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Kerala assembly election, May 2001

The 12th Kerala legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
140
71 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
62 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
676
54 women, 8 elected
Turnout
72.45%
1.57 cr of 2.17 cr

The house

140 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

140SEATS
  • INC62
  • CPM23
  • MUL16
  • KECM9
  • CPI7
  • JPSS4
  • IND3
  • JD(S)3
  • Others13

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Kerala assembly election (1996)

INC
+25
CPM
-17
CPI
-11
KECM
+4
KEC
-4
MUL
+3
JPSS
+3
RSP
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
INCIndian National Congress62+258849.0%49,40,88331.40%+0.960
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)23-176544.7%33,61,82721.36%-0.220
MULIndian Union Muslim League16+32150.6%11,93,8437.59%+0.400
KECMKerala Congress (M)9+41150.7%5,56,6473.54%+0.360
CPICommunist Party of India7-112246.0%11,41,3447.25%-0.360
JPSSJPSS4+3548.9%2,79,8311.78%+0.500
INDIndependent3-22774.0%12,38,5927.87%+0.19254
JD(S)JD(S)3—1041.8%4,63,4212.94%—0
KECKerala Congress2-41044.3%4,55,7482.90%-0.210
NCPNationalist Congress Party2—942.0%4,08,4562.60%—0
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party2-3642.5%2,69,6901.71%-0.350
RSPKBRSPKB2—449.6%2,15,5621.37%—0
KECJKECJ20349.5%1,51,9660.97%-0.170
KECBKECB2+1253.2%1,13,9150.72%+0.080
CMPKSCCMPKSC1+1247.6%95,6890.61%+0.120
BJPBharatiya Janata Party001235.7%7,89,7645.02%-0.46121
INLINL00139.8%45,5110.29%-0.160
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)0—41.2%5,5950.04%—4
JD(U)JD(U)0—30.7%2,6360.02%—3
LJNSPLJNSP0—30.5%1,7870.01%—3
AKMDMPAKMDMP0—11.3%1,2640.01%—1
SLAPSLAP0011.0%9570.01%+0.011
UIPPUIPP0—10.7%6540.00%—1
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal0—10.5%5210.00%—1
JPJP0010.2%2840.00%-0.051
SHSShiv Sena0010.2%2790.00%-0.031
SJPRSJPR0—10.3%2570.00%—1

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Kerala at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one.

Largest victories of May 2001

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MALAPPURAMKeralaMULM.K.MUNEERNCPK.S.VIJAYAM36,01738.96%
KUTTIPPURAMKeralaMULP.K.KUNHALIKUTTYRSPKOLAKKATTIL IBRAHIMKUTTY26,10532.27%
MANJERIKeralaMULISHAQUE KURIKKALJD(S)PROF ABRAHAM.P. MATHEW34,59630.21%
TANURKeralaMULP.K. ABDU RABBCPMK.V.SIDHEEQUE27,01429.28%
PALAIKeralaKECMK M MANINCPUZHAVOOR VIJAYAN22,30126.75%
KONDOTTYKeralaMULADV.K.N.A.KADERCPME.K.MALEEHA27,09324.53%
ALLEPPEYKeralaINCK C VENUGOPALINDADV. A M ABDULRAHEEM19,15321.31%
WANDOORKeralaINCA.P. ANILKUMARCPMN.KANNAN28,22520.63%
ETTUMANOORKeralaKECMTHOMAS CHAZHIKADANCPMTHAMBIPPODIPPARA20,14419.89%
CANNANOREKeralaINCK.SUDHAKARANINDKASIM IRIKKUR19,13318.71%

Closest results of May 2001

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Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
ERAVIPURAMKeralaRSPA.A.AZEEZMULT.A.AHAMED KABEER210.02%
SREEKRISHNAPURAMKeralaCPMGIRIJA SURENDRANINCV.S.VIJAYA RAGHAVAN210.02%
NEDUMANGADKeralaCPIMANKODE RADHAKRISHNANINCPALODE RAVI1560.12%
IRINJALAKUDAKeralaKECMTHOMAS UNNIYADANCPMT.SASIDHARAN4060.35%
THRITHALAKeralaCPMV.K.CHANDRANINCP.BALAN4990.43%
PATTAMBIKeralaINCC.P.MOHAMMEDCPIK.E.ISMAIL5310.46%
CHATHANOORKeralaINCG.PRATHAPAVARMA THAMPANCPIN.ANIRUDHAN5470.49%
CALICUT- IIKeralaMULT.P.M ZAHIRCPMELAMARAM KARIM7870.75%
KARUNAGAPALLYKeralaJPSSADV. A N RAJAN BABUCPIK C PILLAI8390.76%
PERAVOORKeralaINCPROF.A.D.MUSTAFFANCPK.T.KUNHA HAMMED1,1730.86%

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, May 2001?

Indian National Congress won 62 of 140 seats, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, May 2001?

Turnout was 72.45% — 1.57 cr of 2.17 cr registered electors voted.

How many candidates contested the Kerala assembly election, May 2001?

676 candidates contested 140 seats.