2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.53% ( 2.27 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Pinarayi Vijayan [1] Oommen Chandy Party CPI(M) INC Alliance LDF UDF Leader since 2016 2004 Leader's seat Dharmadam Puthuppally Last election 44.94%, 68 seats 45.83%, 72 seats Seats won 91 47 Seat change 23 25 Coalition vote 8,945,005 7,741,293 Percentage 43.48% 38.81% Swing 1.63 pp 6.97 pp
Kerala Assembly Seat Status
Chief Minister before election Oommen Chandy INC Elected Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)

The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.

The constituencies to which election was held

Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election. ^[2] The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), won the election, defeating the incumbent United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which could only win 47 seats in the election. ^[3] Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 25 May.

Background

The tenure of the members of the Legislative Assembly in the state was to end on 31 May 2016. ^[4] As per the voters list published on 14 January 2016, there were around 2.60 crore (26 million) eligible voters including 6.18 lakh (618,000) new voters in the age group 18–21. Elections to the 140-member assembly were held in 21,498 polling stations set up at 12,038 locations. ^[5] There were 500 model polling stations. ^[6] Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) programme was undertaken in Kerala to raise voter awareness. ^[7]

Final voters list for Kerala Legislative Assembly election 2016

Group of voters	Voters population
Male	12,510,580
Female	13,508,702
Third Gender	2
Total Voters	26,019,284

2,065 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) units were used by the Election Commission in 1,650 polling stations in 12 constituencies. VVPAT were not used in Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Wayanad and Kasaragod districts. ^{[8] [9] [10]} The Election Commission launched several mobile apps. ^[6]

Assembly constituencies of Kerala having VVPAT facility with EVMs [8]
Kannur	Kozhikode North	Malappuram
Palakkad	Thrissur	Kottayam
Alappuzha	Kollam	Vattiyoorkkavu
Nemom	Ernakulam	Thrikkakkara

Parties and coalitions

There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of the left-wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress.

   Left Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested	Male	Female
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				Kodiyeri Balakrishnan	90	78	12
	Communist Party of India				Kanam Rajendran	25	21	4
	Janata Dal (Secular)				Mathew T. Thomas	5	4	1
	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy					4	4	0
	Nationalist Congress Party				T. P. Peethambaran	4	4	0
	Janadhipathya Kerala Congress				Francis George	4	4	0
	Indian National League				S. A. Puthiya Valappil	3	3	0
	Kerala Congress (B)				R. Balakrishna Pillai	1	1	0
	Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)				Skariah Thomas	1	1	0
	Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)				K. R. Aravindakshan	1	1	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)				Kovoor Kunjumon	1	1	0
	Congress (Secular)				Kadannappalli Ramachandran	1	1	0

   United Democratic Front

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Contesting Seats	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
	Indian National Congress (Indira)				V. M. Sudheeran	87	78	9
	Indian Union Muslim League				Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal	24	24	0
	Kerala Congress (Mani)				K. M. Mani	15	15	0
	Janata Dal (United)				M. P. Veerendra Kumar	7	7	0
	Revolutionary Socialist Party				A. A. Aziz	5	5	0
	Communist Marxist Party				C. P. John	1	1	0
	Kerala Congress (Jacob)				Anoop Jacob	1	1	0

   National Democratic Alliance

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Contesting Seats	Male Candidates	Female Candidates
	Bharatiya Janata Party				P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	98	88	10
	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena				Thushar Vellappally	36	35	1
	Kerala Congress (Thomas)				P. C. Thomas	4	4	0
	Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (Rajan Babu)				A. N. Rajan Babu	1	1	0
	Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha				C. K. Janu	1	0	1

Left United Front

Party	Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Seats contested	Male	Female
Revolutionary Marxist Party				N. Venu	10	9	1
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [11]				C. K. Lukose	32	27	5
Marxist Communist Party of India (United)				M. Rajan

Parties not in any Coalition

Party		Flag	Symbol	Photo	Leader	Contested Seats
	Social Democratic Party of India [12]				K. M. Ashraf	88
	Bahujan Samaj Party				J. Sudhakaran	74
	Peoples Democratic Party				Abdul Nasar Madani	60
	Welfare Party of India [13] [14]		[15]		Hameed Vaniyambalam	41
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star				M. K. Dasan	18
	Shiv Sena				M.S. Bhuvanachandran	16
	Samajwadi Party				N. O. Kuttappan	9
	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam				A. L. Pradeep	7
	Ambedkarite Party of India					5
	Indian Gandhiyan Party					3
	Kerala Janatha Party					3
	Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation				Dipankar Bhattacharya	1

