF coalition winning 72 out of the 140 assembly seats while the incumbent LDF garnered the remaining 68 seats. The UDF lead was further extended to 73 through the subsequent by-election in Neyyattinkara constituency in which the incumbent MLA, R. Selvaraj, resigned from LDF to join UDF and got re-elected.

Summary of results
UDFLDFBJP
72680
UDF (72) LDF (68)
38 20 9 2 1 1 1 45 13 4 2 2 2
INC IUML KC
(M)		 SJ
(D)		 KC
(B)		 KC
(J)		 RSP
B		 CPI(M) CPI JDS IND NCP RSP

By region
Region wise map of Kerala Region Total Seats UDF LDF NDA OTH
North Kerala 32 13 19 0 0
Central Kerala 55 36 19 0 0
South Kerala 53 23 30 0 0

By district
District wise map of Kerala District Total Seats UDF LDF NDA OTH
Kasaragod 5 2 3 0 0
Kannur 11 5 6 0 0
Wayanad 3 3 0 0 0
Kozhikode 13 3 10 0 0
Malappuram 16 14 2 0 0
Palakkad 12 5 7 0 0
Thrissur 13 6 7 0 0
Ernakulam 14 11 3 0 0
Idukki 5 2 3 0 0
Kottayam 9 7 2 0 0
Alappuzha 9 2 7 0 0
Pathanamthitta 5 2 3 0 0
Kollam 11 2 9 0 0
Trivandrum 14 8 6 0 0

Constituency-wise detailed results
Sl. No: Constituency UDF candidate Party Votes LDF candidate Party Votes NDA candidate Votes Winner Margin Winning alliance
1ManjeshwarP. B. Abdul RazaqIUML49817C. H. KunjambuCPI(M)35067K. Surendaran43989P. B. Abdul Razaq5828UDF
2KasargodN. A. NellikunnuIUML53068Azeez KadappuramINL16467Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt43330N. A. Nellikunnu9738UDF
3UdmaC. K. SreedharanINC50266K KunhiramanCPI(M)61646B. Sunitha13073K Kunhiraman11380LDF
4KanhangadM. C. JoseINC54462E. ChandrasekharanCPI66640Maddikkai Kummaran15543E. Chandrasekharan12178LDF
5ThrikkaripurK. V. GangadharanINC59106K. KunjiramanCPI(M)67871T. Radhakrishnan5450K. Kunjiraman8765LDF
6PayyannurK. BrijeshkumarINC45992C. KrishnanCPI(M)78116C. K. Rameshan5019C.Krishnan32124LDF
7KalliasseriP. IndiraINC43244T. V. RajeshCPI(M)73190Sreekanth Varma5499T. V. Rajesh29946LDF
8TaliparambaJob MichaelKC(M)53170James MathewCPI(M)81031K. Jayaprakash6492James Mathew27861LDF
9IrikkurK. C. JosephINC68503P. Santhosh KumarCPI56746M. G. Ramakrishnan3529K. C. Joseph11757UDF
10AzhikodeK. M. ShajiIUML55077M. PrakasanCPI(M)54584M. K. Saseendran7540K. M. Shaji493UDF
11KannurA. P. AbdullakuttyINC55427Kadannapalli RamachandranCongress(S)48984U. T. Jayanthan4568A. P. Abdullakutty6443UDF
12DharmadamMambaram DivakaranINC57192K. K. NarayananCPI(M)72354C. P. Sangeetha4963K. K. Narayanan15162LDF
13ThalasseryRijil MakuttyINC40361Kodiyeri BalakrishnanCPI(M)66870V. Ratnakaran6973Kodiyeri Balakrishnan26509LDF
14KuthuparambaK. P. MohananSJD57164Syed Ali Puthiya ValappilINL (Independent)53861O. K. Vasu11835K. P. Mohanan3303UDF
15MattannurJoseph ChavaraSJD44665E. P. JayarajanCPI(M)75177Biju Elakuzhi8707E. P. Jayarajan30512LDF
16PeravoorSunny JosephINC56151K. K. ShylajaCPI(M)52711P. K. Velayudhan4055Sunny Joseph3440UDF
17Mananthavady (ST)P. K. JayalakshmiINC62996K. C. KunjiramanCPI(M)50262E. Kunjaman5732P. K. Jayalakshmi12734UDF
18Sulthanbathery (ST)I. C. BalakrishnanINC71509E. A. ShankaranCPI(M)63926Palliyara Raman8829I. C. Balakrishnan7583UDF
19KalpettaM. V. Shreyams KumarSJD67018P. A. MuhammedCPI(M)48849P. G. Anand Kumar6580M. V. Shreyams Kumar18169UDF
20VatakaraM. K. PremnathSJD46065C. K. NanuJD(S)46912M. P. Rajan6909C. K. Nanu847LDF
21KuttiadySoopy NarikatteriIUML63286K. K. LalithaCPI(M)70258V. K. Sajeevan6272K. K. Lalitha6972LDF
22NadapuramV. M. ChandranINC64532E. K. VijayanCPI72078K. P. Prakash Babu6058E. K. Vijayan7546LDF
23KoyilandyK. P. AnilkumarINC60235K. DasanCPI(M)64374T. P. Jayachandran8086K. Dasan4139LDF
24PerambraMohammed IqbalKC(M)54979K. Kunhahammed MasterCPI(M)70248P. Chandrika7214K. Kunhahammed Master15269LDF
25Balusseri (SC)A. BalramINC65377Purushan KadalundyCPI(M)74259T. K. Raman9304Purushan Kadalundy8882LDF
26ElathurShaikh P. HarisSJD52489A. K. SaseendranNCP67143V.V. Rajan11901A. K. Saseendran14654LDF
27Kozhikode NorthP. V. GangadharanINC48125A. PradeepkumarCPI(M)57123P. Reghunath9894A. Pradeepkumar8998LDF
28Kozhikode SouthM. K. MuneerIUML47771C. P. Musaffir AhmedCPI(M)46395Jaya Sadanandan7512M. K. Muneer1376UDF
29BeyporeM. P. Adam MulsiINC55234Elamaram KareemCPI(M)60550K. P. Sreesan11040Elamaram Kareem5316LDF
30KunnamangalamU. C. RamanIUML62900P. T. A. RahimLDF Independent66169C. K. Padmanabhan17123P. T .A. Rahim3269LDF
31KoduvallyV. M. Ummer MasterIUML60365M. MehboobCPI(M)43813Gireesh Thevalli6519V. M. Ummer Master16552UDF
32ThiruvambadiC. MoyinkuttyIUML56386George M. ThomasCPI(M)52553Jose Kappattumala3894C. Moyinkutty3833UDF
33KondottyP. Mohammedunni HajiIUML67998P. C. NaushadCPI(M)39849Kumari Sukumaran6840P. Mohammedunni Haji28149UDF
34ErnadP. K. BasheerIUML58698K. Asharaf AliCPI Independent47,452Baburaj3448P. K. Basheer11246UDF
35NilamburAryadan MohammedINC66331M. Thomas MathewLDF

