Analysis · candidate churn

Who contests, who returns, who wins

Kerala Lok Sabha elections, 1962–2019

Contestants

227

2019 · 20 seats

Women elected

5.0%

Share of elected members

MPs re-elected

57.14%

8 of 14 who stood again

Turncoats

Switched party since the last poll

First-time winners

40.0%

8 of 20 seats

Lok Sabha

#17

Elected 2019

[01]Seats won by party

2019 · state result · 20 seats

INC 1575.0%

IUML 210.0%

CPI(M) 15.0%

RSP 15.0%

KC(M) 15.0%

[02]Women elected, election by election

Share of elected members · 2019–1962 · newest first

2019 5.0%

2014 10.0%

2009 0.0%

2004 10.0%

1999 5.0%

1998 5.0%

1996 0.0%

1991 10.0%

1989 5.0%

1984 0.0%

1980 5.0%

1977 0.0%

1971 5.26%

1967 5.26%

1962 0.0%

[03]Incumbent MP re-election strike rate

Of sitting MPs who stood again, the share that won

2019 57.14%8/14

2014 83.33%15/18

2009 22.22%2/9

2004 66.67%10/15

1999 72.22%13/18

1998 68.42%13/19

1996 50.0%7/14

1991 83.33%15/18

1989 75.0%12/16

1984 50.0%7/14

1980 61.54%8/13

1977 81.82%9/11

1971 58.33%7/12

1967 62.5%5/8

[04]Turncoats — candidates who switched party

Since the previous election they contested

2019 21 won

2014 52 won

2009 30 won

2004 42 won

1999 30 won

1998 22 won

1996 20 won

1991 10 won

1989 21 won

1984 53 won

1980 84 won

1977 40 won

1971 31 won

1967 11 won

[05]Winners by education

2019 · elected members' highest qualification

Graduate 8

Graduate Professional 4

Post Graduate 4

10th Pass 2

12th Pass 1

Doctorate 1

[06]Winners by profession

2019 · elected members' main profession

Social Work 9

Politics 6

Liberal Profession or Professional 3

Other 1

Salaried Work or Employed 1

[07]Computed insights

Arithmetic · working shown

The most party-switching came in 1980: 8 turncoats stood, of whom 4 won.
max(turncoats) over 15 elections = 8
Sitting MPs fared best in 1991 (83.33%) and worst in 2009 (22.22%).
max / min strike rate over 14 elections with incumbents
The most new blood arrived in 1967: 73.68% of winners had never won the seat before.
max(first-time-winner share), elections with a prior term = 73.68%

Each line is arithmetic over the figures on this page.

SourceTrivedi Centre for Political Data (TCPD) / Lok Dhaba, candidate-level election data; women, incumbency and turncoat figures are LokDhaba's own derived aggregates, one row per election for this state

NoteIncumbency and turncoat status require a previous election, so the first year on record carries none. Candidate age is not part of this dataset