2004 Indian general election in Kerala

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2004 Indian general election
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20 seats
  First party Second party Third party
  Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png Hand INC.svg
Party CPI (M) CPI INC
Alliance LDF Left Democratic Front UPA
Last election 8 0 8
Seats won 12 3 0
Seat change Increase4 Increase3 Decrease8
Percentage 31.52% 7.89% 32.13%
  Fourth party
  Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/symbol
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Last election 0
Seats won 0
Seat change +1
Percentage 10.38%
Kerala in India.png

The 2004 Indian general election in Kerala were held for 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state.[1] The result was an overwhelming victory for the Left Democratic Front (LDF) which won 15 seats. Indian National Congress, who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections, won none this election. The other 5 seats were won by Kerala Congress (1), P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party (1), Indian Union Muslim League (1), Janata Dal (Secular) (1), and by an LDF supported Independent candidate (1).

In the aftermath of this election, the then Chief Minister of the state A. K. Antony resigned taking sole responsibility for the INC's poor electoral performance.[2] Despite this, the outside support from the Left Front proved valuable for Congress to have a stable government in the Lok Sabha for the next 5 years.[3]

List of elected MPs[edit]

No. Constituency Name of Elected M.P. Party Affiliation
1 Kasaragod P. Karunakaran Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2 Kannur A. P. Abdullakutty Communist Party of India (Marxist)
3 Vatakara P. Satheedevi Communist Party of India (Marxist)
4 Kozhikode M. P. Veerendra Kumar Janata Dal (Secular)
5 Manjeri T. K. Hamza Communist Party of India (Marxist)
6 Ponnani E. Ahammed Indian Union Muslim League
7 Palakkad N. N. Krishnadas Communist Party of India (Marxist)
8 Ottapalam S. Ajaya Kumar Communist Party of India (Marxist)
9 Thrissur C. K. Chandrappan Communist Party of India
10 Mukundapuram Lonappan Nambadan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
11 Ernakulam Sebastian Paul Independent
12 Muvattupuzha P. C. Thomas Indian Federal Democratic Party
13 Kottayam K. Suresh Kurup Communist Party of India (Marxist)
14 Idukki K. Francis George Kerala Congress
15 Alappuzha K. S. Manoj Communist Party of India (Marxist)
16 Mavelikkara Adv. C. S. Sujatha Communist Party of India(Marxist)
17 Adoor Chengara Surendran Communist Party of India
18 Kollam P. Rajendran Communist Party of India (Marxist)
19 Chirayankil Varkala Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)
20 Thiruvananthapuram P. K. Vasudevan Nair Communist Party of India
Pannyan Raveendran[lower-alpha 1] Communist Party of India

Results[edit]

[4]

By alliance[edit]

Coalition/Alliance Parties contesting in Kerala from the Alliance in 1999 Seats won in 1999 Election Parties contesting in Kerala from the Alliance in 2004 Seats won in 2004 Election Swing
Left Democratic Front 8 18 Increase10
United Democratic Front 8 1 Decrease8
National Democratic Alliance 0 Kerala Congress (1)
P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party 1) 		1 Increase1
  • Note:
    1. UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999 represents the seats won by Indian National Congress
    2. UDF, is a coalition in Kerala, that was formed in 2001, that includes the Indian National Congress, and splinter Congress groups in Kerala.
    3. Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support.
    4. P. C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party, later merged with Kerala Congress and the United Democratic Front.

By Party[edit]

Party Alliance Seats Contested Seats Change Votes % ±pp
Indian National Congress UDF 17 0 Decrease8 4,846,637 32.13 Decrease7.27
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Left Democratic Front 13 12 Increase8 4,754,567 31.52 Increase3.62
Communist Party of India Left Democratic Front 4 3 Increase3 1,190,526 7.89 Increase0.29
Bharatiya Janata Party NDA 19 0 Steady 15,66,569 10.38 Increase3.78
Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 1 Decrease1 733,228 4.86 Decrease0.44
Kerala Congress (J) Left Democratic Front 1 1 Increase1 353,905 2.35 new
Janata Dal (Secular) Left Democratic Front 1 1 Increase1 340,111 2.25 Increase0.05
Indian Federal Democratic Party NDA 1 1 new 256,411 1.7 new
Kerala Congress (Mani) UDF 1 0 Decrease1 209,880 1.39 Decrease0.91
Bahujan Samaj Party none 14 0 Steady 74,656 0.49 Increase0.48
Peoples Democratic Party (India) none 1 0 new 45,720 0.3 new
Janata Dal (United) NDA 4 0 Steady 7,806 0.05 Decrease1.25
Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation None 1 0 new 3,270 0.02 new
Social Action Party none 1 0 new 2,987 0.02 new
All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party none 1 0 new 2,158 0.01 new
Independent Left Democratic Front 1 1 Decrease3 323042 2.14
Total 177 20 – 15,086,428 –

By constituency[edit]

