Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2011

Kerala State legislative assembly election, 2011

13 April 2011
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
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 seats, 42.98% 98 seats, 48.63% Seats before 42 98 Seats won 72 68 Seat change 30 30 Popular vote 8,002,874 7,846,703 Percentage 45.83% 44.94 Swing 2.85% 3.69%
Kerala Assembly Constituencies
Chief Minister before election V. S. Achuthanandan CPI(M) Chief Minister Oommen Chandy INC

The thirteenth legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members of the 140 constituencies in Kerala. Election results were released on 13 May 2011. The results proved to be one of the closest elections in Kerala's history, with the UDF beating the LDF by a margin of 4 seats.

Parties and coalitions

There are two 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 contesting in the state and fielded candidates in 139 constituencies, with one seat to their NDA alliance partner Janata Dal (United).^{[1] [2]}

United Democratic Front

Sl.No:	Name of the Party	Party Flag	Party Leader in Kerala
1	Indian National Congress		Ramesh Chennithala
2	Indian Union Muslim League		Syed Hyderali Shihab Thangal
3	Kerala Congress (M)		K. M. Mani
4	Revolutionary Socialist Party		A.A. Azeez
5	Janata Dal (United)		M. P. Virendra Kumar
6	Kerala Congress (Jacob)		Johnny Nellore
7	Communist Marxist Party (John)		C. P. John

Left Democratic Front

Sl.No:	Name of the Party	Party Flag	Party Leader in Kerala
1	Communist Party of India (Marxist)		Kodiyeri Balakrishnan
2	Communist Party of India		Kanam Rajendran
3	Janata Dal (Secular)		Mathew T. Thomas
4	Nationalist Congress Party		Uzhavoor Vijayan
5	Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)		Skaria Thomas
6	Congress (S)		Kadannappalli Ramachandran
8	Communist Marxist Party		K.R. Aravindakshan
9	Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)		R. Balakrishna Pillai
10	Indian National League		S.A. Puthiya Vallapil

National Democratic Alliance

Sl.No:	Name of the Party	Party Flag	Party Leader in Kerala
1	Bharatiya Janata Party		Kummanam Rajasekharan

Other Parties

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting in all the 140 seats.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) contests in 6 seats in the state.

The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI)^[3] is contesting in 26 seats.

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) ^[4] fielded candidates in 84^[5] constituencies.

The Shiv Sena is contesting 44^[6] seats, without any alliance with the BJP.

Seat allotment

Common election symbols are provided only to national parties and registered recognized state parties.^[7] Registered unrecognized parties are given free symbols as per availability, based on request.

UDF

Sl.No:	Name of the Party	Election Symbol	Seats contested	Seats won
1	Indian National Congress		82	39 §
2	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)		24	20
3	Kerala Congress (M)		15	9
3	Socialist Janatha (Democratic)		6	2
4	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (JSS)		4	0
5	Communist Marxist Party (CMP)		3	0
6	Kerala Congress (Jacob)		3	1
7	Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) (RSP (B))		1	1
8	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)		4	2
	Total		140	73

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

LDF

Sl.No:	Name of the Party	Election Symbol	Seats contested	Seats Won
1	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI (M))		93	44 §
2	Communist Party of India (CPI)		27	13
3	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)		5	4
3	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)		4	2
4	Indian National League (INL)		3	0
5	Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)		3	0
6	Congress (S)		1	0
7	Independent		4	2
	Total		140	67

§ 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 by election

NDA

Name of the Party	Seats contested	Seats won
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	139	0
Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	1	0

The official constituency wise list of candidates with their election symbols

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.

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 least number of voters with 130,254, followed by Ernakulam with 133,398 and Tanur in Malappuram district with 136,183 voters respectively.^[9]

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][10]

Peerumedu constituency has the most number of polling booths, with 195 booths.

Thiruvananthapuram district has the largest number of 100 candidates in the fray the least number of 17 candidates is in Wayanad.^[11]

Poonjar constituency has the maximum number of candidates, 13. The least number of candidates is 4, in the constituencies of Sulthanbathery, Alathur, Malampuzha and Kaduthuruthy.^[12]

Campaign

Salient points

V. S. Achuthanandan started the LDF campaign in Malampuzha, Palakkad on 21-Mar-2011.^[13]

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.^[14][15]

The use of a helicopter by KPCC chief Ramesh Chennithala in poll campaign was criticised by LDF.^[16]

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.^[17]

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.^[18]

UDF manifesto

The main promises in the UDF manifesto are:-^[19]

1. 36 lakh jobs for the 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 per cent interest.
4. Free bi-cycles 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:-^[20]

