The ruling LDF government in the state faced infightings, especially among V. S. Achuthanandan and CITU as the former was denied the Chief Ministerial post. KSKTU launched agitations against paddy field reclamation, which spiraled into a law and order issue. The state High Court directed the government to return the crop fields to the farmers. M. L. Ahuja cited "an element of militancy" and "disregard for democratic forms of agitations" among the CPI(M) activists during the agitation.
Alliances and parties
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UDF is a Kerala legislative alliance formed by INC veteran K. Karunakaran. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the CPI, forming the Left Front in the national level. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), leading National Democratic Alliance (NDA) at national level contested in all 20 seats.
United Democratic Front
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Left Democratic Front
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National Democratic Alliance
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No.
|
Party
|
Election Symbol
|
Seats Contested
|
1.
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
|
20
|
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Vote Share by alliance
Other (1.35%)
No.
|
Party
|
Political Front
|
Seats
|
Votes
|
%Votes
|
±pp
|
1
|
Indian National Congress
|
UDF
|
8
|
57,46,566
|
38.67%
|
0.66
|
2
|
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|
LDF
|
4
|
31,21,636
|
21%
|
0.16
|
3
|
Communist Party of India
|
LDF
|
2
|
12,35,761
|
8.32%
|
0.10
|
4
|
Bharatiya Janata Party
|
NDA
|
0
|
11,92,046
|
8.02%
|
2.41
|
5
|
Indian Union Muslim League
|
UDF
|
2
|
7,45,070
|
5.01%
|
0.07
|
6
|
Janata Dal
|
LDF
|
0
|
5,80,094
|
3.90%
|
0.50
|
7
|
Revolutionary Socialist Party
|
LDF
|
1
|
3,96,145
|
2.67%
|
0.17
|
8
|
Kerala Congress (M)
|
UDF
|
1
|
3,56,168
|
2.40%
|
0.26
|
9
|
Kerala Congress
|
LDF
|
0
|
3,27,649
|
2.20%
|
0.03
|
10
|
Indian National League
|
none
|
0
|
80,333
|
0.54%
|
0.53
|
11
|
Peoples Democratic Party
|
none
|
0
|
40,972
|
0.28%
|
0.17
|
12
|
Bahujan Samaj Party
|
none
|
0
|
19,475
|
0.1%
|
0.05
|
13
|
Shiv Sena
|
none
|
0
|
3,290
|
0.02%
|
|
14
|
Janata Party
|
none
|
0
|
1,164
|
0.01%
|
|
15
|
Nagaland Peoples Party
|
none
|
0
|
1,066
|
0.01%
|
|
16
|
The Humanist Party Of India
|
none
|
0
|
765
|
0.01%
|
new
|
17
|
Samata Party
|
none
|
0
|
558
|
0.00%
|
0.01
|
Independents
|
2
|
10,13,067
|
6.82%
|
0.15
|
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No.
|
Constituency
|
UDF candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
LDF candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
NDA candidate
|
Votes
|
%
|
Party
|
Winning alliance
|
Margin
|
1
|
Kasaragod
|
Khader Mangad
|
3,47,670
|
39.9%
|
INC
|
T. Govindan
|
3,95,910
|
45.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
P. K. Krishnadas
|
1,03,093
|
11.8%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
48,240
|
2
|
Kannur
|
Mullappally Ramachandran
|
3,80,465
|
46.2%
|
INC
|
A .C. Shanmukhadas
|
3,78,285
|
45.9%
|
IND
|
P. C. Mohanan
|
42,760
|
5.2%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
2,180
|
3
|
Vatakara
|
P. M. Suresh Babu
|
3,48,715
|
41.3%
|
INC
|
A. K. Premajam
|
4,07,876
|
48.3%
|
CPI(M)
|
Chettoor Balakrishnan
|
69,564
|
