2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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  2011 16 May 2016 (2016-05-16) 2021  

All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout77.53% (Increase2.svg 2.27 pp)
 First partySecond party
 
Pinarayi.JPG
Oommen Chandy 2013 4.JPG
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan [1] Oommen Chandy
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader since20162004
Leader's seat Dharmadam Puthuppally
Last election44.94%, 68 seats45.83%, 72 seats
Seats won9147
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 23Decrease2.svg 25
Coalition vote8,945,0057,741,293
Percentage43.48%38.81%
SwingDecrease2.svg 1.63 pp Decrease2.svg 6.97 pp

2016 Kerala election result.svg
Kerala Assembly 2016 Seat Status.svg
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.

Contents

The constituencies to which election was held Legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala.svg
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 votersVoters population
Male12,510,580
Female13,508,702
Third Gender2
Total Voters26,019,284

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

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Communist Party of India (Marxist) CPI-M-flag.svg CPIM election symbol.png
Kodiyeri.JPG
Kodiyeri Balakrishnan 907812
Communist Party of India CPI-banner.svg CPI symbol.svg
KANAM RAJENDRAN DSC 0121.A.JPG
Kanam Rajendran 25214
Janata Dal (Secular) Janata Dal (Secular) flag (1).svg Indian election symbol female farmer.svg
Mathew-T-Thomas.jpg
Mathew T. Thomas 541
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy Janathipathiya samrakshana samithy Flag.jpg Indian Election Symbol Bus.png 440
Nationalist Congress Party NCP-flag.svg Clock symbol of NCP.png
T.P. Peethambaran.jpg
T. P. Peethambaran 440
Janadhipathya Kerala Congress Kerala-Congress-flag.svg
Francis George at Arakuzha.JPG
Francis George 440
Indian National League INL FLAG.png No image available.svg S. A. Puthiya Valappil330
Kerala Congress (B) Kerala-Congress-flag.svg No image available.svg R. Balakrishna Pillai 110
Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) Kerala-Congress-flag.svg
Scariah Thomas.jpg
Skariah Thomas 110
Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) CMP-banner.svg No image available.svg K. R. Aravindakshan 110
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) RSP-flag.svg Kovoor Kunjumon 110
Congress (Secular) Congress (Secular) Flag.png No image available.svg
Kadannappally Ramachandran.jpg
Kadannappalli Ramachandran 110

   United Democratic Front

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderContesting SeatsMale CandidatesFemale Candidates
Indian National Congress (Indira) INC Flag Official.jpg INC Hand.svg
Vm sudeeranDSC 8810.JPG
V. M. Sudheeran 87789
Indian Union Muslim League Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg
Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal BNC.jpg

Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal

24240
Kerala Congress (Mani) Kerala-Congress-flag.svg Indian election symbol two leaves.svg
K. M. Mani Minister.jpg
K. M. Mani 15150
Janata Dal (United) Janata Dal (United) Flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Arrow.svg M. P. Veerendra Kumar DS.jpg M. P. Veerendra Kumar 770
Revolutionary Socialist Party RSP-flag.svg Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png
A A Azeez.JPG
A. A. Aziz 550
Communist Marxist Party CMP-banner.svg No image available.svg C. P. John 110
Kerala Congress (Jacob) Kerala-Congress-flag.svg No image available.svg Anoop Jacob 110

   National Democratic Alliance

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderContesting SeatsMale CandidatesFemale Candidates
Bharatiya Janata Party BJP flag.svg Lotos flower symbol.svg
PS Sreedharan Pillai.jpg
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai 988810
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Flag.png No image available.svg
Thushar Vellapally.png
Thushar Vellappally36351
Kerala Congress (Thomas) Kerala-Congress-flag.svg Chair (Indian Election Symbol).svg
P C Thomas.jpg
P. C. Thomas 440
Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (Rajan Babu) No image available.svg A. N. Rajan Babu 110
Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha JRS color.jpg No image available.svg
CK janu.jpg
C. K. Janu 101

Left United Front

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Revolutionary Marxist Party

N. Venu

1091
Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist) [11] SUCI flag.svg C. K. Lukose32275
Marxist Communist Party of India (United)

