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

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.26% ( 3.18 pp)
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%, 42 seats 48.63%, 98 seats Seats won 72 68 Seat change 30 30 Coalition vote 8,002,874 7,846,703 Percentage 45.83% 44.94% Swing 2.85 pp 3.69 pp
Kerala Assembly Constituencies
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]

Common election symbols are provided only to national parties and registered recognized state parties.^[3] Registered unrecognized parties are given free symbols as per availability, based on request.

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

  United Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Indian National Congress (Indira)			Oommen Chandy	82
	Muslim League Kerala State Committee			E. Ahmed	24
	Kerala Congress (Mani)			K. M. Mani	15
	Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party			M. P. Veerendra Kumar	6
	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy			K. R. Gouri Amma	4
	Revolutionary Socialist Party				4
	Communist Marxist Party				3
	Kerala Congress (Jacob)			T. M. Jacob	3
	Kerala Congress (B)			R. Balakrishna Pillai	2
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)			Shibu Baby John	1
Total					140

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

  Left Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			V. S. Achuthanandan	93
	Communist Party of India			A. B. Bardhan	27
	Janata Dal (Secular)			Mathew T. Thomas	5
	Nationalist Congress Party			Sharad Pawar	4
	Indian National League				3
	Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)				3
	Congress (Secular)			Kadannappalli Ramachandran	1
	LDF-Independents				4
Total					140

  National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contesting Seats
	Bharatiya Janata Party			V. Muraleedharan	139
	Janata Dal (United)			Nitish Kumar	1
Total					140

Parties not in any Coalition

Party		Flag	Symbol	Leader	Contested Seats
	Bahujan Samaj Party			Mayawati Kumari	140
	Social Democratic Party of India[4]				84[5]
	Shiv Sena			Uddhav Thackeray	44[6]
	Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[7]			Provash Ghosh	26
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			J. Jayalalithaa	6