Opinion polls

When conducted	Ref	Polling organisation/Agency	Sample size
				UDF		LDF		OTH
				Seats	Vote %	Seats	Vote %	seats	Vote %
March 2016	[16]	C-FORE for Asianet News [17]	15778	55–62	37%	75–82	41%	3–5	18%
March 2016	[18]	India TV C-Voter	N/A	49	N/A	89	N/A	2	N/A
April 2016	[19]	Mathrbhumi News – Axis My India	N/A	66–72	42%	68–74	45%	0–2	10%
23 April 2016	[20]	Asianet News – C4 Election Survey	50000	56–62	37%	75–81	40%	3–5	18%
May 2016	[21]	Mars agency	7020	70–75	N/A	63–67	N/A	0	N/A
May 2016	[22]	IMEG Opinion Poll	60000	50–57	N/A	83–90	N/A	0	N/A
May 2016	[23]	People TV – CES Survey	17460	51–59	40.6%	81–89	43.1%	0–3	14.1%

Exit Polls

Agency	LDF	UDF	Others	Ref.
Times Now-C Voter	74–82	54–62	0–8	[24]
India Today-Axis	88–101	38–48	1–7	[25]
News Nation	67–71	68–72	0–2	[26]
Today's Chanakya	75±9	57±9	8±5	[27]

Election Day

Voting took place on 16 May 2016 in all 140 Legislative Assembly Constituencies. The final turnout was 77.35%. ^[28]

Districts	Voter Turnout
District wise map of Kerala	District	%
	Kasaragod	78.51
	Kannur	80.63
	Wayanad	78.22
	Kozhikode	81.89
	Malappuram	75.83
	Palakkad	78.37
	Thrissur	77.74
	Ernakulam	79.77
	Idukki	73.59
	Kottayam	76.90
	Alappuzha	79.88
	Pathanamthitta	71.66
	Kollam	75.07
	Thiruvananthapuram	72.53
Total	77.35

Results

Vote Share by alliance

1. LDF (43.5%)
2. UDF (38.8%)
3. NDA (15.0%)
4. Other (2.75%)

Seat Share by alliance

1. LDF (65.0%)
2. UDF (33.6%)
3. NDA (0.71%)
4. Other (0.72%)

The Left Democratic Front won in a landslide in terms of seats, winning 91 out of 140 seats in the legislature. The incumbent UDF front was defeated and was reduced to 47 seats. The NDA, and independent P. C. George won one seat each.

By alliance

LDF		SEATS	UDF		SEATS	NDA		SEATS	Other		SEATS
CPI(M)		58	INC		22	BJP		1	P. C. George (IND)		1
CPI		19	IUML		18	BDJS		0
JD(S)		3	KC(M)		6	KEC		0
NCP		2	KC(J)		1	JRS		0
IND		5	JD(U)		0	JSS (Rajan Babu)		0
C(S)		1	RSP		0
KC(B)		1
NSC		1
CMP		1
KC		0
JKC		0
INL		0
Total		91	Total		47	Total		1	Total		1
Change		+23	Change		-25	Change		+1	Change		+1

P.C. George, who contested as an independent candidate from Poonjar, joined the NDA on a later date.

By region

Region wise map of Kerala	Region	Total Seats	UDF	LDF	NDA	OTH
	North Kerala	32	8	24	0	0
	Central Kerala	55	25	30	0	0
	South Kerala	53	14	37	1	1

By district

District wise map of Kerala	District	Total Seats	UDF	LDF	NDA	OTH
	Kasaragod	5	2	3	0	0
	Kannur	11	3	8	0	0
	Wayanad	3	1	2	0	0
	Kozhikode	13	2	11	0	0
	Malappuram	16	12	4	0	0
	Palakkad	12	3	9	0	0
	Thrissur	13	1	12	0	0
	Ernakulam	14	9	5	0	0
	Idukki	5	2	3	0	0
	Kottayam	9	6	2	0	1
	Alappuzha	9	1	8	0	0
	Pathanamthitta	5	1	4	0	0
	Kollam	11	0	11	0	0
	Thiruvananthapuram	14	4	9	1	0
Total		140	47	91	1	1

