Kerala assembly election, May 2001
140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 72.45% turnout.
Seats
140
Candidates
676
54 women, 8 elected
Turnout
72.45%
1.57 cr of 2.17 cr
Leading party
INC
62 of 140 seats
Party performance
Ordered by seats won in Kerala
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Votes | Share | Share +/− |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 62 | +25 | 88 | 49,40,883 | 31.40% | +0.96 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 23 | -17 | 65 | 33,61,827 | 21.36% | -0.22 |
| MULIndian Union Muslim League | 16 | +3 | 21 | 11,93,843 | 7.59% | +0.40 |
| KECMKerala Congress (M) | 9 | +4 | 11 | 5,56,647 | 3.54% | +0.36 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 7 | -11 | 22 | 11,41,344 | 7.25% | -0.36 |
| JPSSJPSS | 4 | +3 | 5 | 2,79,831 | 1.78% | +0.50 |
| INDIndependent | 3 | -2 | 277 | 12,38,592 | 7.87% | +0.19 |
| JD(S)JD(S) | 3 | +3 | 10 | 4,63,421 | 2.94% | — |
| KECKerala Congress | 2 | -4 | 10 | 4,55,748 | 2.90% | -0.21 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 2 | +2 | 9 | 4,08,456 | 2.60% | — |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 2 | -3 | 6 | 2,69,690 | 1.71% | -0.35 |
| RSPKBRSPKB | 2 | +2 | 4 | 2,15,562 | 1.37% | — |
| KECJKECJ | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1,51,966 | 0.97% | -0.17 |
| KECBKECB | 2 | +1 | 2 | 1,13,915 | 0.72% | +0.08 |
| CMPKSCCMPKSC | 1 | +1 | 2 | 95,689 | 0.61% | +0.12 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 0 | 0 | 123 | 7,89,764 | 5.02% | -0.46 |
| INLINL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45,511 | 0.29% | -0.16 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5,595 | 0.04% | — |
| JD(U)JD(U) | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2,636 | 0.02% | — |
| LJNSPLJNSP | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1,787 | 0.01% | — |
| AKMDMPAKMDMP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1,264 | 0.01% | — |
| SLAPSLAP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 957 | 0.01% | +0.01 |
| UIPPUIPP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 654 | 0.00% | — |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 521 | 0.00% | — |
| JPJP | 0 | 0 | 1 | 284 | 0.00% | -0.05 |
| SHSShiv Sena | 0 | 0 | 1 | 279 | 0.00% | -0.03 |
| SJPRSJPR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 257 | 0.00% | — |
- INC62 (44%)
- CPM23 (16%)
- MUL16 (11%)
- KECM9 (6%)
- CPI7 (5%)
- JPSS4 (3%)
- Others19 (14%)
- INC62
- CPM23
- MUL16
- KECM9
- CPI7
- JPSS4
- Others19
- INC62
- CPM23
- MUL16
- KECM9
- CPI7
- JPSS4
- IND3
- JD(S)3
- Others13
Constituency performance
From the 140 results in Kerala
Closest contest
SREEKRISHNAPURAM
won by 21 (0.02%)
Biggest victory
MALAPPURAM
won by 36,017 (38.96%)
Highest turnout
THODUPUZHA
83.62%
Lowest turnout
TRIVANDRUM WEST
54.86%
Seat change
Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (1996), matched constituency-for-constituency
- Retained81 (58%)
- Changed hands57 (41%)
- New seat2 (1%)
81 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 57 changed hands. 2 did not exist at the previous election.
India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.
Vote share & turnout trend
Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record
VOTE SHARE
- INC
- CPM
- MUL
- KECM
TURNOUT
Assembly seat results
All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140
| Assembly seat | Winner | Runner-up | Margin | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ADOOR | INCTHIRUVANCHOOR RADHAKRISHNAN | INDPALLICKAL PRASANNAKUMAR | 15,34015.85% | 77.0% |
| ALATHUR | CPMV.CHENTHAMARAKSHAN | INCR.CHELLAMMA TEACHER | 12,50511.13% | 72.8% |
| ALLEPPEY | INCK C VENUGOPAL | INDADV. A M ABDULRAHEEM | 19,15321.31% | 65.1% |
| ALWAYE | INCK MUHAMMOD ALI | INDADV K K SAJITHA | 19,68014.97% | 63.0% |