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
Kasaragod				76.3%
1	Manjeshwar	176801	160	75.1%
2	Kasargod	159251	140	73.6%
3	Udma	173441	152	74.0%
4	Kanhangad	177812	158	78.4%
5	Trikaripur	169019	162	80.4%
Kannur				80.7%
6	Payyannur	157667	151	82.3%
7	Kalliasseri	156598	148	79.4%
8	Taliparamba	173593	161	82.7%
9	Irikkur	168376	163	77.3%
10	Azhikode	147413	128	82.2%
11	Kannur	143181	122	78.7%
12	Dharmadam	162161	139	83.4%
13	Thalassery	149174	144	78.6%
14	Kuthuparamba	160026	147	79.7%
15	Mattannur	159815	146	82.7%
16	Peravoor	145437	126	80.0%
Wayanad				73.8%
17	Mananthavady (ST)	166823	134	74.2%
18	Sulthanbathery (ST)	198272	179	73.2%
19	Kalpetta	170042	137	75.0%
Kozhikode				81.3%
20	Vatakara	141290	137	80.5%
21	Kuttiady	162140	140	87.2%
22	Nadapuram	179213	160	81.4%
23	Koyilandy	165945	141	81.6%
24	Perambra	159050	145	84.3%
25	Balusseri (SC)	183851	161	81.5%
26	Elathur	161999	137	82.0%
27	Kozhikode North	149890	134	77.1%
28	Kozhikode South	132621	128	77.9%
29	Beypore	163840	131	78.7%
30	Kunnamangalam	177622	140	84.0%
31	Koduvally	142154	121	79.7%
32	Thiruvambadi	145446	127	79.1%
Malappuram				74.6%
33	Kondotty	157911	131	77.5%
34	Ernad	141704	125	80.4%
35	Nilambur	174633	151	77.8%
36	Wandoor (SC)	180536	158	73.3%
37	Manjeri	164036	136	71.0%
38	Perinthalmanna	164998	143	81.3%
39	Mankada	164006	131	73.6%
40	Malappuram	167667	143	72.6%
41	Vengara	144304	118	68.9%
42	Vallikunnu	156165	123	72.2%
43	Tirurangadi	152828	124	65.5%
44	Tanur	138051	110	75.3%
45	Tirur	166273	142	75.9%
46	Kottakkal	167435	132	70.5%
47	Thavanur	156189	124	78.1%
48	Ponnani	158627	141	76.2%
Palakkad				75.6%
49	Thrithala	155363	127	78.4%
50	Pattambi	153467	122	76.5%
51	Shornur	163390	141	73.4%
52	Ottappalam	174363	152	75.0%
53	Kongad (SC)	155410	134	72.7%
54	Mannarkkad	166126	141	72.7%
55	Malampuzha	180267	150	75.2%
56	Palakkad	154101	134	72.6%
57	Tarur (SC)	148716	131	75.3%
58	Chittur	167503	143	81.0%
59	Nemmara	171567	159	77.9%
60	Alathur	152355	131	76.1%
Thrissur				74.9%
61	Chelakkara (SC)	173352	147	76.6%
62	Kunnamkulam	173993	155	75.3%
63	Guruvayoor	178107	150	71.9%
64	Manalur	189796	169	73.3%
65	Wadakkanchery	177837	149	77.9%
66	Ollur	176637	145	73.8%
67	Thrissur	161697	135	68.7%
68	Nattika (SC)	179470	148	71.4%
69	Kaipamangalam	151281	135	77.2%
70	Irinjalakuda	174061	151	75.8%
71	Puthukkad	175850	155	78.0%
72	Chalakudy	172486	157	76.2%
73	Kodungallur	168902	156	75.9%
Ernakulam				77.6%
74	Perumbavoor	154283	153	81.1%
75	Angamaly	152250	144	80.7%
76	Aluva	158819	144	80.3%
77	Kalamassery	164999	144	79.3%
78	Paravur	170940	154	84.0%
79	Vypin	151879	138	79.3%
80	Kochi	157604	148	66.9%
81	Thripunithura	171429	157	76.3%
82	Ernakulam	135512	122	71.6%
83	Thrikkakara	159701	139	73.6%
84	Kunnathunad (SC)	152939	171	83.4%
88	Piravom	175995	134	79.1%
86	Muvattupuzha	154304	125	74.9%
87	Kothamangalam	144146	136	74.1%
Idukki				71.1%
88	Devikulam (SC)	147765	170	72.3%
89	Udumbanchola	153386	157	71.9%
90	Thodupuzha	177341	181	71.6%
91	Idukki	169711	175	70.3%
92	Peerumade	165179	195	69.6%
Kottayam				73.8%
93	Pala	168981	170	73.4%
94	Kaduthuruthy	171075	166	72.0%
95	Vaikom (SC)	153205	148	78.7%
96	Ettumanoor	150427	154	78.2%
97	Kottayam	147990	158	77.4%
98	Puthuppally	157002	156	73.8%
99	Changanassery	148860	139	72.5%
100	Kanjirappally	161393	154	69.9%
101	Poonjar	167745	160	70.0%
Alappuzha				79.1%
102	Aroor	173906	159	84.0%
103	Cherthala	190467	166	84.7%
104	Alappuzha	173665	153	80.7%
105	Ambalappuzha	146369	130	79.3%
106	Kuttanad	149121	168	78.6%
107	Haripad	168698	181	79.5%
108	Kayamkulam	179130	179	77.6%
109	Mavelikkara (SC)	175720	179	75.8%
110	Chengannur	175610	154	71.2%
Pathanamthitta				68.2%
111	Thiruvalla	193159	163	65.4%
112	Ranni	175285	150	68.5%
113	Aranmula	205978	181	65.8%
114	Konni	181196	163	72.1%
115	Adoor (SC)	192721	170	69.8%
Kollam				72.8%
116	Karunagapally	181575	162	75.4%
117	Chavara	159260	134	79.1%
118	Kunnathur (SC)	193106	172	73.7%
119	Kottarakkara	183590	169	74.3%
120	Pathanapuram	172337	157	74.1%
121	Punalur	186470	179	71.2%
122	Chadayamangalam	177021	165	71.6%
123	Kundara	178050	152	71.2%
124	Kollam	160267	151	70.6%
125	Eravipuram	153383	136	67.9%
126	Chathannoor	160019	136	71.0%
Thiruvananthapuram				68.3%
127	Varkala	151613	154	72.5%
128	Attingal (SC)	171316	162	66.7%
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	169784	172	66.1%
130	Nedumangad	174889	153	70.7%
131	Vamanapuram	173748	166	70.6%
132	Kazhakoottam	162600	137	66.9%
133	Vattiyoorkavu	174721	140	63.9%
134	Thiruvananthapuram	177098	148	60.2%
135	Nemom	171841	144	67.5%
136	Aruvikkara	164890	139	70.2%
137	Parassala	187565	166	71.0%
138	Kattakkada	165300	136	70.6%
139	Kovalam	183116	161	67.6%
140	Neyyattinkara	157004	140	70.7%
		23147871	2118	75.12%