Results by party

Parties and coalitions		Popular vote		Seats
		Votes	%	Candidates	Won
	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5,365,472	26.7	84	59
	Indian National Congress	4,794,793	23.8	87	21
	Bharatiya Janata Party	2,129,726	10.6	98	1
	Communist Party of India	1,643,878	8.2	25	19
	Indian Union Muslim League	1,496,864	7.4	23	18
	Kerala Congress (Mani)	807,718	4.0	15	5
	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena	795,797	4.0	36	0
	Independents (LDF)	487,510	2.4	8	4
	Janata Dal (United)	296,585	1.5	7	0
	Janata Dal (Secular)	293,274	1.5	5	3
	Nationalist Congress Party	237,408	1.2	4	2
	Independents (IND)	220,797	1.1	420	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party	216,071	1.1	5	0
	Kerala Congress (Democratic)	157,584	0.78	4	0
	National Secular Conference	130,843	0.65	2	1
	Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)	75,725	0.38	1	1
	Kerala Congress (Balakrishna Pillai)	74,429	0.37	1	1
	Kerala Congress (Jacob)	73,770	0.37	1	1
	Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)	64,666	0.32	1	1
	Congress (Secular)	54,347	0.27	1	1
Total		20,232,718	100.00	1,203	140
Valid votes		20,232,718	99.97
Invalid votes		6,107	0.03
Votes cast / turnout		20,238,825	77.53
Abstentions		5,866,244	22.47
Registered voters		26,105,069

