2004 Indian general election in Kerala

The 2004 Indian general election in Kerala were held for 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 18 seats out of 20 seats in the state. Indian National Congress, who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections, won one in this election. The other 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. 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.

Schedule

EventDate Date for Nominations 16 April 2004 Last Date for filing Nominations 23 April 2004 Date for scrutiny of nominations 24 April 2004 Last date for withdrawal of candidatures 26 April 2004 Date of poll 10 May 2004 Date of counting 13 May 2004

Alliances United Democratic Front (UDF), National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Left Democratic Front (LDF) are the major alliances.

United Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Indian National Congress172.Indian Union Muslim League23.Kerala Congress (M)1

Left Democratic Front No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Communist Party of India (Marxist)132.Communist Party of India43.Kerala Congress (J)14. Janata Dal (Secular) 15.Independent 1

National Democratic Alliance No.PartyElection SymbolSeats contested1.Bharatiya Janata Party192.Indian Federal Democratic Party1

List of Candidates ConstituencyUPALeft FrontNDA # Name Party Candidate Party Candidate Party Candidate1Kasaragod N. A. Mohammed P. Karunakaran V. Balakrishna Shetty2Kannur M. Ramachandran A. P. Abdullakutty O. K. Vasu Master3Badagara M. T. Padma P. Sathidevi K. P. Sreesan4Calicut V. Balram M. P. Veerendra Kumar M. T. Ramesh5Manjeri K. P. A. Majeed T. K. Hamza Uma Unni6Ponnani E. Ahamed P. P. Suneer Aravindan7Palghat N. N. Krishnadas C. Udai Bhasker8Ottapalam K. A. Thulasi S. Ajaya Kumar P. K. Velayudhan9Trichur A. C. Jose C. K. Chandrappan P. S. Sreeraman10Mukundapuram Padmaja Venugopal Lonappan Nambadan Prof. Mathew Pailee11Ernakulam Dr. Edward Edezhath Sebastian Paul O. G. Thankappan12Muvattupuzha Jose K. Mani P. M. Ismail P. C. Thomas13Kottayam Anto Antony K. Suresh Kurup B. Radhakrishna Menon14Idukki Benny Behanan K. Francis George S. T. B. Mohandas15Alleppey V. M. Sudheeran K. S. Manoj V. Padmanabhan16Mavelikara Ramesh Chennithala C. S. Sujatha S. Krishnakumar17Adoor Kodikunnil Suresh Chengara Surendran P. M. Velayudhan18Quilon Sooranad Rajasekharan P. Rajendran Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran19Chirayinkil M. I. Shanavas Varkala Radhakrishnan J. R. Padmakumar20Trivandrum V. S. Sivakumar P. K. Vasudevan Nair O. Rajagopal

List of elected MPs No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party AffiliationAlliance1KasaragodP. KarunakaranCPI(M) LDF2KannurA. P. AbdullakuttyCPI(M) LDF3VatakaraP. SatheedeviCPI(M) LDF4KozhikodeM. P. Veerendra KumarJD(S) LDF5ManjeriT. K. HamzaCPI(M) LDF6PonnaniE. AhammedIUML UDF7PalakkadN. N. KrishnadasCPI(M) LDF8OttapalamS. Ajaya KumarCPI(M) LDF9ThrissurC. K. ChandrappanCPI LDF10MukundapuramLonappan NambadanCPI(M) LDF11ErnakulamSebastian PaulLDF Ind. LDF12MuvattupuzhaP. C. ThomasIFDP NDA13KottayamSuresh KurupCPI(M) LDF14IdukkiK. Francis GeorgeKC LDF15AlappuzhaK. S. ManojCPI(M) LDF16MavelikkaraC. S. SujathaCPI(M) LDF17AdoorChengara SurendranCPI LDF18KollamP. RajendranCPI(M) LDF19ChirayankilVarkala RadhakrishnanCPI(M) LDF20ThiruvananthapuramP. K. Vasudevan NairCPI LDFPannyan RaveendranCPI LDF

