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{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2009 Indian general election
| country = India
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = Indian general election in Kerala, 2004
| previous_year = 2004
| next_election = Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
| next_year = 2014
| election_date = April–May 2009
| seats_for_election = 20 seats

| image1 = [[File:Hand INC.svg|75px]]
| party1 = Indian National Congress
| alliance1 = [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| seats1 = 13
| last_election1 = 0
| seat_change1 = {{Increase}}13|
| map_image = Kerala Constituency wise Loksabha Results 2009.svg
| map_size = 200px
| map_caption = [[Kerala]]
| title =
| post title =
| before_election =
| before_party =
| after_election =
| after_party = 
| image2 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hammer Sickle and Star.png|75px]]
| seats2 = 4
| last_election2 = 13
| party2 = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
| alliance2 = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}9|
| image4 = [[File:BJP election symbol.png|75px]]
| party4 = Bharatiya Janata Party
| alliance4 = National Democratic Alliance (India)
| seats4 = 0
| last_election4 = -
| seat_change4 = -
| image3 = [[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ears_of_Corn_and_Sickle.png|center|45x45px|Star]]
| seats3 = 0
| last_election3 = 3
| party3 = Communist Party of India
| alliance3 = Left Democratic Front
| seat_change3 = {{decrease}}3
| image5 = [[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|47x47px]]
| seats5 = 2
| last_election5 = 1
| party5 = Indian Union Muslim League
| alliance5 = United Democratic Front (Kerala)
| seat_change5 = {{increase}}1
| percentage1 = 40.14%
| percentage2 = 30.47%
| percentage3 = 7.44%
| percentage4 = 6.31%
| percentage5 = 5.08%
| turnout = 73.38%
}}
The [[2009 Indian general election]] polls in [[Kerala]] were held for 20 seats in the state.

== Alliances ==
[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) is a Kerala legislative alliance and is allied to [[United Progressive Alliance]] (UPA) in the Lok Sabha. LDF comprises primarily of CPI(M) and the [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], forming the [[Third Front (India)|Left Front]] in the national level. [[National Democratic Alliance|National Democratic Alliance (NDA)]], led by [[Bharatiya Janata Party|Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)]] contested in all 20 seats.<ref>{{Cite web|title=PC: Alliances Kerala 2009|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/alliance/partyWise/15/28}}</ref>

=== United Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian National Congress}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Indian National Congress
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |17
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg|47x47px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |2
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Mani)}};color:white" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Two_Leaves.png|45x45px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== Left Democratic Front ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)}};color:white" |'''1.'''
|Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.png|center|45x45px|Key]]
| style="text-align:center;" |14
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Communist_Party_of_India}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|Communist Party of India
|[[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Ears_of_Corn_and_Sickle.png|center|45x45px|Star]]
| style="text-align:center;" |4
|- style="height: 4px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Kerala Congress}};color:black" |'''3.'''
|[[Kerala Congress]]
| style="text-align:center;" |
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}};color:black" |'''4.'''
|Independents
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

=== National Democratic Alliance ===
{| class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="width:4px;" |No.
! scope="col" style="width:200px;" |Party
! scope="col" style="width:80px;" |Election Symbol
! scope="col" style="width:60px;" |Seats Contested
|- style="height: 45px;"
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |'''1.'''
|Bharatiya Janata Party
| style="text-align:center;" |[[File:BJP election symbol.png|40x40px]]
| style="text-align:center;" |19
|-
| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal (United)}};color:white" |'''2.'''
|Janata Dal (United)
|
| style="text-align:center;" |1
|}