Results by constituency

Constituency		Winner							Runner Up							Margin
No.	Name	Candidate	Party		Alliance		Votes	%	Candidate	Party		Alliance		Votes	%
Kasaragod district
1	Manjeshwar	P. B. Abdul Razak		IUML		UDF	56,870	35.79	K. Surendran		BJP		NDA	56,781	35.74	89
2	Kasaragod	N. A. Nellikkunnu		IUML		UDF	64,727	44.72	Ravisha Tantri Kuntar		BJP		NDA	56,120	38.77	8,607
3	Udma	K. Kunhiraman		CPI(M)		LDF	70,679	43.94	K. Sudhakaran		INC		UDF	66,847	41.55	3,832
4	Kanhangad	E. Chandrasekharan		CPI(M)		LDF	80,558	49.98	Dhanya Suresh		INC		UDF	54,547	33.84	26,011
5	Thrikaripur	M. Rajagopalan		CPI(M)		LDF	79,286	50.93	K. P. Kunhikannan		INC		UDF	62,327	40.04	16,959
Kannur district
6	Payyanur	C. Krishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	83,226	58.02	Sajid Mavval		INC		UDF	42,963	29.95	40,263
7	Kalliasseri	T. V. Rajesh		CPI(M)		LDF	83,006	59.83	Amritha Ramakrishnan		INC		UDF	40,115	28.91	42,891
8	Taliparamba	James Mathew		CPI(M)		LDF	91,106	56.95	Rajesh Nambiar		KC(M)		UDF	50,489	31.56	40,617
9	Irikkur	K. C. Joseph		INC		UDF	72,548	49.00	K. T. Jose		CPI		LDF	62,901	42.48	9,647
10	Azhikode	K. M. Shaji		IUML		UDF	63,082	44.58	M. V. Nikesh Kumar		CPI(M)		LDF	60,795	42.97	2,287
11	Kannur	Kadannappalli Ramachandran		Cong(S)		LDF	54,347	43.06	Satheesan Pacheni		INC		UDF	53,151	42.11	1,196
12	Dharmadam	Pinarayi Vijayan		CPI(M)		LDF	87,329	56.84	Mambaram Divakaran		INC		UDF	50,424	32.82	36,905
13	Thalassery	A. N. Shamseer		CPI(M)		LDF	70,741	53.32	A. P. Abdullakutty		INC		UDF	36,624	27.61	34,117
14	Kuthuparamba	K. K. Shailaja		CPI(M)		LDF	67,013	45.64	K. P. Mohanan		JD(U)		UDF	54,722	37.27	12,891
15	Mattanur	E. P. Jayarajan		CPI(M)		LDF	84,030	56.52	K. P. Prashanth		JD(U)		UDF	40,649	27.34	43,381
16	Peravoor	Sunny Joseph		INC		UDF	65,659	48.10	Binoy Kurian		CPI(M)		LDF	57,670	42.25	7,989
Wayanad district
17	Mananthavady (ST)	O. R. Kelu		CPI(M)		LDF	62,436	42.88	P. K. Jayalakshmi		INC		UDF	61,129	41.99	1,307
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)	I. C. Balakrishnan		INC		UDF	75,747	44.04	Rugmini Subrahmanian		CPI(M)		LDF	64,549	37.53	11,198
19	Kalpetta	C. K. Saseendran		CPI(M)		LDF	72,959	48.35	M. V. Shreyams Kumar		JD(U)		UDF	59,876	39.68	13,083
Kozhikode district
20	Vadakara	C. K. Nanu		JD(S)		LDF	49,211	37.98	Manayath Chandran		JD(U)		UDF	39,700	30.64	9,511
21	Kuttiady	Parakkal Abdulla		IUML		UDF	71,809	45.50	K. K. Lathika		CPI(M)		LDF	70,652	44.77	1,157
22	Nadapuram	E. K. Vijayan		CPI		LDF	74,742	45.87	Praveen Kumar		INC		UDF	69,983	42.95	4,759
23	Quilandy	K. Dasan		CPI(M)		LDF	70,593	45.94	N. Subramanian		INC		UDF	57,224	37.24	13,369
24	Perambra	T. P. Ramakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	72,359	47.14	Mohammad Ikbal		KC(M)		UDF	68,258	44.46	4,101
25	Balussery (SC)	Purushan Kadalundi		CPI(M)		LDF	82,914	47.50	U. C. Raman Padanilam		IND		UDF	67,450	38.64	15,464
26	Elathur	A. K. Saseendran		NCP		LDF	76,387	48.65	Kishen Chand		JD(U)		UDF	47,330	30.15	29,057
27	Kozhikode North	A. Pradeep Kumar		CPI(M)		LDF	64,192	48.40	P. M. Suresh Babu		INC		UDF	36,319	27.39	27,873
28	Kozhikode South	M. K. Muneer		IUML		UDF	49,863	43.13	A. P. Abdul Wahab		INL		LDF	43,536	37.66	6,327
29	Beypore	V. K. C. Mammed Koya		CPI(M)		LDF	69,114	44.39	Adam Mulsi M.P.		INC		UDF	54,751	42.69	14,363
30	Kunnamangalam	P. T. A. Rahim		IND		LDF	77,410	42.92	T. Siddique		INC		UDF	66,205	36.71	11,205
31	Koduvally	Karat Razack		IND		LDF	61,033	44.42	M. A. Razack Master		IUML		UDF	60,460	44.01	573
32	Thiruvambady	George M. Thomas		CPI(M)		LDF	62,324	45.93	V. M. Ummer Master		IUML		UDF	59,316	43.72	3,008
Malappuram district