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

UDF	LDF	BJP
72	68	0

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

Results by constituency

Constituency		Winner							Runner Up							Margin
No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Alliance		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Alliance		Votes	%
Kasaragod district
1	Manjeshwar	P. B. Abdul Razak		IUML		UDF	49,817	37.46	K. Surendran		BJP		NDA	43,989	33.08	5,828
2	Kasaragod	N. A. Nellikkunnu		IUML		UDF	53,068	45.35	Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt		BJP		NDA	43,330	37.02	9,738
3	Udma	K. Kunhiraman		CPI(M)		LDF	61,646	47.93	C.K. Sreedharan		INC		UDF	50,266	39.08	11,380
4	Kanhangad	E. Chandrasekharan		CPI(M)		LDF	66,640	47.65	M.C. Jose		INC		UDF	54,462	38.95	12,178
5	Thrikaripur	K. Kunhiraman		CPI(M)		LDF	67,871	49.91	E. Gangadharan		INC		UDF	59,106	43.46	8,765
Kannur district
6	Payyanur	C. Krishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	78,116	59.78	K. Brijesh Kumar		INC		UDF	45,992	35.20	32,124
7	Kalliasseri	T. V. Rajesh		CPI(M)		LDF	73,190	58.62	P. Indira		INC		UDF	43,244	34.64	29,966
8	Taliparamba	James Mathew		CPI(M)		LDF	81,031	56.13	Job Michel		KC(M)		UDF	53,170	36.83	27,861
9	Irikkur	K. C. Joseph		INC		UDF	68,503	52.41	P. Santhosh Kumar		CPI		LDF	56,746	43.42	11,757
10	Azhikode	K. M. Shaji		IUML		UDF	55,077	45.21	M. Prakashan Master		CPI(M)		LDF	54,584	44.80	493
11	Kannur	A. P. Abdullakutty		INC		UDF	55,427	48.89	Ramchandran Kaddanappalli		IND		LDF	48,984	43.21	6,443
12	Dharmadam	K. K. Narayanan		CPI(M)		LDF	72,354	53.13	Mambaram Divakaran		INC		UDF	57,192	42.00	15,162
13	Thalassery	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	66,870	56.78	Rijil Makkutty		INC		UDF	40,361	34.27	26,509
14	Kuthuparamba	K. P. Mohanan		SJ(D)		UDF	57,164	44.68	S. A. Puthiya Valappil		IND		LDF	53,861	42.10	3,303
15	Mattanur	E. P. Jayarajan		CPI(M)		LDF	75,177	56.55	Joseph Chaavara		SJ(D)		UDF	44,665	33.60	30,512
16	Peravoor	Sunny Joseph		INC		UDF	56,151	48.07	K. K. Shailaja		CPI(M)		LDF	52,711	45.12	3,440
Wayanad district
17	Mananthavady (ST)	P. K. Jayalakshmi		INC		UDF	62,996	50.78	K. C. Kunhiraman		CPI(M)		LDF	50,262	40.52	12,734
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)	I. C. Balakrishnan		INC		UDF	71,509	49.14	E. A. Sankaran		CPI(M)		LDF	63,926	43.93	7,583
19	Kalpetta	M. V. Shreyams Kumar		SJ(D)		UDF	67,018	53.94	P. A. Muhammed		CPI(M)		LDF	48,849	38.59	18,169
Kozhikode district
20	Vadakara	C. K. Nanu		JD(S)		LDF	46,912	41.05	M. K. Premnath		SJ(D)		UDF	46,065	40.31	847
21	Kuttiady	K. K. Lathika		CPI(M)		LDF	70,258	49.32	Soopi Nirakkatteri		IUML		UDF	63,286	44.93	6,972
22	Nadapuram	E. K. Vijayan		CPI		LDF	72,078	49.22	V. M. Chandran		INC		UDF	64,532	44.07	7,546
23	Quilandy	K. Dasan		CPI(M)		LDF	64,374	47.20	K. P. Anil Kumar		INC		UDF	60,235	44.16	4,139
24	Perambra	K. Kunhammad Master		CPI(M)		LDF	70,248	51.91	Mohammad Ikbal		KC(M)		UDF	54,979	40.62	15,269
