2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	75.60% (1.93%)
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan Ramesh Chennithala K. Surendran Alliance LDF UDF NDA Leader since 2016 2016 2020 Leader's seat Dharmadam Haripad Manjeshwar (lost) Konni (lost) Last election 91 seats 47 seats 1 seat Seats won 99 seats 41 seats 0 seats Seat change 8 6 1 Popular vote 10,555,616 8,196,813 2,582,289 Percentage 45.43% 39.47% 12.36% Swing 1.95% 0.66% 2.60
Constituency-wise result
Chief Minister before election Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M) Elected Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)

The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May. ^[1]

The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) retaining power with 99 seats, 8 more than in the previous election, marking the first time that an alliance won consecutive terms in the state since its 1977 election. ^[2] The United Democratic Front (UDF) won the remaining 41 seats, 6 less than in the previous election. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) received a dip in vote share and lost their lone seat. ^[3] Pinarayi Vijayan became the first Chief Minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full, five-year term in office. ^{[4] [5]}

Background

Kerala has a unicameral house of legislation, Niyamasabha, consisting of 140 members elected from individual constituencies and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community. Members are elected for a period of five years, unless the assembly is dissolved earlier. Fourteen and two constituencies respectively are reserved for members belonging to Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). The tenure of the members of the 14th Legislative Assembly in the state ended on 1 June 2021. ^[6]

As with all assembly elections in India, Kerala uses first-past-the-post election system. Voters are given a provision to vote NOTA (None Of The Above). State Election Commission, Kerala conducts the assembly election and is overseen by Election Commission of India. ^[7]

Changes in alliance compositions

In the previous election in 2016, the LDF bagged 91 seats in the assembly, defeating the incumbent UDF, led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which could only win 47 seats in the election. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won one seat, and the remaining seat was won by an independent, P. C. George, who later formed the party Kerala Janapaksham (Secular). ^[8]

After being suspended from UDF, Kerala Congress (M), led by Jose K. Mani, joined LDF. However, a faction of the party, led by P. J. Joseph, remained in UDF and formed Kerala Congress. ^{[9] [10]}

Another major change that occurred after 2016 was the entry of 4 parties, including Loktantrik Janata Dal and Indian National League, into LDF. ^[11]

2020 local elections

In the 2020 Kerala local elections held in December, LDF performed strong, including a lead in 11 out of 14 district panchayats in the state. ^[12]

The induction of Kerala Congress (M) gave inroads to LDF in the traditional UDF strongholds of Kottayam district and nearby areas with large number of Syrian Christian voters. ^[13]

After the local elections, A. Vijayaraghavan, the new state secretary of Communist Party of India (Marxist), repeatedly alleged that UDF had secret alliance with the fundamentalist organisations like Jamaat-e-Islami. ^{[14] [15]}

2021

In February 2021, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Mani C. Kappan, the sitting MLA of Pala constituency, switched to the UDF after the LDF denied his request to contest in Pala constituency in the election. This resulted in his expulsion from NCP, following which he formed a new political party named Nationalist Congress Kerala (NCK). ^[16]

In March 2021, R. Balasankar, leader of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh from Alappuzha, claimed that the Kerala leadership of BJP had struck a secret deal with CPI(M) to weaken and ensure the defeat of UDF, a claim denied by BJP. ^{[17] [18]} On 17 March 2021, P. C. Thomas announced the merger of his party with P. J. Joseph's Kerala Congress, with him being its Deputy Chairman. ^[19]

Schedule

Location of all constituencies

Election event	Date	Day
Date of issue of gazette notification	12/03/2021	Friday
Last date for filing nomination	19/03/2021	Friday
Scrutiny of nomination	20/03/2021	Saturday
Last date of withdrawal of candidature	22/03/2021	Monday
Date of polling	06/04/2021	Tuesday
Date of counting	02/05/2021	Sunday

Final voters list for 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Group of voters	Voters population
Male	1,32,83,724
Female	1,41,62,025
Transgender	290
Total voters	2,74,46,039

^[20]

Parties and alliances

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a coalition of centre-left to left-wing political parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is an alliance of centrist to centre-left political parties led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a coalition of centrist to right-wing parties.

   Left Democratic Front

An alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties, the LDF is currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and several smaller parties.

Seat sharing map	No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male	Female
LDF's seat sharing map for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election	1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Kodiyeri Balakrishnan		77	65	12
	2.	Communist Party of India			Kanam Rajendran		23	21	2
	3.	Kerala Congress (M)			Jose K. Mani		12	11	1
	4.	Janata Dal (Secular)			Mathew T. Thomas		4	4	0
	5.	Nationalist Congress Party			T. P. Peethambaran		3	3	0
	6.	Loktantrik Janata Dal			M. V. Shreyams Kumar		3	3	0
	7.	Indian National League			A. P. Abdul Wahab		3	3	0
	8.	Congress (Secular)			Kadannappalli Ramachandran	]	1	1	0
	9.	Kerala Congress (B)			R. Balakrishna Pillai		1	1	0
	10.	Janadhipathya Kerala Congress			K. C. Joseph		1	1	0
	11.	Independents					12	12	0
		Total					140	125	15

   United Democratic Front

It is an alliance of centrist to centre-left political parties in the state, founded by the prominent Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.