1. Amend the Lok Ayukta rules to provide information to public regarding the assets owned by public figures within and outside the country and to ensure transparent and corruption-free administration..
2. Extension of Rs 2 per kg rice scheme to all sections.
3. Increase old age pension from Rs 400 to Rs 1000.
4. Creation of 25 lakh jobs in non-farm sectors and increasing the state spending on infrastructure projects.
5. A subsidy of Rs 20 per litre for kerosene for the weaker sections..
6. Several sops for women and children with various empowerments schemes totalling Rs 7500 crore..
7. The maternity leave with wage for women worker in unorganised sector would be increased to three months from the present one month..
8. All the school children would be given free meal, uninforms and textbooks..
9. A welfare-cum-pension scheme for employees of places of worship of all religions will be introduced..
10. The operations of other-state lotteries would be contained while protecting Kerala state lottery.
11. Total electrification of the state in six months.
12. Cent per cent drinking water supply in five years.

Poll surveys

Pre-poll surveys

• The Asianet opinion survey released on 9-Mar-2011 predicts 77 to 87 seats for UDF, 53 to 63 seats for LDF and 0 to 5 seats for BJP.
• The second round survey by Asianet News on 31-Mar-2011 changes the tally as follows: UDF 80 to 90; LDF 50 to 60: BJP 0 to 2.^[21]
• The opinion survey conducted by Institute for Monitoring Economic Growth, predicted on 31-Mar-2011 that the UDF will get 72–82 seats and the LDF will get 58–68 seats in the elections.^[22]
• The opinion poll conducted by Mail Today-India Today-Headlines Today-Aaj Tak-ORG, announced on 1-April-2011 predicts 96 seats to the UDF and only 41 seats to the ruling LDF, with others getting 3 seats.^[23][24]

Post-poll surveys

• The post-poll study by the Centre for Study of Developing Societies (CSDS) done for The Week, Manorama News and CNN-IBN released on the 10-May-2011 predicted 69 to 77 seats for LDF and 63 to 71 seats for UDF, giving a slight advantage to LDF for the first time.^[25]
• The third and final survey conducted by Centre for Forecasting and Research (C fore) in association with Asianet released on 10-May-2011 has again changed their predictions as follows: UDF 72 to 82; LDF 58 to 68; BJP 0 to 2 ^[26]
• The Headlines Today-ORG polls, released on 10-May-2011, predicted that the UDF would win 85 to 92 seats and the LDF would win 48 to 55 seats.^[27]
• Star News survey predicted that the UDF is expected to win 88 seats while the LDF will win 49 seats.^[28][29]
• The Congress-backed Jai Hind TV channel predicted that the UDF will win 86–96 seats and the LDF would have to settle for 44–54 seats.^[30]
• News24 channel in association with 'Today's Chanakya Agency' predicts UDF 84-102; LDF 35-53; BJP 0-6 .^[31]
• Exit poll by 'CVB News-C-Voter' gave UDF 83–91, LDF 49–57 and BJP 1–4 seats.^[32]

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.^[33]

A total of 971 candidates contested the elections, after the withdrawal of nominations closed.^[11]

Voting

The polling to elect members of assembly from the 140 constituencies in Kerala was held successfully on 13 April 2011. 75.12 per cent voter turn out was recorded in the state. The district wise and constituency wise polling percentage is as given below.^[34][35]

Re-polling was conducted on two polling stations in the state on 16-April-2011, in the Legislative Assembly constituencies of Pattambi and Chalakkudy.

Sl. No:	District	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		Vypeen	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%
	TOTAL		23147871	2118	75.12%

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	NDA	Others
72	68	0	0

UDF								LDF
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

Alliance wise result

LDF+	SEATS	UDF+	SEATS	NDA+	SEATS	OTHERS	SEATS
CPIM	45-1 (by-polls)	INC	39+1 (by-polls)	BJP	0	IND	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)	68	TOTAL (2011)	72	TOTAL (2011)	0	TOTAL (2011)	0
TOTAL (2006)	98	TOTAL (2006)	42	TOTAL (2006)	0	TOTAL (2006)	0