33	Kondotty	T. V. Ibrahim		IUML		UDF	69,668	46.58	K. P. Beerankutty		IND		LDF	59,014	39.46	10,654
34	Eranad	P. K. Basheer		IUML		UDF	69,048	50.83	K. T. Abdurahiman		IND		LDF	56,155	41.34	12,893
35	Nilambur	P. V. Anvar		IND		LDF	77,858	47.91	Aryadan Shoukath		INC		UDF	66,354	40.83	11,504
36	Wandoor (SC)	A. P. Anil Kumar		INC		UDF	81,964	52.59	K. Nishanth		CPI(M)		LDF	58,100	37.28	23,864
37	Manjeri	M. Ummer		IUML		UDF	69,779	50.22	K. Mohandas		CPI		LDF	50,163	36.10	19,616
38	Perinthalmanna	Manjalamkuzhi Ali		IUML		UDF	70,990	46.89	V. Sasikumar		CPI(M)		LDF	70,411	46.50	579
39	Mankada	T. A. Ahmed Kabeer		IUML		UDF	69,165	46.08	T. K. Rasheed Ali		CPI(M)		LDF	67,657	45.07	1,508
40	Malappuram	P. Ubaidulla		IUML		UDF	81,072	57.16	K. P. Sumathi		CPI(M)		LDF	45,400	32.01	36,672
41	Vengara	P. K. Kunhalikutty		IUML		UDF	72,181	60.01	P. P. Basheer		CPI(M)		LDF	34,124	28.37	38,057
42	Valikunnu	Abdul Hameed Master		IUML		UDF	59,720	43.44	O. K. Thangal		INL		LDF	47,110	34.27	12,610
43	Tirurangadi	P. K. Abdu Rabb		IUML		UDF	62,927	46.53	Niyas Pulikkalakath		IND		LDF	56,884	42.06	6,043
44	Tanur	V. Abdurahiman		NSC		LDF	64,772	45.78	Abdurahiman Randathani		IUML		UDF	59,554	42.29	5,018
45	Tirur	C. Mammootty		IUML		UDF	73,432	46.85	Gafoor P. Lillis		NSC		LDF	66,371	42.34	7,061
46	Kottakkal	Abid Hussain Thangal		IUML		UDF	71,768	48.34	N. A. Mohammed Kutty		NCP		LDF	56,726	38.21	15,042
47	Thavanur	K. T. Jaleel		IND		LDF	68,179	47.97	Ifthiquarudeen Master		INC		UDF	51,115	35.96	17,064
48	Ponnani	P. Sreeramakrishnan		CPI(M)		LDF	69,332	48.91	P. T. Ajay Mohan		INC		UDF	53,692	37.87	15,540
Palakkad district
49	Thrithala	V. T. Balram		INC		UDF	66,505	47.16	Subaida Ishac		CPI(M)		LDF	55,958	39.68	10,547
50	Pattambi	Muhammad Muhassin		CPI		LDF	64,025	45.69	C. P. Mohammed		INC		UDF	56,621	40.41	7,404
51	Shornur	P. K. Sasi		CPI(M)		LDF	66,165	46.71	C. Sangeetha		INC		UDF	41,618	29.38	25,447
52	Ottapalam	P. Unni		CPI(M)		LDF	67,161	44.71	Shanimol Usman		INC		UDF	51,073	34.00	16,088
53	Kongad (SC)	K. V. Vijayadas		CPI(M)		LDF	60,790	45.35	Pandalam Sudhakaran		INC		UDF	47,519	35.45	13,271
54	Mannarkkad	N. Samsudheen		IUML		UDF	73,163	49.27	K. P. Suresh Raj		CPI		LDF	60,838	40.97	12,325
55	Malampuzha	V. S. Achuthanandan		CPI(M)		LDF	73,299	45.90	C. Krishnakumar		BJP		NDA	46,157	28.90	27,142
56	Palakkad	Shafi Parambil		INC		UDF	57,559	41.77	Sobha Surendran		BJP		NDA	40,076	29.08	17,383
57	Tarur (SC)	A. K. Balan		CPI(M)		LDF	67,047	52.25	C. Prakash		KC(J)		UDF	43,979	34.28	23,068
58	Chittur	K. Krishnankutty		JD(S)		LDF	69,270	44.90	K. Achuthan		INC		UDF	61,985	40.18	7,285
59	Nenmara	K. Babu		CPI(M)		LDF	66,316	42.90	A. V. Gopinathan		INC		UDF	58,908	38.11	8,108
60	Alathur	K. D. Prasenan		CPI(M)		LDF	71,206	55.35	K. Kusala Kumar		KC(M)		UDF	35,146	27.32	36,060
Thrissur district
61	Chelakkara (SC)	U. R. Pradeep		CPI(M)		LDF	67,771	44.81	Thulasi		INC		UDF	57,571	38.07	10,200
62	Kunnamkulam	A. C. Moideen		CPI(M)		LDF	63,274	41.92	C. P. John		CMPKSC		UDF	55,492	36.77	7,782
63	Guruvayur	K. V. Abdul Khader		CPI(M)		LDF	66,088	44.76	P. M. Sadiqali		IUML		UDF	50,990	40.75	15,098
64	Manalur	Murali Perunelly		CPI(M)		LDF	70,422	43.30	O. Abdu Rahimankutty		INC		UDF	51,097	31.42	19,325
65	Wadakkanchery	Anil Akkara		INC		UDF	65,535	41.02	Mary Thomas		CPI(M)		LDF	65,492	40.99	43
66	Ollur	K. Rajan		CPI(M)		LDF	71,666	47.55	M. P. Vincent		INC		UDF	58,418	38.76	13,248
67	Thrissur	V. S. Sunil Kumar		CPI		LDF	53,664	42.19	Padmaja Venugopal		INC		UDF	46,677	36.70	6,987
68	Nattika (SC)	Geetha Gopi		CPI		LDF	70,218	46.65	K. V. Dasan		INC		UDF	43,441	28.86	26,777
69	Kaipamangalam	E. T. Taison Master		CPI		LDF	66,824	49.60	M. T. Muhammad Nahas		RSP		UDF	33,384	24.78	33,440
