2014 Indian general election in Kerala Indian general election 2014
2014 Indian general election Turnout 73.89% ( 0.51%)
The 2014 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for the twenty Lok Sabha seats in the state on 10 April 2014.[ 1] The total voter strength of Kerala for the election was 2,42,51,937 and 73.89% of voters exercised their right to do so.[ 2] The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.
Background
The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government under the premiership of Manmohan Singh completed its second term in May 2014 and general election was conducted to form a government to head the largest democracy in the world. The United Democratic Front (UDF) , aligned to the national coalition of the UPA, the incumbent ruling alliance in the state legislature after wresting power from the Left Democratic Front (LDF) , in the state assembly election of 2011 . The buildup to this election saw parties shifting allegiance from both the prominent coalitions.
Alliances and parties
As in the previous general elections in the recent history of the state, the key alliances that fought for representation of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala in the 2014 general election are the UDF which is the Kerala state legislative alliance aligned with the UPA at the national level and the LDF comprising primarily the CPI(M) and the CPI . The nationally relevant National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has not had any success in general elections in Kerala so far but set up their candidates in all constituencies of the state. A new force in the election is the Left United Front . The debutant Aam Aadmi Party fielded candidates in fifteen of the twenty seats.
United Democratic Front
UDF seat sharing in Kerala
The United Democratic Front alliance saw the addition of two parties since the previous general election of 2009 while parting ways with one party that did not have any representation in the state legislature. The Socialist Janata (Democratic) (SJ(D)) joined the UDF in August 2010[ 3] splitting away from its parent Janata Dal (S) while the left leaning RSP docked itself to the UDF in March 2014, after the announcement of the general election.[ 4]
Left Democratic Front
National Democratic Alliance
NDA seat sharing in Kerala
Left United Front
The Left United Front was launched in March 2014, by the Revolutionary Marxist Party , the Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) and the Marxist Communist Party of India (United) .[ 5]
Opinion Polls
Conducted in Month(s)
Ref
Polling Organisation/Agency
Sample size
UDF
LDF
NDA
Others
Aug–Oct 2013
[ 6]
Outlook -CVoter
24,284
7
13
0
0
Jan–Feb 2014
[ 7]
Times Now -India TV -CVoter
14,000
10
9
1
0
Feb 2014
[ 8]
NDTV - Hansa Research
46,571
13
7
0
0
March 2014
[ 8]
NDTV - Hansa Research
46,571
9
11
0
0
March–April 2014
[ 9]
CNN-IBN -Lokniti-CSDS
607
11–17
4–8
0
0
April 2014
[ 10]
NDTV - Hansa Research
24,000
8
12
0
0
Results
Vote Share (By alliance)
Others (7.08%)
Alliance/Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
UDF
INC
5,590,285
31.10%
9.04%
15
8
5
IUML
816,226
4.54%
0.54%
2
2
KC(M)
424,194
2.36%
0.17%
1
1
RSP
408,528
2.27%
New
1
1
1
SJ(D)
307,597
1.71%
New
1
0
New
Total
7,546,830
41.98 %
5.75%
20
12
4
LDF
CPI(M)
3,880,655
21.59%
8.89%
10
5
1
LDF Ind.
1,662,997
9.25%
4.24%
6
2
2
CPI
1,364,010
7.59%
0.15%
4
1
1
JD(S)
303,595
1.69%
1.69%
1
0
New
Total
7,211,257
40.12%
1.77%
20
8
5
NDA
BJP
1,856,750
10.33%
4.02%
18
0
KC(N)
44,357
0.25%
New
1
0
RSP(B)
43,051
0.24%
New
1
0
Total
1,944,158
10.82%
4.39%
20
0
Others
1,273,648
7.08%
Total
17,975,893
100%
0.51%
20
Summary of results
UDF
LDF
8
2
1
1
5
1
2
INC
IUML
KC(M)
RSP
CPI(M)
CPI
IND
Party-wise detailed results
Party-wise details of the 2014 Indian general election in Kerala
Party
Alliance
Abbr.
Candidates
Votes
Seats
No.
+/-
%
Number
%
+/-
No.
