The

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in Kerala were held for 20

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seats in the state. The

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led

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(LDF) won 18 seats out of 20 seats in the state.

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, who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections, won one in this election. The other seats were won by

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(1), P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party (1),

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(1),

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(1), and by an LDF supported

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candidate (1). In the aftermath of this election, the then

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of the state

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resigned taking sole responsibility for the INC's poor electoral performance. Despite this, the outside support from the Left Front proved valuable for Congress to have a stable government in the Lok Sabha for the next 5 years.

Alliances

United Democratic Front (UDF), National Democratic Alliance (NDA), Left Democratic Front (LDF) are the major alliances.

United Democratic Front

Left Democratic Front

National Democratic Alliance

List of elected MPs

Results

Results by alliance or party

By alliance

* Note: *# UPA was not in existence in 1999, instead the number of seats won in 1999 represents the seats won by Indian National Congress *# UDF, is a coalition in Kerala, that was formed in 2001, that includes the Indian National Congress, and splinter Congress groups in Kerala. *# Left front, was not part of the UPA, in 2004, instead gave outside support. *# P. C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party, later merged with Kerala Congress and the United Democratic Front.

By Party

By constituency

2005 By-election

Due to the death of the sitting MP P. K. Vasudevan Nair, Trivandrum constituency went to bypolls. Turnout for the election was 68.15%

Assembly Constituency

Result- Party Wise

Notes

References

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Indian general elections in Kerala 2000s in Kerala