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)
	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.

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	Leader	Seats contested	Male	Female
Communist Party of India (Marxist)	Kodiyeri Balakrishnan	90	78	12
Communist Party of India	Kanam Rajendran	27	23	4
Janata Dal (Secular)	Mathew T. Thomas	5	4	1
Nationalist Congress Party	T. P. Peethambaran	4	4	0
Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)	Skariah Thomas	1	1	0
Congress (Secular)	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	1	1	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
Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)	K. R. Aravindakshan	1	1	0
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)	Kovoor Kunjumon	1	1	0

United Democratic Front

Party	Leader	Seats contested	Male	Female
Indian National Congress	V. M. Sudheeran	87	78	9
Indian Union Muslim League	Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal	24	24	0
Kerala Congress (M)	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
Kerala Congress (Jacob)	Johnny Nellore	1	1	0
Communist Marxist Party	C. P. John	1	1	0

National Democratic Alliance

Party	Leader	Seats contested	Male	Female
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	1	0

Left United Front

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

Opinion polls

				UDF		LDF		OTH
When conducted	Ref	Polling organisation/Agency	Sample size
				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

LDF (43.48%)

UDF (38.81%)

NDA (14.96%)

Other (2.75%)

Seat Share by alliance

LDF (65%)

UDF (33.57%)

NDA (0.71%)

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	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
Parties and coalitions		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