Constituency-wise detailed results

Sl. No:	Constituency	UDF candidate	Party	Votes	LDF candidate	Party	Votes	BJP+ candidate	Votes	Winner	Margin	Winning alliance
1	Manjeshwar	P. B. Abdul Razaq	IUML	49817	C. H. Kunjambu	CPI(M)	35067	K. Surendaran	43989	P. B. Abdul Razaq	5828	UDF
2	Kasargod	N. A. Nellikunnu	IUML	53068	Azeez Kadappuram	INL	16467	Jayalakshmi N. Bhatt	43330	N. A. Nellikunnu	9738	UDF
3	Uduma	C. K. Sreedharan	INC	50266	K Kunhiraman	CPI(M)	61646	B. Sunitha	13073	K Kunhiraman	11380	LDF
4	Kanhangad	M. C. Jose	INC	54462	E. Chandrasekharan	CPI	66640	Maddikkai Kummaran	15543	E. Chandrasekharan	12178	LDF
5	Thrikkaripur	K. V. Gangadharan	INC	59106	K. Kunjiraman	CPI(M)	67871	T. Radhakrishnan	5450	K. Kunjiraman	8765	LDF
6	Payyannur	K. Brijeshkumar	INC	45992	C. Krishnan	CPI(M)	78116	C. K. Rameshan	5019	C.Krishnan	32124	LDF
7	Kalliasseri	P. Indira	INC	43244	T. V. Rajesh	CPI(M)	73190	Sreekanth Varma	5499	T. V. Rajesh	29946	LDF
8	Taliparamba	Job Michael	KC(M)	53170	James Mathew	CPI(M)	81031	K. Jayaprakash	6492	James Mathew	27861	LDF
9	Irikkur	K. C. Joseph	INC	68503	P. Santhosh Kumar	CPI	56746	M. G. Ramakrishnan	3529	K. C. Joseph	11757	UDF
10	Azhikode	K. M. Shaji	IUML	55077	M. Prakasan	CPI(M)	54584	M. K. Saseendran	7540	K. M. Shaji	493	UDF
11	Kannur	A. P. Abdullakutty	INC	55427	Kadannapalli Ramachandran	Congress(S)	48984	U. T. Jayanthan	4568	A. P. Abdullakutty	6443	UDF
12	Dharmadam	Mambaram Divakaran	INC	57192	K. K. Narayanan	CPI(M)	72354	C. P. Sangeetha	4963	K. K. Narayanan	15162	LDF
13	Thalassery	Rijil Makutty	INC	40361	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan	CPI(M)	66870	V. Ratnakaran	6973	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan	26509	LDF
14	Kuthuparamba	K. P. Mohanan	SJD	57164	Syed Ali Puthiya Valappil	INL (Independent)	53861	O. K. Vasu	11835	K. P. Mohanan	3303	UDF
15	Mattannur	Joseph Chavara	SJD	44665	E. P. Jayarajan	CPI(M)	75177	Biju Elakuzhi	8707	E. P. Jayarajan	30512	LDF
16	Peravoor	Sunny Joseph	INC	56151	K. K. Shylaja	CPI(M)	52711	P. K. Velayudhan	4055	Sunny Joseph	3440	UDF
17	Mananthavady (ST)	P. K. Jayalakshmi	INC	62996	K. C. Kunjiraman	CPI(M)	50262	E. Kunjaman	5732	P. K. Jayalakshmi	12734	UDF
18	Sulthanbathery (ST)	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC	71509	E. A. Shankaran	CPI(M)	63926	Palliyara Raman	8829	I. C. Balakrishnan	7583	UDF
19	Kalpetta	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	SJD	67018	P. A. Muhammed	CPI(M)	48849	P. G. Anand Kumar	6580	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	18169	UDF
20	Vatakara	M. K. Premnath	SJD	46065	C. K. Nanu	JD(S)	46912	M. P. Rajan	6909	C. K. Nanu	847	LDF
21	Kuttiady	Soopy Narikatteri	IUML	63286	K. K. Lalitha	CPI(M)	70258	V. K. Sajeevan	6272	K. K. Lalitha	6972	LDF
22	Nadapuram	V. M. Chandran	INC	64532	E. K. Vijayan	CPI	72078	K. P. Prakash Babu	6058	E. K. Vijayan	7546	LDF
23	Koyilandy	K. P. Anilkumar	INC	60235	K. Dasan	CPI(M)	64374	T. P. Jayachandran	8086	K. Dasan	4139	LDF
24	Perambra	Mohammed Iqbal	KC(M)	54979	K. Kunhahammed Master	CPI(M)	70248	P. Chandrika	7214	K. Kunhahammed Master	15269	LDF
25	Balusseri (SC)	A. Balram	INC	65377	Purushan Kadalundy	CPI(M)	74259	T. K. Raman	9304	Purushan Kadalundy	8882	LDF
26	Elathur	Shaikh P. Haris	SJD	52489	A. K. Saseendran	NCP	67143	V.V. Rajan	11901	A. K. Saseendran	14654	LDF
