| Sl. No. | Political Party | No. of Candidates | Seats won | Votes | Percentage |
| 1 | All India Foward Block AIFB | 1 | 0 | 12837 | 0.09 |
| 2 | Bharatiya Janata Party BJP | 20 | 0 | 894843 | 6.22 |
| 3 | Bahujan Samaj Party BSP | 3 | 0 | 22139 | 0.15 |
| 4 | Communist Party of India CPI | 4 | 2 | 1182944 | 8.22 |
| 5 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPM | 9 | 5 | 3044369 | 21.16 |
| 6 | Indian Congress (Socialist) ICS | 1 | 0 | 332622 | 2.31 |
| 7 | Indian National Congress (Indira) INCI | 17 | 7 | 5467132 | 38.00 |
| 8 | Others / Independents IND | 151 | 0 | 321402 | 2.23 |
| 9 | Indian National League INL | 1 | 0 | 1354 | 0.01 |
| 10 | Indian Union Muslim League IUML | 2 | 2 | 730809 | 5.08 |
| 11 | Janata Dal JD | 2 | 1 | 633104 | 4.40 |
| 12 | Janata Party JP | 6 | 0 | 13557 | 0.09 |
| 13 | Kerala Congress (Joseph) KCJ | 1 | 0 | 320539 | 2.23 |
| 14 | Kerala Congress (Mani) KCM | 1 | 1 | 382319 | 2.66 |
| 15 | LDF supported Independents LDF | 2 | 1 | 595902 | 4.14 |
| 16 | People's Democratic Party PDP | 7 | 0 | 64950 | 0.45 |
| 17 | Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP | 1 | 1 | 359786 | 2.50 |
| 18 | Samata Party SP | 1 | 0 | 721 | 0.01 |
| 19 | Shiv Sena SS | 2 | 0 | 3267 | 0.02 |
| Total | 232 | 20 | 14386636 | 99.99 |