Seat sharing map	No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male	Female
	1.	Indian National Congress			Mullappally Ramachandran		93	83	10
	2.	Indian Union Muslim League			Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal		25	24	1
	3.	Kerala Congress			P. J. Joseph		10	10	0
	4.	Revolutionary Socialist Party			A.A. Aziz		5	5	0
	5.	Nationalist Congress Kerala			Mani C. Kappan		2	2	0
	6.	Kerala Congress (Jacob)			Anoop Jacob		1	1	0
	7.	Communist Marxist Party			C. P. John		1	1	0
	8.	Revolutionary Marxist Party of India			N. Venu		1	0	1
	9.	Independents					2	2	0
		Total					140	128	12

   National Democratic Alliance

It is an alliance of right-wing parties. NDA Kerala unit was constituted in 2016. The coalition consists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and a variety of other smaller parties. ^[21]

Seat sharing map	No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader	Photo	Seats contested	Male	Female
NDA's seat sharing map for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election	1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			K. Surendran		113	98	15
	2.	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena			Thushar Vellapally		21	17	4
	3.	All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam			G. Shobakumar [22]		2	1 [lower-alpha 1]	1
	4.	Kerala Kamaraj Congress			Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan		1	1	0
	5.	Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha			C. K. Janu		1	0	1
		Total					138	117	21

Campaign

On 28 February 2021, the Left Democratic Front (LDF) released its campaign slogan for the Assembly election, "Urappanu LDF" ^[23] (Malayalam: ഉറപ്പാണ് LDF) which translates to "LDF for sure". The alliance released its manifesto on 19 March. ^[24]

The United Democratic Front (UDF) released their campaign slogan "Naadu Nannakan UDF" (നാട് നന്നാകാൻ UDF) which roughly translates to ‘UDF for Kerala’s Advancement'. ^[25] The UDF released their election manifesto on 20 March 2020. ^[26]

The BJP- led National Democratic Alliance released their campaign slogan "Puthiya Keralam Modikkoppam" (Malayalam: പുതിയ കേരളം മോദിക്കൊപ്പം) which roughly translates to 'New Kerala with Modi.' ^[27] BJP pledged to ban Love Jihad if elected to power. ^[28]

Candidates

Main article: List of candidates in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Many parties, including the CPI(M), the INC and the CPI, did not give tickets to most sitting MLAs who had already served two terms. A third of selected candidates had prior experience in local bodies. ^[29] The Indian Union Muslim League fielded a female candidate - Noorbeena Rasheed in Kozhikode South - for the first time in 25 years. ^{[30] [31] [32]} Anannyah Kumari Alex, contesting from Vengara, became the first ever transgender candidate to be nominated for Kerala assembly election, ^[33] However, she suspended her campaign after alleged harassment from her party members. ^[34]

Nominations of NDA candidates in Thalassery, Guruvayur and Devikulam were rejected by the Election Commission, citing incomplete nomination papers. Hence, the alliance offered support Democratic Social Justice Party (DSJP) candidate in Guruvayur, AIADMK candidate in Devikulam ^[35] and for an independent candidate in Thalassery, however the latter rejected the support. ^[36]

Opinion polls

Date published	Polling agency				Lead	Ref.
		LDF	UDF	NDA
29 March 2021	Asianet News–C fore	82–91	46–54	3–7	11–20	[37]
24 March 2021	Mathrubhumi–CVoter	73–83	56–66	0–1	2–12	[38]
	Manorama News–VMR	77–82	54–59	0–3	6–11	[39]
	Times Now–CVoter	77	62	1	6	[40]
19 March 2021	Mathrubhumi News–CVoter	75-83 (79)	55–60 (57)	0–2 (1)	4–12 (8)	[41]
15 March 2021	ABP News–CVoter	77–85	54–62	0–2	6–14	[42]
	MediaOne–P-Marq (Politique Marquer)	74–80	58–64	0–2	3–9	[43]
8 March 2021	Times Now–CVoter	82	56	1	11	[44]
28 February 2021	24 News	72–78	63–69	1–2	1–7	[45]
27 February 2021	ABP News–CVoter	83–91	47–55	0–2	12–20	[46]
25 February 2021	Lok Poll	75–80	60–65	0–1	4–9	[47]
21 February 2021	Spick Media - MCV Network Survey	85	53	2	14	[48]
	24 News	68–78	62–72	1–2	Hung	[49]
	Asianet News–C fore	72–78	59–65	3–7	1–7	[50]
18 January 2021	ABP News–CVoter	81–89	41–47	0–2	10–18	[51]
6 January 2021	Lok Poll	73–78	62–67	0–1	2–7	[52]
4 July 2020	Asianet News–C fore	77–83	54–60	3–7	6–12	[53]

Asianet News–C fore Survey (July 2020)

Vote share predicted by Asianet C-Fore Survey [04/07/2020] [53] [54]
Social group		LDF	UDF	NDA	Others	Lead
Total vote		42	39	18	1	3
Seats		79	56	5	0	23
Region
North	Vote Share	43	39	18	1	4
Central		39	42	18	1	3
South		41	38	20	1	3
North	Seats	41	17	2	0	24
Central		18	23	1	0	5
South		20	16	2	0	4
Gender
Men		41	34	16	9	7
Women		34	35	13	18	1
Caste and Religion
Muslims		49	31	20		18
Ezhava		47	23	24	6	23
Syrian Christians (Jacobite/Orthodox/Marthoma)		29	48	14	9	19
Catholic Christians		24	61	3	12	37
Dalits		37	25	22	16	12
Nairs		24	42	27	7	15
Other castes		17	40	33	10	7
Employment
Students		44	29	15	12	15
Government employees		51	21	7	21	30
Farmers		58	25	15	2	33
Homemakers		36	38	11	15	2
Unemployed		27	51	16	6	24
Private employees		25	42	18	15	17
Entrepreneurs		4	54	32	10	22
Age
18-25		43	30	15	12	13
26-35		31	38	17	14	7
36-50		40	31	16	13	9
50+		36	44	5	15	8