By constituency

Number	Constituency	District	UDF candidate	Party	Votes	LDF candidate	Party	Votes	NDA candidate	Party	Votes	Winner	Margin	Winning Party	Winning Alliance
001	Manjeshwaram	Kasaragod	P. B. Abdul Razak	IUML	56870	C. H. Kunjambu	CPI(M)	42565	K. Surendran	BJP	56781	P. B. Abdul Razak	89	IUML	UDF
002	Kasargod	Kasaragod	N. A. Nellikkunnu	IUML	64727	A. A. Ameen	INL	21615	K. Raveesh Thanthri	BJP	56120	N. A. Nellikkunnu	8607	IUML	UDF
003	Udma	Kasaragod	K. Sudhakaran	INC	66847	K. Kunhiraman	CPI(M)	70679	Sreekanth	BJP	21231	K. Kunhiraman	3832	CPI (M)	LDF
004	Kanhangad	Kasaragod	Dhanya Suresh	INC	54547	E. Chandrasekharan	CPI	80558	M.P. Raghavan	BDJS	21104	E. Chandrasekharan	26011	CPI	LDF
005	Thrikkaripur	Kasaragod	K.P. Kunhikannan	INC	62327	M. Rajagopal	CPI(M)	79286	M. Bhaskaran	BJP	10767	M. Rajagopal	16959	CPI (M)	LDF
006	Payyannur	Kannur	Sajid K. Mavval	INC	42963	C. Krishnan	CPI(M)	83226	Aniyamma Rajendran	BJP	15341	C. Krishnan	40263	CPI (M)	LDF
007	Kalliasseri	Kannur	Amritha Ramakrishnan	INC	40115	T.V. Rajesh	CPI(M)	83006	K.P. Arun	BJP	11036	T. V. Rajesh	42891	CPI (M)	LDF
008	Thaliparamba	Kannur	Rajesh Nambiar	KC(M)	50489	James Mathew	CPI(M)	91106	P. Balakrishnan	BJP	14742	James Mathew	40617	CPI (M)	LDF
009	Irikkur	Kannur	K. C. Joseph	INC	72548	K.T. Jose	CPI	62901	Gangadharan	BJP	8294	K. C. Joseph	9647	INC	UDF
010	Azhikode	Kannur	K.M. Shaji	IUML	63082	M.V. Nikesh Kumar	CPI(M)	60795	A.V. Kesavan	BJP	12580	K. M. Shaji	2287	IUML	UDF
011	Kannur	Kannur	Satheesan Pacheni	INC	53151	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	Congress(S)	54347	K. Gireesh Babu	BJP	13215	Kadannappalli Ramachandran	1196	Congress (S)	LDF
012	Dharmadom	Kannur	Mambaram Divakaran	INC	50424	Pinarayi Vijayan	CPI(M)	87329	Mohanan Manantheri	BJP	12763	Pinarayi Vijayan	37905	CPI (M)	LDF
013	Thalassery	Kannur	A.P. Abdullakutty	INC	36624	A.N. Shamseer	CPI(M)	70741	V.K. Sajeevan	BJP	22125	A.N. Shamseer	34117	CPI (M)	LDF
014	Kuthuparamba	Kannur	K. P. Mohanan	JDU	54722	K. K. Shailaja	CPI(M)	67013	C. Sadanandan	BJP	20787	K.K. Shailaja	12291	CPI (M)	LDF
015	Mattannur	Kannur	K. P. Prashanth	JDU	40649	E.P. Jayarajan	CPI(M)	84030	Biju Elakkuzhy	BJP	18620	E.P. Jayarajan	43381	CPI (M)	LDF
016	Peravoor	Kannur	Sunny Joseph	INC	65659	Binoy Kurian	CPI(M)	57970	Paily Vathyatt	BDJS	9129	Sunny Joseph	7989	INC	UDF
017	Mananthavady (ST)	Wayanad	P. K. Jayalakshmi	INC	61129	O.R. Kelu	CPI(M)	62436	K. Mohandas	BJP	16230	O.R. Kelu	1307	CPI (M)	LDF
018	Sulthanbathery (ST)	Wayanad	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC	75747	Rugmini Subramanian	CPI(M)	65647	C.K. Janu	JRS	27920	I. C. Balakrishnan	11198	INC	UDF
019	Kalpetta	Wayanad	M. V. Shreyams Kumar	JDU	59876	C. K. Saseendran	CPI(M)	72959	K. Sadanandan	BJP	12938	C. K. Saseendran	13083	CPI (M)	LDF