27	Kozhikode North	P. V. Gangadharan	INC	48125	A. Pradeepkumar	CPI(M)	57123	P. Reghunath	9894	A. Pradeepkumar	8998	LDF
28	Kozhikode South	M. K. Muneer	IUML	47771	C. P. Musaffir Ahmed	CPI(M)	46395	Jaya Sadanandan	7512	M. K. Muneer	1376	UDF
29	Beypore	M. P. Adam Mulsi	INC	55234	Elamaram Kareem	CPI(M)	60550	K. P. Sreesan	11040	Elamaram Kareem	5316	LDF
30	Kunnamangalam	U. C. Raman	IUML	62900	P. T. A. Rahim	Independent	66169	C. K. Padmanabhan	17123	P. T .A. Rahim	3269	LDF
31	Koduvally	V. M. Ummer Master	IUML	60365	M. Mehboob	CPI(M)	43813	Gireesh Thevalli	6519	V. M. Ummer Master	16552	UDF
32	Thiruvambadi	C. Moyinkutty	IUML	56386	George M. Thomas	CPI(M)	52553	Jose Kappattumala	3894	C. Moyinkutty	3833	UDF
33	Kondotty	P. Mohammedunni Haji	IUML	67998	P. C. Naushad	CPI(M)	39849	Kumari Sukumaran	6840	P. Mohammedunni Haji	28149	UDF
34	Ernad	P. K. Basheer	IUML	58698	K. Asharaf Ali	CPI Independent	47,452	Baburaj	3448	P. K. Basheer	11246	UDF
35	Nilambur	Aryadan Mohammed	INC	66331	M. Thomas Mathew	Independent	60733	K. C. Velayudhan	4425	Aryadan Mohammed	5598	UDF
36	Wandoor (SC)	A. P. Anilkumar	INC	77580	V. Rameshan	CPI(M)	48661	Kotheri Ayyappan	2885	A. P. Anilkumar	28919	UDF
37	Manjeri	M. Ummer	IUML	67594	V. Gowri	CPI	38515	P. G. Upendran	6319	M. Ummer	29079	UDF
38	Perinthalmanna	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	IUML	69730	V. Sasikumar	CPI(M)	60141	C. K. Kunjumohammed	1989	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	9589	UDF
39	Mankada	T. A. Ahammed Kabeer	IUML	67756	Khadeeja Sathar	CPI(M)	44163	K ManiKandan	4387	T. A. Ahammed Kabeer	23593	UDF
40	Malappuram	P. Ubaidulla	IUML	77928	Sadiq Madathil	JD(S)	33420	K. Velayudhan	3841	P. Ubaidulla	44508	UDF
41	Vengara	P. K. Kunhalikutty	IUML	63138	K. P. Ismail	INL	24901	Subramaniyan	3417	P. K. Kunhalikutty	38237	UDF
42	Vallikunnu	K. N. A. Khader	IUML	57250	K. V. Sankaranarayanan	Independent	39128	M. Premkumar	11099	K. N. A. Khader	18122	UDF
43	Tirurangadi	P. K. Abdu Rabb	IUML	58666	K. K. Samad	CPI	28458	Sashidharan Punnasseri	5480	P. K. Abdu Rabb	30208	UDF
44	Tanur	Abdurahman Randathani	IUML	51549	E. Jayan	CPI(M)	51549	Ravi Thelath	7304	Abdurahman Randathani	9433	UDF
45	Tirur	C. Mammootty	IUML	69305	P. P. Abdullakkutty	CPI(M)	45739	P. T. Ali Haji	5543	C. Mammootty	23566	UDF
46	Kottakkal	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani	IUML	69717	C. P. K. Gurukkal	NCP	33815	K. K. Surendran	7782	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani	35902	UDF
47	Thavanur	V. V. Prakash	INC	50875	Dr K.T.Jaleel	Independent	57729	Nirmala Kuttikrishnan	7107	K.T. Jaleel	6854	LDF
48	Ponnani	P. T. Ajay Mohan	INC	53514	P. Sreeramakrishnan	CPI(M)	57615	V. T. Jayapraksh	5680	P. Sreeramakrishnan	4101	LDF
49	Thrithala	V. T. Balram	INC	57848	P. Mammikkutty	CPI(M)	54651	V. Ramankutty	5899	V. T. Balram	3197	UDF
50	Pattambi	C. P. Mohammed	INC	57728	K. P. Suresh Raj	CPI	45253	P. Babu	8874	C. P. Mohammed	12475	UDF
51	Shoranur	Shanta Jayaram	INC	46123	K. S. Saleekha	CPI(M)	59616	V. B. Muralidharan	10562	K.S. Saleekha	13493	LDF
52	Ottappalam	V. K. Sreekandan	INC	51820	M. Hamsa	CPI(M)	65023	P. Venugopal	9631	M. Hamsa	13203	LDF
53	Kongad (SC)	P. Swaminathan	INC	49355	K.V. Vijayadas	CPI(M)	52920	B. Devayani	8467	K. V. Vijayadas	3565	LDF
54	Mannarkkad	N. Shamusudheen	IUML	60191	V. Chamunni	CPI	51921	O. P. Vasadevanunni	5655	N. Shamusudheen	8270	UDF