+/-
%
Indian National Congress
UDF
INC
15
75%
5,590,285
31.10%
8
5
40%
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
LDF
CPI(M)
10
50%
3,880,655
21.59%
5
1
25%
CPI(M) Independents
LDF
IND
6
25%
1,662,997
9.25%
2
2
10%
Indian Union Muslim League
UDF
IUML
2
10%
816,226
4.54%
2
10%
Communist Party of India
LDF
CPI
4
20%
1,364,010
7.59%
1
1
5%
Kerala Congress
UDF
KEC(M)
1
5%
424,194
2.36%
1
5%
Revolutionary Socialist Party
UDF
RSP
1
5%
408,528
2.27%
1
1
5%
Bharatiya Janata Party
NDA
BJP
18
90%
1,856,750
10.33%
0
0.00%
Socialist Janata (Democratic)
UDF
SJD
1
New
5%
307,597
1.71%
New
0
New
0.00%
Janata Dal (Secular)
LDF
JD(S)
1
5%
303,595
1.69%
0
0.00%
Social Democratic Party of India
SDPI
20
New
100%
273,847
1.52%
New
0
New
0.00%
Aam Aadmi Party
AAP
15
New
75%
256,662
1.43%
New
0
New
0.00%
Bahujan Samaj Party
BSP
20
100%
71,362
0.40%
0
0.00%
Welfare Party of India
WPI
5
New
25%
68,332
0.38%
New
0
New
0.00%
Kerala Congress (Nationalist)
NDA
KEC(N)
1
5%
44,357
0.25%
0
New
0.00%
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
NDA
RSP(B)
1
5%
43,051
0.24%
0
0.00%
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
SUCI(C)
5
25%
18,128
0.10%
New
0
New
0.00%
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star
CPI(ML)RS
8
New
40%
11,070
0.06%
New
0
New
0.00%
Shiv Sena
SHS
4
20%
10,181
0.06%
0
0.00%
Socialist Republican Party
SRP
2
10%
6,512
0.04%
0
0.00%
All India Trinamool Congress
AITC
5
25%
4,299
0.02%
0
0.00%
Janata Dal (United)
JD(U)
3
15%
3,865
0.02%
0
0.00%
Rashtriya Janata Dal
RJD
1
5%
1,376
0.01%
0
0.00%
Republican Party of India (A)
RPI(A)
2
10%
997
0.01%
0
0.00%
Social Action Party
SAP
1
5%
682
0.00%
0
0.00%
Indian Gandhiyan Party
IGP
1
5%
546
0.00%
0
0.00%
Republican Party of India
RPI
1
5%
292
0.00%
0
0.00%
Other Independents
IND
116
334,936
1.86%
0
0.00%
None of the above
NOTA
210,561
1.17%
New
0
New
0.00%
Valid Votes
289
72
17,975,893
100.00%
20
100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Sources: Election Commission of India
Elected Members
Constituency-wise detailed results
[ 11] [ 12]
No.
Constituency
UDF candidate
Party
Votes
%
LDF candidate
Party
Votes
%
NDA candidate
Party
Votes
%
Other candidate
Votes
%
Party
Winning alliance
Margin
1
Kasaragod
T. Siddique
INC
3,78,043
38.8%
P. Karunakaran
CPI(M)
3,84,964
39.5%
K. Surendran
BJP
1,72,826
17.7%
Abdul Salam N. U.
9,713
1.0%
SDPI
Left Democratic Front
6,921
2
Kannur
K. Sudhakaran
INC
4,21,056
44.5%
P. K. Sreemathy
CPI(M)
4,27,622
45.1%
P C. Mohanan
BJP
51,636
5.5%
K. K. Abdul Jabbar
19,170
2.0%
SDPI
Left Democratic Front
6,566
3
Vatakara
Mullappally Ramachandran
INC
4,16,479
43.4%
A. N. Shamseer
CPI(M)
4,13,173
43.1%
V. K. Sajeevan
BJP
76,313
8.0%
P. Kumarankutty
17,229
1.8%
IND
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
3,306
4
Wayanad
M. I. Shanavas
INC
3,77,035
41.2%
Sathyan Mokeri
CPI
3,56,165
38.9%
P. R. Rasmilnath
BJP
80,752
8.8%
P. V. Anvar
37,123
4.1%
NCP
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
20,870
5
Kozhikode
M. K. Raghavan
INC
3,97,615
42.2%
A. Vijayaraghavan
CPI(M)
3,80,732
40.4%
C. K. Padmanabhan
BJP
1,15,760
12.3%
K. P. Ratheesh
13,934
1.5%
AAP
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
16,883
6
Malappuram
E. Ahammed
IUML
4,37,723
51.3%
P. K. Sainaba
CPI(M)
2,42,984
28.5%
N. Sreeprakash
BJP
64,705
7.6%
Nasarudheen
47,853
5.6%
SDPI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
1,94,739
7
Ponnani
E. T. Muhammed Basheer
IUML
3,78,503
43.4%
V. Abdurahiman
IND
3,53,093
40.5%
Narayanan
BJP
75,212
8.6%
V. T. Ikramul Haque
26,640
3.1%
SDPI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
25,410
8
Palakkad
M. P. Veerendrakumar
SJ(D)
3,07,597
33.8%
M. B. Rajesh
CPI(M)
4,12,897
45.4%
Sobha Surendran
BJP
1,36,587
15.0%
E. S. Khaja Hussain
12,504
1.4%
SDPI
Left Democratic Front
1,05,300
9
Alathur
Sheeba
INC
3,74,496
40.4%
P. K. Biju
CPI(M)
4,11,808
44.4%
Shajumon Vattekkattu
BJP
87,803
9.5%
Krishnan Eranhikkal
7,820
0.8%
SDPI
Left Democratic Front
37,312
10
Thrissur
K. P. Dhanapalan