Exit polls

Exit polls were published after 7:30pm IST on 29 April, as per orders from Election Commission of India. ^[55]

Date published	Polling agency					Lead	Ref.
		LDF	UDF	NDA	Others
29 April 2021	India News iTV - Jan Ki Baat	64 - 76	61 - 71	2 - 4	-	Hung	[56]
	Patriotic Voter	84-92	45-51	2 - 4	0 - 1	36	[57]
	India Today - Axis My India	104 - 120	20 - 36	0 - 2	0 - 2	33 - 49	[58]
	Manorama News - VMR	68 - 78	59 - 70	0 - 2	0 - 1	Hung	[59]
	News24 - Today's Chanakya	93 - 111	26 - 44	0 - 6	0 - 2	22 - 40	[60]
	DB Live	54 - 61	74 - 80	2 - 7	-	3 - 10	[61]
	Reporter TV - P-MARQ	72 - 79	60 - 66	0 - 3	0 - 1	2 - 8	[62]
	Republic - CNX	72 - 80	58 - 64	1 - 5	-	2 - 9	[60]
	Sudarshan News	70 - 80	59 - 65	2 - 6	1- 3	1 - 9	[63]
	Times Now / ABP - C-Voter	71 - 77	62 - 68	0 - 2	-	1 - 6	[60]
	TV9 Bharatvarsh - POLSTRAT	70 - 80	59 - 69	0 - 2	-	1 - 9	[64]

Election

Voting

Districts	Voter turnout
District wise map of Kerala	District	%
	Kasargod	76.64
	Kannur	80.17
	Wayanad	76.72
	Kozhikode	80.50
	Malappuram	75.80
	Palakkad	77.85
	Thrissur	75.71
	Ernakulam	75.85
	Idukki	71.97
	Kottayam	74.32
	Alappuzha	76.94
	Pathanamthitta	69.64
	Kollam	75.16
	Thiruvananthapuram	72.06
Kerala		75.60

Result

Summary

99	41
LDF	UDF

The incumbent LDF retained power with 99 seats, 8 more than in the previous election. This marks the first time an alliance has won consecutive terms in the state since 1977. ^[2] The UDF won 41 seats, 6 less than before, although their vote share increased. ^{[65] [66]} The NDA lost their lone seat in Nemom and suffered a significant loss in vote-share. ^{[65] [66]} P. C. George, Kerala Janapaksham (Secular) candidate in Poonjar and the only MLA not part of any alliance, lost his sitting seat to the LDF, coming second. Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam came third in both Kunnathunad and Kochi seats.

Besides Poonjar, Kunnathunad, and Kochi, the NDA dropped to fourth position in Vengara, where an independent candidate overtook the BJP to become third. The Revolutionary Marxist Party of India opened its account in the State Legislative assembly, winning from Vadakara, a left-socialist stronghold, with outside support of UDF. ^[65] In Pala, Mani C. Kappen won as a UDF Independent candidate.

K. K. Shailaja, who as Health Minister had won plaudits for her handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, was re-elected in Mattanur with a record majority of 67,013 votes. ^[67] K. A. Shaji of Down to Earth pointed to the LDF government's success in minimising covid deaths and reducing economic hardship of people affected by the lockdown as the primary cause for its re-election. ^[68]

In the aftermath of the election, leaders of LDF and UDF have alleged collusion of one another with BJP in an effort to undermine theirs. ^{[69] [70]}

Map displaying constituencies won by parties

Alliance		Party		Popular vote [65] [66]			Seats
				Votes	%	±pp	Contested	Won	+/−
	LDF		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	5,288,507	25.38%	1.14%	75	62	4
			Communist Party of India	1,579,235	7.58%	0.54%	23	17	2
			Kerala Congress (M)	684,363	3.28%	0.71%	12	5	1
			Janata Dal (Secular)	265,789	1.28%	0.17%	4	2	1
			Nationalist Congress Party	206,130	0.99%	0.18%	3	2	0
			Loktantrik Janata Dal	193,010	0.93%	New	3	1	New
			Indian National League	138,587	0.66%	0.11%	3	1	1
	UDF		Indian National Congress	5,233,429	25.12%	1.42%	93	21	1
			Indian Union Muslim League	1,723,593	8.27%	0.87%	25	15	3
			Kerala Congress	554,115	2.66%	2.48%	10	2	2
			Revolutionary Socialist Party	244,388	1.17%	0.10%	5	0	0
			Kerala Congress (Jacob)	85,056	0.41%	0.04%	1	1	0
			Revolutionary Marxist Party of India	65,093	0.031%	New	1	1	New
	NDA		Bharatiya Janata Party	2,354,468	11.30%	0.77%	113	0	1
			Bharath Dharma Jana Sena	217,445	1.06%	2.94%	21	0	0
			All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	10,376	0.05%	0.12%	1	0	0
None			Bahujan Samaj Party	48,379	0.23%	0.01%		0	0
			Twenty Twenty Party	145,664	0.71%	0.71%	8	0	0
			Social Democratic Party of India		%	%		0	0
			NOTA	97,695	0.47%	0.06%
Total				20,833,888 [71]	100.00			140
Valid votes				20,833,888	—
Invalid votes				—	—
Votes cast / turnout				20,903,233 [71]	76.00 [71]
Registered voters				27,503,768 [71]