Independent

 60733K. C. Velayudhan4425Aryadan Mohammed5598UDF
36Wandoor (SC)A. P. AnilkumarINC77580V. RameshanCPI(M)48661Kotheri Ayyappan2885A. P. Anilkumar28919UDF
37ManjeriM. UmmerIUML67594V. GowriCPI38515P. G. Upendran6319M. Ummer29079UDF
38PerinthalmannaManjalamkuzhi AliIUML69730V. SasikumarCPI(M)60141C. K. Kunjumohammed1989Manjalamkuzhi Ali9589UDF
39MankadaT. A. Ahammed KabeerIUML67756Khadeeja SatharCPI(M)44163K ManiKandan4387T. A. Ahammed Kabeer23593UDF
40MalappuramP. UbaidullaIUML77928Sadiq MadathilJD(S)33420K. Velayudhan3841P. Ubaidulla44508UDF
41VengaraP. K. KunhalikuttyIUML63138K. P. IsmailINL24901Subramaniyan3417P. K. Kunhalikutty38237UDF
42VallikunnuK. N. A. KhaderIUML57250K. V. SankaranarayananLDF

Independent

 39128M. Premkumar11099K. N. A. Khader18122UDF
43TirurangadiP. K. Abdu RabbIUML58666K. K. SamadCPI28458Sashidharan Punnasseri5480P. K. Abdu Rabb30208UDF
44TanurAbdurahman RandathaniIUML51549E. JayanCPI(M)51549Ravi Thelath7304Abdurahman Randathani9433UDF
45TirurC. MammoottyIUML69305P. P. AbdullakkuttyCPI(M)45739P. T. Ali Haji5543C. Mammootty23566UDF
46KottakkalM. P. Abdussamad SamadaniIUML69717C. P. K. GurukkalNCP33815K. K. Surendran7782M. P. Abdussamad Samadani35902UDF
47ThavanurV. V. PrakashINC50875Dr K.T.JaleelLDF

