The 2024 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 26 April 2024 to elect all 20 members from the state to the 18th Lok Sabha. The result of the election was announced on 4 June 2024.
The United Democratic Front (UDF), led by Indian National Congress (INC), and Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist), contested separately in Kerala. This is in spite of both alliances being part of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) The UDF swept the elections winning 18 out of 20 seats, one less than in 2019. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won in Thrissur, their first ever Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, while the remaining seat was won by LDF.
Election schedule The elections to all 20 seats in Kerala was held on the second, out of seven, phase of the general election on 26 April 2024. Poll eventPhaseIINo. of constituencies20Notification date28 March Last date for filing nomination04 AprilScrutiny of nomination05 April Last date for withdrawal of nomination08 April Date of poll26 AprilDate of counting of votes/Result04 June
Parties and alliances
United Democratic Front
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Indian National CongressK. Sudhakaran16Indian Union Muslim League Sadiq Ali Thangal2Revolutionary Socialist PartyShibu Baby John1Kerala CongressP. J. Joseph1Total 20
Left Democratic Front
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Communist Party of India (Marxist) M.V. Govindan 15Communist Party of India Binoy Viswam4Kerala Congress (M)Jose K. Mani 1Total 20
National Democratic Alliance
Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Bharatiya Janata PartyK. Surendran16Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Thushar Vellapally4Total 20
Others Party Symbol Seats contestedBahujan Samaj Party18Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)8Ambedkarite Party of India3Bahujan Dravida Party3Bharatheeya Jawan Kisan Party3 Twenty 20 Party2Marxist Communist Party of India (United)1New Labour Party1People's Party of India (Secular)1Samajwadi Jan Parishad1Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi1Total 42
Candidates The United Democratic Front fielded one, the Left Democratic Front fielded three and National Democratic Alliance fielded five women candidates. ConstituencyINDIANDAUDFLDF1KasaragodRajmohan UnnithanM. V. Balakrishnan M. L. Ashwini2KannurK. SudhakaranMV JayarajanC. Raghunath3VatakaraShafi ParambilK. K. ShailajaPrafulla Krishna 4WayanadRahul GandhiAnnie RajaK. Surendran5KozhikodeM. K. RaghavanElamaram KareemM. T. Ramesh6Malappuram E. T. Mohammed BasheerV. VaseefM. Abdul Salam 7PonnaniAbdussamad SamadaniK. S. HamzaNiveditha Subramanian8PalakkadV. K. SreekandanA. VijayaraghavanC. Krishnakumar9Alathur (SC)Ramya HaridasK. RadhakrishnanT. N. Sarasu10ThrissurK MuraleedharanV. S. Sunil KumarSuresh Gopi11ChalakudyBenny BehananC. RaveendranathK. A. Unnikrishnan12ErnakulamHibi EdenK. J. ShineK. S. Radhakrishnan13IdukkiDean KuriakoseJoice GeorgeSangeetha Vishwanathan14KottayamFrancis GeorgeThomas ChazhikadanThushar Vellapally15AlappuzhaK. C. VenugopalA. M. AriffSobha Surendran16Mavelikara (SC)Kodikunnil SureshC. A. Arun KumarBaiju Kalasala17PathanamthittaAnto AntonyThomas IssacAnil Antony18KollamN. K. PremachandranMukeshG. Krishnakumar19AttingalAdoor PrakashV. JoyV. Muraleedharan20ThiruvananthapuramShashi TharoorPanniyan RaveendranRajeev Chandrasekhar
Electorate Electors by constituency
