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2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

The 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 10 May 2001 to elect members to the Kerala State Assembly. Polls were held simultaneously in all 140 seats and resulted in a voter turnout of 72.47%.

The 2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 10 May 2001 to elect members to the Kerala State Assembly. Polls were held simultaneously in all 140 seats and resulted in a voter turnout of 72.47%.

The election saw a change of guard in the state with the United Democratic Front winning 99 seats as opposed to the 40 won by the Left Democratic Front. The remaining seat was won by a UDF rebel candidate.

This election was the last one in which the Indian National Congress was the largest party in the legislative assembly until 2026, with the Communist Party of India (Marxist) emerging as the leading party in every successive election, including in 2011, when the UDF won by a wafer-thin margin of 2 seats, until the defeat of the Left Front in 2026.

Event	Date
Date for Nominations	16 April 2001
Last Date for filing Nominations	23 April 2001
Date for scrutiny of nominations	24 April 2001
Last date for withdrawal of candidatures	26 April 2001
Date of poll	10 May 2001
Date of counting	13 May 2001

Flag	Contesting Seats
Indian National Congress (Indira)	A. K. Antony	88
Indian Union Muslim League	E. Ahmed	23
Kerala Congress (Mani)	K. M. Mani	11
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy	K. R. Gouri Amma	5
Kerala Congress (Jacob)	T. M. Jacob	4
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)		4
Communist Marxist Party		3
Kerala Congress (B)	R. Balakrishna Pillai	2

Left Democratic Front (Kerala)

Flag	Contesting Seats
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	E. K. Nayanar	74
Communist Party of India	A. B. Bardhan	24
Janata Dal (Secular)	H. D. Deve Gowda	12
Kerala Congress (Joseph)	P. J. Joseph	10
Revolutionary Socialist Party		6
Indian National League		3
Nationalist Congress Party	Sharad Pawar	2
LDF-Independents		2

National Democratic Alliance

Flag	Contesting Seats
Bharatiya Janata Party	A. B. Vajpayee	123
Janata Dal (United)	Nitish Kumar	4
Samata Party	George Fernandes	2
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	M. Karunanidhi	1


1	Indian National Congress- Indira (Congress-I)	88	63	4940868	31.4
2	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M))	74	24	3752976	23.85
3	Indian Union Muslim League (IUML)	23	16	1259572	8
4	Kerala Congress – Mani (KCM)	11	9	556647	3.54
5	Communist Party of India (CPI)	24	7	1212248	7.7
6	Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi (JSS)	5	4	279831	1.78
7	Janata Dal- Secular (JDS)	10	3	546917	3.48
8	Kerala Congress – Joseph (KCJ)	10	2	455748	2.9
9	Nationalist Congress Party (NCP)	9	2	408456	2.6
10	Revolutionary Socialist Party (RSP)	6	2	269689	1.71
11	Revolutionary Socialist Party – Bolshevik (RSPB)	4	2	215562	1.37
12	Kerala Congress – Jacob (KCA)	4	2	207618	1.32
13	Kerala Congress – Balakrishna Pillai (KCB)	2	2	113915	0.72
14	Communist Marxist Party (CMP)	3	1	145441	0.92
15	Indian National League (INL)	3	0	139775	0.89
16	CPI(M) Independents (LDF)	2	0	91058	0.58
17	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)	123	0	789762	5.02
18	BJP Allies (JD(U): 4, Samata: 2, DMK: 1)	7	0	10089	0.06
19	Others/ Independents	266	1	340692	2.16
Total	676	140	15736894	100

=((Kerala election 2026) UDF

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