2019 Indian general election in Kerala
The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha .[ 1]
Indian National Congress led United Democratic Front swept 19 out of 20 seats in the state winning more than 47% of total polled votes. Bharatiya Janata Party led National Democratic Alliance which formed government at center couldn't win any seats but gathered around 15% vote share. The ruling Left Democratic Front was decimated in the elections with just one seat, vote share dropped to 36% from 40% in 2014 general elections .
The state witnessed elections in the backdrop of Sabarimala Temple Protests , UDF’s PM candidate Rahul Gandhi contesting from state and NDA ’s new alliance partner Bharath Dharma Jana Sena which is a political wing of the powerful SNDP . Even Demonetization and GST issues were discussed during election campaign though they were implemented years before the election. Both Sabarimala issue and BDJS’s partnership were expected to help NDA gain by huge margin, however final results favoured UDF due to shift of some of core voters of LDF to NDA through BDJS and more importantly presence of prime minister candidate Rahul Gandhi.
Despite no National Democratic Alliance winners from the state, it got one ministerial berth in Second Modi ministry through V. Muraleedharan a Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha .
Alliances and parties
The key alliances that fought for representation of Lok Sabha seats in Kerala 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 .[ 2] [ 3] National Democratic Alliance (NDA) , which had not won any seat in the state, placed candidates in all constituencies. A new force in the election is the Left United Front .[ 4]
United Democratic Front
Left Democratic Front
National Democratic Alliance
Parties not in any Coalition
Aam Admi Party , who had contested in the 2014 elections decided not to contest this election so as to not split anti-BJP votes.[ 5]
Opinion Polls
Seat Projection
Vote Percentage Prediction
Constituency Wise Prediction
Constituency-wise Candidates
Voter turnout
Constituency no.
Constituency
Electors
Total Votes
% Voter Turnout
1
Kasaragod
1,363,937
1,100,099
80.6%
2
Kannur
1266550
1054746
83.2%
3
Vadakara
1288926
1065932
82.6%
4
Wayanad
1359679
1092759
80.3%
5
Kozhikode
1318024
1076882
81.7%
6
Malappuram
1370544
1034799
75.5%
7
Ponnani
1356803
1017366
74.9%
8
Palakkad
1323010
1028874
77.7%
9
Alathur
1266794
1019376
80.4%
10
Thrissur
1337110
1042122
77.9%
11
Chalakudy
1230197
990433
80.5%
12
Ernakulam
1245972
967390
77.6%
13
Idukki
1204191
919559
76.3%
14
Kottayam
1206698
910648
75.4%
15
Alappuzha
1356701
1090112
80.3%
16
Mavelikkara
1308102
972360
74.3%
17
Pathanamthitta
1382741
1027378
74.3%
18
Kollam
1296720
969017
74.7%
19
Attingal
1350710
1006048
74.4%
20
Thiruvananthapuram
1371427
1011268
73.7%
[ 6]
Bogus votes detection and re-polling
The Election Commission of India ordered to conduct re-polling on 19 May 2019 in 3 booths in Kasaragod and one in Kannur constituencies after confirming bogus votes.[ 7] [ 8]
Results
Results by alliance or party
Vote Share (By alliance)
Others (0.59%)
Alliance/Party
Popular vote
Seats
Votes
%
±pp
Contested
Won
+/−
UDF
INC
7,596,610
37.46%
6.36%
16
15
7
IUML
1,111,697
5.48%
0.94%
2
2
RSP
499,677
2.46%
0.19%
1
1
KEC(M)
421,046
2.08%
0.28%
1
1
Total
9,629,030
47.48 %
5.50%
20
19
7
LDF
CPI(M)
5,266,510
25.97%
4.38%
14
1
4
CPI
1,233,886
6.08%
1.51%
4
0
1
LDF Ind.
655,991
4.24%
5.01%
2
0
2
Total
7,156,387
36.29%
3.83%
20
1
7
NDA
BJP
2,635,810
13.00%
2.67%
15
0
BDJS
380,847
1.88%
New
4
0
KC (T)
155,135
0.76%
New
1
0
Total
3,171,792
15.64%
4.82%
20
0
Others
439,959
0.59%
Total
20,397,168
100%
3.95%
20
Constituency-wise Result
No.