By alliance

LDF		SEATS	UDF		SEATS	NDA		SEATS
CPI(M)		62	INC		21	BJP		0
CPI		17	IUML		15	BDJS		0
KC(M)		5	KEC		2	AIADMK		0
JD(S)		2	RMPI		1	KKC		0
NCP		2	NCK		1	JRS		0
KC(B)		1	KC(Ja)		1	DSJP		0
INL		1	CMP		0
LJD		1	RSP		0
C(S)		1	IND		0
JKC		1
IND		6
Total		99	Total		41	Total		0
Change		+8	Change		-6	Change		-1

By region

Region wise map of Kerala	Region	Total seats	UDF	LDF	NDA	OTH
	North Kerala	32	8	24	0	0
	Central Kerala	55	24	31	0	0
	South Kerala	53	9	44	0	0

By district

District wise map of Kerala	District	Total seats	UDF	LDF	NDA	OTH
	Kasaragod	5	2	3	0	0
	Kannur	11	2	9	0	0
	Wayanad	3	2	1	0	0
	Kozhikode	13	2	11	0	0
	Malappuram	16	12	4	0	0
	Palakkad	12	2	10	0	0
	Thrissur	13	1	12	0	0
	Ernakulam	14	9	5	0	0
	Idukki	5	1	4	0	0
	Kottayam	9	4	5	0	0
	Alappuzha	9	1	8	0	0
	Pathanamthitta	5	0	5	0	0
	Kollam	11	2	9	0	0
	Trivandrum	14	1	13	0	0