25	Balussery (SC)	Purushan Kadalundi		CPI(M)		LDF	74,259	49.18	A. Balaram		INC		UDF	65,377	43.29	8,882
26	Elathur	A. K. Saseendran		NCP		LDF	67,143	50.14	Shaikh P. Harriz		SJ(D)		UDF	52,489	39.20	14,654
27	Kozhikode North	A. Pradeep Kumar		CPI(M)		LDF	57,123	49.12	P. V. Gangadharan		INC		UDF	48,125	41.38	8,998
28	Kozhikode South	M. K. Muneer		IUML		UDF	47,771	46.08	C. P. Musafer Ahamed		CPI(M)		LDF	46,395	44.75	1,376
29	Beypore	Elamaram Kareem		CPI(M)		LDF	60,550	46.80	Adam Mulsi M.P.		INC		UDF	55,234	42.69	5,316
30	Kunnamangalam	P. T. A. Rahim		IND		LDF	66,169	44.06	U. C. Raman		IND		UDF	62,900	41.68	3,269
31	Koduvally	V. M. Ummer Master		IUML		UDF	60,365	53.03	M. Mehboob		CPI(M)		LDF	43,813	38.49	16,652
32	Thiruvambady	C. Moyinkutty		IUML		UDF	56,388	48.71	George M. Thomas		CPI(M)		LDF	52,553	45.40	3,833
Malappuram district
33	Kondotty	K. Muhammedunni		IUML		UDF	67,998	56.82	P. C. Naushad		CPI(M)		LDF	39,849	33.30	28,149
34	Eranad	P. K. Basheer		IUML		UDF	58,698	51.29	P. V. Anvar		IND		LDF	47,452	41.47	11,246
35	Nilambur	Aryadan Mohammed		INC		UDF	66,339	48.64	M. Thomas Mathew		CPI(M)		LDF	60,733	44.54	5,598
36	Wandoor (SC)	A. P. Anilkumar		INC		UDF	77,580	56.50	V. Ramesan		CPI(M)		LDF	48,661	36.69	28,919
37	Manjeri	M. Ummer		IUML		UDF	67,594	57.99	P. Gouri		CPI		LDF	38,515	33.05	29,079
38	Perinthalmanna	Manjalmkuzhi Ali		IUML		UDF	69,730	52.97	P. C. Naushad		CPI(M)		LDF	60,141	44.97	9,589
39	Mankada	T. A. Ahmed Kabeer		IUML		UDF	67,756	55.88	Kadeeja Sathar		CPI(M)		LDF	44,163	36.42	23,593
40	Malappuram	P. Ubaidulla		IUML		UDF	77,928	63.75	Madathil Saidkali		JD(S)		LDF	33,420	27.34	44,508
41	Vengara	P. K. Kunhalikutty		IUML		UDF	63,198	63.44	K. P. Ismayil		INL		LDF	24,901	25.02	38,297
42	Valikunnu	K. N. A. Khader		IUML		UDF	57,250	50.53	K. V. Sankaranarayanan		INL		LDF	39,128	34.53	18,122
43	Tirurangadi	P. K. Abdu Rabb		IUML		UDF	58,666	58.48	K. K. Abdu Samad		CPI		LDF	28,458	28.37	30,208
44	Tanur	Abdurahiman Randathani		IUML		UDF	51,549	49.52	E. Jayan		CPI(M)		LDF	42,116	40.45	9,433
45	Tirur	C. Mammootty		IUML		UDF	69,305	54.85	P. P. Abdullakutty		CPI(M)		LDF	45,739	36.20	23,566
46	Kottakkal	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani		IUML		UDF	69,717	58.91	C. P. K. Gurukkal		NCP		LDF	33,815	28.57	35,902
47	Thavanur	K. T. Jaleel		IND		LDF	57,229	44.06	V. V. Prakash		INC		UDF	50,875	41.68	6,347
48	Ponnani	P. Sreeramakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	57,615	47.55	P. T. Ajay Mohan		INC		UDF	53,514	44.17	4,101
Palakkad district
49	Thrithala	V. T. Balaram		INC		UDF	57,848	47.37	Mammikutty P.		CPI(M)		LDF	54,651	44.75	3,197
50	Pattambi	C. P. Mohammed		INC		UDF	57,728	49.00	K. P. Suresh Raj		CPI		LDF	45,253	38.41	12,475
51	Shornur	K. S. Saleekha		CPI(M)		LDF	59,616	49.57	Santha Jayaram		INC		UDF	46,123	38.35	13,493
52	Ottapalam	M. Hamza		CPI(M)		LDF	65,020	49.47	V. K. Sreekandan		INC		UDF	51,820	39.43	13,200
53	Kongad (SC)	K. V. Vijayadas		CPI(M)		LDF	52,920	46.63	P. Swaminathan		INC		UDF	49,355	43.49	3,565