55	Malampuzha	Lathika Subhash	INC	54312	V. S. Achuthanandan	CPI(M)	77752	P. K. Majeed Pedikat (JDU)	2772	V. S. Achuthanandan	23440	LDF
56	Palakkad	Shafi Parambil	INC	47641	K. K. Divakaran	CPI(M)	40238	C. Uday Bhaskar	22317	Shafi Parambil	7403	UDF
57	Tarur (SC)	N. Vinesh	KC(J)	38419	A. K. Balan	CPI(M)	64175	M. Lakshmanan	5385	A. K. Balan	25756	LDF
58	Chittur	K. Achuthan	INC	69916	Subhash Chandra Bose	CPI(M)	57586	A. K. Omanakuttan	4518	K. Achuthan	12330	UDF
59	Nemmara	M. V. Raghavan	CMP	55475	V. Chenthamarakshan	CPI(M)	64169	N. Sivarajan	9123	V. Chenthamarakshan	8694	LDF
60	Alathur	K. Kushalakumar	KC(M)	42236	M. Chandran	CPI(M)	66977	K. A. Sulaiman	5460	M. Chandran	24741	LDF
61	Chelakkara (SC)	K. B. Sasikumar	INC	49007	K. Radhakrishnan	CPI(M)	73683	V. A. Krishna Kumaran	7056	K. Radhakrishnan	24676	LDF
62	Kunnamkulam	C. P. John	CMP	57763	Babu M. Palissery	CPI(M)	58244	K. K. Aneeshkumar	11725	Babu M. Palissery	481	LDF
63	Guruvayoor	Ashraf Kokkur	IUML	52278	K. V. Abdulkhader	CPI(M)	62246	Dayanandan Mambulli	9306	K.V. Abdulkhader	9968	LDF
64	Manalur	P. A. Madhavan	INC	63077	Baby John	CPI(M)	62596	P. M. Gopinath	10543	P. A. Madhavan	481	UDF
65	Wadakkanchery	C. N. Balakrishnan	INC	67911	N. R. Balan	CPI(M)	61226	Shajumon Vattekadu	7451	C. N. Balakrishnan	6685	UDF
66	Ollur	M.P Vincent	INC	64823	Rajaji Mathew Thomas	CPI	58576	Sundar Rajan	6761	M.P Vincent	6247	UDF
67	Thrissur	Therambil Ramakrishnan	INC	59991	P. Balachandran	CPI	43822	Ravikumar Uppath	6697	Therambil Ramakrishnan	16169	UDF
68	Nattika (SC)	Vikas Chakrapani	CMP (Independent)	48501	Geetha Gopi	CPI	64555	Sarju Thoyyakkavu	11144	Geetha Gopi	16054	LDF
69	Kaipamangalam	Umesh Challiyil	JSS	45219	V. S. Sunil Kumar	CPI	58789	A.N. Radhakrishnan	10716	V.S. Sunil Kumar	13570	LDF
70	Irinjalakuda	Thomas Unniyadan	KC(M)	68445	K. R. Vijaya	CPI(M)	56041	K. C. Venugopal	6672	Thomas Unniyadan	12404	UDF
71	Puthukkad	K. P. Viswanathan	INC	46565	C. Raveendranath	CPI(M)	73047	Sobha Surendran	14425	C. Raveendranath	26482	LDF
72	Chalakudy	K. T. Benny	INC	61061	B.D. Devasi	CPI(M)	63610	Sudhir Baby	5976	B.D. Devasi	2549	LDF
73	Kodungallur	T N Prathapan	INC	64495	K G Sivanandan	CPI	55063	I. R. Vijayan	6732	T N Prathapan	9432	UDF
74	Perumbavoor	Jaison Joseph	INC	56246	Saju Paul	CPI(M)	59628	O. C. Ashokan	5464	Saju Paul	3382	LDF
75	Angamaly	Johnny Nellore	KC(J)	54330	Jose Thettayil	JD(S)	61500	P. Brahmaraj	4117	Jose Thettayil	7170	LDF
76	Aluva	Anwar Sadath	INC	64244	A. M. Yusuf	CPI(M)	51030	M. N. Gopi	8264	Anwar Sadath	13214	UDF
77	Kalamassery	V. K. Ibrahim Kunju	IUML	62843	K. Chandran Pillai	CPI(M)	55054	P. Krishnadas	8438	V. K. Ibrahim Kunju	7789	UDF
78	Paravur	V.D. Satheesan	INC	74632	Pannyan Raveendran	CPI	63283	T. S. Purushothamman	3934	V.D. Satheesan	11349	UDF
79	Vypeen	Ajay Tharayil	INC	55572	S. Sharma	CPI(M)	60814	Surendran	2930	S. Sharma	5242	LDF
80	Kochi	Dominic Presentation	INC	56352	M. C. Josephine	CPI(M)	39849	K. Sashidharan	5480	Dominic Presentation	16503	UDF
81	Thripunithura	K. Babu	INC	69886	C. M. Dinesh Mani	CPI(M)	54108	Sabu Varghese	4942	K. Babu	15778	UDF
82	Ernakulam	Hibi Eden	INC	59919	Sebastian Paul	Independent	27482	C. G. Rajagopal	6362	Hibi Eden	32437	UDF
83	Thrikkakara	Benny Behanan	INC	65854	M. E. Hasainar	CPI(M)	43448	N. Sajikumar	5935	Benny Behanan	22406	UDF