M. Rajan

Parties not in any Coalition

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderContested Seats
Social Democratic Party of India [12] SDPI Flag.jpg INLD1.svg K. M. Ashraf88
Bahujan Samaj Party Elephant Bahujan Samaj Party.svg Indian Election Symbol Elephant.png J. Sudhakaran74
Peoples Democratic Party Indian election symbol rising sun.svg Abdul Nasar Madani 60
Welfare Party of India [13] [14] Gas Cylinder.jpg [15] Hameed Vaniyambalam41
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Red Star CPI(ML).svg M. K. Dasan18
Shiv Sena Indian Election Symbol Bow And Arrow.svg M.S. Bhuvanachandran16
Samajwadi Party SP Flag.png Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png N. O. Kuttappan9
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam AIADMK Flag.svg Indian election symbol two leaves.svg A. L. Pradeep7
Ambedkarite Party of India 5
Indian Gandhiyan Party 3
Kerala Janatha Party3
Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation CPIML LIBERATION FLAG.png Flag Logo of CPIML.png Dipankar Bhattacharya 1

Opinion polls

When conductedRefPolling organisation/AgencySample size
UDFLDFOTH
SeatsVote %SeatsVote %seatsVote %
March 2016 [16] C-FORE for Asianet News [17] 1577855–6237%75–8241%3–518%
March 2016 [18] India TV C-VoterN/A49N/A89N/A2N/A
April 2016 [19] Mathrbhumi News – Axis My IndiaN/A66–7242%68–7445%0–210%
23 April 2016 [20] Asianet News – C4 Election Survey5000056–6237%75–8140%3–518%
May 2016 [21] Mars agency702070–75N/A63–67N/A0N/A
May 2016 [22] IMEG Opinion Poll6000050–57N/A83–90N/A0N/A
May 2016 [23] People TV – CES Survey1746051–5940.6%81–8943.1%0–314.1%

Exit Polls

AgencyLDFUDFOthersRef.
Times Now-C Voter74–8254–620–8 [24]
India Today-Axis88–10138–481–7 [25]
News Nation67–7168–720–2 [26]
Today's Chanakya75±957±98±5 [27]

Election Day

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

DistrictsVoter Turnout
District wise map of KeralaDistrict%
Political map of Kerala.svg Kasaragod78.51
Kannur80.63
Wayanad78.22
Kozhikode81.89
Malappuram75.83
Palakkad78.37
Thrissur77.74
Ernakulam79.77
Idukki73.59
Kottayam76.90
Alappuzha79.88
Pathanamthitta71.66
Kollam75.07
Thiruvananthapuram72.53
Total77.35

Results

Vote Share by alliance
  1. LDF (43.48%)
  2. UDF (38.81%)
  3. NDA (14.96%)
  4. Other (2.75%)

By-elections

YearConstituencyDistrictUDF candidatePartyVotesLDF candidatePartyVotesNDA candidatePartyVotesWinnerMarginPrevious Winning AllianceWinning AllianceWinning Party
2017 Vengara Malappuram K.N.A. KhaderIUML65227P.P.BasheerCPI(M)41917K JanachandranBJP5728K.N.A. Khader24123UDFUDFIUML
2018 Chengannur Alappuzha D.VijayakumarINC46347 Saji Cherian CPI(M)67303 P. S. Sreedharan Pillai BJP35270Saji Cherian20956LDFLDFCPI(M)
2019 Manjeshwaram Kasaragod M. C. Kamaruddin IUML65407M Shankara RaiCPI(M)38233Ravisha Thanthri KuntarBJP57484M. C. Kamaruddin [30] 7923UDFUDFIUML
2019 Pala Kottayam Jose Tom Pulikunnel [31] UDF Independent51194 Mani C. Kappan NCP54137N.HariBJP18044Mani C. Kappan [32] [33] [34] 2943UDFLDFNCP
2019 Vattiyoorkavu Thiruvananthapuram K. Mohan Kumar [35] INC40365 V. K. Prasanth CPI(M)54830Adv S SureshBJP27453V. K. Prasanth14465UDFLDFCPI(M)
2019 Konni Pathanamthitta P MohanrajINC44146 K. U. Jenish Kumar CPI(M)54099K. SurendranBJP39786K. U. Jenish Kumar9953UDFLDFCPI(M)
2019 Aroor Alappuzha Shanimol Usman INC69356Manu C. PulikkalCPI(M)67277K.P.Prakash BabuBJP16289Shanimol Usman2079LDFUDFINC
2019 Ernakulam Ernakulam T. J. Vinod INC37891Adv. Manu RoyLDF Independent34141C.G.RajagopalBJP13351T. J. Vinod3750UDFUDFINC

No by-election is conducted for Kuttanad and Chavara

Assembly seat sharing post - bye election results:

UDF LDF NDA Vacant Seats
459112

See also

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