54	Mannarkkad	N. Samsudheen		IUML		UDF	60,191	49.66	V. Chamunni		CPI		LDF	51,921	42.84	8,270
55	Malampuzha	V. S. Achuthanandan		CPI(M)		LDF	77,752	57.04	Lathika Subhash		INC		UDF	54,312	39.84	23,440
56	Palakkad	Shafi Parambil		INC		UDF	47,631	42.41	Mammikutty P.		CPI(M)		LDF	40,238	35.82	7,393
57	Tarur (SC)	A. K. Balan		CPI(M)		LDF	64,175	57.15	N. Vinesh		KC(J)		UDF	38,419	34.21	25,756
58	Chittur	K. Achuthan		INC		UDF	69,916	51.33	S. Subhash Chandrabose		CPI(M)		LDF	57,586	42.28	12,330
59	Nenmara	V. Chentharamakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	64,169	47.86	M. V. Raghavan		CMP(J)		UDF	55,475	41.48	8,694
60	Alathur	M. Chandran		CPI(M)		LDF	66,977	57.72	K. Kusala Kumar		KC(M)		UDF	42,236	36.40	24,741
Thrissur district
61	Chelakkara (SC)	K. Radhakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	73,683	55.42	Mammikutty P.		INC		UDF	49,007	36.86	24,676
62	Kunnamkulam	Babu M. Palissery		CPI(M)		LDF	58,244	44.34	C. P. John		CMP(J)		UDF	57,763	43.98	481
63	Guruvayur	K. V. Abdul Khader		CPI(M)		LDF	62,246	48.53	Ashraf Kokkur		IUML		UDF	52,278	40.75	9,968
64	Manalur	P. A. Madhavan		INC		UDF	63,077	45.22	Baby John		CPI(M)		LDF	62,596	44.87	481
65	Wadakkanchery	C. N. Balakrishnan		INC		UDF	67,911	48.79	N. R. Balan		CPI(M)		LDF	61,226	43.99	6,685
66	Ollur	M. P. Vincent		INC		UDF	64,823	49.21	Rajaji Mathew Thomas		CPI		LDF	58,576	44.47	6,247
67	Thrissur	Therambil Ramakrishnan		INC		UDF	59,991	53.19	P. Balachandran		CPI		LDF	62,596	38.85	16,169
68	Nattika (SC)	Geetha Gopi		CPI		LDF	64,555	50.21	Vikas Chakrapani		IND		UDF	48,501	37.72	16,054
69	Kaipamangalam	V. S. Sunil Kumar		CPI		LDF	64,555	50.20	Umesh Challiyil		JPSS		UDF	45,259	38.61	13,570
70	Irinjalakuda	Thomas Unniyadan		KC(M)		UDF	68,441	51.70	K. R. Vijaya		CPI(M)		LDF	56,045	42.33	12,396
71	Puthukkad	C. Raveendranath		CPI(M)		LDF	73,047	52.84	Mammikutty P.		INC		UDF	46,565	33.68	26,482
72	Chalakudy	B. D. Devassy		CPI(M)		LDF	63,610	48.18	K. T. Benny		INC		UDF	61,061	46.25	2,549
73	Kodungallur	T. N. Prathapan		INC		UDF	64,495	50.11	K. G. Sivanandhan		CPI		LDF	55,063	42.78	9,432
Ernakulam district
74	Perumbavoor	Saju Paul		CPI(M)		LDF	59,628	47.42	Mammikutty P.		INC		UDF	56,246	44.73	3,382
75	Angamaly	Jose Thettayil		JD(S)		LDF	61,500	47.42	Johnny Nelloor		KC(J)		UDF	54,330	43.78	7,170
76	Aluva	Anwar Sadath		INC		UDF	64,244	50.24	N. R. Balan		CPI(M)		LDF	51,030	39.91	13,214
77	Kalamassery	V. K. Ebrahim Kunju		IUML		UDF	62,843	47.73	K. Chandran Pillai		CPI(M)		LDF	55,054	41.81	7,792
78	Paravur	V. D. Satheesan		INC		UDF	74,632	51.78	Pannyan Raveendran		CPI		LDF	63,283	43.91	11,349
79	Vypen	S. Sharma		CPI(M)		LDF	60,814	50.37	Ajay Tharayil		INC		UDF	55,572	46.03	5,242
80	Kochi	Dominic Presentation		INC		UDF	56,352	53.37	M. C. Josephine		CPI(M)		LDF	39,849	37.74	16,503
81	Thrippunithura	K. Babu		INC		UDF	69,886	53.37	C. M. Dinesh Mani		CPI(M)		LDF	54,108	41.31	15,778
82	Ernakulam	Hibi Eden		INC		UDF	59,919	61.58	Sebastian Paul		IND		LDF	27,482	28.25	32,487
