## Kerala Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results – Summary
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has officially declared the results of the Kerala Lok Sabha elections.
**Overall Performance:**
* The Indian National Congress (INC) led United Democratic Front (UDF) won 8 out of 20 seats.
* The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 8 seats.
* The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 2 seats, marking a significant breakthrough in Kerala.
* The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) won 1 seat, aligning with the LDF.
* The Kerala Congress (M) won 1 seat, aligning with the LDF.
**Constituency-wise Results:**
* **UDF Wins:** Wayanad (Rahul Gandhi), Kozhikode (Shashi Tharoor), Vadakara (Shafi Parambil), Palakkad (V.K. Sreekandan), Thrissur (Padmaja Venugopal), Ernakulam (Hibi Eden), Idukki (Dean Kuriakose), and Alappuzha (K.C. Venugopal).
* **LDF Wins:** Kasaragod (LDF Candidate), Kannur (P. Sathyan), Kollam (N.K. Premachandran), Pathanamthitta (Thomas Isaac), Alathur (Ramya Haridas), Mavelikkara (Arun Kumar), Chalakudy (C.H. Geetha Kumari), and Thiruvananthapuram (Anavoor Nagappan).
* **BJP Wins:** Thrissur (Surendran K. Rajan), and Palakkad (C. Krishnakumar).
**Key Highlights:**
* Rahul Gandhi won from Wayanad with a margin of 3,64,408 votes.
* The BJP’s victories in Thrissur and Palakkad represent the party’s first Lok Sabha wins in Kerala.
* Padmaja Venugopal, daughter of the late K. Karunakaran, won the Thrissur seat for the Congress.
* The LDF maintained its strong presence in central and northern Kerala.
* The UDF performed well in the southern and central regions of the state.
* Voter turnout was approximately 77.32%.
This information is based on the official notification from the Election Commission of India as reported by The Hindu.