By constituency

See also: Category:Kerala MLAs 2021–2026

Further information: Performance of candidates from major alliances of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Constituency		Valid votes [72] (%)	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
#	Name		Candidate	Party	Alliance	Votes	%	Candidate	Party	Alliance	Votes	%
Kasaragod district
1	Manjeshwar	77.93	A. K. M. Ashraf	IUML	UDF	65,758	38.14	K. Surendran	BJP	NDA	65,013	37.70	745
2	Kasaragod	72.05	N. A. Nellikkunnu	IUML	UDF	63,296	43.80	K. Shreekanth	BJP	NDA	50,395	34.88	12,901
3	Udma	77.37	C. H. Kunhambu	CPI(M)	LDF	78,664	47.58	Balakrishnan Periye	INC	UDF	65,342	39.52	13,322
4	Kanhangad	76.44	E. Chandrasekharan	CPI	LDF	84,615	50.72	P. V. Suresh	INC	UDF	57,476	34.45	27,139
5	Thrikaripur	79.4	M. Rajagopalan	CPI(M)	LDF	86,151	53.71	M. P. Joseph	KC	UDF	60,014	37.41	26,137
Kannur district
6	Payyanur	81.87	TI. Madhusoodanan	CPI(M)	LDF	93,695	62.49	M. Pradeep Kumar	INC	UDF	43,915	29.29	49,780
7	Kalliasseri	78.86	M. Vijin	CPI(M)	LDF	88,252	60.62	Brijesh Kumar	INC	UDF	43,859	30.13	44,393
8	Taliparamba	83.44	M. V. Govindan	CPI(M)	LDF	92,870	52.14	Abdul Rasheed V. P.	INC	UDF	70,181	39.4	22,689
9	Irikkur	78.2	Sajeev Joseph	INC	UDF	76,764	50.33	Saji Kuttiyanimattom	KC(M)	LDF	66,754	43.77	10,010
10	Azhikode	79.85	K. V. Sumesh	CPI(M)	LDF	65,794	45.41	K. M. Shaji	IUML	UDF	59,653	41.17	6,141
11	Kannur	77.29	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	Con(S)	LDF	60,313	44.98	Satheeshan Pacheni	INC	UDF	58,568	43.68	1,745
12	Dharmadam	83.33	Pinarayi Vijayan	CPI(M)	LDF	95,522	59.61	C. Raghunath	INC	UDF	45,399	28.33	50,123
13	Thalassery	76.13	A. N. Shamseer	CPI(M)	LDF	81,810	61.52	M. P. Aravindakshan	INC	UDF	45,009	33.84	36,801
14	Kuthuparamba	80.37	K. P. Mohanan	LJD	LDF	70,626	45.36	P. K. Abdulla	IUML	UDF	61,085	39.23	9,541
15	Mattannur	82.11	K. K. Shailaja	CPI(M)	LDF	96,129	61.97	Illikkal Agasthy	RSP	UDF	35,166	22.67	60,963
16	Peravoor	80.41	Sunny Joseph	INC	UDF	66,706	46.93	Sakeer Hussain	CPI(M)	LDF	63,534	44.7	3,172
Wayanad district
17	Mananthavady (ST)	78.33	O. R. Kelu	CPI(M)	LDF	72,536	47.54	P. K. Jayalakshmi	INC	UDF	63,254	41.46	9,282
18	Sulthan Bathery (ST)	75.99	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC	UDF	81,077	48.42	M. S. Viswanathan	CPI(M)	LDF	69,255	41.36	11,822
19	Kalpetta	75.84	T. Siddique	INC	UDF	70,252	46.15	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	LJD	LDF	64,782	42.56	5,470
Kozhikode district
20	Vadakara	81.9	K. K. Rema	RMPI	UDF	65,093	47.63	Manayath Chandran	LJD	LDF	57,602	42.15	7,491
21	Kuttiady	83.94	K. P. Kunhahammed Kutty	CPI(M)	LDF	80,143	47.2	Parakkal Abdulla	IUML	UDF	79,810	47.01	333
22	Nadapuram	81.14	E. K. Vijayan	CPI	LDF	83,293	47.46	K.Praveen Kumar	INC	UDF	79,258	45.16	4,035
23	Koyilandy	78.64	Kanathil Jameela	CPI(M)	LDF	75,628	46.66	N. Subramanian	INC	UDF	67,156	41.43	8,472
24	Perambra	82.86	T. P. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)	LDF	86,023	52.54	C. H. Ibrahimkutty	Ind.	UDF	63,431	38.74	22,592
25	Balussery (SC)	80.91	K. M. Sachin Dev	CPI(M)	LDF	91,839	50.47	Dharmajan Bolgatty	INC	UDF	71,467	39.28	20,372
26	Elathur	80.68	A. K. Saseendran	NCP	LDF	83,639	50.89	Sulfikar Mayoori	NCK	UDF	45,137	27.46	38,502
27	Kozhikode North	75.98	Thottathil Raveendran	CPI(M)	LDF	59,124	42.98	K. M. Abhijith	INC	UDF	46,196	33.58	12,928
28	Kozhikode South	75.62	Ahamed Devarkovil	INL	LDF	52,557	44.15	P. K. Noorbeena Rasheed	IUML	UDF	40,098	33.68	12,459
29	Beypore	79.4	P. A. Mohammed Riyas	CPI(M)	LDF	82,165	49.73	P. M. Niyas	INC	UDF	53,418	32.33	28,747
30	Kunnamangalam	83.57	P. T. A. Rahim	Ind.	LDF	85,138	43.93	Dinesh Perumanna	Ind.	UDF	74,862	38.62	10,276
31	Koduvally	82.44	M. K. Muneer	IUML	UDF	72,336	47.86	Karat Razak	Ind.	LDF	65,992	43.66	6,344
32	Thiruvambady	79.4	Linto Joseph	CPI(M)	LDF	67,867	47.46	C. P. Cheriya Muhammed	IUML	UDF	63,224	44.21	5,596
Malappuram district
33	Kondotty	80.25	T. V. Ibrahim	IUML	UDF	82,759	50.42	Sulaiman Haji	Ind.	LDF	65,093	39.66	17,666
34	Eranad	79.69	P. K. Basheer	IUML	UDF	78,076	54.49	K. T. Abdurahman	Ind.	LDF	55,530	38.76	22,546
35	Nilambur	76.71	P. V. Anvar	Ind.	LDF	81,227	46.9	V. V. Prakash	INC	UDF	78,527	45.34	2,700
36	Wandoor (SC)	75.17	A. P. Anil Kumar	INC	UDF	87,415	51.44	P. Midhuna	CPI(M)	LDF	71,852	42.28	15,563
37	Manjeri	75.95	U. A. Latheef	IUML	UDF	78,836	50.22	P. Dibona Nassar	CPI	LDF	64,263	40.93	14,573
38	Perinthalmanna	76.15	Najeeb Kanthapuram	IUML	UDF	76,530	46.21	K. P. Mustafa	Ind.	LDF	76,492	46.19	38
39	Mankada	77.32	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	IUML	UDF	83,231	49.46	T. K. Rasheed Ali	CPI(M)	LDF	76,985	45.75	6,246
40	Malappuram	76.56	P. Ubaidulla	IUML	UDF	93,166	57.57	P. Abdurahman	CPI(M)	LDF	57,958	35.82	35,208
41	Vengara	71.09	P. K. Kunhalikutty	IUML	UDF	70,381	53.5	P. Jiji	CPI(M)	LDF	39,785	30.24	30,596
42	Vallikkunnu	76.27	P. Abdul Hameed	IUML	UDF	71,823	47.43	A. P. Abdul Wahab	INL	LDF	57,707	38.11	14,116
43	Tirurangadi	75.07	K. P. A. Majeed	IUML	UDF	73,499	49.74	Niyas Pulikkalakath	Ind.	LDF	63,921	43.26	9,578