No. Constituency Male Female Third Gender Total 1 Kasaragod 7,01,475 7,50,741 14 14,52,230 2 Kannur 6,46,181 7,12,181 6 13,58,368 3 Vatakara 6,81,615 7,40,246 22 14,21,883 4 Wayanad 7,21,054 7,41,354 15 14,62,423 5 Kozhikode 6,91,096 7,38,509 26 14,29,631 6 Malappuram 7,45,978 7,33,931 12 14,79,921 7 Ponnani 7,29,255 7,41,522 27 14,70,804 8 Palakkad 6,82,281 7,15,849 13 13,98,143 9 Alathur (SC) 6,48,437 6,89,047 12 13,37,496 10 Thrissur 7,08,317 7,74,718 20 14,83,055 11 Chalakudy 6,34,347 6,76,161 21 13,10,529 12 Ernakulam 6,40,662 6,83,370 15 13,24,047 13 Idukki 6,15,084 6,35,064 9 12,50,157 14 Kottayam 6,07,502 6,47,306 15 12,54,823 15 Alappuzha 6,74,066 7,26,008 9 14,00,083 16 Mavelikkara (SC) 6,30,307 7,01,564 9 13,31,880 17 Pathanamthitta 6,83,307 7,46,384 9 14,29,700 18 Kollam 6,31,625 6,95,004 19 13,26,648 19 Attingal 6,53,549 7,43,223 35 13,96,807 20 Thiruvananthapuram 6,89,155 7,41,317 59 14,30,531Total 1,34,15,293 1,43,33,499 367 2,77,49,159
Overseas electors by district
No. District Male Electors Female Electors Third Gender Electors District Total 1 Kasargod 3,157 133 0 3,290 2 Kannur 13,276 599 0 13,875 3 Wayanad 714 65 0 779 4 Kozhikode 34,002 1,787 4 35,793 5 Malappuram 14,590 529 2 15,121 6 Palakkad 4,200 257 0 4,457 7 Thrissur 3,519 498 1 4,018 8 Ernakulam 1,991 515 0 2,506 9 Idukki 263 62 0 325 10 Kottayam 1,203 322 0 1,525 11 Alappuzha 1,513 286 0 1,799 12 Pathanamthitta 1,801 437 0 2,238 13 Kollam 1,673 244 2 1,919 14 Thiruvananthapuram 1,863 331 0 2,194Total 83,765 6,065 9 89,839
Electors by age
Age Group Male Electors Female Electors Third Gender Electors State Total 18-19 2,77,084 2,57,288 22 5,34,394 20-29 22,41,328 22,30,491 119 44,71,938 30-39 27,61,925 26,66,165 114 54,28,204 40-49 28,11,446 30,62,002 68 58,73,516 50-59 23,87,739 27,49,835 27 51,37,601 60-69 17,83,503 19,25,095 8 37,08,606 70-79 9,10,122 10,57,726 7 19,67,855 80+ 2,42,146 3,84,897 2 6,27,045 1,34,15,293 1,43,33,499 367 2,77,49,159
Voter turnout There was a significant dip in the voting percentages in all 20 constituencies as compared to the 2019 elections. No. Constituency Electors Votes Polled Male Female Third Gender Turnout % Change % 1 Kasaragod 14,52,230 11,04,331 5,13,460 5,90,866 5 76.04 4.62 2 Kannur 13,58,368 10,48,839 4,85,112 5,63,724 3 77.21 6.07 3 Vatakara 14,21,883 11,14,950 5,07,584 6,07,362 4 78.41 4.29 4 Wayanad 14,62,423 10,75,921 5,20,885 5,55,033 3 73.57 6.80 5 Kozhikode 14,29,631 10,79,683 5,15,836 ,563,835 12 75.52 6.18 6 Malappuram 14,79,921 10,79,547 5,19,332 5,60,211 4 72.95 2.55 7 Ponnani 14,70,804 10,19,889 4,67,726 5,52,148 15 69.34 5.64 8 Palakkad 13,98,143 10,28,627 4,95,567 5,33,051 9 73.57 4.20 9 Alathur (SC) 13,37,496 9,81,945 4,76,187 5,05,753 5 73.42 7.05 10 Thrissur 14,83,055 10,81,125 5,09,052 5,72,067 6 72.90 5.04 11 Chalakudy 13,10,529 9,42,787 4,60,351 4,82,428 8 71.94 8.57 12 Ernakulam 13,24,047 9,04,131 4,50,659 4,53,468 4 68.29 9.35 13 Idukki 12,50,157 8,31,936 4,25,598 4,06,332 6 66.55 9.81 14 Kottayam 12,54,823 8,23,237 4,18,285 4,04,946 6 65.61 9.86 15 Alappuzha 14,00,082 10,50,726 5,08,933 5,41,791 2 75.05 5.30 16 Mavelikkara (SC) 13,31,880 8,78,360 4,17,202 4,61,155 3 65.95 8.38 17 Pathanamthitta 14,29,700 9,06,051 4,42,897 4,63,148 6 63.37 10.93 18 Kollam 13,26,648 9,04,047 4,24,134 4,79,906 7 68.15 6.58 19 Attingal 13,96,807 9,70,517 4,49,212 5,21,292 13 69.48 5.0 20 Thiruvananthapuram 14,30,5319,50,829 4,67,078 4,83,722 29 66.47 7.27Total 2,77,49,159 1,97,77,478 94,75,090 1,03,02,238 150 71.27 6.57 ^Since the postal votes of service voters are accepted till the counting day, total value may vary.