84	Kunnathunad (SC)	V.P. Sajeendran	INC	63624	M. A. Surendran	CPI(M)	54892	Ravi Veliyathunadu	5862	V.P. Sajeendran	8732	UDF
88	Piravom	T. M. Jacob	KC(J)	66503	M. J. Jacob	CPI(M)	66346	M. N. Madhu	4234	T. M. Jacob	157	UDF
86	Muvattupuzha	Joseph Vazhakkan	INC	58012	Babu Paul	CPI	52849	Jiji Joseph	4367	Joseph Vazhakkan	5163	UDF
87	Kothamangalam	T. U. Kuruvilla	KC(M)	52924	Scaria Thomas	KC(T)	40702	Radhakrishnan	5769	T. U. Kuruvilla	12222	UDF
88	Devikulam (SC)	A. K. Mani	INC	47771	S Rejandran	CPI(M)	51849	S. Rajagopal	3582	S Rejandran	4078	LDF
89	Udumbanchola	Josy Sebastian	INC	47090	K. K. Jayachandran	CPI(M)	56923	N. Narayanraj	3836	K. K. Jayachandran	9833	LDF
90	Thodupuzha	P. J. Joseph	KC(M)	66325	Joseph Augustine	Independent	43457	P. M. Velayudhan	10049	P. J. Joseph	22868	UDF
91	Idukki	Roshy Augustine	KC(M)	65734	C. V. Varghese	CPI(M)	49928	C. C. Krishnan	3013	Roshy Augustine	15806	UDF
92	Peerumade	E. M. Augusty	INC	51971	E. S. Bijimol	CPI	56748	P. P. Sanu	3380	E.S. Bijimol	4777	LDF
93	Pala	K. M. Mani	KC(M)	61239	Mani C. Kappan	NCP	55980	B. Vijay Kumar	6359	K. M. Mani	5259	UDF
94	Kaduthuruthy	Monce Joseph	KC(M)	68787	Stephen George	KC(T)	45730	P.G. Bijukumar	5340	Monce Joseph	23057	UDF
95	Vaikom (SC)	Satheesh Kumar	INC	52035	K. Ajith	CPI	62603	Ramesh Kavimattom	4512	K. Ajith	10568	LDF
96	Ettumanoor	Thomas Chazhikadan	KC(M)	55580	K. Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	57381	V. G. Gopakumar	3385	K. Suresh Kurup	1801	LDF
97	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	INC	53825	V.N. Vasavan	CPI(M)	53114	Narayan Namboothiri	5449	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	711	UDF
98	Puthuppally	Oommen Chandy	INC	69922	Suja Susan George	CPI(M)	36667	D. Sunilkumar	6679	Oommen Chandy	33255	UDF
99	Changanassery	C. F. Thomas	KC(M)	51019	B. Iqbal	CPI(M)	48465	M.B. Rajagopal	6281	C. F. Thomas	2554	UDF
100	Kanjirappally	N. Jayaraj	KC(M)	57021	Suresh T Nair	CPI	44815	K. G. Rajmohan	8037	N.Jayaraj	12206	UDF
101	Poonjar	P. C. George	KC(M)	59809	Mohan Thomas	Independent	44105	K. Santhosh Kumar	5010	P. C. George	15704	UDF
102	Aroor	M. A. Shukoor	INC	59823	A. M. Arif	CPI(M)	76675	P. Sajeev Lal	7486	A.M. Arif	16852	LDF
103	Cherthala	K. R. Gowri Amma	JSS	67878	P. Thilothaman	CPI	86193	P.K. Binu	5933	P. Thilothaman	18315	LDF
104	Alappuzha	P. J. Mathew	INC	59515	Thomas Isaac	CPI(M)	75857	Kottaram Unnikrishnan	3540	Thomas Isaac	16342	LDF
105	Ambalappuzha	M. Liju	INC	47148	G. Sudhakaran	CPI(M)	63728	P.K. Vasudevan	2668	G. Sudhakaran	16580	LDF
106	Kuttanad	K.C. Joseph	KC(M)	52039	Thomas Chandy	NCP	60010	K. Soman	4395	Thomas Chandy	7971	LDF
107	Haripad	Ramesh Chennithala	INC	67378	G. Krishnaprasad	CPI	61858	Ajith Shanker	3145	Ramesh Chennithala	5520	UDF
108	Kayamkulam	M. Murali	INC	66094	C. K. Sadasivan	CPI(M)	67409	T.O. Noushad	3083	C.K. Sadasivan	1315	LDF
109	Mavelikkara (SC)	K. K. Shaju	JSS	60754	R. Rajesh	CPI(M)	65903	S. Girija	4984	R. Rajesh	5149	LDF
110	Chengannur	P. C. Vishnunath	INC	65156	C. S. Sujatha	CPI(M)	52656	B. Radhakrishnan Menon	6062	P. C. Vishnunath	12500	UDF
111	Thiruvalla	Victor T. Thomas	KC(M)	52522	Mathew T. Thomas	JD(S)	63289	Rajan Moolaveetil	7656	Mathew T. Thomas	10767	LDF
112	Ranni	Peelipose Thomas	INC	51777	Raju Abraham	CPI(M)	58391	Suresh Kadambari	7442	Raju Abraham	6614	LDF