Independent

 57729Nirmala Kuttikrishnan7107K.T. Jaleel6854LDF
48PonnaniP. T. Ajay MohanINC53514P. SreeramakrishnanCPI(M)57615V. T. Jayapraksh5680P. Sreeramakrishnan4101LDF
49ThrithalaV. T. BalramINC57848P. MammikkuttyCPI(M)54651V. Ramankutty5899V. T. Balram3197UDF
50PattambiC. P. MohammedINC57728K. P. Suresh RajCPI45253P. Babu8874C. P. Mohammed12475UDF
51ShoranurShanta JayaramINC46123K. S. SaleekhaCPI(M)59616V. B. Muralidharan10562K.S. Saleekha13493LDF
52OttappalamV. K. SreekandanINC51820M. HamsaCPI(M)65023P. Venugopal9631M. Hamsa13203LDF
53Kongad (SC)P. SwaminathanINC49355K.V. VijayadasCPI(M)52920B. Devayani8467K. V. Vijayadas3565LDF
54MannarkkadN. ShamusudheenIUML60191V. ChamunniCPI51921O. P. Vasadevanunni5655N. Shamusudheen8270UDF
55MalampuzhaLathika SubhashINC54312V. S. AchuthanandanCPI(M)77752P. K. Majeed Pedikat (JDU)2772V. S. Achuthanandan23440LDF
56PalakkadShafi ParambilINC47641K. K. DivakaranCPI(M)40238C. Uday Bhaskar22317Shafi Parambil7403UDF
57Tarur (SC)N. VineshKC(J)38419A. K. BalanCPI(M)64175M. Lakshmanan5385A. K. Balan25756LDF
58ChitturK. AchuthanINC69916Subhash Chandra BoseCPI(M)57586A. K. Omanakuttan4518K. Achuthan12330UDF
59NemmaraM. V. RaghavanCMP55475V. ChenthamarakshanCPI(M)64169N. Sivarajan9123V. Chenthamarakshan8694LDF
60AlathurK. KushalakumarKC(M)42236M. ChandranCPI(M)66977K. A. Sulaiman5460M. Chandran24741LDF
61Chelakkara (SC)K. B. SasikumarINC49007K. RadhakrishnanCPI(M)73683V. A. Krishna Kumaran7056K. Radhakrishnan24676LDF
62KunnamkulamC. P. JohnCMP57763Babu M. PalisseryCPI(M)58244K. K. Aneeshkumar11725Babu M. Palissery481LDF
63GuruvayoorAshraf KokkurIUML52278K. V. AbdulkhaderCPI(M)62246Dayanandan Mambulli9306K.V. Abdulkhader9968LDF
64ManalurP. A. MadhavanINC63077Baby JohnCPI(M)62596P. M. Gopinath10543P. A. Madhavan481UDF
65WadakkancheryC. N. BalakrishnanINC67911N. R. BalanCPI(M)61226Shajumon Vattekadu7451C. N. Balakrishnan6685UDF
66OllurM.P VincentINC64823Rajaji Mathew ThomasCPI58576Sundar Rajan6761M.P Vincent6247UDF
67ThrissurTherambil RamakrishnanINC59991P. BalachandranCPI43822Ravikumar Uppath6697Therambil Ramakrishnan16169UDF
68Nattika (SC)Vikas ChakrapaniCMP (Independent)48501Geetha GopiCPI64555Sarju Thoyyakkavu11144Geetha Gopi16054LDF
69KaipamangalamUmesh ChalliyilJSS45219V. S. Sunil KumarCPI58789A.N. Radhakrishnan10716V.S. Sunil Kumar13570LDF
70IrinjalakudaThomas UnniyadanKC(M)68445K. R. VijayaCPI(M)56041K. C. Venugopal6672Thomas Unniyadan12404UDF
71PuthukkadK. P. ViswanathanINC46565C. RaveendranathCPI(M)73047Sobha Surendran14425C. Raveendranath26482LDF
72ChalakudyK. T. BennyINC61061B.D. DevasiCPI(M)63610Sudhir Baby5976B.D. Devasi2549LDF
73KodungallurT N PrathapanINC64495K G SivanandanCPI55063I. R. Vijayan6732T N Prathapan9432UDF
74PerumbavoorJaison JosephINC56246Saju PaulCPI(M)59628O. C. Ashokan5464Saju Paul3382LDF
75AngamalyJohnny NelloreKC(J)54330Jose ThettayilJD(S)61500P. Brahmaraj4117Jose Thettayil7170LDF
76AluvaAnwar SadathINC64244A. M. YusufCPI(M)51030M. N. Gopi8264Anwar Sadath13214UDF
77KalamasseryV. K. Ibrahim KunjuIUML62843K. Chandran PillaiCPI(M)55054P. Krishnadas8438V. K. Ibrahim Kunju7789UDF
78ParavurV.D. SatheesanINC74632Pannyan RaveendranCPI63283T. S. Purushothamman3934V.D. Satheesan11349UDF
79VypeenAjay TharayilINC55572S. SharmaCPI(M)60814Surendran2930S. Sharma5242LDF
80KochiDominic PresentationINC56352M. C. JosephineCPI(M)39849K. Sashidharan5480Dominic Presentation16503UDF
81ThripunithuraK. BabuINC69886C. M. Dinesh ManiCPI(M)54108Sabu Varghese4942K. Babu15778UDF
82ErnakulamHibi EdenINC59919Sebastian PaulLDF