020	Vatakara	Kozhikode	Manayath Chandran	JDU	39700	C.K. Nanu	JD(S)	49211	Adv. M. Rajeshkumar	BJP	13937	C. K. Nanu	9511	JD(S)	LDF
021	Kuttiady	Kozhikode	Parakkal Abdulla	IUML	71809	K.K. Lathika	CPI(M)	70652	Ramdas Manaleri	BJP	12327	Parakkal Abdulla	1157	IUML	UDF
022	Nadapuram	Kozhikode	K. Praveen Kumar	INC	69983	E.K. Vijayan	CPI	74742	M.P. Rajan	BJP	14493	E.K. Vijayan	4759	CPI	LDF
023	Koyilandy	Kozhikode	N. Subramanian	INC	57224	K. Dasan	CPI(M)	70593	K. Rajineesh Babu	BJP	22087	K. Dasan	13369	CPI (M)	LDF
024	Perambra	Kozhikode	Mohammed Iqbal	KC(M)	68258	T.P. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)	72359	K. Sukumaran Nair	BJP	8561	T.P. Ramakrishnan	4101	CPI (M)	LDF
025	Balusseri (SC)	Kozhikode	U. C.Raman	IUML	67450	Purushan Kadalundi	CPI(M)	82914	P.K. Supran	BJP	19324	Purushan Kadalundi	15464	CPI (M)	LDF
026	Elathur	Kozhikode	P. Kishan Chand	JDU	47330	A.K. Saseendran	NCP	76387	V.V. Rajan	BJP	29070	A.K. Saseendran	29057	NCP	LDF
027	Kozhikode North	Kozhikode	P.M. Suresh Babu	INC	36319	A. Pradeep Kumar	CPI(M)	64192	K.P. Sreesan	BJP	29860	A. Pradeep Kumar	27873	CPI (M)	LDF
028	Kozhikode South	Kozhikode	M. K. Muneer	IUML	49863	A.P. Abdul Wahab	INL	43536	Satheesh Kuttiyil	BDJS	19146	M. K. Muneer	6327	IUML	UDF
029	Beypore	Kozhikode	M.P. Adam Mulsi	INC	54751	V. K. C. Mammed Koya	CPI(M)	69114	K.P. Prakash Babu	BJP	27958	V. K. C. Mammed Koya	14363	CPI (M)	LDF
030	Kunnamangalam	Kozhikode	T. Siddique	INC	66205	P. T. A. Rahim	LDF(IND)	77410	C.K. Padmanabhan	BJP	32702	P. T. A. Rahim	11205	N/A	LDF
031	Koduvally	Kozhikode	M. A. Razak	IUML	60460	Karat Razak	LDF(IND)	61033	Ali Akbar	BJP	11537	Karat Razak	573	N/A	LDF
032	Thiruvambadi	Kozhikode	V. M. Ummer	IUML	59316	George M. Thomas	CPI(M)	62324	Giri Pambanal	BDJS	8743	George M. Thomas	3008	CPI (M)	LDF
033	Kondotty	Malappuram	T.V. Ibrahim	IUML	69668	K.P. Veerankutty	LDF(IND)	59014	K. Ramachandran	BJP	12513	T.V. Ibrahim	10654	IUML	UDF
034	Eranad	Malappuram	P. K. Basheer	IUML	69048	K. T. Abdulrahman	CPI	56155	K.P. Baburajan	BJP	6055	P. K. Basheer	12893	IUML	UDF
035	Nilambur	Malappuram	Aryadan Shoukath	INC	66354	P.V. Anwar	LDF(IND)	77858	M. Gireesh	BDJS	12284	P.V. Anwar	11504	N/A	LDF
036	Wandoor (SC)	Malappuram	A.P. Anil Kumar	INC	81964	K. Nishanth	CPI(M)	58100	Sunitha Mohandas	BJP	9471	A.P. Anil Kumar	23864	INC	UDF
037	Manjeri	Malappuram	M. Ummer	IUML	69779	K Mohandas	CPI	50163	C. Dinesh	BJP	11223	M. Ummer	19616	IUML	UDF
038	Perinthalmanna	Malappuram	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	IUML	70990	V. Sasikumar	CPI(M)	70411	M.K. Sunil	BJP	5917	Manjalamkuzhi Ali	579	IUML	UDF
039	Mankada	Malappuram	T.A. Ahmed Kabeer	IUML	69165	T.K. Rasheed Ali	CPI(M)	67657	B. Ratheesh	BJP	6641	T.A. Ahmed Kabeer	1508	IUML	UDF