Constituency
Turnout%
Elected Member
Party
Margin
1
Kasaragod
80.66
Rajmohan Unnithan
INC
40,438
2
Kannur
83.28
K. Sudhakaran
INC
94,559
3
Vatakara
82.70
K. Muraleedharan
INC
84,663
4
Wayanad
80.37
Rahul Gandhi
INC
4,31,770
5
Kozhikode
81.70
M. K. Raghavan
INC
85,225
6
Malappuram
75.50
P. K. Kunhalikutty
IUML
2,60,153
7
Ponnani
74.98
E. T. Mohammed Basheer
IUML
1,93,273
8
Palakkad
77.77
V. K. Sreekandan
INC
11,637
9
Alathur
80.47
Ramya Haridas
INC
1,58,968
10
Thrissur
77.94
T. N. Prathapan
INC
93,633
11
Chalakudy
80.51
Benny Behanan
INC
1,32,274
12
Ernakulam
77.64
Hibi Eden
INC
1,69,153
13
Idukki
76.36
Dean Kuriakose
INC
1,71,053
14
Kottayam
75.47
Thomas Chazhikadan
KC(M)
1,06,259
15
Alappuzha
80.35
A. M. Ariff
CPI(M)
10,474
16
Mavelikkara
74.33
Kodikunnil Suresh
INC
61,138
17
Pathanamthitta
74.30
Anto Antony
INC
44,243
18
Kollam
74.73
N. K. Premachandran
RSP
1,48,856
19
Attingal
74.48
Adoor Prakash
INC
38,247
20
Thiruvananthapuram
73.74
Shashi Tharoor
INC
99,989
Constituency wise alliance votes
No.
Constituency
UDF Votes
LDF Votes
NDA Votes
1
Kasaragod
4,74,961
4,34,523
1,76,049
2
Kannur
5,29,741
4,35,182
68,509
3
Vatakara
5,26,755
4,42,092
80,128
4
Wayanad
7,06,367
2,74,597
78,816
5
Kozhikode
4,93,444
4,08,219
1,61,216
6
Malappuram
5,89,873
3,29,720
82,332
7
Ponnani
5,21,824
3,28,551
1,10,603
8
Palakkad
3,99,274
3,87,637
2,18,556
9
Alathur (SC)
5,33,815
3,74,847
89,837
10
Thrissur
4,15,089
3,21,456
2,93,822
11
Chalakudy
4,73,444
3,41,170
1,54,159
12
Ernakulam
4,91,263
3,22,110
1,37,749
13
Idukki
4,98,493
3,27,440
78,648
14
Kottayam
4,21,046
3,14,787
1,55,135
15
Alappuzha
4,35,496
4,45,970
1,87,729
16
Mavelikkara (SC)
4,40,415
3,79,277
1,33,546
17
Pathanamthitta
3,80,927
3,36,684
2,97,396
18
Kollam
4,99,677
3,50,821
1,03,339
19
Attingal
3,80,995
3,42,748
2,48,081
20
Thiruvananthapuram
4,16,151
2,58,556
3,16,142
Assembly segments wise lead and votes secured by Parties
Results
Party
Votes secured
Percentage of total votes (in %)
Assembly segments
Position in Assembly (as of 2021 election)
Indian National Congress
75,96,610
37.46
96
21
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
52,66,510
25.97
16
62
Indian Union Muslim League
11,11,697
5.48
14
15
Kerala Congress (M)
4,21,046
2.08
6
5
Revolutionary Socialist Party
4,99,677
2.46
7
–
Bharatiya Janata Party
26,35,810
13.00
1
0
Communist Party of India
12,33,886
6.08
–
17
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
3,80,847
1.88
–
–
Kerala Congress (Thomas)
1,55,135
0.76
–
–
Others
–
11
–
20
Total
140
[ 9]
Votes by State Legislative Assembly constituencies
According to the ECI , the details of the valid votes polled in the state legislative assembly constituencies of Kerala are as follows:[ 10]
Alliance
assembly segments.
UDF
123
LDF
16
NDA
1
Total assembly lead out of 140.
Alliance
assembly segments
UDF
16
LDF
117
NDA
7
Second position in the assembly segments (out of 140).
See also
References
Notes
Parliamentary Candidates Prime ministerial candidates Parties and leaders
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