2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout75.26% (Increase 3.18 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Oommen Chandy V S Achuthanandan
Party INC CPI(M)
Alliance UDF LDF
Leader's seat Puthuppally Malampuzha
Last election 42.98%, 42 seats 48.63%, 98 seats
Seats won 72 68
Seat change Increase 30 Decrease 30
Coalition vote 8,002,874 7,846,703
Percentage 45.83% 44.94%
Swing Increase 2.85 pp Decrease 3.69 pp
Kerala Assembly 2011 Seat Status
Chief Minister before election

V. S. Achuthanandan
CPI(M)

Chief Minister

Oommen Chandy
INC

Election map (By constituencies)

The thirteenth Kerala legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members representing 140 constituencies in Kerala. Election results were released on 13 May 2011. The election, whose results were released on 13 May 2011, proved to be one of the closest ones in Kerala's history, with the United Democratic Front (UDF) beating the Left Democratic Front (LDF) by a margin of 4 seats.

Oommen Chandy was sworn in as the Chief Minister for the second time on 18 May 2011.