Total Votes: 1430531
Votes Polled: 950829
Rejected Votes: 0
Votes not Retrieved from EVM: 0
Voter Turnout: 66.47%
- district boundary
- State boundary
| Name of the Candidate | Party | Votes | Percentage |
| Shashi Tharoor | INC | 358155 | 37.67 |
| Rajeev Chandrasekhar | BJP | 342078 | 35.98 |
| Pannian Raveendran | CPI | 247648 | 26.05 |
| S. Rajendran | BSP | 2352 | 0.25 |
| M. P. Shine Lal | IND | 1483 | 0.16 |
| Jenifar J. Russel | IND | 1365 | 0.14 |
| S. Mini | SUCIC | 1109 | 0.12 |
| M. S. Subi | IND | 599 | 0.06 |
| Nandavanam Suseelan | IND | 420 | 0.04 |
| Chalai Mohanan | IND | 400 | 0.04 |
| C. Shaju Paliyodu | IND | 388 | 0.04 |
| S. Sasi Kongapally | IND | 233 | 0.02 |
| None of the above (NOTA) | 6753 | 0.71 | |
| Total | 962983 | 101.28 | |