United Democratic Front (UDF) lead by the Congress Party has put its best efforts to grab the power from LDF in Kerala in highly battered Assembly Elections 2011. The opposition front has wrest power from the party in office, Communist Party of India-Marxist with a very thin majority of just two seats. The UDF has managed to seal 72 seats, just one extra than the magic figure of 71 seats to assume power. LDF has secured 68 seats just short of 3 seats to retain the crown and satisfied itself as a strong opposition party in the new Assembly. The Kerala Assembly has a total of 140 seats. And this is the very close contest in the three decades of state politics in Kerala. Following is the list of some major winners and losers in Kerala Assembly Elections 2011:
1. VS Achuthanandan (LDF): Won
2. K R Gowri Amma (UDF): Lost
3. P Thilothaman (LDF): Won
4. O Rajagopal (BJP): Lost
5. MLA V Sivankutty (LDF): Won
6. Hibi Eden (INC): Won (Ernakulam)
7. Sebastian Paul (Independent): Lost
8. K M Mani: Kerala Congress (Mani) : Won
9. Oommen Chandy: Won
Ministers in Kerala outgoing Government who won the elections:
1. M A Baby (Education): Kundara
2. Elamaram Kareem (Industries): Beypore
3. G Sudhakaran (Cooperation): Ambalapuzha
4. Thomas Issac (Finance): Alapuzha
5. Mullakara Ratnakaran (Agriculture) : Chadayamangalam
6. A K Balan (Power) : Tarur
7. Jose Thettayil (Transport) : Angamally
8. P K Gurudasan (Labour and Excise): Kollam
9. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan (Home and Tourism): Thalassery
10. C Divakaran (Animal Husbandary and Civil Supplies) : Karunagapally
11. S Sharma (Fisheries) : Vypeen.
Kerala out going Ministers who lost the elections:
1. V Surendran Pillai (Harbour Minister): Thiruvananthapuram.
2. N K Premachandran (Water Resources Minister) : Chavara
3. Ramachandran Kadannappalli (Devaswom) : Kannur