The 2014 Indian general election polls in Kerala were held for the twenty Lok Sabha seats in the state on 10 April 2014. 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. 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
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 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.
colspan="6" United Democratic Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats 15 2 1 1 1 Total20
Left Democratic Front
colspan="6" Left Democratic Front Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats 10 (LDF Supported) 5 4 1 Total20
National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Election Symbol Seats contested1. Bharatiya Janata Party 182. Kerala Congress (Nationalist) 13. Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala (Bolshevik) 1
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).India Today. RMP-led new front to hit CPI-M's prospects in Kerala
Opinion Polls Conducted in Month(s) Ref Polling Organisation/Agency Sample size UDF LDF NDA Others Aug–Oct 2013 Outlook-CVoter 24,284 7 13 0 0 Jan–Feb 2014 Times Now-India TV-CVoter 14,000 10 9 1 0 Feb 2014 NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571 13 7 0 0 March 2014 NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571 9 11 0 0 March–April 2014 CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 607 11–17 4–8 0 0 April 2014 NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000 8 12 0 0 Candidates ConstituencyUPALeft FrontNDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate 1 Kasaragod T. Siddique P. Karunakaran K. Surendran 2 Kannur K. Sudhakaran P. K. Sreemathy P. C. Mohanan 3 Vatakara M. Ramachandran A. N. Shamseer V. K. Sajeevan 4 Wayanad M. I. Shanavas Sathyan Mokeri P. R. Rasmilnath 5 Kozhikode M. K. Raghavan A. Vijayaraghavan C. K. Padmanabhan 6 Malappuram E. Ahammed P. K. Sainaba N. Sreeprakash 7 Ponnani E. T. Md. Basheer V. Abdurahiman Narayanan 8 Palakkad M. P. Veerendrakumar M. B. Rajesh Sobha Surendran 9 Alathur Sheeba P. K. Biju Shajumon Vattekkattu 10 Thrissur K. P. Dhanapalan C. N. Jayadevan K. P. Sreesan 11 Chalakudy P. C. Chacko Innocent B. Gopalakrishnan 12 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas Christy Fernandez A. N. Radhakrishnan 13 Idukki Dean Kuriakose Joice George Sabu Varghese 14 Kottayam Jose K Mani Mathew T. Thomas Noble Mathew 15 Alappuzha K. C. Venugopal C. B. Chandrababu A. V. Thamarakshan 16 Mavelikkara Kodikkunnil Suresh Chengara Surendran P. Sudheer 17 Pathanamthitta Anto Antony Peelipose Thomas M. T. Ramesh 18 Kollam N. K. Premachandran M. A. Baby P. M. Velayudhan 19 Attingal Bindu Krishna Anirudhan Sampath Girijakumari S 20 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor Bennet Abraham O. Rajagopal
Results
Alliance/PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−rowspan="6" UDFINC5,590,28531.10% 9.04% 15 8 5IUML816,2264.54% 0.54% 2 2 KC(M)424,1942.36% 0.17% 11 RSP408,5282.27% New 1 1 1SJ(D)307,5971.71% New 1 0NewTotal7,546,83041.98 % 5.75%2012 4rowspan="5" LDFCPI(M)3,880,65521.59% 8.89% 105 1LDF Ind.1,662,9979.25% 4.24% 62 2CPI1,364,0107.59% 0.15% 41 1JD(S)303,5951.69% 1.69% 10 NewTotal7,211,25740.12% 1.77%208 5rowspan="4" NDABJP1,856,75010.33% 4.02% 180 KC(N)44,3570.25% New 10 RSP(B)43,0510.24% New 10 Total1,944,15810.82% 4.39%200Others1,273,6487.08%Total17,975,893100% 0.51%20
Results
UDF LDF NDA Others12 8 0 0
+UDFLDF 8 2 1 1 5 1 2INCIUMLKC(M)RSP CPI(M)CPIIND
Party-wise detailed results
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2|Party !! align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2 colspan=2|Alliance !! align=left valign=bottom rowspan=2|Abbr. !! align=center colspan=3|Candidates !! align=center colspan=3|Votes !! align=center colspan=3|Seats |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9" ! align=center|No. !! align=center|+/- !! align=center|% !! align=center|Number !! align=center|% !! align=center|+/- !! align=center|No. !! align=center|+/- !! align=center|% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Indian National Congress || bgcolor=| || align=left|UDF || align=left|INC || 15 || || 75% || 5,590,285 || 31.10% || || 8 || 5 || 40% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Communist Party of India (Marxist) || bgcolor=| || align=left|LDF || align=left|CPI(M) || 10 || || 50% || 3,880,655 || 21.59% || || 5 || 1 || 25% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|CPI(M) Independents|| bgcolor=| || align=left|LDF || align=left|IND || 6 || || 25% || 1,662,997 || 9.25% || || 2 || 2 || 10% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Indian Union Muslim League || bgcolor=| || align=left|UDF || align=left|IUML || 2 || || 10% || 816,226 || 4.54% || || 2 || || 10% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Communist Party of India || bgcolor=| || align=left|LDF || align=left|CPI || 4 || || 20% || 1,364,010 || 7.59% || || 1 || 1 || 5% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Kerala Congress || bgcolor=| || align=left|UDF || align=left|KEC(M) || 1 || || 5% || 424,194 || 2.36% || || 