040	Malappuram	Malappuram	P. Ubaidulla	IUML	81072	K.P. Sumathi	CPI(M)	45400	Badushah Thangal	BJP	7211	P. Ubaidulla	35672	IUML	UDF
041	Vengara	Malappuram	P. K. Kunhalikutty	IUML	72181	P.P. Basheer	CPI(M)	34124	P.T. Ali Haji	BJP	7055	P. K. Kunhalikutty	38057	IUML	UDF
042	Vallikunnu	Malappuram	P. Abdul Hameed	IUML	59720	O.K. Thangal	INL	47110	K. Janachandran	BJP	22887	P. Abdul Hameed	12610	IUML	UDF
043	Tirurangadi	Malappuram	P. K. Abdu Rabb	IUML	62927	Niyas Pulikkalakath	CPI	56884	P.V. Geetha Madhavan	BJP	8046	P. K. Abdu Rabb	6043	IUML	UDF
044	Tanur	Malappuram	Abdurahman Randathani	IUML	56884	V. Abdurahman	LDF(IND)	62927	P.R. Rasmilnath	BJP	8064	V. Abdurahman	6043	N/A	LDF
045	Tirur	Malappuram	C. Mammootty	IUML	73432	Gafoor P. Lillis	LDF(IND)	66371	N.K. Devidasan	BJP	9083	C. Mammootty	7061	IUML	UDF
046	Kottakkal	Malappuram	K.K. Abid Hussain Thangal	IUML	71768	N.A. Mohammed Kutty	NCP	56726	V. Unnikrishnan	BJP	13205	K.K. Abid Hussain Thangal	15042	IUML	UDF
047	Thavanur	Malappuram	P. Ifthiquarudheen	INC	51115	K.T. Jaleel	LDF(IND)	68179	Ravi Thelath	BJP	15801	K.T. Jaleel	17064	N/A	LDF
048	Ponnani	Malappuram	P.T. Ajay Mohan	INC	53692	P. Sreeramakrishnan	CPI(M)	69332	K.K. Surendran	BJP	11662	P. Sreeramakrishnan	15640	CPI (M)	LDF
049	Thrithala	Palakkad	V.T. Balram	INC	66505	Subaida Ishaq	CPI(M)	55958	V.T. Rema	BJP	14510	V.T. Balram	10547	INC	UDF
050	Pattambi	Palakkad	C.P. Mohammed	INC	56621	Mohammed Muhsin	CPI	64025	P. Manoj	BJP	14824	Mohammed Muhsin	7404	CPI	LDF
051	Shoranur	Palakkad	C. Sangeetha	INC	41618	P. K. Sasi	CPI(M)	66165	Chandran	BDJS	28836	P. K. Sasi	24547	CPI (M)	LDF
052	Ottappalam	Palakkad	Shanimol Usman	INC	51073	P. Unni	CPI(M)	67161	P. Venugopal	BJP	27605	P. Unni	16088	CPI (M)	LDF
053	Kongad (SC)	Palakkad	Pandalam Sudhakaran	INC	47519	K. V. Vijayadas	CPI(M)	60790	Renu Suresh	BJP	23800	K. V. Vijayadas	13271	CPI (M)	LDF
054	Mannarkkad	Palakkad	N. Shamsudheen	IUML	73163	K. P. Suresh Raj	CPI	60838	Keshavdev Puthumana	BDJS	10170	N. Shamsudheen	12325	IUML	UDF
055	Malampuzha	Palakkad	V. S. Joy	INC	35333	V. S. Achuthanandan	CPI(M)	73299	C. Krishnakumar	BJP	46157	V. S. Achuthanandan	27142	CPI (M)	LDF
056	Palakkad	Palakkad	Shafi Parambil	INC	57559	N. N. Krishnadas	CPI(M)	38675	Shobha Surendran	BJP	40076	Shafi Parambil	17483	INC	UDF
057	Tarur (SC)	Palakkad	C. Prakash	INC	43979	A. K. Balan	CPI(M)	67047	K.V. Divakaran	BJP	15493	A. K. Balan	23068	CPI (M)	LDF
058	Chittur	Palakkad	K. Achuthan	INC	61985	K. Krishnankutty	JD(S)	69270	M. Sasikumar	BJP	12537	K. Krishnankutty	7285	JD(S)	LDF
059	Nenmara	Palakkad	A. V. Gopinath	INC	58908	K. Babu	CPI(M)	66316	N. Shivarajan	BJP	23096	K. Babu	7408	CPI (M)	LDF
060	Alathur	Palakkad	K. Kusalakumar	KC(M)	35146	K.D. Prasenan	CPI(M)	71206	M.P. Sreekumar	BJP	19610	K. D. Prasenan	36060	CPI (M)	LDF