Independent

 27482C. G. Rajagopal6362Hibi Eden32437UDF
83ThrikkakaraBenny BehananINC65854M. E. HasainarCPI(M)43448N. Sajikumar5935Benny Behanan22406UDF
84Kunnathunad (SC)V.P. SajeendranINC63624M. A. SurendranCPI(M)54892Ravi Veliyathunadu5862V.P. Sajeendran8732UDF
88PiravomT. M. JacobKC(J)66503M. J. JacobCPI(M)66346M. N. Madhu4234T. M. Jacob157UDF
86MuvattupuzhaJoseph VazhakkanINC58012Babu PaulCPI52849Jiji Joseph4367Joseph Vazhakkan5163UDF
87KothamangalamT. U. KuruvillaKC(M)52924Scaria ThomasKC(T)40702Radhakrishnan5769T. U. Kuruvilla12222UDF
88Devikulam (SC)A. K. ManiINC47771S RejandranCPI(M)51849S. Rajagopal3582S Rejandran4078LDF
89UdumbancholaJosy SebastianINC47090K. K. JayachandranCPI(M)56923N. Narayanraj3836K. K. Jayachandran9833LDF
90ThodupuzhaP. J. JosephKC(M)66325Joseph AugustineLDF

Independent

 43457P. M. Velayudhan10049P. J. Joseph22868UDF
91IdukkiRoshy AugustineKC(M)65734C. V. VargheseCPI(M)49928C. C. Krishnan3013Roshy Augustine15806UDF
92PeerumadeE. M. AugustyINC51971E. S. BijimolCPI56748P. P. Sanu3380E.S. Bijimol4777LDF
93PalaK. M. ManiKC(M)61239Mani C. KappanNCP55980B. Vijay Kumar6359K. M. Mani5259UDF
94KaduthuruthyMonce JosephKC(M)68787Stephen GeorgeKC(T)45730P.G. Bijukumar5340Monce Joseph23057UDF
95Vaikom (SC)Satheesh KumarINC52035K. AjithCPI62603Ramesh Kavimattom4512K. Ajith10568LDF
96EttumanoorThomas ChazhikadanKC(M)55580K. Suresh KurupCPI(M)57381V. G. Gopakumar3385K. Suresh Kurup1801LDF
97KottayamThiruvanchoor RadhakrishnanINC53825V.N. VasavanCPI(M)53114Narayan Namboothiri5449Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan711UDF
98PuthuppallyOommen ChandyINC69922Suja Susan GeorgeCPI(M)36667D. Sunilkumar6679Oommen Chandy33255UDF
99ChanganasseryC. F. ThomasKC(M)51019B. IqbalCPI(M)48465M.B. Rajagopal6281C. F. Thomas2554UDF
100KanjirappallyN. JayarajKC(M)57021Suresh T NairCPI44815K. G. Rajmohan8037N.Jayaraj12206UDF
101PoonjarP. C. GeorgeKC(M)59809Mohan ThomasLDF

