2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	72.47% (1.31)
First party Second party   Leader A. K. Antony V. S. Achuthanandan Party INC CPI(M) Alliance UDF LDF Leader's seat Cherthala Malampuzha Last election 59 80 Seats won 99 40 Seat change 40 40 Popular vote 7,719,454 6,876,897 Percentage 49.05% 43.70% Swing 4.21% 2.18%
Chief Minister before election E. K. Nayanar CPI(M) Elected Chief Minister A. K. Antony INC

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%.^[1][2]

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.^[3]

This election remains to have been the last one in which the Indian National Congress was the largest party in the legislative assembly, 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.