44	Tanur	77.87	V. Abdurahman	NSC	LDF	70,704	46.34	P. K. Firos	IUML	UDF	69,719	45.7	985
45	Tirur	74.45	Kurukkoli Moideen	IUML	UDF	82,314	48.21	Ghafoor P. Lillis	CPI(M)	LDF	75,100	43.98	7,214
46	Kottakkal	74.01	K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal	IUML	UDF	81,700	51.08	N. A. Muhammad Kutty	NCP	LDF	65,112	40.71	16,588
47	Thavanur	75.39	K. T. Jaleel	Ind.	LDF	70,358	46.46	Firoz Kunnumparambil	INC	UDF	67,794	44.77	2,564
48	Ponnani	70.9	P. Nandakumar	CPI(M)	LDF	74,668	51.35	A. M. Rohit	INC	UDF	57,625	39.63	17,043
Palakkad district
49	Thrithala	78.54	M. B. Rajesh	CPI(M)	LDF	69,814	45.84	V. T. Balram	INC	UDF	66,798	43.86	3,016
50	Pattambi	78.06	Muhammed Muhsin	CPI	LDF	75,311	49.58	Riyas Mukkoli	INC	UDF	57,337	37.74	17,974
51	Shornur	78.32	P. Mammikutty	CPI(M)	LDF	74,400	48.98	T. H. Feroz Babu	INC	UDF	37,726	24.83	36,674
52	Ottapalam	77.54	K. Premkumar	CPI(M)	LDF	74,859	46.45	P. Sarin	INC	UDF	59,707	37.05	15,152
53	Kongad (SC)	76.83	K. Shanthakumari	CPI(M)	LDF	67,881	49.01	U. C. Raman	IUML	UDF	40,662	29.36	27,219
54	Mannarkkad	76.75	N. Shamsudheen	IUML	UDF	71,657	47.11	K. P. Suresh Raj	CPI	LDF	65,787	43.25	5,870
55	Malampuzha	76.94	A. Prabhakaran	CPI(M)	LDF	75,934	46.41	C. Krishnakumar	BJP	NDA	50,200	30.68	25,734
56	Palakkad	75.44	Shafi Parambil	INC	UDF	54,079	38.06	E. Sreedharan	BJP	NDA	50,220	35.34	3,859
57	Tarur (SC)	77.12	P. P. Sumod	CPI(M)	LDF	67,744	51.58	K. A. Sheeba	INC	UDF	43,213	32.90	24,531
58	Chittur	80.88	K. Krishnankutty	JD(S)	LDF	84,672	55.38	Sumesh Achuthan	INC	UDF	50,794	33.22	33,878
59	Nenmara	78.64	K. Babu	CPI(M)	LDF	80,145	52.89	C. N. Vijayakrishnan	CMP	UDF	51,441	33.95	28,704
60	Alathur	79.1	K. D. Prasenan	CPI(M)	LDF	74,653	55.15	Palayam Pradeep	INC	UDF	40,535	29.94	34,118
Thrissur district
61	Chelakkara (SC)	77.46	K. Radhakrishnan	CPI(M)	LDF	83,415	54.41	C. C. Sreekumar	INC	UDF	44,015	28.71	39,400
62	Kunnamkulam	78.24	A. C. Moideen	CPI(M)	LDF	75,532	48.78	K. Jayasankar	INC	UDF	48,901	31.58	26,631
63	Guruvayur	69.65	N. K. Akbar	CPI(M)	LDF	77,072	52.52	K. N. A. Khader	IUML	UDF	58,804	40.07	18,268
64	Manalur	75.63	Murali Perunelly	CPI(M)	LDF	78,337	46.77	Vijay Hari	INC	UDF	48,461	28.93	29,876
65	Wadakkanchery	78.18	Xavier Chittilappilly	CPI(M)	LDF	81,026	47.7	Anil Akkara	INC	UDF	65,858	38.77	15,168
66	Ollur	75.45	K. Rajan	CPI	LDF	76,657	49.09	Jose Valloor	INC	UDF	55,151	35.31	21,506
67	Thrissur	70.78	P. Balachandran	CPI	LDF	44,263	34.25	Padmaja Venugopal	INC	UDF	43,317	33.52	946
68	Nattika (SC)	73.14	C. C. Mukundan	CPI	LDF	72,930	47.49	Sunil Lalur	INC	UDF	44,499	28.98	28,431
69	Kaipamangalam	78.82	E. T. Taison	CPI	LDF	73,161	53.76	Sobha Subin	INC	UDF	50,463	37.08	22,698
70	Irinjalakuda	77.17	R. Bindu	CPI(M)	LDF	62,493	40.27	Thomas Unniyadan	KC	UDF	56,544	36.44	5,949
71	Puthukkad	77.86	K. K. Ramachandran	CPI(M)	LDF	73,365	46.94	Sunil Anthikad	INC	UDF	46,012	29.44	27,353
72	Chalakudy	74.42	T. J. Saneesh Kumar Joseph	INC	UDF	61,888	43.23	Dennis Antony	KC(M)	LDF	60,831	42.49	1,057
73	Kodungallur	77.38	V. R. Sunil Kumar	CPI	LDF	71,457	47.99	M. P. Jackson	INC	UDF	47,564	31.94	23,893
Ernakulam district
74	Perumbavoor	78.37	Eldhose Kunnappilly	INC	UDF	53,484	37.1	Babu Joseph	KC(M)	LDF	50,585	35.09	2,899
75	Angamaly	78.16	Roji M. John	INC	UDF	71,562	51.86	Jose Thettayil	JD(S)	LDF	55,633	40.31	15,929
76	Aluva	76.72	Anwar Sadath	INC	UDF	73,703	49.00	Shelna Nishad	CPI(M)	LDF	54,817	36.44	18,886
77	Kalamassery	77.42	P. Rajeev	CPI(M)	LDF	77,141	49.49	V. E. Gafoor	IUML	UDF	61,805	39.65	15,336
78	Paravur	79.02	V. D. Satheesan	INC	UDF	82,264	51.87	M. T. Nixon	CPI	LDF	60,963	38.44	21,301
79	Vypin	76.18	K. N. Unnikrishnan	CPI(M)	LDF	53,858	41.24	Deepak Joy	INC	UDF	45,657	34.96	8,201
80	Kochi	70.93	K. J. Maxi	CPI(M)	LDF	54,632	42.45	Tony Chammany	INC	UDF	40,553	31.51	14,079
81	Thrippunithura	74.39	K. Babu	INC	UDF	65,875	42.14	M. Swaraj	CPI(M)	LDF	64,883	41.51	992
82	Ernakulam	67.21	T. J. Vinod	INC	UDF	45,930	41.72	Shaji George	Ind.	LDF	34,960	31.75	10,970
83	Thrikkakara	70.5	P. T. Thomas	INC	UDF	59,839	43.82	Jo Joseph	CPI(M)	LDF	45,510	33.32	14,329
84	Kunnathunad (SC)	82.93	P. V. Sreenijin	CPI(M)	LDF	52,351	33.79	V. P. Sajeendran	INC	UDF	49,636	32.04	2,715
85	Piravom	74.85	Anoop Jacob	KC(J)	UDF	85,056	53.8	Sindhumol Jacob	KC(M)	LDF	59,692	37.76	25,364
86	Muvattupuzha	75.83	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	INC	UDF	64,425	44.63	Eldo Abraham	CPI	LDF	58,264	40.36	6,161
87	Kothamangalam	79.4	Antony John	CPI(M)	LDF	64,234	46.99	Shibu Thekkumpuram	KC	UDF	57,629	42.16	6,605
Idukki district
88	Devikulam (SC)	68.53	A. Raja	CPI(M)	LDF	59,049	51.00	D. Kumar	INC	UDF	51,201	44.22	7,848
89	Udumbanchola	74.84	M. M. Mani	CPI(M)	LDF	77,381	61.80	E. M. Augusthy	INC	UDF	39,076	31.21	38,305
90	Thodupuzha	72.76	P. J. Joseph	KC	UDF	67,495	48.63	K. I. Antony	KC(M)	LDF	47,236	34.03	20,259
91	Idukki	70.64	Roshy Augustine	KC(M)	LDF	62,368	47.48	Francis George	KC	UDF	56,795	43.24	5,573
92	Peerumade	73.06	Vazhoor Soman	CPI	LDF	60,141	47.25	Syriac Thomas	INC	UDF	58,306	45.81	1,835
