2020 Kerala local elections

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2020 Kerala Local Elections
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1199 of 1200 local bodies in Kerala [lower-alpha 1]
Turnout76.2% (Decrease2.svg1.5%)
Alliance   LDF    UDF    NDA
Percentage40.2% [2] 37.9%15.0%
Swing(Increase2.svg2.8%)(Increase2.svg0.7%)(Increase2.svg1.7%)
Grama Panchayat51432119
Block Panchayat108380
District Panchayat1130
Municipality43412
Corporation510

Elections to local bodies (Panchayats, Municipalities and Corporations) in Kerala were held in December 2020. [3] Polling took place over 3 days; on 8, 10 and 14 December, with the votes counted and results announced on 16 December. [4]

Contents

Left Democratic Front (LDF), who also formed the state government, won majorities in more than half of all grama panchayats, two-thirds of district panchayats and in all municipal corporations barring Kannur. United Democratic Front (UDF), led by Indian National Congress (INC), despite improving its vote share by 0.7% won just three out of fourteen district panchayats and one corporation, in comparison to seven and two respectively in the previous election in 2015. National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), increased their tally of wards won and secured a majority in two municipalities and nineteen panchayats.

Background

Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of local bodies at the village, block and district levels. The Kerala Municipalities Act, 1994 made provisions for the creation of municipalities and corporations. [5]

In total, the state has 1200 local self-governing bodies – 941 grama panchayats, 14 district panchayats, 152 block panchayats, 87 municipalities and 6 corporations. [6]

COVID-19 pandemic

An all-party meeting filed a plea in Kerala High Court to defer the polls, which was set for November 2020, considering the increasing COVID cases. [7]

An ordinance by the Governor of the state, which temporarily amended Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, allowed COVID-19 quarantined patients to vote via postal ballots and increases the voting time by two hours. [8] [9]

Parties and coalitions

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is a coalition consisting chiefly of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is led by the right-wing communal partybharatiya Janata Party. [1]

Chellanam 20/20, a newly formed civic forum, contested in all 21 wards in Chellanam panchayat. [10] [11] Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam, officially a nonprofit charitable organization formed by Anna Kitex Group, fielded candidates in five panchayats, including in Kizhakkambalam where they had won in 2015. [12] V4 Kochi, an apolitical organisation had 74 candidates contesting in all wards of Kochi Corporation. [13] Kerala Janapaksham (Secular), led by Poonjar MLA P. C. George, contested independently in four district panchayats, four block panchayats and two grama panchayats in Kottayam district. [14] Thiruvananthapuram Vikasana Munnettam an apolitical organisation contested in 14 wards of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. [15]

Previous composition

Vote Share by alliance in 2015 [16]

   LDF (37.4%)
   UDF (37.2%)
   NDA (13.3%)
  Other (12.1%)

Local body wise

[17]

2015 Kerala local body elections
Local self-government bodyLocal Bodies in leadTotal
LDFUDFNDAOthers/Hung
Gram Panchayats5493651413941
Block Panchayats906101152
District Panchayats770014
Municipalities44411086
Corporations42006

Ward-wise

Local self-government bodyWards wonTotal
LDFUDFNDAOthers
grama Panchayats7,6236,3249331,07815,962
Block Panchayats1,08891721532,076
District Panchayats17014534331
Municipalities1,2631,3182362593,122
Corporations1961435224414
Municipal Corporations
CorporationWards wonTotalAlliance in majority
LDFUDFNDAOthers
Thiruvananthapuram 4221353100Hung (LDF mayorship)
Kozhikode 50187075LDF
Kochi 233821174UDF
Kollam 36162155LDF
Thrissur 23216555Hung (LDF mayorship)
Kannur 26270255Hung (UDF mayorship)

Campaign

The president of the Kerala unit of BJP K. Surendran claimed that the incumbent LDF government would face a setback in the election due to the 2020 Kerala gold smuggling case, in relation to which the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's then principal secretary was arrested by Enforcement Directorate. [18] The opposition UDF faced several infightings, one among which an alliance partner, Kerala Congress (M), underwent a split with the faction led by Jose K. Mani joining LDF. [19] BJP faced factionalism between some of its top leaders and the state president. [20] [21]

Voters and polls

Voters list for the election was published on 17 June. [22] The final list was published on 1 October with a supplemental list published on 10 November. [23]

Voters list [24]
Group of votersVoters population
Male1,31,72,629
Female1,44,83,668
Transgenders282
Total Voters2,76,56,579

As the term of the current members of local bodies end on November 11, three-member administrative committees would be formed and take over administration in each local body, in accordance with Kerala Panchayat Raj Act, 1994, and the Kerala Municipality Act, 1994. [25]

Kerala High Court dismissed petitions which alleged that reservation of local body constituencies continued for a third successive term citing that the court would not interfere in elections. [26]