Results

Results by alliance or party

Alliance/PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−rowspan="6" LDFCPI(M)4,754,56731.52% 3.62% 1312 3CPI1,190,5267.89% 0.29% 43 3KC(J)353,9052.35% 0.05% 11 JD(S)340,1112.25% 0.05%1 1 1LDF Ind.323,0422.14%New 11 1Total6,962,15146.15% 2.45%2018 9rowspan="4" UDFINC4,846,63732.13% 7.27% 17 0 8IUML733,2284.86% 0.44% 2 1 1KC(M)209,8801.39% 0.91% 1 0 1Total5,789,74538.38% 8.52%201 10rowspan="3" NDABJP1,566,56910.38% 3.78% 190 IFDP380,8471.70% New 11 NewTotal1,947,41612.08% 4.18%201 1Others387,1163.39%Total15,086,428100%20

By alliance 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 Communist Party of India(12) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (4) Janata Dal (Secular) (1) Kerala Congress (J) (1) Independent (2) 9 Communist Party of India (3) Communist Party of India (Marxist) (12) Janata Dal (Secular) (1) Kerala Congress (J) (1) Independent (1) 189 United Democratic Front Indian National Congress(17) Indian Union Muslim League (2) Kerala Congress (1) 11Indian National Congress Indian Union Muslim League (1) Kerala Congress 110 National Democratic AllianceBharatiya Janata Party Janata Dal (United) 0 Kerala Congress (1)P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party 1) 11

Note: UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999 represents the seats won by Indian National Congress UDF, is a coalition in Kerala, that was formed in 2001, that includes the Indian National Congress, and splinter Congress groups in Kerala. Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support. P. C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party, later merged with Kerala Congress and the United Democratic Front.

By Party

Party Alliance Seats contested Seats Change Votes %±pp Indian National Congress UDF 17 17 4,846,637 32.137.27 Communist Party of India (Marxist) Left Democratic Front 13 128 4,754,567 31.523.62 Communist Party of India Left Democratic Front 4 33 1,190,526 7.890.29 Bharatiya Janata Party NDA 19 0 15,66,569 10.383.78 Indian Union Muslim League UDF 2 11 733,228 4.860.44 Kerala Congress (J) Left Democratic Front 1 11 353,905 2.35new Janata Dal (Secular) Left Democratic Front 1 11 340,111 2.250.05 Indian Federal Democratic Party NDA 1 1new 256,411 1.7new Kerala Congress (Mani) UDF 1 01 209,880 1.390.91 Bahujan Samaj Party none 140 74,656 0.490.48 Peoples Democratic Party (India) none 10new 45,720 0.3new Janata Dal (United) NDA 40 7,806 0.051.25 Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation None 1 0new 3,270 0.02new Social Action Party none 1 0new 2,987 0.02new All Kerala M.G.R. Dravida Munnetra Party none 1 0new 2,158 0.01new Independent Left Democratic Front 1 13 323042 2.14 Total 177 20 – 15,086,428 –