No. Constituency UDF candidate Votes % Party LDF candidate Votes % Party NDA candidate Votes % Party Winning alliance Margin
1 Kasaragod N. A. Mohammed 3,29,028 36.5 INC P. Karunakaran 4,37,284 48.5 CPI(M) V. Balakrishna Shetty 1,10,328 12.2 BJP Left Democratic Front 1,08,256
2 Kannur Mullappally Ramachandran 3,51,209 40.8 INC A. P. Abdullakutty 4,35,058 50.5 CPI(M) O. K. Vasu 47,213 5.4 BJP Left Democratic Front 83,849
3 Vatakara M. T. Padma 2,98,705 36.1 INC P. Satheedevi 4,29,294 51.8 CPI(M) K. P. Sreesan 81,901 9.9 BJP Left Democratic Front 1,30,589
4 Kozhikode V. Balaram 2,74,785 35.2 INC M.P. Veerendra Kumar 3,40,111 43.5 JD(S) M. T. Ramesh 97,711 12.5 BJP Left Democratic Front 65,326
5 Manjeri K. P. A. Majeed 3,79,177 41.8 IUML T. K. Hamza 4,26,920 47.1 CPI(M) Uma Unni 84,149 9.3 BJP Left Democratic Front 47,743
6 Ponnani E. Ahammed 3,54,051 48.5 IUML P. P. Suneer 2,51,293 34.4 CPI Aravindan 71,609 9.8 BJP UDF 1,02,758
7 Palakkad V. S. Vijaya Raghavan 2,76,986 33.7 INC N. N. Krishnadas 3,75,144 45.7 CPI(M) C. Udai Bhasker 1,47,792 18 BJP Left Democratic Front 98,158
8 Ottapalam K. A. Thulasi 3,25,518 40.3 INC S. Ajaya Kumar 3,95,928 49 CPI(M) Velayudhan 68,193 8.5 BJP Left Democratic Front 70,410
9 Thrissur A. C. Jose 2,74,999 40 INC C. K. Chandrappan 3,20,960 46.7 CPI P. S. Sreeraman 72,042 10.5 BJP Left Democratic Front 45,961
10 Mukundapuram Padmaja Venugopal 2,58,078 35.7 INC Lonappan Nambadan 3,75,175 51.9 CPI(M) Mathew Pailee 62,338 8.6 BJP Left Democratic Front 1,17,097
11 Ernakulam Edward Edezhath 2,52,943 38.4 INC Sebastian Paul 3,23,042 49 IND-LDF O. G. Thankappan 60,697 9.2 BJP Left Democratic Front 70,099
12 Muvattupuzha Jose K. Mani 2,09,880 28 KEC(M) P. M. Ismail 2,55,882 34.3 CPI(M) P. C. Thomas 2,56,411 34.4 IFDP NDA 529
13 Kottayam Anto Antony 2,98,299 42.3 KCM K. Suresh Kurup 3,41,213 48.3 CPI(M) B. Radhakrishna Menon 53,034 7.5 BJP Left Democratic Front 42,914
14 Idukki Benny Behanan 2,84,521 39 INC K. Francis George 3,53,905 48.5 KEC S. T. B. Mohandas 58,290 8 BJP Left Democratic Front 69,384
15 Alappuzha V. M. Sudheeran 3,34,485 45.8 INC K. S. Manoj 3,35,494 46 CPI(M) V. Padmanabhan 43,891 6 BJP Left Democratic Front 1,009
16 Mavelikkara Ramesh Chennithala 2,70,867 42 INC Adv. C. S. Sujatha 2,78,281 43.2 CPI(M) S. Krishnakumar 83,013 12.9 NDA Left Democratic Front 7,414
17 Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh 2,77,682 40.6 INC Chengara Surendran 3,32,216 48.5 CPI(M) P. M. Velayudhan 61,907 9 BJP Left Democratic Front 54,534
18 Kollam Sooranad Rajasekharan 2,44,208 34.6 INC P. Rajendran 3,55,279 50.4 CPI(M) Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran 62,183 8.8 BJP Left Democratic Front 1,11,071
19 Chirayinkil M. I. Shanavas 2,62,870 39.3 INC Varkala Radhakrishnan 3,13,612 46.8 CPI(M) J. R. Padmakumar 71,982 10.7 BJP Left Democratic Front 50,742
20 Trivandrum V. S. Sivakumar 2,31,454 30.3 INC P. K. Vasudevan Nair 2,86,057 37.5 CPI O. Rajagopal 2,28,052 29.9 BJP Left Democratic Front 54,603

2005 By-election[edit]

Due to the death of the sitting MP P. K. Vasudevan Nair, Trivandrum constituency went to bypolls. Turnout for the election was 68.15%[5]

No. Constituency UDF candidate Votes % Party LDF candidate Votes % Party NDA candidate Votes % Party Winning alliance Margin
20 Trivandrum V. S. Sivakumar 3,16,124 41.63% INC Pannyan Raveendran 3,90,324 51.41% CPI C. K. Padmanabhan 36,690 4.83% BJP Left Democratic Front 74,200

Notes[edit]

  1. ↑ Elected in 2005 through by-election

References[edit]

  1. ↑ "General Election, 2004".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  2. ↑ "Why Kerala CM Antony resigned". www.rediff.com. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  3. ↑ "When CPI(M) had a 'pact' with Congress in 2004". Hindustan Times. 22 April 2018. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Election Results Live Update 2019, 2014, 2009 and 2004". Maps of India. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  5. ↑ "PC Bye Election: Thiruvananthapuram 2005".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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