| Sl. No. | Political Party | No. of Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Percentage |
| 1 | Bharatiya Janata Party BJP | 19 | 0 | 656945 | 4.61 |
| 2 | Bahujan Samaj Party BSP | 8 | 0 | 23475 | 0.16 |
| 3 | Communist Party of India CPI | 4 | 0 | 1156798 | 8.12 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM | 9 | 3 | 2952043 | 20.72 |
| 5 | Indian Congress (Socialist) ICS | 1 | 1 | 393125 | 2.76 |
| 6 | Indian National Congress (Indira) INCI | 16 | 13 | 5526181 | 38.78 |
| 7 | Others / Independents IND | 103 | 0 | 165718 | 1.16 |
| 8 | Janata Dal JD | 2 | 0 | 643366 | 4.52 |
| 9 | Janata Party JP | 4 | 0 | 12074 | 0.08 |
| 10 | Kerala Congress (Joseph) KCJ | 1 | 0 | 319933 | 2.25 |
| 11 | Kerala Congress (Mani) KCM | 1 | 1 | 384255 | 2.70 |
| 12 | Lok Dal LD | 3 | 0 | 3024 | 0.02 |
| 13 | LDF supported Independents LDF | 2 | 0 | 572285 | 4.02 |
| 14 | Muslim League ML | 2 | 2 | 715222 | 5.02 |
| 15 | Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP | 1 | 0 | 342796 | 2.41 |
| 16 | Independents (Janata) SJP | 2 | 0 | 5441 | 0.04 |
| 17 | UDF supported Independents UDF | 1 | 0 | 376182 | 2.64 |
| Total | 179 | 20 | 14248863 | 100.00 |