70	Irinjalakuda	K. U. Arunan		CPI(M)		LDF	59,730	40.00	Thomas Unniyadan		KC(M)		UDF	57,019	42.33	2,711
71	Puthukkad	C. Raveendranath		CPI(M)		LDF	79,464	50.07	Sundaran Kunnathully		INC		UDF	40,986	25.82	38,478
72	Chalakudy	B. D. Devassy		CPI(M)		LDF	74,251	49.37	T. U. Radhakrishnan		INC		UDF	47,603	31.65	26,648
73	Kodungallur	V. R. Sunil Kumar		CPI		LDF	67,909	45.71	K. P. Dhanapalan		INC		UDF	45,118	30.37	22,791
Ernakulam district
74	Perumbavoor	Eldhose Kunnappilly		INC		UDF	64,285	44.11	Mammikutty P.		CPI(M)		LDF	57,197	39.25	7,288
75	Angamaly	Roji M. John		INC		UDF	66,666	48.96	Benny Moonjely		JD(S)		LDF	57,480	42.22	9,186
76	Aluva	Anwar Sadath		INC		UDF	69,568	47.39	V. Saleem		CPI(M)		LDF	50,733	34.56	18,835
77	Kalamassery	V. K. Ebrahim Kunju		IUML		UDF	68,726	44.37	A. M. Yousaf		CPI(M)		LDF	56,608	36.55	12,118
78	Paravur	V. D. Satheesan		INC		UDF	74,985	46.70	Sarada Mohan		CPI		LDF	54,351	33.85	20,634
79	Vypen	S. Sharma		CPI(M)		LDF	68,526	52.24	K. R. Subhash		INC		UDF	49,173	37.49	19,353
80	Kochi	K. J. Maxi		CPI(M)		LDF	47,967	38.70	Dominic Presentation		INC		UDF	46,881	37.82	1,086
81	Thrippunithura	M. Swaraj		CPI(M)		LDF	62,697	40.53	K. Babu		INC		UDF	58,230	37.64	4,467
82	Ernakulam	Hibi Eden		INC		UDF	57,819	52.32	M. Anil Kumar		CPI(M)		LDF	35,870	32.46	21,949
83	Thrikkakara	P. T. Thomas		INC		UDF	61,451	45.42	Sebastian Paul		CPI(M)		LDF	49,455	36.87	11,996
84	Kunnathunad (SC)	V. P. Sajeendran		INC		UDF	65,445	44.13	Shiji Shivaji		CPI(M)		LDF	62,766	42.32	2,679
85	Piravom	Anoop Jacob		KC(J)		UDF	73,770	45.77	M. J. Jacob		CPI(M)		LDF	67,575	41.93	6,195
86	Muvattupuzha	Eldho Abraham		CPI		LDF	70,269	49.27	Joseph Vazhackkan		INC		UDF	60,894	42.70	9,375
87	Kothamangalam	Antony John		CPI(M)		LDF	65,467	49.26	T. U. Kuruvilla		KC(M)		UDF	46,185	37.88	19,282
Idukki district
88	Devikulam (SC)	S. Rajendran		CPI(M)		LDF	49,510	42.18	A. K. Moni		INC		UDF	43,728	37.25	5,782
89	Udumbanchola	M. M. Mani		CPI(M)		LDF	50,813	40.32	Senapathy Venu		INC		UDF	49,704	39.44	1,109
90	Thodupuzha	P. J. Joseph		KC(M)		UDF	76,564	54.08	Roy Varicattu		IND		LDF	30,977	21.88	46,587
91	Idukki	Roshy Augustine		KC(M)		UDF	60,556	42.86	K. Francis George		IND		LDF	51,223	36.26	9,333
92	Peerumade	E. S. Bijimol		CPI		LDF	56,584	43.94	Syriac Thomas		INC		UDF	56,270	43.70	314
Kottayam district
93	Pala	K. M. Mani		KC(M)		UDF	56,884	42.13	Mani C. Kappan		NCP		LDF	54,181	38.76	2,603
94	Kaduthurthy	Mons Joseph		KC(M)		UDF	73,393	58.03	Skaria Thomas		KC(ST)		LDF	31,537	24.80	42,256
95	Vaikom (SC)	C. K. Asha		CPI		LDF	61,997	46.95	A. Saneeshkumar		INC		UDF	37,413	28.33	24,584
96	Ettumanoor	K. Suresh Kurup		CPI(M)		LDF	53,805	40.67	Thomas Chazhikadan		KC(M)		UDF	44,906	33.94	8,899
97	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan		INC		UDF	73,894	57.46	Reji Sakhariya		CPI(M)		LDF	40,262	31.31	33,632
98	Puthuppally	Oommen Chandy		INC		UDF	71,597	53.42	Jaick C. Thomas		CPI(M)		LDF	44,505	33.20	27,092
99	Changanassery	C. F. Thomas		KC(M)		UDF	50,371	40.04	K. C. Joseph		IND		LDF	48,522	38.57	1,849
100	Kanjirappally	N. Jayaraj		KC(M)		UDF	53,126	38.86	V. B. Binu		CPI(M)		LDF	49,236	36.02	3,890
101	Poonjar	P. C. George		IND		N/A	63,621	43.65	Georgekutty Augusty		KC(M)		UDF	35,800	24.56	27,821
Alappuzha district
102	Aroor	A. M. Ariff		CPI(M)		LDF	84,720	52.34	C. R. Jayaprakash		INC		UDF	46,201	28.54	38,519
103	Cherthala	P. Thilothaman		CPI		LDF	81,197	45.70	S. Sarath		INC		UDF	74,001	41.65	7,196
104	Alappuzha	T. M. Thomas Issac		CPI(M)		LDF	83,219	53.29	Laly Vincent		INC		UDF	52,719	33.42	31,032
105	Ambalappuzha	G. Sudhakaran		CPI(M)		LDF	63,069	47.32	Shaik P. Harriz		JD(U)		UDF	40,448	33.42	22,621