061	Chelakkara (SC)	Thrissur	K. A.Thulasi Teacher	INC	57571	U.R. Pradeep	CPI(M)	67771	Shajumon Vattekkad	BJP	23845	U. R. Pradeep	10200	CPI (M)	LDF
062	Kunnamkulam	Thrissur	C. P. John	CMP(John)	55492	A.C. Moideen	CPI(M)	63274	K.K. Aneesh Kumar	BJP	29325	A.C. Moideen	7782	CPI (M)	LDF
063	Guruvayoor	Thrissur	P.M. Sadiq Ali	IUML	50990	K.V. Abdul Khader	CPI(M)	66088	Niveditha Subramaniyam	BJP	25490	K.V. Abdul Khader	15098	CPI (M)	LDF
064	Manalur	Thrissur	O. Abdurahman Kutty	INC	51097	Murali Perunelli	CPI(M)	70422	A.N. Radhakrishnan	BJP	37680	Murali Perunelli	19325	CPI (M)	LDF
065	Wadakkanchery	Thrissur	Anil Akkara	INC	65535	Mary Thomas	CPI(M)	65492	T.S. Ullas Babu	BJP	26652	Anil Akkara	43	INC	UDF
066	Ollur	Thrissur	M. P. Vincent	INC	58418	K. Rajan	CPI	71666	Santhosh	BDJS	17694	K. Rajan	13248	CPI	LDF
067	Thrissur	Thrissur	Padmaja Venugopal	INC	46677	V. S. Sunil Kumar	CPI	53664	B. Gopalakrishnan	BJP	24748	V.S. Sunil Kumar	6987	CPI	LDF
068	Nattika (SC)	Thrissur	K. V. Dasan	INC	43441	Geetha Gopi	CPI	70218	T.V. Babu	BDJS	33650	Geetha Gopi	26777	CPI	LDF
069	Kaipamangalam	Thrissur	M.T. Mohammed Nahas	RSP	33384	E.T. Taison	CPI	66824	Unnikrishnan Thashinath	BDJS	30041	E.T. Taison	33440	CPI	LDF
070	Irinjalakuda	Thrissur	Thomas Unniyadan	KC(M)	57019	K.U. Arunan	CPI(M)	59730	C.D. Santhosh	BJP	30420	K.U. Arunan	2711	CPI (M)	LDF
071	Puthukkad	Thrissur	Sundaran Kunnathully	INC	40986	C. Raveendranath	CPI(M)	79464	A. Nagesh	BJP	35833	C. Raveendranath	38478	CPI (M)	LDF
072	Chalakudy	Thrissur	T.U. Radhakrishnan	INC	47603	B. D. Devassy	CPI(M)	74251	Unni	BDJS	26229	B.D. Devassy	26648	CPI (M)	LDF
073	Kodungallur	Thrissur	K. P. Dhanapalan	INC	45118	V. R. Sunil Kumar	CPI	67909	Sangeetha Viswanathan	BDJS	32793	V.R. Sunil Kumar	22791	CPI	LDF
074	Perumbavoor	Ernakulam	Eldose Kunnappilly	INC	64285	Saju Paul	CPI(M)	57197	E.S. Biju	BJP	19731	Eldose Kunnappilly	7088	INC	UDF
075	Angamaly	Ernakulam	Roji M. John	INC	66666	Benny Moonjely	JDS	57480	P.J Babu	KC	9014	Roji M. John	9186	INC	UDF
076	Aluva	Ernakulam	Anwar Sadath	INC	69568	V. Salim	CPI(M)	50733	Latha Gangadharan	BJP	19349	Anwar Sadath	18835	INC	UDF
077	Kalamassery	Ernakulam	V. K. Ebrahimkunju	IUML	68726	A. M. Yusuf	CPI(M)	56608	V. Gopakumar	BDJS	24244	V. K. Ebrahimkunju	12118	IUML	UDF
078	Paravur	Ernakulam	V. D. Satheesan	INC	74985	Sarada Mohan	CPI	54351	Hari Vijayan	BDJS	28097	V. D. Satheesan	20634	INC	UDF
079	Vypin	Ernakulam	K.R. Subhash	INC	49173	S. Sharma	CPI(M)	68526	KK Vamalochanan	BDJS	10051	S. Sarma	19353	CPI (M)	LDF
080	Kochi	Ernakulam	Dominic Presentation	INC	46881	K.J. Maxi	CPI(M)	47967	Praveen Damodara Prabhu	BJP	15212	K.J. Maxi	1086	CPI (M)	LDF
081	Thripunithura	Ernakulam	K. Babu	INC	58230	M. Swaraj	CPI(M)	62697	Thuravoor Viswambaran	BJP	29843	M. Swaraj	4467	CPI (M)	LDF