1 || || 5% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Revolutionary Socialist Party || bgcolor=| || align=left|UDF || align=left|RSP || 1 || || 5% || 408,528 || 2.27% || || 1 || 1 || 5% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Bharatiya Janata Party || bgcolor=| || align=left|NDA || align=left|BJP || 18 || || 90% || 1,856,750 || 10.33% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Socialist Janata (Democratic) || bgcolor=| || align=left|UDF || align=left|SJD || 1 || New || 5% || 307,597 || 1.71% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Janata Dal (Secular) || bgcolor=| || align=left|LDF || align=left|JD(S) || 1 || || 5% || 303,595 || 1.69% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Social Democratic Party of India || || || align=left|SDPI || 20 || New || 100% || 273,847 || 1.52% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Aam Aadmi Party || || || align=left|AAP || 15 || New || 75% || 256,662 || 1.43% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Bahujan Samaj Party || || || align=left|BSP || 20 || || 100% || 71,362 || 0.40% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Welfare Party of India || || || align=left|WPI || 5 || New || 25% || 68,332 || 0.38% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Kerala Congress (Nationalist) || bgcolor=| || align=left|NDA || align=left|KEC(N) || 1 || || 5% || 44,357 || 0.25% || || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik) || bgcolor=| || align=left|NDA || align=left|RSP(B) || 1 || || 5% || 43,051 || 0.24% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) || || || align=left|SUCI(C) || 5 || || 25% || 18,128 || 0.10% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star || || || align=left|CPI(ML)RS || 8 || New || 40% || 11,070 || 0.06% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Shiv Sena || || || align=left|SHS || 4 || || 20% || 10,181 || 0.06% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Socialist Republican Party || || || align=left|SRP || 2 || || 10% || 6,512 || 0.04% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|All India Trinamool Congress || || || align=left|AITC || 5 || || 25% || 4,299 || 0.02% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Janata Dal (United) || || || align=left|JD(U) || 3 || || 15% || 3,865 || 0.02% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Rashtriya Janata Dal || || || align=left|RJD || 1 || || 5% || 1,376 || 0.01% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Republican Party of India (A) || || || align=left|RPI(A) || 2 || || 10% || 997 || 0.01% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Social Action Party || || || align=left|SAP || 1 || || 5% || 682 || 0.00% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Indian Gandhiyan Party || || || align=left|IGP|| 1 || || 5% || 546 || 0.00% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Republican Party of India || || || align=left|RPI || 1 || || 5% || 292 || 0.00% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|Other Independents || || || align=left|IND || 116 || || || 334,936 || 1.86% || || 0 || || 0.00% |- | bgcolor=| || align=left|None of the above || || || align=left|NOTA || || || || 210,561 || 1.17% || New || 0 || New || 0.00% |- style="font-weight:bold" class="sortbottom" | colspan=5 align=left|Valid Votes || 289 || 72|| || 17,975,893 || 100.00% || || 20 || || 100.00% |- class="sortbottom" | colspan=5 align=left|Rejected Votes || || || colspan=8| |- class="sortbottom" | colspan=5 align=left|Total Polled || || || colspan=8| |- class="sortbottom" | colspan=5 align=left|Registered Electors || || || || || colspan=5 align=left| |- class="sortbottom" | colspan=14 align=left|Sources: Election Commission of India |} Elected members No.ConstituencyTurnout%Elected M.PPartyMargin1Kasaragod78.41 P KarunakaranCommunist Party of India (Marxist)69212Kannur81.06 P K Sreemathi TeacherCommunist Party of India (Marxist)65663Vatakara81.21 Mullappally RamachandranIndian National Congress33064Wayanad73.25 M I ShanavasIndian National Congress208705Kozhikode79.77 M .K RaghavanIndian National Congress168836Malappuram71.21 E. AhamedIndian Union Muslim League1947397Ponnani73.81 E. T. Mohammed BasheerIndian Union Muslim League254108Palakkad75.33 M B RajeshCommunist Party of India (Marxist)1053009Alathur76.35 P.K.BijuCommunist Party of India (Marxist)3731210Thrissur72.19 C. N. JayadevanCommunist Party of India3822711Chalakudy76.93 InnocentIndependent1388412Ernakulam73.58 Prof. K.V. ThomasIndian National Congress8704713Idukki70.79 Adv.Joice GeorgeIndependent5054214Kottayam71.67 Jose K. ManiKerala Congress (M)12059915Alappuzha78.55 K C VenugopalIndian National Congress1940716Mavelikkara70.99 Kodikunnil SureshIndian National Congress3273717Pathanamthitta65.81 Anto AntonyIndian National Congress5619118Kollam72.10 N.K.PremachandranRevolutionary Socialist Party3764919Attingal68.67 Dr.A .SampathCommunist Party of India (Marxist)6937820Thiruvananthapuram68.63 Dr. Shashi TharoorIndian National Congress15,470
Constituency-wise detailed results