1.68 lakh candidates filed nominations to various local bodies, [27] which was dwindled down to 74,899 candidates after the rest were either rejected or withdrawn. [28] In total there are 34,744 polling booths; 29,321 in panchayats, 3,422 in municipalities and 2,001 in corporations. [29]

Schedule
EventDate
Publishing of final voters' list1 October 2020
Announcement of election schedule

Enactment of Model Code of Conduct

6 November 2020
Last date to file nomination19 November 2020
Scrutiny of nomination20 November 2020
Last date to withdraw nomination23 November 2020
PollingPhase I: 8 December 2020
Phase II: 10 December 2020
Phase II: 14 December 2020
Announcement of results16 December 2020

Phase I: Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Alappuzha and Idukki districts

Phase II: Ernakulam, Kottayam, Thrissur, Palakkad and Wayanad districts

Phase III: Malappuram, Kozhikode, Kannur and Kasaragod districts

Result

DistrictsVoter Turnout [30] [31] [32] [33] [34]
District wise map of KeralaPhaseDistrict%
Political map of Kerala.svg Phase IThiruvananthapuram70.073.1
Kollam73.8
Pathanamthitta69.7
Alappuzha77.4
Idukki74.7
Phase IIKottayam73.976.4
Ernakulam77.1
Thrissur75.0
Palakkad78.0
Wayanad79.5
Phase IIIMalappuram78.978.7
Kozhikode79.0
Kannur78.6
Kasaragod77.2
Kerala76.2

Vote Share by alliance [2]

   LDF (40.2%)
   UDF (37.9%)
   NDA (15.0%)
  Other (6.9%)

All of the three major pre-poll alliances in the state increased their vote share compared to that in the previous election.

Summary of results of the 2020 Kerala local body elections [2] [16] [35] [36] [37]
AlliancePolitical partyVotesVote %±pp
LDF Left Democratic Front 8,450,43040.18%Increase2.svg2.82%
Communist Party of India (Marxist) 5,628,18826.71%—
Communist Party of India 1,459,3966.93%—
Kerala Congress (M) 534,7592.54%—
Loktantrik Janata Dal 293,8141.40%Increase2.svg1.40%
Janata Dal (Secular) 175,6130.83%—
Indian National League 139,0160.66%—
Nationalist Congress Party 132,9330.63%—
Congress (Secular) 45,2150.21%—
Kerala Congress (B) 39,1400.19%—
Janadhipathya Kerala Congress 1,6120.01%Increase2.svg0.01%
Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) 7440.00%—
UDF United Democratic Front 7,988,25537.92%Increase2.svg0.69%
Indian National Congress 5,327,60525.29%—
Indian Union Muslim League 1,909,7299.06%—
Kerala Congress (Joseph) 419,0491.99%Increase2.svg1.99%
Revolutionary Socialist Party 171,4830.82%—
Communist Marxist Party (John) 80,3040.38%—
Kerala Congress (Jacob) 48,4480.23%—
All India Forward Bloc 19,1740.09%—
Bharatiya National Janata Dal 12,4630.06%—
NDA National Democratic Alliance 3,164,45415.02%Increase2.svg1.74%
Bharatiya Janata Party 3,118,24914.80%—
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena 26,3360.13%Increase2.svg0.13%
Kerala Kamaraj Congress14,3580.07%—
Kerala Congress (Thomas) 4,9750.02%—
Lok Janshakti Party 5360.00%Steady2.svg
Others Social Democratic Party of India 132,4230.63%—
Twenty 20 41,8450.20%—
Bahujan Samaj Party 36,2840.17%—
Welfare Party of India 32,6300.15%—
Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) 27,9950.13%—
Peoples Democratic Party 26,2230.12%—
Revolutionary Marxist Party of India 24,8990.12%—
Aam Aadmi Party 10,5390.05%—
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy 2,1400.01%—
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag) 2,0550.01%—
IND
Independents 1,206,8785.73%—
Total21,068,782100.00%Steady2.svg

Local body wise

Seat Share in Grama Panchayats (By alliance)

   LDF (54.62%)
   UDF (34.11%)
   NDA (2.01%)
  Others (9.24%)
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Seat Share in Block Panchayats (By alliance)

   LDF (71.05%)
   UDF (25.00%)
  Others (3.95%)

Seat Share in District Panchayats (By alliance)

   LDF (78.57%)
   UDF (21.43%)

Seat Share in Municipalities (By alliance)

   LDF (50.00%)
   UDF (47.67%)
   NDA (2.33%)

Seat Share in Corporations (By alliance)

   LDF (83.33%)
   UDF (16.67%)

[38]

