2004 Indian general election in Kerala

The 2004 Indian general election in Kerala were held for 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 18 seats out of 20 seats in the state. Indian National Congress, who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections, won none in this election. The other 5 seats were won by Kerala Congress (1), P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party (1), Indian Union Muslim League (1), Janata Dal (Secular) (1), and by an LDF supported Independent candidate (1).

2004 Indian general election
April–May 2004
20 seats
  First party Second party Third party
 
Party CPI(M) CPI INC
Alliance LDF LDF UPA
Last election 8 0 8
Seats won 12 3 1
Seat change 4 3 8
Percentage 31.52% 7.89% 32.13%
  Fourth party
 
Party BJP
Alliance NDA
Last election 0
Seats won 0
Seat change
Percentage 10.38%

In the aftermath of this election, the then Chief Minister of the state A. K. Antony resigned taking sole responsibility for the INC's poor electoral performance. Despite this, the outside support from the Left Front proved valuable for Congress to have a stable government in the Lok Sabha for the next 5 years.

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