==List of Elected MPs==
{{see also|2009 Indian general election analysis#Kerala}}
{| class="wikitable sortable collapsible"
!No.
!Name
!Turnout%
!Name
! colspan="2" |Party
!Margin
|-
|1
|[[Kasaragod (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kasaragod]]
|76.11
|[[P. Karunakaran]]
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|64,427
|-
|2
|[[Kannur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kannur]]
|80.83
|[[K. Sudhakaran]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|43,151
|-
|3
|[[Vatakara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Vatakara]]
|80.55
|[[Mullappally Ramachandran]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|56,186
|-
|4
|[[Wayanad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Wayanad]]
|74.74
|[[M. I. Shanavas]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|1,53,439
|-
|5
|[[Kozhikode (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kozhikode]]
|75.68
|[[M. K. Raghavan]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|838
|-
|6
|[[Malappuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Malappuram]]
|76.81
|[[E. Ahamed]]
| bgcolor="#008000" |
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]
|1,15,597
|-
|7
|[[Ponnani (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ponnani]]
|77.17
|[[E. T. Mohammed Basheer]]
| bgcolor="#008000" |
|[[Indian Union Muslim League|Muslim League Kerala State Committee]]
|82,684
|-
|8
|[[Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)|Palakkad]]
|73.47
|[[M. B. Rajesh]]
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|1,820
|-
|9
|[[Alathur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alathur]]
|75.27
|[[P. K. Biju]]
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|20,960
|-
|10
|[[Thrissur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thrissur]]
|69.48
|[[P. C. Chacko]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|25,151
|-
|11
|[[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chalakudy]]
|73.72
|[[K. P. Dhanapalan]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|71,679
|-
|12
|[[Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Ernakulam]]
|72.81
|[[K. V. Thomas]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|11,790
|-
|13
|[[Idukki (Lok Sabha constituency)|Idukki]]
|73.95
|[[P. T. Thomas]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|74,796
|-
|14
|[[Kottayam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kottayam]]
|73.76
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
| bgcolor="#CC9900" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
|71,570
|-
|15
|[[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha]]
|79.15
|[[K. C. Venugopal]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|57,635
|-
|16
|[[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikkara]]
|70.34
|[[Kodikunnil Suresh]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|48,048
|-
|17
|[[Pathanamthitta (Lok Sabha constituency)|Pathanamthitta]]
|65.70
|[[Anto Antony]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|1,11,206
|-
|18
|[[Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)|Kollam]]
|67.85
|[[N. Peethambara Kurup]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|17,531
|-
|19
|[[Attingal (Lok Sabha constituency)|Attingal]]
|66.25
|[[Anirudhan Sampath|A Sampath]]
| bgcolor="#FF0000" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|18,341
|-
|20
|[[Thiruvananthapuram (Lok Sabha constituency)|Thiruvananthapuram]]
|65.74
|[[Shashi Tharoor]]
| bgcolor="#00BFFF" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|99,998
|}