83	Thrikkakara	Benny Behanan		INC		UDF	65,854	55.88	M. E. Hassainar		CPI(M)		LDF	43,448	36.87	22,406
84	Kunnathunad (SC)	V. P. Sajeendran		INC		UDF	63,624	49.72	M. A. Surendran		CPI(M)		LDF	54,892	42.89	8,732
85	Piravom	T. M. Jacob		KC(J)		UDF	66,503	47.53	M. J. Jacob		CPI(M)		LDF	66,346	47.41	157
86	Muvattupuzha	Joseph Vazhackkan		INC		UDF	58,012	49.90	Babu Paul		CPI		LDF	52,849	45.46	5,163
87	Kothamangalam	T. U. Kuruvilla		KC(M)		UDF	52,924	49.26	Skariah Thomas		IND		LDF	40,702	37.88	12,222
Idukki district
88	Devikulam (SC)	S. Rajendran		CPI(M)		LDF	51,849	48.43	A. K. Moni		INC		UDF	47,771	44.62	4,078
89	Udumbanchola	K. K. Jayachandran		CPI(M)		LDF	56,923	51.48	Jossy Sebastian		INC		UDF	47,090	42.59	9,833
90	Thodupuzha	P. J. Joseph		KC(M)		UDF	66,325	51.92	Skariah Thomas		IND		LDF	43,457	34.02	22,867
91	Idukki	Roshy Augustine		KC(M)		UDF	65,734	54.88	C. V. Varghese		CPI(M)		LDF	49,928	41.69	15,806
92	Peerumade	E. S. Bijimol		CPI		LDF	56,748	49.26	Jossy Sebastian		INC		UDF	51,971	45.11	4,777
Kottayam district
93	Pala	K. M. Mani		KC(M)		UDF	61,239	49.14	Mani C. Kappan		NCP		LDF	55,980	44.92	5,259
94	Kaduthurthy	Mons Joseph		KC(M)		UDF	68,787	56.37	Stephen George		KC(AMG)		LDF	45,730	37.48	23,057
95	Vaikom (SC)	K. Ajith		CPI		LDF	62,603	51.62	A. Saneeshkumar		INC		UDF	52,035	42.91	10,568
96	Ettumanoor	K. Suresh Kurup		CPI(M)		LDF	57,381	48.52	Thomas Chazikadan		KC(M)		UDF	55,580	47.00	1,801
97	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan		INC		UDF	53,825	46.84	V. N. Vasavan		CPI(M)		LDF	53,114	46.23	711
98	Puthuppally	Oommen Chandy		INC		UDF	69,922	59.74	Suja Susan George		CPI(M)		LDF	36,667	31.33	33,255
99	Changanassery	C. F. Thomas		KC(M)		UDF	51,019	47.13	B. Ekbal		CPI(M)		LDF	48,465	44.77	2,554
100	Kanjirappally	N. Jayaraj		KC(M)		UDF	57,021	50.40	B. Ekbal		CPI(M)		LDF	44,815	39.61	12,206
101	Poonjar	P. C. George		KC(M)		UDF	59,809	50.77	Mohan Thomas		IND		LDF	44,105	37.44	15,704
Alappuzha district
102	Aroor	A. M. Ariff		CPI(M)		LDF	76,675	52.28	A. A. Shukoor		INC		UDF	59,823	40.79	16,852
103	Cherthala	P. Thilothaman		CPI		LDF	86,193	53.11	K. R. Gouriamma		JPSS		UDF	67,878	41.83	18,315
104	Alappuzha	T. M. Thomas Issac		CPI(M)		LDF	75,857	53.71	J. P. Mathew		INC		UDF	59,515	42.14	16,342
105	Ambalappuzha	G. Sudhakaran		CPI(M)		LDF	63,728	54.48	M. Liju		INC		UDF	47,148	40.31	16,580
106	Kuttanad	Thomas Chandy		NCP		LDF	60,010	50.81	K. C. Joseph		KC(M)		UDF	52,039	44.06	7,971
107	Haripad	Ramesh Chennithala		INC		UDF	67,378	50.03	G. Krishnaprasad		CPI		LDF	61,858	45.93	5,520
108	Kayamkulam	C. K. Sadasivan		CPI(M)		LDF	67,409	48.28	M. Murali		INC		UDF	66,094	47.34	1,315
109	Mavelikara (SC)	R. Rajesh		CPI(M)		LDF	65,903	49.30	K. R. Gouriamma		JPSS		UDF	60,754	45.45	5,149
110	Chengannur	P. C. Vishnunath		INC		UDF	65,156	51.98	C. S. Sujatha		CPI(M)		LDF	52,656	42.01	12,500
Pathanamthitta district
111	Thiruvalla	Mathew T. Thomas		JD(S)		LDF	63,289	49.97	Victor T. Thomas		KC(M)		UDF	52,522	41.47	10,767