INC
3,50,982
38.1%
C. N. Jayadevan
CPI
3,89,209
42.3%
K. P. Sreesan
BJP
1,02,681
11.2%
Sarah Joseph
44,638
4.8%
AAP
Left Democratic Front
38,227
11
Chalakudy
P. C. Chacko
INC
3,44,556
39.0%
Innocent
IND
3,58,440
40.5%
B. Gopalakrishnan
BJP
92,848
10.5%
K. M. Noordeen
35,189
4.0%
AAP
Left Democratic Front
13,884
12
Ernakulam
K. V. Thomas
INC
3,53,841
41.6%
Christy Fernandez
IND
2,66,794
31.4%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
99,003
11.6%
Anitha Pratap
51,517
6.1%
AAP
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
87,047
13
Idukki
Dean Kuriakose
INC
3,31,477
40.4%
Joice George
IND
3,82,019
46.6%
Sabu Varghese
BJP
50,438
6.2%
Silvi Sunil
11,215
1.4%
AAP
Left Democratic Front
50,542
14
Kottayam
Jose K Mani
KC(M)
4,24,194
51.0%
Mathew T. Thomas
JD(S)
3,03,595
36.5%
Noble Mathew
KC(N)
44,357
5.3%
Anil Aikkara
26,381
3.2%
AAP
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
1,20,599
15
Alappuzha
K. C. Venugopal
INC
4,62,525
46.4%
C B Chandrababu
CPI(M)
4,43,118
44.4%
A. V. Thamarakshan
RSP(B)
43,051
4.3%
Thulaseedharan Pallickal
10,993
1.1%
SDPI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
19,407
16
Mavelikkara
Kodikkunnil Suresh
INC
4,02,432
45.3%
Chengara Surendran
CPI
3,69,695
41.6%
P. Sudheer
BJP
79,743
9.0%
Jyothish Perumpulickal
8,946
1.0%
SDPI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
32,737
17
Pathanamthitta
Anto Antony Punnathaniyil
INC
3,58,842
41.3%
Peelipose Thomas
IND
3,02,651
34.8%
M. T. Ramesh
BJP
1,38,954
17.4%
Peelipose
16,493
1.9%
IND
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
56,191
18
Kollam
N.K. Premachandran
RSP
4,08,528
46.5%
M. A. Baby
CPI(M)
3,70,879
42.2%
P. M. Velayudhan
BJP
58,671
6.7%
A. K. Salahudeen
12,812
1.5%
SDPI
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
37,649
19
Attingal
Bindu Krishna
INC
3,23,100
37.6%
A. Sampath
CPI(M)
3,92,478
45.7%
Girijakumari S
BJP
90,528
11.2%
M. K. Manoj Kumar
11,225
1.3%
SDPI
Left Democratic Front
69,378
20
Thiruvananthapuram
Shashi Tharoor
INC
2,97,806
34.1%
Bennet Abraham
CPI
2,48,941
28.5%
O. Rajagopal
BJP
2,82,336
34.0%
Ajit Joy
14,153
1.6%
AAP
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
15,470
Assembly-Segment-wise detailed results by constituency
Based on the data from Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala[ 11]
Results
Alliance
assembly segments.
UDF
80
LDF
56
NDA
4
Total assembly lead out of 140.
Kasaragod
Kannur
Vadakara
Wayanad
Kozhikode
Malappuram
Ponnani
Palakkad
Alathur
Thrissur
Chalakkudy
Ernakulam
No.
Assembly
1st Position
Party
Votes
%
2nd Position
Party
Votes
%
3rd Position
Party
Votes
%
NOTA
Margin
78
Kalamassery
K. V. Thomas
INC
51037
39.1%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
42379
32.4%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
17558
13.4%
1278
8658
79
Paravur
K. V. Thomas
INC
55471
40.0%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
47706
34.4%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
15917
11.5%
1414
7765
80
Vypen
K. V. Thomas
INC
49165
42.6%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
39548
34.2%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
9324
8.1%
1148
9617
81
Kochi
K. V. Thomas
INC
50548
46.3%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
30186
27.7%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
9984
9.2%
1038
20362
82
Thrippunithura
K. V. Thomas
INC
51605
39.5%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
45034
34.5%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
16676
12.8%
1598
6571
83
Ernakulam
K. V. Thomas
INC
43516
44.8%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
26623
27.4%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
14375
14.8%
1425
16893
84
Thrikkakara
K. V. Thomas
INC
52210
44.0%
Christy Fernandez
LDF-IND
34896
29.4%
A. N. Radhakrishnan
BJP
15099
12.7%
1825
17314
Idukki
Kottayam
Alappuzha
Mavelikkara
Pathanamthitta
Kollam
Attingal
Thiruvananthapuram
See also
References
Notes
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