===Constituency-Wise Detailed Results===
<ref>{{cite web |title=Chief electoral officer, Kerala |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/loksabha-elections.html |access-date=14 May 2014 |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6PcK1JdOI?url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electedmembers.html |archive-date=16 May 2014 |url-status=live |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|website=IndiaVotes|title=PC: Kerala 2009|url=https://www.indiavotes.com/pc/info?eid=15&state=28}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
!No.
!Constituency
!UDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!LDF candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!NDA candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!Other candidate
!Votes
!%
!Party
!Winning alliance
!Margin
|-
|'''1'''
|'''Kasaragod'''
|Shahida Kamal
|3,21,095
|37.91
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. Karunakaran
|3,85,522
|45.51
|CPI(M)
|K. Surendran
|1,25,482
|14.81
|BJP
|K. H. Madhavi
|5,518
|0.7%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |Left Democratic Front
|''64,427''
|-
|'''2'''
|'''Kannur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. Sudhakaran
|4,32,878
|50.11
|INC
|K. K. Ragesh
|3,89,727
|45.12
|CPI(M)
|P. P. Karunakaran
|27,123
|3.14
|BJP
|K. Sudhakaran Kavinte
|3,430
|0.4%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''43,151''
|-
|'''3'''
|'''Vatakara'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Mullappally Ramachandran
|4,21,255
|48.82
|INC
|P. Satheedevi
|3,65,069
|42.31
|CPI(M)
|K. P. Sreesan
|40,391
|4.68
|BJP
|[[T. P. Chandrasekharan]]
|21,833
|2.5%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''56,186''
|-
|'''4'''
|'''Wayanad'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |M. I. Shanavas
|4,10,703
|49.86
|INC
|M. Rahmathulla
|2,57,264
|42.31
|CPI(M)
|C. Vasudevan
|19,623
|4.1
|BJP
|[[K. Muraleedharan]]
|99,663
|12.1%
|NCP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''1,53,439''
|-
|'''5'''
|'''Kozhikode'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |M. K. Raghavan
|3,42,309
|42.92
|INC
|[[P. A. Mohammed Riyas|P. A. Mohamed Riyas]]
|3,41,471
|42.81
|CPI(M)
|V. Muraleedharan
|89,718
|11.25
|BJP
|P. Kumarankutty
|5,871
|0.7%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''838''
|-
|'''6'''
|'''Malappuram'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |E. Ahamed
|4,27,940
|54.64
|IUML
|[[T. K. Hamza]]
|3,12,343
|39.88
|CPI(M)
|N. Aravindan
|36,016
|4.6
|BJP
|E. A. Aboobacker
|6,931
|0.6%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''1,15,597''
|-
|'''7'''
|'''Ponnani'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |E. T. Muhammed Basheer
|3,85,801
|50.14
|IUML
|Hussain Randathani
|3,03,117
|39.4
|IND
|K. Janachandran
|57,710
|11.25
|BJP
|K. Sadanandan
|4,321
|2.6%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''82,684''
|-
|'''8'''
|'''Palakkad'''
|[[Satheeshan Pacheni|Satheesan Pacheni]]
|3,36,250
|42.58
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |[[M. B. Rajesh]]
|338,070
|42.81
|CPI(M)
|C. K. Padmanabhan
|68,804
|8.71
|BJP
|M. R. Murali
|20,896
|2.6%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |Left Democratic Front
|''1,820''
|-
|'''9'''
|'''Alathur'''
|N. K. Sudheer
|3,66,392
|44.22
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. K. Biju
|3,87,352
|46.75
|CPI(M)
|M. Bindu
|53,890
|6.5
|BJP
|K. K. Sudhir
|7,588
|0.9%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |Left Democratic Front
|''20,960''
|-
|'''10'''
|'''Thrissur'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. C. Chacko
|3,85,297
|47.23
|INC
|[[C. N. Jayadevan]]
|3,60,146
|44.14
|CPI
|Rama Ragunandan
|54,680
|6.7
|BJP
|N. Hariharan Nair
|3,687
|0.5%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''25,151''
|-
|'''11'''
|'''Chalakudy'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. P. Dhanapalan
|3,99,035
|50.33
|INC
|U. P. Joseph
|3,27,356
|41.29
|CPI(M)
|K. V. Sabu
|45,367
|5.72
|BJP
|Jose Maveli
|7,544
|0.9%
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''71,679''
|-
|'''12'''
|'''Ernakulam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. V. Thomas
|3,42,845
|46.03
|INC
|[[Sindhu Joy]]
|3,31,055
|44.44
|CPI(M)
|A. N. Radhakrishnan
|52,968
|6.5
|BJP
|Sherif Mohammed
|4,083
|0.5%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''11,790''
|-
|'''13'''
|'''Idukki'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |P. T. Thomas
|4,08,484
|51.98
|INC
|[[Francis George (Kerala politician)|K. Francis George]]
|3,33,688
|42.46
|KEC
|Sreenagiri Rajan
|28,227
|3.59
|BJP
|Biju M. John
|5,567
|0.7%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''74,796''
|-
|'''14'''
|'''Kottayam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Jose K. Mani
|4,04,962
|50.13
|KC(M)
|[[K. Suresh Kurup]]
|3,33,392
|41.27
|CPI(M)
|N. K. Narayanan
|37,422
|4.63
|BJP
|Spencer Marks
|11,432
|1.4%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''71,570''
|-
|'''15'''
|'''Alappuzha'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |K. C. Venugopal
|4,68,679
|51.62
|INC
|[[K. S. Manoj]]
|4,11,044
|45.27
|CPI(M)
|P.J Kurian
|1,025
|0.1%
|JD(U)
|Sony J. Kalyankumar
|19,711
|2.17
|IND
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''57,635''
|-
|'''16'''
|'''Mavelikkara'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Kodikkunnil Suresh
|3,97,211
|49.42
|INC
|R. S. Anil
|3,49,163
|43.44
|CPI
|P. M. Velayudhan
|40,992
|5.1
|BJP
|N. D. Mohan
|8,681
|1.1%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''48,048''
|-
|'''17'''
|'''Pathanamthitta'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Anto Antony
|4,08,232
|51.21
|INC
|Kananthagopan
|2,97,026
|37.26
|CPI(M)
|B. Radhakrishna Menon
|56,294
|7.06
|BJP
|K. K. Nair
|22,424
|2.8%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''1,11,206''
|-
|'''18'''
|'''Kollam'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |N. Peethambarakurup
|3,57,401
|47.52
|INC
|[[P. Rajendran]]
|3,39,870
|45.19
|CPI(M)
|Vayakal Madhu
|33,078
|4.4
|BJP
|K. M. Jayanandan
|6,752
|0.9%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''17,531''
|-
|'''19'''
|'''Attingal'''
|G. Balachandran
|3,09,695
|42.83
|INC
| style="background:lightgreen;" |A. Sampath
|3,28,036
|45.37
|CPI(M)
|Thottakkad Sasi
|47,620
|6.59
|BJP
|J. Sudhakaran
|15,558
|2.1%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |Left Democratic Front
|''18,341''
|-
|'''20'''
|'''Thiruvananthapuram'''
| style="background:lightgreen;" |Shashi Tharoor
|3,26,725
|44.29
|INC
|P. Ramachandran Nair
|2,26,727
|30.74
|CPI
|P. K. Krishnadas
|84,094
|11.4
|BJP
|A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar
|86,233
|11.7%
|BSP
! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|''99,998''
|}