113	Aranmula	K. Sivadasan Nair	INC	64845	K. C. Rajagopal	CPI(M)	58334	K. Haridas	10227	K. Sivadasan Nair	6511	UDF
114	Konni	Adoor Prakash	INC	65724	M. S. Rajendran	CPI(M)	57950	V.S. Harish Chandran	5994	Adoor Prakash	7774	UDF
115	Adoor (SC)	Pandalam Sudhakaran	INC	62894	Chittayam Gopakumar	CPI	63501	K K Sasi	6210	Chittayam Gopakumar	607	LDF
116	Karunagapally	Rajan Babu	JSS	54564	C. Divakaran	CPI	69086	M. Suresh	5097	C. Divakaran	14522	LDF
117	Chavara	Shibu Baby John	RSP(B)	65002	N. K. Premachandran	RSP	58941	Nalini Sankaramankalam	2026	Shibu Baby John	6061	UDF
118	Kunnathur (SC)	P. K. Ravi	INC	59835	Kovoor Kunjumon	RSP	71923	Raji Prasad	5949	Kovoor Kunjumon	12088	LDF
119	Kottarakkara	N N Murali	KC(B)	53477	P. Ayisha Potty	CPI(M)	74069	Vayakkal Madhu	6370	P. Ayisha Potty	20592	LDF
120	Pathanapuram	K. B. Ganesh Kumar	KC(B)	71421	K. Rajagopal	CPI(M)	51019	Subhash Pattazhi	2839	K. B. Ganesh Kumar	20402	UDF
121	Punalur	Johnson Abraham	INC	54643	K. Raju	CPI	72648	B. Radhamany	4155	K. Raju	18005	LDF
122	Chadayamangalam	Shahida Kamal	INC	47607	Mullakkara Ratnakaran	CPI	71231	Saju Kumar	4160	Mullakara Ratnakaran	23624	LDF
123	Kundara	P. Jeramias	INC	52342	M. A. Baby	CPI(M)	67135	Vellimon Dileep	5990	M.A. Baby	14793	LDF
124	Kollam	K. C. Rajan	INC	49446	P. K. Gurudasan	CPI(M)	57986	G. Hari	4207	P. K. Gurudasan	8540	LDF
125	Eravipuram	P. K. K. Bava	IUML	43259	A. A. Azeez	RSP	51271	Pattathanam Babu	5048	A. A. Azeez	8012	LDF
126	Chathannoor	Bindhu Krishna	INC	47598	G S Jayalal	CPI	60187	Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran	3839	G S Jayalal	12589	LDF
127	Varkala	Varkala Kahar	INC	57755	A.A. Rahim	CPI(M)	47045	Elakamon Sateeshan	3430	Varkala Kahar	10710	UDF
128	Attingal (SC)	Thankamani Divakaran	INC	33493	Adv. B. Sathyan	CPI(M)	63558	P. P. Vava	4844	B. Sathyan	30065	LDF
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	K. Vidhyadharan	INC	47376	V. Sasi	CPI(M)	59601	Athiyoor Surendran	2078	V. Sasi	12225	LDF
130	Nedumangad	Palode Ravi	INC	59789	P. Ramachandran Nair	CPI(M)	54759	K. S. Anjana	5971	Palode Ravi	5030	UDF
131	Vamanapuram	C. Mohanachandran	INC	55145	Koliyakkod Krishnan Nair	CPI(M)	57381	Karrettu Sivaprasad	5228	Koliyakkod Krishnan Nair	2236	LDF
132	Kazhakoottam	M. A. Wahid	INC	50787	C. Ajayakumar	CPI(M)	48591	J.R. Padmakumar	7508	M. A. Wahid	2196	UDF
133	Vattiyoorkavu	K. Muraleedharan	INC	56531	Cherian Philip	Independent	40364	V.V. Rajesh	13494	K. Muraleedharan	16167	UDF
134	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar	INC	49122	V. Surendran Pillai	KC(T)	43770	B.K. Shekar	11519	V. S. Sivakumar	5352	UDF
135	Nemom	Charupara Ravi	SJD	20248	V. Sivankutty	CPI(M)	50076	O. Rajagopal	43661	V. Sivankutty	6415	LDF
136	Aruvikkara	G. Karthikeyan	INC	56797	Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair	RSP	46123	C. Sivankutty	7694	G. Karthikeyan	10674	UDF
137	Parassala	A. T. George	INC	60578	Aanavoor Nagappan	CPI(M)	60073	S. Suresh	10310	A. T. George	505	UDF
138	Kattakkada	N. Sakthan	INC	52368	Jaya Dali	Independent	39452	P. K. Krishna Das	22550	N. Sakthan	12916	UDF
139	Kovalam	George Merciar	INC	52305	Jameela Prakasam	JD(S)	59510	Venganoor Satish	9127	Jameela Prakasam	7205	LDF
140	Neyyattinkara	Thambanoor Ravi	INC	48009	R. Selvaraj	CPI(M)	54711	Athiyannur Sreekumar	6730	B. Selvaraj	6702	LDF