Independent

 44105K. Santhosh Kumar5010P. C. George15704UDF
102AroorM. A. ShukoorINC59823A. M. AriffCPI(M)76675P. Sajeev Lal7486A.M. Arif16852LDF
103CherthalaK. R. Gowri AmmaJSS67878P. ThilothamanCPI86193P.K. Binu5933P. Thilothaman18315LDF
104AlappuzhaP. J. MathewINC59515Thomas IsaacCPI(M)75857Kottaram Unnikrishnan3540Thomas Isaac16342LDF
105AmbalappuzhaM. LijuINC47148G. SudhakaranCPI(M)63728P.K. Vasudevan2668G. Sudhakaran16580LDF
106KuttanadK.C. JosephKC(M)52039Thomas ChandyNCP60010K. Soman4395Thomas Chandy7971LDF
107HaripadRamesh ChennithalaINC67378G. KrishnaprasadCPI61858Ajith Shanker3145Ramesh Chennithala5520UDF
108KayamkulamM. MuraliINC66094C. K. SadasivanCPI(M)67409T.O. Noushad3083C.K. Sadasivan1315LDF
109Mavelikkara (SC)K. K. ShajuJSS60754R. RajeshCPI(M)65903S. Girija4984R. Rajesh5149LDF
110ChengannurP. C. VishnunathINC65156C. S. SujathaCPI(M)52656B. Radhakrishnan Menon6062P. C. Vishnunath12500UDF
111ThiruvallaVictor T. ThomasKC(M)52522Mathew T. ThomasJD(S)63289Rajan Moolaveetil7656Mathew T. Thomas10767LDF
112RanniPeelipose ThomasINC51777Raju AbrahamCPI(M)58391Suresh Kadambari7442Raju Abraham6614LDF
113AranmulaK. Sivadasan NairINC64845K. C. RajagopalCPI(M)58334K. Haridas10227K. Sivadasan Nair6511UDF
114KonniAdoor PrakashINC65724M. S. RajendranCPI(M)57950V.S. Harish Chandran5994Adoor Prakash7774UDF
115Adoor (SC)Pandalam SudhakaranINC62894Chittayam GopakumarCPI63501K K Sasi6210Chittayam Gopakumar607LDF
116KarunagapallyRajan BabuJSS54564C. DivakaranCPI69086M. Suresh5097C. Divakaran14522LDF
117ChavaraShibu Baby JohnRSP(B)65002N. K. PremachandranRSP58941Nalini Sankaramankalam2026Shibu Baby John6061UDF
118Kunnathur (SC)P. K. RaviINC59835Kovoor KunjumonRSP71923Raji Prasad5949Kovoor Kunjumon12088LDF
119KottarakkaraN N MuraliKC(B)53477P. Ayisha PottyCPI(M)74069Vayakkal Madhu6370P. Ayisha Potty20592LDF
120PathanapuramK. B. Ganesh KumarKC(B)71421K. RajagopalCPI(M)51019Subhash Pattazhi2839K. B. Ganesh Kumar20402UDF
121PunalurJohnson AbrahamINC54643K. RajuCPI72648B. Radhamany4155K. Raju18005LDF
122ChadayamangalamShahida KamalINC47607Mullakkara RatnakaranCPI71231Saju Kumar4160Mullakara Ratnakaran23624LDF
123KundaraP. JeramiasINC52342M. A. BabyCPI(M)67135Vellimon Dileep5990M.A. Baby14793LDF
124KollamK. C. RajanINC49446P. K. GurudasanCPI(M)57986G. Hari4207P. K. Gurudasan8540LDF
125EravipuramP. K. K. BavaIUML43259A. A. AzeezRSP51271Pattathanam Babu5048A. A. Azeez8012LDF
126ChathannoorBindhu KrishnaINC47598G S JayalalCPI60187Kizhakkanela
Sudhakaran		3839G S Jayalal12589LDF
127VarkalaVarkala KaharINC57755A.A. RahimCPI(M)47045Elakamon Sateeshan3430Varkala Kahar10710UDF
128Attingal (SC)Thankamani DivakaranINC33493Adv. B. SathyanCPI(M)63558P. P. Vava4844B. Sathyan30065LDF
129Chirayinkeezhu (SC)K. VidhyadharanINC47376V. SasiCPI(M)59601Athiyoor Surendran2078V. Sasi12225LDF
130NedumangadPalode RaviINC59789P. Ramachandran NairCPI(M)54759K. S. Anjana5971Palode Ravi5030UDF
131VamanapuramC. MohanachandranINC55145Koliyakkod Krishnan NairCPI(M)57381Karrettu Sivaprasad5228Koliyakkod Krishnan Nair2236LDF
132KazhakoottamAdv. M.A. VaheedINC50787C. AjayakumarCPI(M)48591J.R. Padmakumar7508Adv. M.A. Vaheed2196UDF
133VattiyoorkavuK. MuraleedharanINC56531Cherian PhilipLDF