By constituency No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin1KasaragodN. A. Mohammed3,29,02836.5INCP. Karunakaran4,37,28448.5CPI(M)V. Balakrishna Shetty1,10,32812.2BJPLeft Democratic Front1,08,2562KannurMullappally Ramachandran3,51,20940.8INCA. P. Abdullakutty4,35,05850.5CPI(M)O. K. Vasu47,2135.4BJPLeft Democratic Front83,8493VatakaraM. T. Padma2,98,70536.1INCP. Satheedevi4,29,29451.8CPI(M)K. P. Sreesan81,9019.9BJPLeft Democratic Front1,30,5894KozhikodeV. Balram2,74,78535.2INCM.P. Veerendra Kumar3,40,11143.5JD(S)M. T. Ramesh97,71112.5BJPLeft Democratic Front65,3265ManjeriK. P. A. Majeed3,79,17741.8IUMLT. K. Hamza4,26,92047.1CPI(M)Uma Unni84,1499.3BJPLeft Democratic Front47,7436PonnaniE. Ahamed3,54,05148.5IUMLP. P. Suneer2,51,29334.4CPIAravindan71,6099.8BJPUDF1,02,7587PalakkadV. S. Vijaya Raghavan2,76,98633.7INCN. N. Krishnadas3,75,14445.7CPI(M)C. Udai Bhasker1,47,79218BJPLeft Democratic Front98,1588OttapalamK. A. Thulasi3,25,51840.3INCS. Ajaya Kumar3,95,92849CPI(M)Velayudhan68,1938.5BJPLeft Democratic Front70,4109ThrissurA. C. Jose2,74,99940INCC. K. Chandrappan3,20,96046.7CPIP. S. Sreeraman72,04210.5BJPLeft Democratic Front45,96110MukundapuramPadmaja Venugopal2,58,07835.7INCLonappan Nambadan3,75,17551.9CPI(M)Mathew Pailee62,3388.6BJPLeft Democratic Front1,17,09711ErnakulamEdward Edezhath2,52,94338.4INCSebastian Paul3,23,04249IND-LDFO. G. Thankappan60,6979.2BJPLeft Democratic Front70,09912MuvattupuzhaJose K. Mani2,09,88028KEC(M)P. M. Ismail2,55,88234.3CPI(M)P. C. Thomas2,56,41134.4IFDPNDA52913KottayamVijayamma. S2,98,29946.3INCK.Suresh Kurup3,41,21344.3CPI(M)B. Radhakrishna Menon53,0347.5BJPLeft Democratic Front42,91414IdukkiBenny Behanan2,84,52139INCK. Francis George3,53,90548.5KECS. T. B. Mohandas58,2908BJPLeft Democratic Front69,38415Alappuzha V. M. Sudheeran3,34,48545.8INCK. S. Manoj3,35,49446CPI(M)V. Padmanabhan43,8916BJPLeft Democratic Front1,00916MavelikkaraRamesh Chennithala2,70,86742INCC. S. Sujatha2,78,28143.2CPI(M)S. Krishna Kumar83,01312.9NDALeft Democratic Front7,41417AdoorKodikunnil Suresh2,77,68240.6INCChengara Surendran3,32,21648.5CPI(M)P. M. Velayudhan61,9079BJPLeft Democratic Front54,53418KollamSooranad Rajasekharan2,44,20834.6INCP. Rajendran3,55,27950.4CPI(M)Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran62,1838.8BJPLeft Democratic Front1,11,07119ChirayinkilM. I. Shanavas2,62,87039.3INCVarkala Radhakrishnan3,13,61246.8CPI(M)J. R. Padmakumar71,98210.7BJPLeft Democratic Front50,74220TrivandrumV. S. Sivakumar2,31,45430.3INCP. K. Vasudevan Nair2,86,05737.5CPIO. Rajagopal2,28,05229.9BJPLeft Democratic Front54,603

2005 By-election Due to the death of the sitting MP P. K. Vasudevan Nair, Trivandrum constituency went to bypolls. Turnout for the election was 68.15% No.ConstituencyUDF candidateVotes%PartyLDF candidateVotes%PartyNDA candidateVotes%PartyWinning allianceMargin20TrivandrumV. S. Sivakumar3,16,12441.63%INCPannyan Raveendran3,90,32451.41%CPIC. K. Padmanabhan36,6904.83%BJPLeft Democratic Front74,200

Post-election Union Council of Ministers from Kerala #NameConstituencyDesignationDepartmentFromToParty1A. K. AntonyRajya Sabha(Kerala)Cabinet MinisterMinister of Defence24 October200622 May20092Vayalar RaviMinister of Overseas Indian Affairs;Minister of Parliamentary Affairs29 January20063E. AhamedPonnani(Lok Sabha)MoSMinistry of External Affairs23 May2004

Assembly segments wise lead of Parties

PartyAssembly segmentsrowspan="6" LDF CPI(M)71 CPI19JD(S)7KC7Independent7Total111rowspan="3" UDFINC15 IUML9Total24rowspan="3" NDA IFDP3BJP2Total5Total140

Assembly Constituency