106	Kuttanad	Thomas Chandy		NCP		LDF	50,114	38.52	Jacob Abraham		KC(M)		UDF	45,223	34.76	4,891
107	Haripad	Ramesh Chennithala		INC		UDF	75,980	51.05	P. Prasad		CPI		LDF	57,359	38.54	18,621
108	Kayamkulam	U. Prathibha Hari		CPI(M)		LDF	72,956	46.53	M. Liju		INC		UDF	61,099	38.96	11,757
109	Mavelikara (SC)	R. Rajesh		CPI(M)		LDF	74,455	49.81	Baiju Kalasala		INC		UDF	43,013	28.74	31,542
110	Chengannur	K. K. Ramachandran Nair		CPI(M)		LDF	52,880	36.34	P. C. Vishnunath		INC		UDF	44,897	30.85	7,983
Pathanamthitta district
111	Thiruvalla	Mathew T. Thomas		JD(S)		LDF	59,660	41.28	Joseph M. Puthussery		KC(M)		UDF	51,398	35.56	8,462
112	Ranni	Raju Abrham		CPI(M)		LDF	58,749	43.87	Mariamma Cherian		INC		UDF	44,153	32.97	14,596
113	Aranmula	Veena George		CPI(M)		LDF	64,523	39.97	K. Sivadasan Nair		INC		UDF	56,877	35.23	7,646
114	Konni	Adoor Prakash		INC		UDF	72,800	50.81	R. Sanal Kumar		CPI(M)		LDF	52,052	36.33	20,748
115	Adoor (SC)	Chittayam Gopakumar		CPI		LDF	76,034	49.05	K. K. Shaju		INC		UDF	50,574	32.62	25,460
Kollam district
116	Karunagappally	R. Ramachandran		CPI		LDF	69,902	43.06	C. R. Mahesh		INC		UDF	68,143	41.97	1,759
117	Chavara	N. Vijayan Pillai		CMP(A)		LDF	64,666	46.80	Shibu Baby John		RSP		UDF	58,477	42.32	8,189
118	Kunnathur (SC)	Kovoor Kunjumon		IND		LDF	75,725	47.38	Ullas Kovur		RSP		UDF	55,196	34.54	20,529
119	Kottarakkara	P. Aisha Potty		CPI(M)		LDF	83,443	55.44	Savin Sathyan		INC		UDF	40,811	27.11	42,632
120	Pathanapuram	K. B. Ganesh Kumar		KC(B)		LDF	74,429	52.39	P. V. Jagadish Kumar		INC		UDF	49,867	35.10	24,562
121	Punalur	K. Raju		CPI		LDF	82,136	56.85	A. Younus Kunju		IUML		UDF	48,554	33.61	33,582
122	Chadayamangalam	Mullakkara Ratnakaran		CPI		LDF	71,262	49.10	M. M. Hassan		INC		UDF	49,334	33.99	21,928
123	Kundara	J. Mercy Kutty Amma		CPI(M)		LDF	79,047	51.81	Rajmohan Unnithan		INC		UDF	48,587	31.85	30,460
124	Kollam	M. Mukesh		CPI(M)		LDF	63,103	48.81	Sooraj Ravi		INC		UDF	45,492	35.19	17,611
125	Eravipuram	M. Noushad		CPI(M)		LDF	65,392	52.33	A. A. Azeez		RSP		UDF	36,589	29.28	28,803
126	Chathanoor	G. S. Jayalal		CPI		LDF	67,606	50.76	B. B. Gopakumar		BJP		NDA	33,199	24.92	34,407
Thiruvananthapuram district
127	Varkala	V. Joy		CPI(M)		LDF	53,102	41.43	Varkala Kahar		INC		UDF	50,716	39.57	2,386
128	Attingal (SC)	B. Satyan		CPI(M)		LDF	72,808	52.71	K. Chandrababu		RSP		UDF	32,425	23.47	40,383
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	V. Sasi		CPI		LDF	64,692	46.75	K. S. Ajith Kumar		INC		UDF	50,370	36.40	14,322
130	Nedumangad	C. Divakaran		CPI		LDF	57,745	38.16	Palode Ravi		INC		UDF	54,124	35.76	3,621
131	Vamanapuram	D. K. Murali		CPI(M)		LDF	65,848	46.56	T. Sarathchandra Prasad		INC		UDF	56,252	39.77	9,596
132	Kazhakootam	Kadakampally Surendran		CPI(M)		LDF	50,079	37.38	V. Muraleedharan		BJP		NDA	42,732	31.90	7,347
133	Vattiyoorkavu	K. Muraleedharan		INC		UDF	51,322	37.43	Kummanam Rajasekharan		BJP		NDA	43,700	31.87	7,522
134	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar		INC		UDF	46,474	36.82	Antony Raju		IND		LDF	35,569	28.18	10,905
135	Nemom	O. Rajagopal		BJP		NDA	67,813	47.46	V. Sivankutty		CPI(M)		LDF	59,142	41.39	8,613
136	Aruvikkara	K. S. Sabarinathan		INC		UDF	70,910	49.32	A. A. Rasheed		CPI(M)		LDF	49,596	34.50	21,314
137	Parassala	C. K. Hareendrakumar		CPI(M)		LDF	70,156	44.41	A. T. George		INC		UDF	51,590	32.66	18,566
138	Kattakada	I. B. Satheesh		CPI(M)		LDF	51,614	35.93	N. Sakthan		INC		UDF	50,765	35.34	849
139	Kovalam	M. Vincent		INC		UDF	60,268	47.60	Jameela Prakasam		JD(S)		LDF	57,653	37.45	3,415
140	Neyyatinkara	K. Ansalan		CPI(M)		LDF	63,559	47.20	R. Selvaraj		INC		UDF	54,016	40.12	9,543

