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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[edit | edit source]
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]
| 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] | ||
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| Kannur | Kozhikode North | Malappuram |
| Palakkad | Thrissur | Kottayam |
| Alappuzha | Kollam | Vattiyoorkkavu |
| Nemom | Ernakulam | Thrikkakkara |
Parties and coalitions[edit | edit source]
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 (Kerala)[edit | edit source]
Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female | |
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | 90 | 78 | 12 | |
| Communist Party of India | 
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Kanam Rajendran | 25 | 21 | 4 | |
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Mathew T. Thomas | 5 | 4 | 1 | |
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 
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4 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Nationalist Congress Party | 
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T. P. Peethambaran | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | 
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Francis George | 4 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Indian National League | 
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S. A. Puthiya Valappil | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
| Kerala Congress (B) |
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R. Balakrishna Pillai | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) |
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Skariah Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) | 
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K. R. Aravindakshan | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) | 
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Kovoor Kunjumon | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
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Kadannappalli Ramachandran | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
United Democratic Front (Kerala)[edit | edit source]
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Contesting Seats | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | |
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| Indian National Congress (Indira) | 
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V. M. Sudheeran | 87 | 78 | 9 | |
| Indian Union Muslim League | 
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24 | 24 | 0 | ||
| Kerala Congress (Mani) |
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K. M. Mani | 15 | 15 | 0 | |
| Janata Dal (United) | _Flag.svg){kind=small}
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M. P. Veerendra Kumar | 7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |
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A. A. Aziz | 5 | 5 | 0 | |
| Communist Marxist Party |
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C. P. John | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
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Anoop Jacob | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
National Democratic Alliance[edit | edit source]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Contesting Seats | Male Candidates | Female Candidates | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | File:BJP flag.svg | File:Lotos flower symbol.svg |  |
P. S. Sreedharan Pillai | 98 | 88 | 10 | |
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | 
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Thushar Vellappally | 36 | 35 | 1 | |
| Kerala Congress (Thomas) |
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P. C. Thomas | 4 | 4 | 0 | |
| Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi (Rajan Babu) |
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A. N. Rajan Babu | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||
| Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha | 
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C. K. Janu | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Left United Front[edit | edit source]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
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| Revolutionary Marxist Party |
N. Venu |
10 | 9 | 1 | |||
| Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)[11] | 
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C. K. Lukose | 32 | 27 | 5 | ||
| Marxist Communist Party of India (United) |
M. Rajan |
Parties not in any coalition[edit | edit source]
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Contested Seats | |
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| Social Democratic Party of India[12] | 
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K. M. Ashraf | 88 | ||
| Bahujan Samaj Party | 
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J. Sudhakaran | 74 | ||
| Peoples Democratic Party | 
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Abdul Nasar Madani | 60 | |||
| Welfare Party of India[13][14] |  [15]
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Hameed Vaniyambalam | 41 | |||
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M. K. Dasan | 18 | |||
| Shiv Sena | 
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M.S. Bhuvanachandran | 16 | |||
| Samajwadi Party | 
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N. O. Kuttappan | 9 | ||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 
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A. L. Pradeep | 7 | ||
| Ambedkarite Party of India | 5 | |||||
| Indian Gandhiyan Party | 3 | |||||
| Kerala Janatha Party | 3 | |||||
| Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation | 
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Dipankar Bhattacharya | 1 | ||
Opinion polls[edit | edit source]
| When conducted | Ref | Polling organisation/Agency | Sample size | ||||||
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| UDF | LDF | OTH | |||||||
| 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[edit | edit source]
| Agency | LDF | UDF | Others | Ref. |
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| 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[edit | edit source]
Voting took place on 16 May 2016 in all 140 Legislative Assembly Constituencies. The final turnout was 77.35%.[28]
| Districts | Voter Turnout | |||
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| District wise map of Kerala | District | % | ||
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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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
| LDF | SEATS | UDF | SEATS | NDA | SEATS | Other | SEATS | ||||
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| 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[edit | edit source]
| Region wise map of Kerala | Region | Total Seats | UDF | LDF | NDA | OTH |
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North Kerala | 32 | 8 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Kerala | 55 | 25 | 30 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Kerala | 53 | 14 | 37 | 1 | 1 |
By district[edit | edit source]
| District wise map of Kerala | District | Total Seats | UDF | LDF | NDA | OTH |
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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[edit | edit source]
| Parties and coalitions | Popular vote | Seats | ||||||
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| 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 | |||||||
Results by constituency[edit | edit source]
Notable performances of other candidates
01.P.C.George won from Poonjar Constituency with a margion 27821 votes[29]
By-elections[edit | edit source]
| Year | Constituency | District | UDF candidate | Party | Votes | LDF candidate | Party | Votes | NDA candidate | Party | Votes | Winner | Margin | Previous Winning Alliance | Winning Alliance | Winning party |
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| 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 |
See also[edit | edit source]
References[edit | edit source]
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