112	Ranni	Raju Abrham		CPI(M)		LDF	58,391	48.51	Peelipose Thomas		INC		UDF	51,777	43.02	6,614
113	Aranmula	K. Sivadasan Nair		INC		UDF	64,845	47.69	K. Rajagopalan		CPI(M)		LDF	58,334	42.90	6,511
114	Konni	Adoor Prakash		INC		UDF	65,724	47.69	K. Rajagopalan		CPI(M)		LDF	57,950	42.90	7,774
115	Adoor (SC)	Chittayam Gopakumar		CPI		LDF	63,501	48.51	Pandalam Sudhakaran		INC		UDF	62,894	43.02	607
Kollam district
116	Karunagappally	C. Divakaran		CPI		LDF	69,086	50.13	A. N. Rajanbabu		JPSS		UDF	54,565	39.59	14,521
117	Chavara	Shibu Baby John		KRSP		UDF	65,002	51.16	N. K. Premachandran		RSP		LDF	58,941	46.39	6,061
118	Kunnathur (SC)	Kovoor Kunjomon		RSP		LDF	71,923	50.13	P. K. Ravi		JPSS		UDF	59,835	39.59	12,088
119	Kottarakkara	P. Aisha Potty		CPI(M)		LDF	74,069	53.89	N. Murali		KC(B)		UDF	53,477	38.91	20,592
120	Pathanapuram	K. B. Ganesh Kumar		KC(B)		UDF	71,421	55.64	K. Rajagopal		CPI(M)		LDF	51,019	39.74	20,402
121	Punalur	K. Raju		CPI		LDF	72,648	54.62	Johnson Abraham		INC		UDF	54,643	41.01	18,005
122	Chadayamangalam	Mullakkara Ratnakaran		CPI		LDF	71,231	55.90	Shahida Kamal		INC		UDF	47,607	37.36	23,624
123	Kundara	M. A. Baby		CPI(M)		LDF	67,135	52.48	P. Jermias		INC		UDF	52,342	40.92	14,793
124	Kollam	P. K. Gurudasan		CPI(M)		LDF	57,986	50.86	K. C. Rajan		INC		UDF	49,446	43.37	8,540
125	Eravipuram	A. A. Azeez		RSP		LDF	51,271	49.00	P.K.K. Bawa		IUML		UDF	43,259	41.34	8,012
126	Chathanoor	G. S. Jayalal		CPI		LDF	60,187	52.66	Bindu Krishna		INC		UDF	47,598	41.64	12,589
Thiruvananthapuram district
127	Varkala	Varkala Kahar		INC		UDF	57,755	51.98	A. A. Rahim		CPI(M)		LDF	47,045	42.68	10,710
128	Attingal (SC)	B. Satyan		CPI		LDF	63,558	55.44	Bindu Krishna		INC		UDF	33,493	29.22	30,065
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	V. Sasi		CPI		LDF	59,601	52.93	K. Vidyadharan		INC		UDF	47,376	42.07	12,225
130	Nedumangad	Palode Ravi		INC		UDF	59,789	47.87	P. Ramachandran Nair		CPI		LDF	54,759	43.84	5,030
131	Vamanapuram	Koliakode N. Krishnan Nair		CPI(M)		LDF	57,381	46.51	C. Mohanchandran		INC		UDF	55,145	44.70	2,236
132	Kazhakootam	M. A. Vaheed		INC		UDF	50,787	46.38	K. Rajagopalan		CPI(M)		LDF	48,591	44.38	2,196
133	Vattiyoorkavu	K. Muraleedharan		INC		UDF	56,531	50.19	Philip Cheriyan		IND		LDF	40,364	35.84	16,167
134	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar		INC		UDF	49,122	45.87	V. Surendran Pillai		KC(AMG)		UDF	43,770	40.87	5,352
135	Nemom	V. Sivankutty		CPI(M)		LDF	50,076	42.99	O. Rajagopal		BJP		NDA	43,861	37.49	6,215
136	Aruvikkara	G. Karthikeyan		INC		UDF	56,797	48.79	A. Sreedharan Nair		RSP		LDF	46,123	39.62	10,674
137	Parassala	A. T. George		INC		UDF	60,578	44.80	Anavoor Nagappan		CPI(M)		LDF	60,073	44.43	505
138	Kattakada	N. Sakthan		INC		UDF	52,368	44.63	M. V. Jayadali		IND		LDF	39,452	33.62	12,916
139	Kovalam	Jameela Prakasam		JD(S)		LDF	59,510	47.60	George Mercier		INC		UDF	52,305	41.84	7,305
140	Neyyatinkara	R. Selvaraj		CPI(M)		LDF	54,711	48.98	Thampanoor Ravi		INC		UDF	48,009	42.98	6,702

