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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
[[File:IN-KL.svg|thumb|right|200px|Kerala]]
'''Elections in Kerala''' are regularly held to fill government officials at all levels of government in both [[Kerala]] and [[India]] as a whole. These range from national elections to regional local body or ''[[panchayat]]'' elections.

The [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Assembly of Kerala]] can create laws regarding the conduct of local body elections unilaterally while any changes by the state legislature to the conduct of state level elections need to be approved by the [[Parliament of India]]. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to [[President's rule|Article 356 of the Indian Constitution]] and President's rule may be imposed.

State Election Commission prepares the electoral rolls of Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporation and conduct their elections. The State Election Commissioner is also the Chairman of the Delimitation Commission.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Messages|url=http://sec.kerala.gov.in/index.php/messages/118-messages#:~:text=(i)%20Conduct%20of%20elections%20to,no-confidence%20motion%20against%20them.&text=(iii)%20Determination%20of%20disqualification%20of,on%20the%20ground%20of%20defection.|access-date=2020-09-11|website=sec.kerala.gov.in}}</ref>

== State Legislative Assembly Elections ==

State-level elections are held to fill the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature|title=History of kerala legislature - Government of Kerala, India|website=kerala.gov.in|access-date=2019-05-24}}</ref><ref>http://www.keralaassembly.org/</ref> The latest Assembly elections were held on 16 May 2016.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Assembly Election Schedule 2016|url=http://www.electioncommissionindia.in/2016/04/kerala-election-results-kerala-live.html|work=Election Commission India}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Winning Party / Coalition!! Seats
won
!Runner up!! Seats won !! Others
!Chief Minister
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]] ||[[Communist Party of India]] (CPI)|| 60
|[[Indian National Congress]] (INC)|| 43 || 9
|[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]] || INC + [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP)|| 83
|CPI|| 29 || 11
|[[Pattom Thanu Pillai]]

[[R. Sankar]]
|-
|[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1965]]
|CPI(M) + [[Indian Union Muslim League]] (IUML) + [[Samyukta Socialist Party]] (SSP)
|59
| rowspan="2" |INC
|43
|31
|[[President's rule|President's Rule]]
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]] || [[United Front (1967-69, Kerala)|United Front (1967-69)]]|| 104|| 9 || 20
|E. M. S. Namboodiripad
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]|| rowspan="2" | [[United Front (1970-79, Kerala)|United Front (1970-79)]] || 72
| rowspan="2" | CPI(M)
| 29 || 31
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]|| 111 || 17 || 20
|[[K. Karunakaran]]

[[A. K. Antony|A. K. Anthony]]

[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]

''President's Rule''
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]] ||[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] (LDF) (with [[Kerala Congress]] and [[Indian National Congress (Urs)]])|| 93
|UDF
| 46 || 1
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
K. Karunakaran

''President's Rule''
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||[[United Democratic Front (India)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) || 77
|LDF
| 63 || 0
|K. Karunakaran
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]||LDF|| 78
|UDF
| 61 || 1
|E. K. Nayanar
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]||UDF
| 90
|LDF
| 48 || 2
|K. Karunakaran
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]||LDF
| 80
|UDF
| 59 || 1
|E. K. Nayanar
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||UDF
| 99
|LDF
| 40 || 1
|A. K. Anthony
[[Oommen Chandy]]
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]] ||LDF
| 98
|UDF
| 42 || 0
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] ||UDF
| 72
|LDF
| 68 || 0
|[[Oommen Chandy]]
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] ||LDF
| 91
|UDF
| 47 || 2
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]] ||LDF
| 99
|UDF
| 41 || 0
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
! colspan="6" |''Scheduled<ref>{{Cite web|date=2019-12-29|title=What will force Mr Modi to change course will be the outcome of the state elections in 2020-21|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/bjp-cms-assembly-elections-narendra-modi-amit-shah-6189263/|access-date=2020-09-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>''
|}