2020 Kerala local body elections
Local self-government bodyLocal Bodies in leadTotal
LDFUDFNDAOthersTie
Grama Panchayats514 (Decrease2.svg35)321 (Decrease2.svg44)19 (Increase2.svg5)23 (Increase2.svg15)64 (Increase2.svg51)941
Block Panchayats108 (Increase2.svg20)38 (Decrease2.svg24)0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Decrease2.svg1)6 (Increase2.svg5)152
District Panchayats11 (Increase2.svg4) [39] 3 (Decrease2.svg4)0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg) [lower-alpha 2] 14
Municipalities [40] 43 (Decrease2.svg2) [41] 41 (Increase2.svg1)2 (Increase2.svg1)0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg) [lower-alpha 3] 86
Corporations5 (Increase2.svg1)1 (Decrease2.svg1 )0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg)6

Ward-wise

Local self-government bodyWards in leadTotal
LDFUDFNDAOthers
Grama Panchayats7,262 (Decrease2.svg361)5,893 (Decrease2.svg431)1,182 (Increase2.svg249)1,620 (Increase2.svg542)15,962
Block Panchayats1,266 (Increase2.svg178)727 (Decrease2.svg190)37 (Increase2.svg16)49 (Decrease2.svg4)2,080
District Panchayats212 (Increase2.svg42)110 (Decrease2.svg35)2 (Decrease2.svg1)6 (Increase2.svg2)331
Municipalities1,167 (Decrease2.svg96)1,172 (Decrease2.svg146)320 (Increase2.svg84)416 (Increase2.svg157)3,078
Corporations207 (Increase2.svg11)120 (Decrease2.svg23)60 (Increase2.svg8)27 (Increase2.svg3)414
Municipal Corporations
CorporationWards wonTotalPrevious alliance in majorityAlliance in majority
LDFUDFNDAOthers
Thiruvananthapuram 51 (Increase2.svg9)10 (Decrease2.svg11)35 (Steady2.svg)5 (Increase2.svg4)100LDFLDF
Kozhikode 51 (Increase2.svg1)17 (Decrease2.svg1)7 (Steady2.svg)0 (Steady2.svg)75LDFLDF
Kochi 34 (Increase2.svg11)31 (Decrease2.svg7)5 (Increase2.svg3)4 (Decrease2.svg7)74UDFLDF
Kollam 39 (Increase2.svg3)9 (Decrease2.svg7)6 (Increase2.svg4)1 (Steady2.svg)55LDFLDF
Thrissur [42] 24 (Increase2.svg1)24 (Increase2.svg3) [43] 6 (Steady2.svg)1 (Decrease2.svg4)55LDFHung [lower-alpha 4]
Kannur 19 (Decrease2.svg7)34 (Increase2.svg7)1 (Increase2.svg1)1 (Decrease2.svg1)55Hung (UDF mayorship)UDF

Aftermath

Result analysis

All of the three major pre-poll alliances, LDF, UDF, and NDA, improved their vote share compared to that in the previous election. The result showed popular support in favour of LDF led government, led by Pinarayi Vijayan. Jose K. Mani faction of Kerala Congress (M), which left UDF to join LDF, performed well in traditional UDF strongholds in Kottayam, Pathanamthitta and Idukki districts. [44] UDF improved its position in the districts of Ernakulam and Malappuram.

Reactions

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan hailed his alliance's victory as that of secularism and inclusive development, while remarking that the results were a befitting reply to UDF and BJP. Leader of the Opposition Ramesh Chennithala said that UDF voter base was intact highlighting that they had won more municipalities and mentioned that he would introspect into their poor performance in Thiruvananthapuram corporation. BJP national president J. P. Nadda and state president K. Surendran thanked the voters for providing an improved mandate to their party in the election [45] [46]

TREND software error

The final results of a few panchayats and municipalities were changed due to an error in the TREND software, which was used for displaying election results, as per the State Election Commission. This meant that the lead UDF had over LDF in municipalities was cut from 10 municipalities to 4. The Election Commission published the results in its official website after rectifying the error. [40]

Post-election incidents

LDF won control in 43 municipalities, UDF in 41 and BJP in 2 municipalities. [41] In Kalamassery municipality, UDF won control of the municipality by drawing lots, as both they and LDF had equal backing in the administrative council. [47] LDF also controls 11 district panchayats, while UDF got the remaining 3. The latter assumed control of Wayanad district panchayat after drawing lots. [39]

21 year old Arya Rajendran became the mayor of Thiruvananthapuram corporation, thereby becoming the youngest ever mayor of a municipal corporation in India. [48] [49]

Reshma Mariam Roy, who was the youngest candidate in the elections, became the youngest ever president of a panchayat in Kerala at 21 years old after being elected as the president of Aruvappulam Grama panchayat in Pathanamthitta. She had filed her nomination on November 18, days before she turned 21. [50] [51] [52]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Mattanur municipality elections are held in a different cycle, hence elections to this municipality are not held in 2020. [1]
  2. ↑ The ties were later resolved, LDF now control 11 and UDF controls 3 district panchayats. Refer Aftermath section
  3. ↑ The ties were later resolved and LDF now control 43 municipalities and UDF controls 41. Refer Aftermath section
  4. ↑ LDF later won mayorship over the corporation with support from independent members

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