| AMBALAPUZHA | INCD SUGATHAN | CPMC K SADASIVAN | 4,5174.37% | 72.2% |
| ANKAMALI | INCP.J.JOY | INDPROF. V.J.PAPPU | 18,17715.02% | 70.0% |
| ARANMULA | INCMALETHU SARALADEVI | CPMA PADMAKUMAR | 4,1255.15% | 70.9% |
| ARIYANAD | INCG.KARTHIKEYAN | RSPG.ARJUNAN | 12,07112.21% | 67.9% |
| AROOR | JPSSK R GOWRIAMMA | CPMK V DEVADAS | 12,34210.11% | 78.8% |
| ATTINGAL | INCVAKKOM PURUSHOTHAMAN | CPMKADAKAMPALLY SURENDRAN | 10,81611.35% | 69.7% |
| AZHICODE | CPMT.K.BALAN | CMPKSCC.A. AJEER | 9,7969.14% | 75.3% |
| BADAGARA | JD(S)C.K.NANU | INCK.BALANARAYANAN | 14,15911.60% | 73.5% |
| BALUSSERI | NCPA.C SHANMUKHADAS | INCBALAKRISHNAN KIDAVE | 2,9622.52% | 77.2% |
| BEYPORE | CPMV.K.C.MAMMED KOYA | MULM.C.MAYIN HAJI | 5,0713.73% | 74.9% |
| CALICUT- I | INCADV.A.SUJANA PAL | CPMADV.P.SATHEE DEVI | 8,3778.01% | 70.1% |
| CALICUT- II | MULT.P.M ZAHIR | CPMELAMARAM KARIM | 7870.75% | 69.5% |
| CANNANORE | INCK.SUDHAKARAN | INDKASIM IRIKKUR | 19,13318.71% | 71.6% |
| CHADAYAMANGALAM | INCPRAYAR GOPALAKRISHNAN | CPIR LATHADEVI | 1,9191.91% | 70.2% |
| CHALAKUDI | INCPROF.SAVITHRI LAKSHMANAN | JD(S)M.A.PAULOSE | 10,66210.65% | 68.5% |
| CHANGANACHERRY | KECMC F THOMAS | INDPROF. JAMES MANIMALA | 13,04112.65% | 68.0% |
| CHATHANOOR | INCG.PRATHAPAVARMA THAMPAN | CPIN.ANIRUDHAN | 5470.49% | 69.9% |
| CHAVARA | RSPKBSHIBU BABY JOHN | RSPV P RAMAKRISHNA PILLAI | 12,48311.04% | 73.7% |
| CHELAKARA | CPMK.RADHAKRISHNAN | INCK.A.THULASI | 1,4751.27% | 74.7% |
| CHENGANNUR | INCSOBHANA GEORGE | CPMADV. K K RAMACHANDRAN NAIR | 1,4651.55% | 72.0% |
| CHERPU | CPIADV.K.P.RAJENDRAN | INDM.K.KANNAN | 2,2432.08% | 70.8% |
| CHITTUR | INCK.ACHUTHAN CHALAKALAM | JD(S)K.KRISHNANKUTTY EZHUTHANIKALAM | 13,80912.16% | 77.9% |
| COYALMANNAM | CPMA.K.BALAN | INCC.PRAKASH | 4,0313.69% | 71.5% |
| DEVICOLAM | INCA K MONI | CPMK BALASUBRAHMANIAN | 4,5664.08% | 70.3% |
| EDAKKAD | CPMM.V.JAYARAJAN | INCN.RAMAKRISHNAN | 5,3294.11% | 81.3% |
| ERAVIPURAM | RSPA.A.AZEEZ | MULT.A.AHAMED KABEER | 210.02% | 66.8% |
| ERNAKULAM | INCPROF. K V THOMAS | INDSEBASTIAN PAUL | 11,84411.59% | 55.2% |
| ETTUMANOOR | KECMTHOMAS CHAZHIKADAN | CPMTHAMBIPPODIPPARA | 20,14419.89% | 74.2% |
| GURUVAYOOR | MULP.K.K.BHAVA | INDP.T.KUNJU MUHAMMAD | 9,5269.10% | 72.3% |
| HARIPAD | CPMT K DEVAKUMAR | RSPKBPROF. A V THAMARAKSHAN | 4,1873.53% | 74.7% |
| HOSDRUG | CPIM.KUMARAN | INCC.J.KRISHNAN | 6,9785.00% | 76.6% |
| IDUKKI | KECMROSHY AUGUSTINE | INDM S JOSEPH | 13,71911.97% | 68.9% |
| IRIKKUR | INCK.C.JOSEPH | KECPROF.MERCY JOHN | 16,90413.63% | 75.1% |
| IRINJALAKUDA | KECMTHOMAS UNNIYADAN | CPMT.SASIDHARAN | 4060.35% | 73.7% |
| KADUTHURUTHY | KECMSTEPHEN GEORGE | KECADV. MONS JOSEPH | 4,6494.66% | 75.8% |
| KALLOOPPARA | KECMJOSEPH M PUTHUSSERY | KECADV T S JOHN | 11,22514.38% | 67.7% |
| KALPETTA | INCK.K.RAMACHANDRAN MASTER | JD(S)K.K.HAMZA | 17,44015.83% | 81.0% |
| KANJIRAPPALLY | INCGEORGE J MATHEW | CPMADV SHANAVAS | 1,4691.44% | 74.1% |
| KARUNAGAPALLY | JPSSADV. A N RAJAN BABU | CPIK C PILLAI | 8390.76% | 74.7% |
| KASARAGOD | MULC.T.AHAMMED ALI | BJPP.K.KRISHNA DAS | 17,99516.44% | 68.9% |
| KAYAMKULAM | INCM.M.HASSAN | CPMG SUDHAKARAN | 1,7641.64% | 74.3% |
| KAZHAKUTTAM | INDADV. M.A.VAHID | CPMADV. BINDU UMMAR | 4,2933.82% | 64.4% |
| KILIMANOOR | CPIN.RAJAN | RSPKBK.CHANDRABABU | 3,1712.91% | 65.2% |
| KODAKARA | INCK.P.VISWANATHAN | INDLONAPPAN NAMBADAN | 7,3326.22% | 75.5% |
| KODUNGALLUR | JPSSUMESH CHALLIYIL | CPIPROF. MEENAKSHI THAMPAN | 11,94110.23% | 76.1% |
| KODUVALLY | MULC.MAMMUTTY | JD(S)C.MOHASIN | 16,87713.05% | 78.9% |
Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.
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 in Kerala, 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 assembly seats does Kerala have?
Kerala has 140 assembly seats.