Note:-

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

Performance of Political Parties

Sl. No:	Political Party	No. of Candidates	Seats won	Votes	Percentage
1	AIADMK KERALA (AIADMK)	4	0	2,496	0.01
2	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	138	0	1,053,654	6.03
3	Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP)	122	0	104,977	0.60
4	Communist Marxist Party (CMP)	3	0	161,739	0.93
5	Communist Party of India (CPI)	27	13	1,522,478	8.72
6	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI M)	84	45	4,921,354	28.18
7	Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) (CPI ML)	2	0	779	0.00
8	Congress (Secular)	1	0	48,984	0.28
9	Deseeya Praja Socialist Party (DPSP)	2	0	788	0.00
10	Indian National Congress (INC)	82	38	4,667,520	26.73
11	Others / Independents	313	0	278,608	1.60
12	Indian National League (INL)	3	0	95,229	0.55
13	Janata Dal (Secular) (JDS)	5	4	264,631	1.52
14	Janata Dal (United) (JDU)	1	0	2,772	0.02
15	Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS)	4	0	228,415	1.31
16	Kerala Congress (Jacob)	3	1	159,252	0.91
17	Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)	2	1	124,898	0.72
18	Kerala Congress (Mani) (KC M)	15	9	861,829	4.94
19	Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)	3	0	130,202	0.75
20	Kerala Janapaksham	2	0	812	0.00
21	LDF supported Independents	9	2	418,619	2.40
22	Lok Jan Shakti Party (LJP)	1	0	857	0.00
23	Muslim League (IUML)	24	20	1,446,570	8.28
24	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	8	2	216,948	1.24
25	NDA supported Independent	1	0	2,078	0.01
26	People's Democratic Party (PDP)	5	0	12,870	0.07
27	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	4	2	228,258	1.31
28	Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) (RSP B)	1	1	65,002	0.37
29	Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI)	69	0	139,481	0.80
30	Socialist Janata (Democratic) (SJD)	6	2	287,649	1.65
31	Shiv Sena	8	0	3,476	0.02
32	Socialist Unity Centre of India (SUCI)	23	0	8,688	0.05

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

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-Oct-2011.^[36][37]

2.Neyyattinkara By-election was held in Neyyattinkara assembly constituency following the resignation^[38][39][40] of sitting MLA R. Selvaraj on 09-Mar-2012.

3.Aruvikkara Bye-election was held in Aruvikkara assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and SPEAKER G. Karthikeyan

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

Assembly seat sharing post the Bye Election results:

UDF	LDF	NDA	Others
73	67	0	0

References

External links

• Kerala-election-2011-ministry
• Kerala-election-2011-candidate-list
• Constituencywise Results: 2011
• Official website of Chief Electoral Officer
• Kerala-election-2011-live-coverage
• Official website for election Results
• Congress limps back to power with fractured majority in Kerala 13 May 2011 Tehelka