Note:-

• (SC) - Constituency reserved for Scheduled caste candidates.
• (ST) - Constituency reserved for Scheduled tribe candidates.

Performance of Political Parties

Political Party		No. of Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Percentage
1	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	138	0	1,053,654	6.03
2	Communist Marxist Party (CMP)	3	0	161,739	0.93
3	Communist Party of India (CPI)	27	13	1,522,478	8.72
4	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M))	84	45	4,921,354	28.18
5	Indian National Congress (INC)	82	38	4,667,520	26.73
6	Others / Independents	313	0	278,608	1.60
7	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	5	4	264,631	1.52
8	Kerala Congress (Jacob)	3	1	159,252	0.91
9	Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)	2	1	124,898	0.72
10	Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC M)	15	9	861,829	4.94
11	LDF supported Independents	9	2	418,619	2.40
12	Muslim League (IUML)	24	20	1,446,570	8.28
13	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	8	2	216,948	1.24
14	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	4	2	228,258	1.31
15	Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) (RSP B)	1	1	65,002	0.37
16	Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)	69	0	139,481	0.80
17	Socialist Janata (Democratic) (SJD)	6	2	287,649	1.65
Total			140	17,461,779	100.00
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
1	United Democratic Front	140	72	8,002,874	45.83
2	Left Democratic Front	136	68	7,618,445	43.63
3	National Democratic Alliance	140	0	1,058,504	6.06
5	Independents and Others	550	0	553,832	3.17

Aftermath

§ 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

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
1	Piravom	Anoop Jacob	KC(J)	82756	M.J. Jacob	CPI(M)	70686	K. R. Rajagopal	3241	Anoop Jacob	12070	UDF
2	Neyyattinkara	R. Selvaraj	INC	52528	F. Lawrence	CPI(M)	46194	O. Rajagopal	30507	R. Selvaraj	6334	UDF
3	Aruvikkara	K. S. Sabarinathan	INC	56448	M. Vijayakumar	CPI(M)	46320	O. Rajagopal	34145	K. S. Sabarinathan	10128	UDF

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:

UDF	LDF	Others
73	67	0