== Lok Sabha elections ==
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Lok Sabha Election
!
!Winning Party/Coalition
!Seats won
!
!Runnerup
!Seats won
!Other parties
!Seats won
|-
|[[1951–52 Indian general election|1951]]
|1st
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|6
|style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|1
|TTC/[[Independent politician|Independents]]
|1 / 3
|-
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|2nd
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|9
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|Indian National Congress
|6
|[[Praja Socialist Party|PSP]]/Independents
|1 / 2
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|3rd
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|INC/PSP/[[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]]
|8
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|CPI
|6
|RSP/ Independents
|1 / 3
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|4th
|[[United Front (1967-69, Kerala)|United Front]] (1967-69)
|17
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|INC
|1
| rowspan="3" |Independents
|2
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |[[United Front (1970-79, Kerala)|United Front]] (1970-79)
|16
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|2
|1
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|6th
|20
|0
|0
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|7th
| style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
|10
| style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
|8
! rowspan="11" |
|2
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|8th
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" |UDF
|17
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" |LDF
|1
|2
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|9th
|17
|3
|0
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|10th
|15
|5
|0
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|11th
| style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|LDF
|10
| style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|UDF
|10
|0
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|12th
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |UDF
|11
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |LDF
|9
|0
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|13th
|11
|9
|0
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|14th
| style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|LDF
|18
| style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
|UDF
|1
|1
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|15th
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" |UDF
|16
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="3" |LDF
|4
|0
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|16th
|12
|8
|0
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|17th
|19
|1
|0
|}

== Local Self Government institutions ==
{{main|Local governance in Kerala}}

Panchayat Elections is a term widely used in [[Kerala]], [[India]], for the polls that are held to select the ''Local Self-government Representatives''. There are three branches of local self-government institutions in Kerala. They are ''Grama Panchayat'' which can be translated as Village Government, ''Block Panchayat'' and ''District Panchayat''. A Grama Panchayat is almost an equivalent to [[City]] administration and District Panchayat to a [[County]]. There are two more wings namely [[Municipality]] which is another form of Block Panchayat that exists only in major towns and ''Corporations'' that come only in six major cities. Consequent to the 73rd Amendment to the [[Constitution of India]], the local self-government institutions (LSGIs) are to function as the third tier of [[government]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jha|first=B. K.|title=All About India's Panchayati Raj System|url=https://ruralmarketing.in/industry/policy/all-about-indias-panchayati-raj-system|access-date=2020-09-11|website=ruralmarketing.in|language=en}}</ref>

At present, there are 1200 local governments in Kerala, which includes 941 Grama Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 14 District Panchayats, 77 Taluks, 87 Municipalities and 6 Municipal Corporations.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Local Self-Governance - Government of Kerala, India|url=https://kerala.gov.in/local-self-governance|access-date=2020-09-11|website=kerala.gov.in}}</ref>

The last ''Election to the Local Self-government Institutions in Kerala'' (''Panchayat Elections'') was held in 2020 december. The results were announced on 16 december 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2015-10-04|title=Local body polls in Kerala to be held on November 2 and 5|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/local-body-polls-in-kerala-to-be-held-on-november-2-and-5/article7721259.ece|access-date=2020-09-11|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Next local body elections are scheduled to be held in 2025.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Suresh|first=M. K.|title=Kerala to conduct local body elections in October|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/kerala-to-conduct-local-body-elections-in-october-1.4727815|access-date=2020-09-11|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+
! rowspan="2" |Year
! rowspan="2" |Local body
! colspan="4" |Party/Alliance
|-
!LDF
!UDF
!BJP
!OTH
|-
| rowspan="5" |2015
|Gram Panchayat
|551
|362
|14
|14
|-
|Dist. Panchayat
|7
|7
|0
|0
|-
|Block Panchayat<ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-11-07|title=Kerala civic poll results: LDF takes lead, big gains for BJP|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/kerala-civic-election-results-live-vote-counting-begins/|access-date=2020-09-11|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref>
|90
|61
|0
|1
|-
|Corporation
|4
|2
|0
|0
|-
|Municipality
|43
|41
|1
|1
|}

==See also==
* [[2015 Kerala local body elections]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp Election Commission of India]
*[http://www.keesings.com/search?kssp_selected_tab=article&kssp_a_id=17312n01ind]
*[http://lsgkerala.gov.in/election LSGI Election Result 2010]
*[http://lsgkerala.gov.in/election2005 LSGI Election Result 2005]
*[http://www.sec.kerala.gov.in Kerala State Election Commission]
*[http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in Chief Electoral Officer, Kerala]

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{{Kerala topics}}
{{Indian elections}}

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