Kerala State legislative assembly election, 2011

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority

	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 seats, 42.98%	98 seats, 48.63%
Seats before	42	98
Seats won	72	68
Seat change	30	30
Popular vote	8,002,874	7,846,703
Percentage	45.83%	44.94
Swing	2.85%	3.69%

Kerala Assembly Constituencies

Chief Minister before election

V. S. Achuthanandan
CPI(M)

Chief Minister

Oommen Chandy
INC

V. S. Achuthanandan
CPI(M)

Oommen Chandy
INC

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

There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of leftwing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M). The right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is also contesting in the state and fielded candidates in 139 constituencies, with one seat to their NDA alliance partner Janata Dal (United).

The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is contesting in all the 140 seats.

The All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) contests in 6 seats in the state.

The Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) (SUCI) is contesting in 26 seats.

The Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) fielded candidates in 84 constituencies.

The Shiv Sena is contesting 44 seats, without any alliance with the BJP.

Common election symbols are provided only to national parties and registered recognized state parties. Registered unrecognized parties are given free symbols as per availability, based on request.

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