Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)

Indian general election, 2014
India
April–May 2014
20 seats
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oomen Chandy -
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Seats won 12 8
Seat change Decrease4 Increase4

Kerala Constituency wise results (UDF vs. LDF) for Loksabha 2014

The Indian general election, 2014 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 is 24,251,937 and the percentage of voters who exercised their right was an impressive 74.04%.[2] The results of the elections were declared on 16 May 2014.

Background

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government under the premiership of Dr. 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 debutante 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 SJ(D) joined the UDF in August 2010[3] splitting away from its parent, the Janata Dal (S) while the left leaning RSP docked itself to the UDF in March 2014, after the announcement of the general election.[4]

No.
 Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Indian National Congress 15
2. Indian Union Muslim League 2
3. Kerala Congress (M) 1
4. Socialist Janata (Democratic) 1
5. Revolutionary Socialist Party 1

Left Democratic Front

No.
 Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist)10
2. Communist Party of India 4
3. Janata Dal (Secular) 1
4. Independents 5

National Democratic Alliance

NDA seat sharing in Kerala
No.
 Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party 18
2. Kerala Congress (Nationalist) 1
3. 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).[5]

Other Parties

No.
 Party Election Symbol Seats Contested
1. Aam Aadmi Party 15

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 [9] NDTV- Hansa Research 46,571 9 11 0 0
March–April 2014 [10] CNN-IBN-Lokniti-CSDS 607 11–17 4–8 0 0
April 2014 [11] NDTV- Hansa Research 24,000 8 12 0 0

Voting

Constituency-Wise Voter Turnout

Based on data from Election Commission India [12]

No. Constituency Male Electors Male Voters Male Turnout Female Electors Female Voters Female Turnout Total Electors Total Voters Total Turnout
1 Kasargod 595,047 459,537 77.23% 648,683 514,678 79.34% 1,243,730 974,215 78.33%
2 Kannur 548,454 439,557 80.14% 621,812 507,560 81.63% 1,170,266 947,117 80.93%
3 Vadakara 561,168 437,556 77.97% 621,336 521,786 83.98% 1,182,504 959,342 81.13%
4 Wayanad 614,822 454,300 73.89% 634,598 460,706 72.60% 1,249,420 915,006 73.23%
5 Kozhikode 571,709 457,548 80.03% 610,775 485,461 79.48% 1,182,484 943,009 79.75%
6 Malappuram 598,207 415,980 69.54% 600,237 437,487 72.89% 1,198,444 853,467 71.21%
7 Ponnani 574,106 405,116 70.56% 606,683 466,476 76.89% 1,180,789 871,592 73.81%
8 Palakkad 587,379 444,510 75.68% 621,379 465,812 74.96% 1,208,758 910,322 75.31%
9 Alathur 591,950 452,858 76.50% 624,401 474,370 75.97% 1,216,351 927,228 76.23%
10 Thrissur 606,518 434,202 71.59% 668,770 486,303 72.72% 1,275,288 920,505 72.18%
11 Chalakudy 565,081 436,712 77.28% 585,410 447,321 76.41% 1,150,491 884,033 76.84%
12 Ernakulam 565,809 428,565 75.74% 590,658 422,269 71.49% 1,156,467 850,834 73.57%
13 Idukki 578,849 425,049 73.43% 579,886 394,717 68.07% 1,158,735 819,766 70.75%
14 Kottayam 573,571 426,879 74.42% 587,892 404,757 68.85% 1,161,463 831,636 71.60%
15 Alappuzha 611,877 477,885 78.10% 659,447 519,579 78.79% 1,271,324 997,464 78.46%
16 Mavelikkara 592,702 416,969 70.35% 659,966 472,091 71.53% 1,252,668 889,060 70.97%
17 Pathanamthitta 631,495 425,771 67.42% 692,411 443,681 64.08% 1,323,906 869,452 65.67%
18 Kollam 575,296 408,322 70.98% 644,119 470,734 73.08% 1,219,415 879,056 72.09%
19 Attingal 575,780 396,246 68.82% 675,618 463,104 68.55% 1,251,398 859,350 68.67%
20 Thiruvananthapuram 614,438 434,623 70.74% 658,310 438,816 66.66% 1,272,748 873,439 68.63%
State Total 11,734,258 8,678,185 73.96% 12,592,391 9,297,708 73.84% 24,326,649 17,975,893 73.89%

Results

Summary of results

UDF LDF NDA Others
12 8 0 0
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 Decrease5 40%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) LDF CPI(M) 10 50% 3,880,655 21.59% 5 Increase1 25%
CPI(M) Independents LDF IND 5 25% 1,662,997 9.25% 2 Increase2 10%
Indian Union Muslim League UDF IUML 2 Steady 10% 816,226 4.54% 2 Steady 10%
Communist Party of India LDF CPI 4 20% 1,364,010 7.59% 1 Increase1 5%
Kerala Congress UDF KEC(M) 1 Steady 5% 424,194 2.36% 1 Steady 5%
Revolutionary Socialist Party UDF RSP 1 Steady 5% 408,528 2.27% 1 Increase1 5%
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA BJP 18 90% 1,856,750 10.33% 0 Steady 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 Steady 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 Steady 0.00%
Socialist Republican Party SRP 2 10% 6,512 0.04% 0 Steady 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 Steady 0.00%
Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD 1 5% 1,376 0.01% 0 Steady 0.00%
Republican Party of India (A) RPI(A) 2 10% 997 0.01% 0 Steady 0.00%
Social Action Party SAP 1 5% 682 0.00% 0 Steady 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 Steady 0.00%
Other Independents IND 116 334,936 1.86% 0 Steady 0.00%
None of the above NOTA 210,561 1.17% New 0 New 0.00%
Valid Votes 289 Increase72 17,975,893 100.00% Steady 20 Steady 100.00%
Rejected Votes
Total Polled
Registered Electors
Sources: Election Commission of India