082	Ernakulam	Ernakulam	Hibi Eden	INC	57819	M. Anilkumar	CPI(M)	35870	N. K. Mohandas	BJP	14878	Hibi Eden	21949	INC	UDF
083	Thrikkakara	Ernakulam	P. T. Thomas	INC	61451	Sebastian Paul	CPI(M)	49455	S. Saji	BJP	21247	P. T. Thomas	11996	INC	UDF
084	Kunnathunad (SC)	Ernakulam	V. P. Sajeendran	INC	65445	Shiji Sivaji	CPI(M)	62766	Thuravoor Suresh	BDJS	16459	V.P. Sajeendran	2679	INC	UDF
085	Piravom	Ernakulam	Anoop Jacob	KC(J)	73770	M. J. Jacob	CPI(M)	67575	C.P. Sathyan	BDJS	17503	Anoop Jacob	6195	KC(J)	UDF
086	Muvattupuzha	Ernakulam	Joseph Vazhakkan	INC	60894	Eldho Abraham	CPI	70269	P. J. Thomas	BJP	9759	Eldho Abraham	9375	CPI	LDF
087	Kothamangalam	Ernakulam	T. U. Kuruvilla	KC(M)	46185	Antony John	CPI(M)	65467	P. C. Cyriac	KC	12926	Antony John	19282	CPI (M)	LDF
088	Devikulam (SC)	Idukki	A. K. Mani	INC	43728	S. Rajendran	CPI(M)	49510	N. Chandran	BJP	9592	S. Rajendran	5782	CPI (M)	LDF
089	Udumbanchola	Idukki	Senapathy Venu	INC	49704	M.M. Mani	CPI(M)	50813	Saji Parambath	BDJS	21799	M.M. Mani	1109	CPI (M)	LDF
090	Thodupuzha	Idukki	P.J. Joseph	KC(M)	76564	Roy Varikkat	CPI(M)-IND	30977	Praveen	BDJS	28845	P.J. Joseph	45587	KC(M)	UDF
091	Idukki	Idukki	Roshy Augustine	KC(M)	60556	Francis George	KC(D)	51223	Biju Madhavan	BDJS	27403	Roshy Augustine	9333	KC(M)	UDF
092	Peerumede	Idukki	Cyriac Thomas	INC	56270	E. S. Bijimol	CPI	56584	K. Kumar	BJP	11833	E. S. Bijimol	314	CPI	LDF
093	Pala	Kottayam	K. M. Mani	KC(M)	58884	Mani C. Kappan	NCP	54181	N. Hari	BJP	24821	K. M. Mani	4703	KC(M)	UDF
094	Kaduthuruthy	Kottayam	Monce Joseph	KC(M)	73793	Skaria Thomas	KC(A)	31537	Stephen Chazhikadan	KC	17536	Monce Joseph	42256	KC(M)	UDF
095	Vaikom (SC)	Kottayam	A. Saneesh Kumar	INC	37413	C. K. Asha	CPI	61997	N.K. Neelakandan	BDJS	30067	C. K. Asha	24584	CPI	LDF
096	Ettumanoor	Kottayam	Thomas Chazhikadan	KC(M)	44906	Suresh Kurup	CPI(M)	53805	A.G. Thankappan	BDJS	27540	Suresh Kurup	8899	CPI (M)	LDF
097	Kottayam	Kottayam	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	INC	73894	Reji Zakaria	CPI(M)	40262	M.S. Karunakaran	BJP	12582	Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan	33632	INC	UDF
098	Puthuppally	Kottayam	Oommen Chandy	INC	71597	Jaick C. Thomas	CPI(M)	44505	George Kurian	BJP	15993	Oommen Chandy	27092	INC	UDF
099	Changanassery	Kottayam	C. F Thomas	KC(M)	50371	K. C. Joseph	KC(D)	48522	Ettumanoor Radhakrishnan	BJP	21455	C. F.Thomas	1849	KC(M)	UDF
100	Kanjirappally	Kottayam	N. Jayaraj	KC(M)	53126	V.B. Binu	CPI	49236	V.N. Manoj	BJP	31411	N. Jayaraj	3890	KC(M)	UDF
101	Poonjar	Kottayam	Georgekutty Augusthy	KC(M)	35800	P. C. Joseph	KC(D)	22270	M R Ullas	BDJS	19966	P. C. George	27821	N/A	IND
102	Aroor	Alappuzha	C. R. Jayaprakash	INC	46201	A. M. Ariff	CPI(M)	84720	T. Aniyappan	BDJS	27753	A.M. Ariff	38519	CPI (M)	LDF