Notable performances of other candidates

01.P.C.George won from Poonjar Constituency with a margion 27821 votes ^[29]

By-elections

• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

Year	Constituency	District	UDF candidate	Party	Votes	LDF candidate	Party	Votes	NDA candidate	Party	Votes	Winner	Margin	Previous Winning Alliance	Winning Alliance	Winning Party
2017	Vengara	Malappuram	K.N.A. Khader	IUML	65227	P.P.Basheer	CPI(M)	41917	K Janachandran	BJP	5728	K.N.A. Khader	24123	UDF	UDF	IUML
2018	Chengannur	Alappuzha	D.Vijayakumar	INC	46347	Saji Cherian	CPI(M)	67303	P. S. Sreedharan Pillai	BJP	35270	Saji Cherian	20956	LDF	LDF	CPI(M)
2019	Manjeshwaram	Kasaragod	M. C. Kamaruddin	IUML	65407	M Shankara Rai	CPI(M)	38233	Ravisha Thanthri Kuntar	BJP	57484	M. C. Kamaruddin [30]	7923	UDF	UDF	IUML
2019	Pala	Kottayam	Jose Tom Pulikunnel [31]	UDF Independent	51194	Mani C. Kappan	NCP	54137	N.Hari	BJP	18044	Mani C. Kappan [32] [33] [34]	2943	UDF	LDF	NCP
2019	Vattiyoorkavu	Thiruvananthapuram	K. Mohan Kumar [35]	INC	40365	V. K. Prasanth	CPI(M)	54830	Adv S Suresh	BJP	27453	V. K. Prasanth	14465	UDF	LDF	CPI(M)
2019	Konni	Pathanamthitta	P Mohanraj	INC	44146	K. U. Jenish Kumar	CPI(M)	54099	K. Surendran	BJP	39786	K. U. Jenish Kumar	9953	UDF	LDF	CPI(M)
2019	Aroor	Alappuzha	Shanimol Usman	INC	69356	Manu C. Pulikkal	CPI(M)	67277	K.P.Prakash Babu	BJP	16289	Shanimol Usman	2079	LDF	UDF	INC
2019	Ernakulam	Ernakulam	T. J. Vinod	INC	37891	Adv. Manu Roy	LDF Independent	34141	C.G.Rajagopal	BJP	13351	T. J. Vinod	3750	UDF	UDF	INC

No by-election is conducted for Kuttanad and Chavara

Assembly seat sharing post - bye election results:

UDF	LDF	NDA	Vacant Seats
45	91	1	2

See also

• 2015 Kerala local body elections
• 2020 Kerala local body elections
• GoBackModi ^[36]

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External links

• Chief Electoral Officer,Kerala
• Election Commission of India
• Kerala Assembly Election 2016 Results Archived 16 February 2020 at the Wayback Machine
• UDF Kerala
• LDF Keralam
• NDA Kerala