Constituency-wise detailed results

Based on the data from Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala[13]

No. Constituency Winner Party Votes % 2nd Position Party Votes % 3rd Position Party Votes % NOTA Margin
1 Kasaragod P. Karunakaran CPI(M) 384964 T. Siddique INC 378043 K. Surendran BJP 172826 6103 6921
2 Kannur P. K. Sreemathy CPI(M) 427622 K. Sudhakaran INC 421056 P C. Mohanan Master BJP 51636 7026 6566
3 Vadakara Mullappally Ramachandran INC 416479 A.N. Shamseer CPI(M) 413173 V. K. Sajeevan BJP 76313 6107 3306
4 Wayanad M. I. Shanavas INC 377035 Sathyan Mokeri CPI 356165 P. R. Rasmilnath BJP 80752 10735 20870
5 Kozhikode M. K. Raghavan INC 397615 A. Vijayaraghavan CPI(M) 380732 C. K. Padmanabhan BJP 115760 6381 16883
6 Malappuram E. Ahammed IUML 437723 P K Sainaba CPI(M) 242984 N. Sreeprakash BJP 64705 21829 194739
7 Ponnani E. T. Muhammed Basheer IUML 378503 V Abdurahiman LDF-IND 353093 Narayanan Master BJP 75212 7494 25410
8 Palakkad M. B. Rajesh CPI(M) 412897 M. P. Veerendrakumar SJ(D) 307597 Sobha Surendran BJP 136587 11291 105300
9 Alathur P.K. Biju CPI(M) 411808 Sheeba INC 374496 Shajumon Vattekkattu BJP 87803 21417 37312
10 Thrissur C. N. Jayadevan CPI 389209 K. P. Dhanapalan INC 350982 K. P. Sreesan BJP 102681 10050 38227
11 Chalakudy Innocent LDF-IND 358440 P. C. Chacko INC 344556 B. Gopalakrishnan BJP 92848 10552 13884
12 Ernakulam K. V. Thomas INC 353841 Christy Fernandez LDF-IND 266794 A. N. Radhakrishnan BJP 99003 9735 87047
13 Idukki Joice George LDF-IND 382019 Dean Kuriakose INC 331477 Sabu Varghese BJP 50438 12338 50542
14 Kottayam Jose K Mani KC(M) 424194 Mathew T. Thomas JD(S) 303595 Noble Mathew IND 44357 14024 120599
15 Alappuzha K. C. Venugopal INC 462525 C B Chandrababu CPI(M) 443118 A. V. Thamarakshan RSP(B) 43051 11338 19407
16 Mavelikkara Kodikkunnil Suresh INC 402432 Chengara Surendran CPI 369695 P. Sudheer BJP 79743 9459 32737
17 Pathanamthitta Anto Antony Punnathaniyil INC 358842 Peelipose Thomas LDF-IND 302651 M. T. Ramesh BJP 138954 16538 56191
18 Kollam N.K. Premachandran RSP 408528 M. A. Baby CPI(M) 370879 P. M. Velayudhan BJP 58671 7876 37649
19 Attingal A. Sampath CPI(M) 392478 Bindu Krishna INC 323100 Girijakumari S BJP 90528 6924 69378
20 Thiruvananthapuram Shashi Tharoor INC 297806 O. Rajagopal BJP 282336 Bennet Abraham CPI 248941 3346 15470

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ndtv.com/elections/article/election-2014/elections-2014-notification-for-second-third-phases-of-lok-sabha-polls-496066
  2. ↑ http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/generalelection2014/VTGE2014.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article558073.ece
  4. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/kerala/RSP-Set-to-Join-UDF-CPI-Presses-Karat-for-Patch-up/2014/03/09/article2099702.ece#.U0bTs_mSyU9
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  6. ↑ "Congress 102, BJP 162; UPA 117, NDA 186: C-Voter Poll". Outlook. Retrieved 17 October 2013.
  7. ↑ "India TV-C Voter projection: Big gains for BJP in UP, Bihar; NDA may be 45 short of magic mark". Indiatv. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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  9. ↑ "The Final Word – India's biggest opinion poll". NDTV.
  10. ↑ "Kerala poll tracker: UDF ahead with 11–17 seats, LDF 4–8". CNN-IBN. 1 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.
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  12. ↑ "Chief Election India".
  13. ↑ "Chief electoral officer, Kerala". Archived from the original on 16 May 2014. Retrieved 14 May 2014.