Know your state this LS poll: Kerala

Bangalore, March 28: The Lok sabha

is set to begin on April 7 and will continue till May 12. The results will be declared on May 16. The election will see elections to 543 parliamentary seats across 28 states and seven Union territories (UT).

OneIndia brings to you the poll statistics from each state and UT of the Union.

State: KERALA

Election date: April 10

Number of Lok Sabha constituencies: 20

Name of the constituencies: Alappuzha, Alathur (SC), Attingal, Chalakudi, Ernakulam, Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Mavelikkara (SC), Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Ponnani, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrisssur, Vadakara, Wayanad

2009 result (seats): Congress 13, IUML 2, KC(M) 1, CPI(M) 4

2009 party-wise vote-share:

Total voters this year: 2.42 crore (24.2 million)

Polling booths: 21,424

First-time voters: 4 lakh (0.4 million)

Fact: Five Union ministers of the Congress are contesting from Kerala this year. They are: Shashi Tharoor (Thiruvananthapuram), KV Thomas (Ernakulam), Mullapally Ramchandran (Bhatkara), K Suresh (Mavelikkara) and KC Venugopal (Alappuzha)

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