2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Difference between revisions

{{short description|14th Indian state election}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2020}}

| previous_election  = 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

| previous_year      = 2016

| election_date      = 6 April 2021

| seats_for_election = All 140 seats in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]

| ongoing            = no

| turnout            = 76.00% ({{decrease}}1.53%)

| leader1            = '''[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]'''

| alliance1          = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)

| leader_since1      = 2016

| leaders_seat1      = [[Dharmadam (State Assembly constituency)|Dharmadam]]

| seats_before1      =  

| swing1            = {{increase}}1.95%

| image2            = Ramesh-chennithala-3453.jpg

| colour2            = 0078ff

| leaders_seat2      = [[Haripad (State Assembly constituency)|Haripad]]

| seats_before2      =  

| seats_after2      =  

| popular_vote2      = 8,196,813

| percentage2        = 39.47%

| leaders_seat3      = [[Manjeshwar (State Assembly constituency)|Manjeshwar]] (lost)

[[Konni (State Assembly constituency)|Konni]] (lost)

| seats_before3      =  

| seats_after3      =  

| seat_change3      = {{decrease}}1

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An alliance of [[Centre-left politics|centre-left]] to [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political parties, the LDF is currently in power. The coalition consists of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and several smaller parties.

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| style="text-align:center; background:{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}};color:white" ! |'''4.'''

| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]

| [[File:Indian Election Symbol A Lady Farmer Carrying Paddy On Her Head.png|60x60px]]

|[[Mathew T. Thomas]]

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=== {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]}} ===

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=== {{legend2|{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|[[National Democratic Alliance (Kerala)|National Democratic Alliance]]}} ===

It is an alliance of [[Right-wing politics|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.<ref>{{Cite news|title=NDA constitutes its unit in Kerala|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/NDA-constitutes-its-unit-in-Kerala/article15000965.ece|date=27 September 2016|access-date=22 September 2020|work=The Hindu}}</ref>  

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Many parties, including the CPI-M, the INC and the CPI, did not give seats to most sitting candidates who had already served two terms. A third of selected candidates had prior experience in local bodies.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala elections: One-third of candidates started out in local bodies|first=Shaju|last=Philip|place=Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/one-third-of-kerala-candidates-started-out-in-local-bodies-7236489/|date=2021-03-20|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> The Indian Union Muslim League fielded a female candidate - Noorbeena Rasheed ([[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode South]]) - for the first time in 25 years.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala: IUML's First Female MLA Nominee in 25 Years Triggers Debate on Women in Politics|last=Rajeev Ramachandran|place=|url=https://thewire.in/politics/kerala-assembly-elections-iuml-noorbina-rashid-women-politics-representation|date=2021-03-16|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Wire|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala elections: Meet Noorbina Rasheed, IUML's first woman candidate in 25 years|first=Shaju|last=Philip|place=Thiruvananthapuram|url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/who-is-noorbina-rasheed-7233822/|date=2021-03-18|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala polls: IUML fields woman candidate after 25 years, hopeful of making it to Assembly|first=Arjun|last=Raghunath|place=|url=https://www.deccanherald.com/national/south/kerala-polls-iuml-fields-woman-candidate-after-25-years-hopeful-of-making-it-to-assembly-965113.html|date=2021-03-22|access-date=2021-03-24|website=Deccan Herald|language=en}}</ref> Anannyah Kumari Alex ([[Vengara (State Assembly constituency)|Vengara]]) became the first transgender candidate to run for the Kerala Legislative Assembly,<ref>{{Cite news|title=In A First, Transgender Candidate To Contest Kerala Assembly Polls|last=|place=Malappuram|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/kerala-election-2021-anannyah-kumari-alex-kerala-transgender-candidate-2396648|date=2021-03-22|access-date=2021-03-24|website=NDTV|language=en}}</ref> but later suspended her campaign after alleged harassment from her party members.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-04-04|title=First transgender candidate backs out of Kerala polls, alleges discrimination from party|url=https://theprint.in/politics/first-transgender-candidate-backs-out-of-kerala-polls-alleges-discrimination-from-party/633730/|access-date=2021-04-07|website=ThePrint|language=en-US}}</ref> The Election Commission turned down the nomination papers of BJP candidates in Thalassery, Guruvayur, and the AIADMK candidate in Devikulam as their nominations were incomplete.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala Assembly polls - HC turns down pleas of BJP, AIADMK candidates against rejection of nominations|url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/kerala-assembly-polls-hc-turns-down-pleas-of-bjp-aiadmk-candidates-against-rejection-of-nominations/article34131930.ece|date=2021-03-22|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Hindu|language=en}}</ref>

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! Districts

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! {{nowrap|District wise map of Kerala}}  

|25.12%

|{{increase}}1.42%  

|21

|-

|bgcolor="{{party color|Indian Union Muslim League}}"|

|2.66%

|{{increase}}2.48%

|2

|{{increase}} 2

|1.17%

|{{increase}}0.10%

|0

|{{increase}}{{decrease}} 0

|{{nowrap|{{decrease}}1.14%}}

|77

|{{nowrap|{{increase}}4}}

|-

|{{decrease}}0.71%

|12

|{{decrease}}1

|-

|{{decrease}}0.17%

|4

|{{decrease}} 1

|-

|{{decrease}}0.18%

|3

|{{increase}}{{decrease}} 0

|-

|20,833,888

|99.67{{n/a}}

|-

| style="text-align:right;" colspan="4" |Invalid votes

|0.33{{n/a}}

|-

|'''20,903,233'''<ref name="poll"/>

|'''76.00'''<ref name="poll"/>

!{{nowrap|Region wise map of Kerala}}

!Region

! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white;" |UDF

! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white;" |LDF

!{{nowrap|District wise map of Kerala}}

!District

! style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white;" |UDF

! style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white;" |LDF

|-

!17

|

|[[O. R. Kelu]]

|-

!18

|

|[[I. C. Balakrishnan]]

|-

!25

|

| [[K. M. Sachin Dev]]

|-

!36

|

| [[A. P. Anil Kumar]]

|-

!53

|

|[[K. Shanthakumari]]

|-

!57

|

| [[P. P. Sumod]]

|-

!61

|

| [[K. Radhakrishnan (politician)|K. Radhakrishnan]]

|-

!68

|

|[[C. C. Mukundan]]

|-

!84

|

| {{legend2|#FF0000|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| {{legend2|#ED1C24|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

|-

!88

|

| [[A. Raja (Kerala politician)|A. Raja]]

|-

!95

|

|[[C. K. Asha]]

|-

!109

|

|[[M. S. Arun Kumar]]

|-

!115

|

|[[Chittayam Gopakumar]]

|-

!118

|

|[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]

|-

!128

|

|[[O. S. Ambika]]

|-

!129

|

|[[V. Sasi]]

|-

!134

|

|[[Antony Raju]]

V. D. Satheesan replaced Ramesh Chennithala as the Leader of the Opposition in the Niyamasabha, after the decision was made by the [[Congress Working Committee|Congress High Command]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=VD Satheesan to be leader of opposition in Kerala|url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/vd-satheesan-to-be-leader-of-opposition-in-kerala-kerala-1.5685192|access-date=2021-05-22|website=Mathrubhumi|language=en}}</ref>

==Notes==

{{Kerala elections}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kerala Legislative Assembly election - 2021}}