8.2%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
59,161
|
4
|
Kozhikode
|
P. Sankaran
|
3,56,392
|
45.0%
|
INC
|
M. P. Veerendra Kumar
|
3,37,735
|
42.6%
|
JD
|
P. C. Mohanan
|
83,862
|
10.1%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
18,657
|
5
|
Manjeri
|
E. Ahamed
|
4,00,609
|
49.3%
|
IUML
|
K. V. Salahuddin
|
2,94,600
|
36.2%
|
CPI(M)
|
Sumathy Haridas
|
79,546
|
9.8%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
1,06,009
|
6
|
Ponnani
|
G. M. Banatwalla
|
3,44,461
|
49.7%
|
IUML
|
Minu Mumthas
|
2,40,217
|
34.7%
|
CPI
|
Ahalliya Sankar
|
65,008
|
9.4%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
1,04,244
|
7
|
Palakkad
|
V. S. Vijayaraghavan
|
3,20,941
|
43.1%
|
INC
|
N. N. Krishnadas
|
3,45,963
|
46.4%
|
CPI(M)
|
T. C. Govindan
|
61,419
|
8.2%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
25,022
|
8
|
Ottapalam
|
K. K. Vijayalakshmi
|
3,15,576
|
43.7%
|
INC
|
S. Ajayakumar
|
3,35,376
|
46.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
P. M. Velayudhan
|
63,185
|
8.8%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
19,800
|
9
|
Thrissur
|
K. Muraleedharan
|
3,47,945
|
46.2%
|
INC
|
V. V. Raghavan
|
3,38,996
|
45.1%
|
CPI
|
P. D. Purushothaman
|
54,479
|
7.2%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
18,409
|
10
|
Mukundapuram
|
A. C. Jose
|
3,97,156
|
50.1%
|
INC
|
P. Govinda Pillai
|
3,44,693
|
43.5%
|
CPI(M)
|
M. S. Muraleedharan
|
30,779
|
3.9%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
8,949
|
11
|
Ernakulam
|
George Eden
|
3,89,387
|
50.2%
|
INC
|
Sebastian Paul
|
3,14,879
|
40.6%
|
IND
|
V. V. Augustine
|
62,262
|
8.0%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
74,508
|
12
|
Muvattupuzha
|
P. C. Thomas
|
3,56,168
|
53.9%
|
KC(M)
|
Mathew John
|
2,42,359
|
36.7%
|
JD
|
Narayanan Namboothiri
|
50,738
|
7.7%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
1,13,809
|
13
|
Kottayam
|
Ramesh Chennithala
|
3,30,447
|
45.9%
|
INC
|
K. Suresh Kurup
|
3,35,893
|
46.7%
|
CPI(M)
|
George Kurian
|
42,830
|
5.9%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
5,446
|
14
|
Idukki
|
P. C. Chacko
|
3,33,999
|
46.4%
|
INC
|
K. Francis George
|
3,27,649
|
45.6%
|
KEC
|
D. Asokakumar
|
46,130
|
6.4%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
6,350
|
15
|
Alappuzha
|
V. M. Sudheeran
|
3,86,180
|
50.5%
|
INC
|
C. S. Sujatha
|
3,45,543
|
45.2%
|
CPI(M)
|
T. L. Radhamma
|
27,010
|
3.5%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
40,637
|
16
|
Mavelikkara
|
P. J. Kurien
|
2,75,001
|
44.0%
|
INC
|
Ninan Koshy
|
2,73,740
|
43.8%
|
IND
|
Rajan Moolaveettil
|
68,450
|
11.0%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
1,261
|
17
|
Adoor
|
Kodikunnil Suresh
|
3,16,292
|
45.8%
|
INC
|
Chengara Surendran
|
3,33,297
|
48.2%
|
CPI
|
Kainakary Janardhanan
|
34,816
|
5.0%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
17,005
|
18
|
Kollam
|
K. C. Rajan
|
3,24,383
|
42.4%
|
INC
|
N. K. Premachandran
|
3,96,145
|
51.8%
|
RSP
|
Raichel Matthai
|
36,916
|
4.8%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
71,762
|
19
|
Chirayinkil
|
M. M. Hassan
|
3,13,937
|
45.1%
|
INC
|
Varkala Radhakrishnan
|
3,21,479
|
46.2%
|
CPI(M)
|
T. M. Viswambharan
|
47,249
|
6.8%
|
BJP
|
LDF
|
7,542
|
20
|
Trivandrum
|
K. Karunakaran
|
3,37,429
|
44.0%
|
INC
|
K. V. Surendranath
|
3,22,031
|
42.0%
|
CPI
|
Kerala Varma Raja
|
94,303
|
12.3%
|
BJP
|
UDF
|
15,398
|