Independent

 40364V.V. Rajesh13494K. Muraleedharan16167UDF
134ThiruvananthapuramV. S. SivakumarINC49122V. Surendran PillaiKC(T)43770B.K. Shekar11519V. S. Sivakumar5352UDF
135NemomCharupara RaviSJD20248V. SivankuttyCPI(M)50076O. Rajagopal43661V. Sivankutty6415LDF
136AruvikkaraG. KarthikeyanINC56797Ambalathara Sreedharan NairRSP46123C. Sivankutty7694G. Karthikeyan10674UDF
137ParassalaA. T. GeorgeINC60578Aanavoor NagappanCPI(M)60073S. Suresh10310A. T. George505UDF
138KattakkadaN. SakthanINC52368Jaya DaliIndependent39452P. K. Krishna Das22550N. Sakthan12916UDF
139KovalamGeorge MerciarINC52305Jameela PrakasamJD(S)59510Venganoor Satish9127Jameela Prakasam7205LDF
140NeyyattinkaraThambanoor RaviINC48009R. SelvarajCPI(M)54711Athiyannur Sreekumar6730R. Selvaraj6702LDF

Note:-

Performance of Political Parties
Political Party No. of Candidates Seats won Votes Percentage
1Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)13801,053,6546.03
2Communist Marxist Party (CMP)30161,7390.93
3Communist Party of India (CPI)27131,522,4788.72
4Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI M)84454,921,35428.18
5Indian National Congress (INC)82384,667,52026.73
6Others / Independents3130278,6081.60
7Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)54264,6311.52
8Kerala Congress (Jacob)31159,2520.91
9Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)21124,8980.72
10Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC M)159861,8294.94
11LDF supported Independents92418,6192.40
12Muslim League (IUML)24201,446,5708.28
13Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)82216,9481.24
14Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)42228,2581.31
15Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) (RSP B)1165,0020.37
16Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)690139,4810.80
17Socialist Janata (Democratic) (SJD)62287,6491.65
Total 14017,461,779100.00
Valid votes 17,461,779 99.97
Invalid votes 5,439 0.03
Votes cast / turnout 17,467,218 75.26
Abstentions 5,740,920 24.74
Registered voters 23,208,138

Performance of Political Fronts
Sl. No: Front No. of Candidates Seats won Votes Percentage
1United Democratic Front140728,002,87445.83
2Left Democratic Front136687,618,44543.63
3National Democratic Alliance14001,058,5046.06
5Independents and Others5500553,8323.17

By-elections

1.Piravom Bye-election was held in Piravom Assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.[35][36]

2.Neyyattinkara By-election was held in Neyyattinkara Assembly constituency following the resignation[37][38][39] of sitting MLA R. Selvaraj on 9 March 2012.

3.Aruvikkara Bye-election was held in Aruvikkara Assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and SPEAKER G. Karthikeyan on 7 March 2015

Sl. No: Constituency UDF candidate Party Votes LDF candidate Party Votes BJP candidate Votes Winner Margin Winning alliance
1PiravomAnoop JacobKC(J)82756M.J. JacobCPI(M)70686K. R. Rajagopal3241Anoop Jacob12070UDF
2NeyyattinkaraR. SelvarajINC52528F. LawrenceCPI(M)46194O. Rajagopal30507R. Selvaraj6334UDF
3AruvikkaraK. S. SabarinathanINC56448M. VijayakumarCPI(M)46320O. Rajagopal34145K. S. Sabarinathan10128UDF
Alliance wise result (after by elections)
LDF+ SEATS UDF+ SEATS Others SEATS
CPI(M) 44* INC 40* BJP 0
CPI 13 IUML 20 JD(U) 0
JD(S) 4 KC(M) 9
NCP 2 SJ(D) 2
KC 0 CMP 0
IC(S) 0 KC(J) 1
JSS 0 KC(B) 1
IND 2 KRSP(BJ) 0
RSP 2 RSP(B) 1
TOTAL (2011) 67* TOTAL (2011) 73* TOTAL (2011) 0
TOTAL (2006) 98 TOTAL (2006) 42 TOTAL (2006) 0

* indicates one extra seat won by INC from CPI(M) after by-elections in Neyyatinkara constituency assembly seat sharing post the by-election results:

UDFLDFOthers
73670

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