===Performance of Political Parties===

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
! No. !! Party
! Political Front
! Seats
!swing
! Votes
! %Votes
!±pp
|-
| 1 || INC|| United Democratic Front (Kerala) || 13
|{{Increase}}13||{{formatnum:6434486}} || 40.13
|{{Increase}}8.00
|-
| 2 || CPI(M) || Left Democratic Front || 4
|{{Decrease}}8
|{{formatnum:4887333}} || 30.48
|{{Decrease}}1.04
|-
| 3 || IUML || United Democratic Front (Kerala) || 2
|{{Increase}}1
|{{formatnum:813741}} || 5.07
|{{Increase}}0.21
|-
| 4 || KC(M) || United Democratic Front (Kerala) || 1
|{{Increase}}1
|{{formatnum:404962}} || 2.53
|{{Increase}}1.14
|-
| 5 || [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] || Left Democratic Front || 0
|{{Decrease}}3
|{{formatnum:1193300}} || 7.44
|{{Decrease}}0.45
|-
| 6 || [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] || NDA || 0
|{{Steady}}
|{{formatnum:1011563}} || 6.31
|{{Decrease}}4.07
|-
|}
{{Pie chart|caption='''Vote Share by alliance'''|other=yes|value1=47.73|label1=United Democratic Front (Kerala)|color1={{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value2=41.89|label2=Left Democratic Front|color2={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|value3=6.43|label3=NDA|color3={{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}}}

=== Performance by alliance ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!No.
!Alliance
!Seats contested
!Seats won
!Votes
!%
|-
|1
|United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|20
|16
|76,53,189
|47.73
|-
|2
|Left Democratic Front
|20
|4
|67,17,438
|41.89
|-
|3
|NDA
|20
|0
|10,31,274
|6.43
|-
|4
|Others
|157
|0
|6,32,974
|3.95
|-
! colspan="2" |'''Total'''
!'''217'''
!'''20'''
!'''1,60,34,875'''
!'''100.00'''
|}

==References==
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