Kottayam district
93	Pala	75.26	Mani C. Kappan	NCK	UDF	69,804	50.43	Jose K. Mani	KC(M)	LDF	54,426	39.32	15,378
94	Kaduthuruthy	70.48	Monce Joseph	KC	UDF	59,666	45.4	Stephen George	KC(M)	LDF	55,410	42.17	4,256
95	Vaikom (SC)	77.69	C. K. Asha	CPI	LDF	71,388	55.96	P. R. Sona	INC	UDF	42,266	33.13	29,122
96	Ettumanoor	75.45	V. N. Vasavan	CPI(M)	LDF	58,289	46.2	Prince Lukose	KC	UDF	43,986	34.86	14,303
97	Kottayam	74.48	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	INC	UDF	65,401	53.72	K. Anilkumar	CPI(M)	LDF	46,658	38.33	18,743
98	Puthuppally	75.35	Oommen Chandy	INC	UDF	63,372	48.08	Jaick C. Thomas	CPI(M)	LDF	54,328	41.22	9,044
99	Changanassery	71.98	Job Michael	KC(M)	LDF	55,425	44.85	V. J. Laly	KC	UDF	49,366	39.94	6,059
100	Kanjirappally	73.96	N. Jayaraj	KC(M)	LDF	60,299	43.79	Joseph Vazhackan	INC	UDF	46,596	33.84	13,703
101	Poonjar	74.21	Sebastian Kulathunkal	KC(M)	LDF	58,668	41.94	P. C. George	KJ(S)	N/A	41,851	29.92	16,817
Alappuzha district
102	Aroor	82.58	Daleema Jojo	CPI(M)	LDF	75,617	45.97	Shanimol Usman	INC	UDF	68,604	41.71	7,013
103	Cherthala	83.8	P. Prasad	CPI	LDF	83,702	47.00	S. Sarath	INC	UDF	77,554	43.55	6,148
104	Alappuzha	78.43	P. P. Chitharanjan	CPI(M)	LDF	73,412	46.33	K. S. Manoj	INC	UDF	61,768	38.98	11,644
105	Ambalappuzha	76.82	H. Salam	CPI(M)	LDF	61,365	44.79	M. Liju	INC	UDF	50,240	36.67	11,125
106	Kuttanad	74.86	Thomas K. Thomas	NCP	LDF	57,379	45.67	Jacob Abraham	KC	UDF	51,863	41.28	5,516
107	Haripad	76.6	Ramesh Chennithala	INC	UDF	72,768	48.31	R. Sajilal	CPI	LDF	59,102	39.24	13,666
108	Kayamkulam	75.47	U. Prathibha	CPI(M)	LDF	77,348	47.97	Aritha Babu	INC	UDF	71,050	44.06	6,298
109	Mavelikara (SC)	73.28	M. S. Arun Kumar	CPI(M)	LDF	71,743	47.61	K. K. Shaju	INC	UDF	47,026	31.21	24,717
110	Chengannur	70.59	Saji Cheriyan	CPI(M)	LDF	71,502	48.58	M. Murali	INC	UDF	39,409	26.78	32,093
Pathanamthitta district
111	Thiruvalla	65.88	Mathew T. Thomas	JD(S)	LDF	62,178	44.56	Kunju Koshy Paul	KC	UDF	50,757	36.37	11,421
112	Ranni	65.95	Pramod Narayan	KC(M)	LDF	52,669	41.22	Rinku Cheriyan	INC	UDF	51,384	40.21	1,285
113	Aranmula	68.13	Veena George	CPI(M)	LDF	74,950	46.3	K. Sivadasan Nair	INC	UDF	55,947	34.56	19,003
114	Konni	73.83	K. U. Jenish Kumar	CPI(M)	LDF	62,318	41.62	Robin Peter	INC	UDF	53,810	35.94	8,508
115	Adoor (SC)	74.4	Chittayam Gopakumar	CPI	LDF	66,569	42.83	M G Kannan	INC	UDF	63,650	40.96	2,919
Kollam district
116	Karunagappally	80.85	C. R. Mahesh	INC	UDF	94,225	54.38	R. Ramachandran	CPI(M)	LDF	65,017	37.52	29,208
117	Chavara	78.5	Sujith Vijayan	Ind.	LDF	63,282	44.29	Shibu Baby John	RSP	UDF	62,186	43.52	1,096
118	Kunnathur (SC)	77.69	Kovoor Kunjumon	Ind.	LDF	69,436	43.13	Ullas Kovoor	RSP	UDF	66,646	41.4	2,790
119	Kottarakkara	74.6	K. N. Balagopal	CPI(M)	LDF	68,770	45.98	Resmi R.	INC	UDF	57,956	38.75	10,814
120	Pathanapuram	74.18	K. B. Ganesh Kumar	KC(B)	LDF	67,276	49.09	Jyothikumar Chamakkala	INC	UDF	52,940	38.63	14,336
121	Punalur	71.03	P. S. Supal	CPI	LDF	80,428	54.99	Abdurahiman Randathani	IUML	UDF	43,371	29.66	37,057
122	Chadayamangalam	73.23	J. Chinchu Rani	CPI	LDF	67,252	45.69	M. M. Naseer	INC	UDF	53,574	36.4	13,678
123	Kundara	75.91	P. C. Vishnunath	INC	UDF	76,405	48.85	J. Mercykutty Amma	CPI(M)	LDF	71,882	45.96	4,523
124	Kollam	74.05	Mukesh	CPI(M)	LDF	58,524	44.86	Bindhu Krishna	INC	UDF	56,452	43.27	2,072
125	Eravipuram	72.38	M. Noushad	CPI(M)	LDF	71,573	56.25	Babu Divakaran	RSP	UDF	43,452	34.15	28,121
126	Chathannoor	74.39	G. S. Jayalal	CPI	LDF	59,296	43.12	B. B. Gopakumar	BJP	NDA	42,090	30.61	17,206
Thiruvananthapuram district
127	Varkala	72.16	V. Joy	CPI(M)	LDF	68,816	50.89	B. R. M. Shefeer	INC	UDF	50,995	37.71	17,821
128	Attingal (SC)	72.93	O. S. Ambika	CPI(M)	LDF	69,898	47.35	P. Sudheer	BJP	NDA	38,262	25.92	31,636
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	73.26	V. Sasi	CPI	LDF	62,634	43.17	B. S. Anoop	INC	UDF	48,617	33.51	14,017
130	Nedumangad	73.8	G. R. Anil	CPI	LDF	72,742	47.54	P. S. Prasanth	INC	UDF	49,433	32.31	23,309
131	Vamanapuram	73.14	D. K. Murali	CPI(M)	LDF	73,137	49.91	Anad Jayan	INC	UDF	62,895	42.92	10,242
132	Kazhakootam	71.37	Kadakampally Surendran	CPI(M)	LDF	63,690	46.04	Sobha Surendran	BJP	NDA	40,193	29.06	23,497
133	Vattiyoorkavu	66.19	V. K. Prasanth	CPI(M)	LDF	61,111	41.44	V.V. Rajesh	BJP	NDA	39,596	28.77	21,515
134	Thiruvananthapuram	63.03	Antony Raju	JKC	LDF	48,748	38.01	V. S. Sivakumar	INC	UDF	41,659	32.49	7,089
135	Nemom	71.49	V. Sivankutty	CPI(M)	LDF	55,837	38.24	Kummanam Rajasekharan	BJP	NDA	51,888	35.54	3,949
136	Aruvikkara	75.39	G. Stephen	CPI(M)	LDF	66,776	45.83	K. S. Sabarinathan	INC	UDF	61,730	42.37	5,046
137	Parassala	74.24	C. K. Hareendran	CPI(M)	LDF	78,548	48.16	Sajitha Ressal	INC	UDF	52,720	32.23	25,828
138	Kattakkada	74.39	I. B. Sathish	CPI(M)	LDF	66,293	45.52	Malayinkeezhu Venugopal	INC	UDF	43,062	29.57	23,231
139	Kovalam	72.81	M. Vincent	INC	UDF	74,868	47.06	Neelalohithadasan Nadar	JD(S)	LDF	63,306	39.79	11,562
140	Neyyattinkara	74.7	K. Ansalan	CPI(M)	LDF	65,497	47.02	R. Selvaraj	INC	UDF	51,235	36.78	14,262