103	Cherthala	Alappuzha	S. Sarath	INC	74001	P. Thilothaman	CPI	81197	P.S. Rajeev	BDJS	19614	P. Thilothaman	7196	CPI	LDF
104	Alappuzha	Alappuzha	Laly Vincent	INC	52179	T. M. Thomas Isaac	CPI(M)	83211	Ranjith Sreenivas	BJP	18214	T. M.Thomas Issac	31032	CPI (M)	LDF
105	Ambalappuzha	Alappuzha	Shaikh P. Haris	JD(U)	40448	G. Sudhakaran	CPI(M)	63069	L.P. Jayachandran	BJP	22730	G. Sudhakaran	22621	CPI (M)	LDF
106	Kuttanad	Alappuzha	Jacob Abraham	KC(M)	45223	Thomas Chandy	NCP	50114	Subhash Vasu	BDJS	33044	Thomas Chandy	4891	NCP	LDF
107	Haripad	Alappuzha	Ramesh Chennithala	INC	75980	P. Prasad	CPI	57359	D. Ashvanidev	BJP	12985	Ramesh Chennithala	18621	INC	UDF
108	Kayamkulam	Alappuzha	M. Liju	INC	61099	U. Prathibha Hari	CPI(M)	72956	Shaji M. Panicker	BDJS	20000	U. Prathibha Hari	11857	CPI (M)	LDF
109	Mavelikkara (SC)	Alappuzha	Baiju Kalassala	INC	43013	R. Rajesh	CPI(M)	74555	P.M. Velayudhan	BJP	30929	R. Rajesh	31542	CPI (M)	LDF
110	Chengannur	Alappuzha	P. C. Vishnunath	INC	44897	K. K. Ramachandran Nair	CPI(M)	52880	P.S.Sreedharan Pillai	BJP	42682	K.K. Ramachandran Nair	7983	CPI (M)	LDF
111	Thiruvalla	Pathanamthitta	Joseph M. Puthusseri	KC(M)	51398	Mathew T. Thomas	JD(S)	59660	Akkeeraman Kalidasa Bhattathirippad	BDJS	31439	Mathew T. Thomas	8262	JD(S)	LDF
112	Ranni	Pathanamthitta	Mariyamma Cherian	INC	44153	Raju Abraham	CPI(M)	58749	Padmakumar	BDJS	28201	Raju Abraham	14596	CPI (M)	LDF
113	Aranmula	Pathanamthitta	K. Sivadasan Nair	INC	56877	Veena George	CPI(M)	64523	M.T. Ramesh	BJP	37906	Veena George	7646	CPI (M)	LDF
114	Konni	Pathanamthitta	Adoor Prakash	INC	72800	R. Sanal Kumar	CPI(M)	52052	D. Ashok Kumar	BJP	16713	Adoor Prakash	20748	INC	UDF
115	Adoor (SC)	Pathanamthitta	K.K. Shaju	INC	50574	Chittayam Gopakumar	CPI	76034	P. Sudheer	BJP	25940	Chittayam Gopakumar	25460	CPI	LDF
116	Karunagapally	Kollam	C. R. Mahesh	INC	68143	R. Ramachandran	CPI	69902	V. Sadasivan	BDJS	19115	R. Ramachandran	1759	CPI	LDF
117	Chavara	Kollam	Shibu Baby John	RSP	58477	N. Vijayan Pillai	CPI(M)	64666	M. Sunil	BJP	10276	N. Vijayan Pillai	6189	CPI(M)	LDF
118	Kunnathur (SC)	Kollam	Ullas Kovoor	RSP	55196	Kovoor Kunjumon	RSP(L)	75725	Thazhava Sahadevan	BDJS	21742	Kovoor Kunjumon	20529	RSP(L)	LDF
119	Kottarakkara	Kollam	Savin Sathyan	INC	40811	P. Ayisha Potty	CPI(M)	83443	K. Rajeswariyamma	BJP	24062	P. Ayisha Potty	42632	CPI (M)	LDF
120	Pathanapuram	Kollam	Jagadish	INC	49867	K.B. Ganesh Kumar	KC(B)	74429	Bheeman Raghu	BJP	11700	K.B. Ganesh Kumar	24562	KC(B)	LDF
121	Punalur	Kollam	A. Younus Kunju	IUML	48554	K. Raju	CPI	82136	Cicil Fernandez	KC	10558	K. Raju	33582	CPI	LDF
122	Chadayamangalam	Kollam	M. M. Hassan	INC	49334	Mullakkara Rathnakaran	CPI	71262	K. Sivadasan	BJP	19259	Mullakkara Rathnakaran	21928	CPI	LDF