Surveys and polls Opinion polls
The opinion polls and exit polls predicted a clear majority for the UDF. Opinion polls (State-wise Alliances) Polling agencyDate publishedMargin of ErrorI.N.D.I.A.NDAOthersLeadManorama News - CVoter January 20243%31700UDFReporter TV- Mega Survey February 20242%51500UDF24 News - Jana Manasu February 20245%21800UDFABP News - CVoterMarch 2024±3%02000UDFCNN News18 - Mega Opinion PollMarch 2024±3%41420UDFMathrubhumi News-P-MARQMarch 2024±3%5-614-1500UDF
Exit polls
Results Results by alliance or party
Alliance/ PartyPopular voteSeatsVotes%±ppContestedWon+/−rowspan="5" UDFINC70,03,97135.06%2.40% 16 14 1IUML12,06,5226.07%0.59% 2 2 RSP4,43,6282.24%0.22% 1 1 KC3,64,6311.84%New 1 1 1Total 9,018,75245.21%2.27%2018 1rowspan="4" LDFCPI(M)51,61,03426% 15 1 CPI12,26,9716.14%0.06% 4 0 KC(M)277,3651.38%0.70% 1 0 1Total6,665,37033.60%2.95%201rowspan="3" NDABJP3,296,35416.68%3.68% 16 1 1BDJS505,7532.56%0.68% 4 0 Total3,802,10719.24%2.60%201 1Others420IND920NOTA156,5850.79%Total19,777,478100% - 19420-
Results by constituency ConstituencyTurnoutWinnerRunner-upMarginNo.NameCandidatePartyAllianceVotes%CandidatePartyAllianceVotes%1Kasaragod76.76 Rajmohan Unnithan490,65944.10 M. V. Balakrishnan390,01035.06100,6492Kannur78.24 K. Sudhakaran518,52448.74M. V. Jayarajan409,54238.50108,9823Vatakara79.26 Shafi Parambil557,52849.65K. K. Shailaja443,02239.45114,5064Wayanad74.19 Rahul Gandhi647,44559.69Annie Raja283,02326.09364,4225Kozhikode76.30 M. K. Raghavan520,421 47.74Elamaram Kareem374,24534.33146,1766Malappuram73.44 E. T. Mohammed Basheer644,00659.35V. Vaseef343,88831.69300,1187Ponnani69.78 M. P. Abdussamad Samadani562,51654.81K. S. Hamza326,75631.84235,7608Palakkad74.16 V. K. Sreekandan421,16940.66A. Vijayaraghavan345,88633.3975,2839Alathur (SC)74.15 K. Radhakrishnan403,44740.66Ramya Haridas383,33638.6320,11110Thrissur73.63 Suresh Gopi 412,338 37.80V. S. Sunil Kumar337,65230.9574,68611Chalakudy72.72 Benny Behanan393,91341.44C. Raveendranath330,41734.7363,75412Ernakulam68.77 Hibi Eden482,31752.97K. J. Shine231,93225.47250,38513Idukki67.24 Dean Kuriakose432,37251.43Joice George298,64535.53133,72714Kottayam66.70 K. Francis George364,63143.60Thomas Chazhikadan277,36533.1787,26615Alappuzha75.99 K. C. Venugopal404,56038.21A. M. Ariff341,04732.2163,51316Mavelikkara (SC)67.07 Kodikunnil Suresh369,51641.29C. A. Arun Kumar358,64840.0710,86817Pathanamthitta64.27 Anto Antony367,62339.98Thomas Isaac301,50432.7966,11918Kollam69.00 N. K. Premachandran443,62848.45M. Mukesh293,32632.03150,30219Attingal70.44 Adoor Prakash328,05133.29V. Joy327,36733.2268420Thiruvananthapuram67.22 Shashi Tharoor353,67937.19Rajeev Chandrasekhar342,07835.5216,077
Results by alliance
No. ConstituencyUDF VotesLDF VotesNDA Votes 1 Kasaragod 490,659 390,010 219,558 2 Kannur 518,524 409,542 119,876 3 Vatakara 557,528 443,022 111,979 4 Wayanad 647,445 283,023 141,045 5 Kozhikode 520,421 374,245 180,666 6 Malappuram 644,006 343,888 85,361 7 Ponnani 562,516 326,756 124,798 8 Palakkad 421,169 345,886 251,778 9 Alathur (SC) 383,336403,447 188,230 10 Thrissur 328,124 337,652 412,338 11 Chalakudy 394,171 330,417 106,400 12 Ernakulam 482,317 231,932 144,500 13 Idukki 432,372 298,645 91,323 14 Kottayam 364,631 277,365 165,046 15 Alappuzha 404,560 341,047 299,648 16 Mavelikkara (SC) 369,516 358,648 142,984 17 Pathanamthitta367,623 301,504 234,406 18 Kollam 443,628 293,326 163,210 19 Attingal 328,051 327,367 311,779 20 Thiruvananthapuram 358,155 247,648 342,078
Results by state assembly constituency