By-elections

Constituency		Valid votes (%)	Winner					Runner-up					Margin
#	Name		Candidate	Party	Alliance	Votes	%	Candidate	Party	Alliance	Votes	%
83	Thrikkakara		Uma Thomas	INC	UDF	72,770	53.76%	Jo Joseph	CPI(M)	LDF	47,754	35.28%	25,016

Aftermath

Government formation

The incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn in on 20 May along with 20 other cabinet members, 18 of whom were fresh faces. The exclusion of incumbent Health Minister K. K. Shailaja from the cabinet drew criticism from the public and from some CPI(M) members. ^[73] The swearing-in ceremony, which was restricted to 500 participants due to a state-wide lockdown, was not attended by opposition MLAs and representatives from Central government, citing COVID protocol concerns. ^[74]

Swearing-in ceremony of the Second Pinarayi Vijayan cabinet

V. D. Satheesan replaced Ramesh Chennithala as the Leader of the Opposition in the Niyamasabha, after the decision was made by the Congress High Command. ^[75]

Kodakara hawala scandal

A few weeks after announcement of election results, allegations were raised against BJP leadership of Kerala for carrying illegal black money (hawala), in relation to the 2021 election. ^[76] Kerala Police seized ₹3.5 crore in cash at Kodakara 3 days before the election. The money was allegedly looted and was to be used for BJP's election campaign. ^[76] BJP state president K. Surendran was the chief accused in the case. ^[77] The case was later handed over to Enforcement Directorate. ^[78]

Other events

On 20 March 2023, Kerala High Court nullified the election in Devikulam, where elected members are required to belong to Scheduled Castes (SC), after establishing that the elected MLA, A. Raja of CPI(M), did not belong to SC community and was hence deemed ineligible to be elected from the constituency. ^[79] The court has stayed the decision to allow Raja to file an appeal to the Supreme Court. ^[80]

Notes

1. NDA endorsed a dummy AIADMK candidate after their initially chosen candidate had their nomination papers rejected.

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