123	Kundara	Kollam	Rajmohan Unnithan	INC	48587	J. Mercykutty Amma	CPI(M)	79047	M.S. Syam Kumar	BJP	20257	J. Mercykutty Amma	30460	CPI (M)	LDF
124	Kollam	Kollam	Sooraj Ravi	INC	45492	Mukesh	CPI(M)	63103	K. Sasikumar	JSS (Rajanbabu)	17409	Mukesh	17611	CPI (M)	LDF
125	Eravipuram	Kollam	A. A. Aziz	RSP	36589	M. Noushad	CPI(M)	65392	Satheesh Akkavila	BDJS	19714	M.Noushad	28803	CPI (M)	LDF
126	Chathannoor	Kollam	Sooranad Rajasekharan	INC	30139	G.S. Jayalal	CPI	67606	P.B. Gopakumar	BJP	33199	G.S. Jayalal	34407	CPI	LDF
127	Varkala	Thiruvananthapuram	Varkala Kahar	INC	50716	V. Joy	CPI(M)	53102	S.R.M. Saji	BDJS	19872	V. Joy	2386	CPI (M)	LDF
128	Attingal (SC)	Thiruvananthapuram	K. Chandrababu	RSP	32425	B. Satyan	CPI(M)	72808	Raji Prasad	BJP	27602	B. Satyan	40383	CPI (M)	LDF
129	Chirayinkeezhu (SC)	Thiruvananthapuram	K. S. Ajith Kumar	INC	50370	V. Sasi	CPI	64692	P.P. Vava	BJP	19478	V. Sasi	14322	CPI	LDF
130	Nedumangad	Thiruvananthapuram	Palode Ravi	INC	54124	C. Divakaran	CPI	57745	V.V. Rajesh	BJP	35139	C. Divakaran	3621	CPI	LDF
131	Vamanapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	T. Sarathchandra Prasad	INC	56252	D. K. Murali	CPI(M)	65848	R.V. Nikhil	BDJS	13956	D.K. Murali	9596	CPI (M)	LDF
132	Kazhakoottam	Thiruvananthapuram	Adv. M.A. Vaheed	INC	38602	Kadakampally Surendran	CPI(M)	50079	V. Muraleedharan	BJP	42732	Kadakampally Surendran	7347	CPI (M)	LDF
133	Vattiyoorkavu	Thiruvananthapuram	K. Muraleedharan	INC	51322	T. N. Seema	CPI(M)	40441	Kummanam Rajasekharan	BJP	43700	K. Muraleedharan	7622	INC	UDF
134	Thiruvananthapuram	Thiruvananthapuram	V. S. Sivakumar	INC	46474	Antony Raju	KC(D)	35569	S. Sreesanth	BJP	34764	V. S. Sivakumar	10905	INC	UDF
135	Nemom	Thiruvananthapuram	V. Surendran Pillai	JDU	13860	V. Sivankutty	CPI(M)	59142	O. Rajagopal	BJP	67813	O.Rajagopal	8671	BJP	NDA
136	Aruvikkara	Thiruvananthapuram	K. S. Sabarinathan	INC	70910	A.A. Rasheed	CPI(M)	49596	A. Rajasenan	BJP	20294	K. S. Sabarinathan	21314	INC	UDF
137	Parassala	Thiruvananthapuram	A. T. George	INC	51590	C.K. Hareendran	CPI(M)	70156	Karamana Jayan	BJP	33028	C.K. Hareendran	18566	CPI (M)	LDF
138	Kattakada	Thiruvananthapuram	N. Sakthan	INC	50765	I.B. Satheesh	CPI(M)	51614	P.K. Krishnadas	BJP	38700	I.B Satheesh	849	CPI (M)	LDF
139	Kovalam	Thiruvananthapuram	M. Vincent	INC	60268	Jameela Prakasam	JD(S)	57653	T.N. Suresh	BDJS	30987	M. Vincent	2615	INC	UDF
140	Neyyattinkara	Thiruvananthapuram	R. Selvaraj	INC	54016	K. Ansalan	CPI(M)	63559	Punchakari Surendran	BJP	15531	K.A. Ansalan	9543	CPI (M)	LDF

Notable performances of other candidates

01.P.C.George won from Poonjar Contituency 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

References

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

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