2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election


The 2016 Kerala 14th 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. The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front, led by CPI won the election, defeating the incumbent United Democratic Front, led by the INC, which could only win 47 seats in the election.

Background

The tenure of the members of the Legislative Assembly in the state was to end on 31 May 2016.
As per the voters list published on 14 January 2016, there were around 2.60 crore eligible voters including 6.18 lakh 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. There were 500 model polling stations. Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation programme was undertaken in Kerala to raise voter awareness.
Group of votersVoters population
Male12,510,580
Female13,508,702
Third Gender2
Total Voters26,019,284

2,065 Voter-verified paper audit trail 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.
The Election Commission launched several mobile apps.

Parties and coalitions

There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The Left Democratic Front is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India . The United Democratic Front is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress.

Left Democratic Front">Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Communist Party of India Kodiyeri Balakrishnan847212
Communist Party of IndiaKanam Rajendran27234
Janata Dal Mathew T. Thomas541
Nationalist Congress PartyPeethambaran master440
Kerala Congress Skaria Thomas110
Congress Kadannappalli Ramachandran110
Janadhipathya Kerala CongressFrancis George440
Indian National LeagueS. A. Puthiya Valappil330
Kerala Congress R. Balakrishna Pillai110
Communist Marxist Party K. R. Aravindakshan110
Revolutionary Socialist Party Kovoor Kunjumon110
Janadhipathya Samrakshana SamithiK. R. Gowri Amma
National Secular ConferenceP. T. A. Rahim220

United Democratic Front">United Democratic Front (India)">United Democratic Front

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Indian National CongressMullappally Ramachandran87789
Indian Union Muslim LeagueSayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal24240
Kerala Congress
K.M. Mani15150
Janata Dal 770
Revolutionary Socialist PartyA.A. Aziz550
Kerala Congress Johnny Nellore110
Communist Marxist PartyC. P. John110
Revolutionary Socialist Party of Kerala A. V. Thamarakshan
All India Forward BlocV. Ram Mohan
Kerala Congress T. S. John
Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy Alex Dominic

[National Democratic Alliance]

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Bharatiya Janata PartyP. S Sreedharan Pillai988810
Bharath Dharma Jana SenaThushar Vellapally36351
Kerala Congress P. C. Thomas440
Kerala Congress Kuruvilla Matthew
Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithi A. N. Rajan Babu110
Lok Janshakti PartyM. Mehaboob
Kerala Vikas CongressJose Chemperi
Praja Socialist PartyHariprasad C.
Secular National Dravida PartySuvarna Kumar
National Democratic Party B. Premanathan
Socialist Janata DalP. V. Rajendran
Pravasi Nivasi PartyVellayani Sreekumar
Ganaka Sabha
Bharathiya Karma SenaC. Murugappan Achary.
Christian Democratic PartySaju Maliyekkal

Left United Front

PartyFlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale
Revolutionary Marxist Party
N. Venu		1091
Socialist Unity Centre of India C. K. Lukose32275
Marxist Communist Party of India
M. Rajan

Fourth Front

Parties not in any Coalition

Opinion polls

Exit Polls

Election Day

Voting took place on 16 May 2016 in all 140 Legislative Assembly Constituencies. The final turnout was 77.35%.
DistrictPolling%
Kasaragod78.51
Kannur80.63
Wayanad78.22
Kozhikode81.89
Malappuram75.83
Palakkad78.37
Thrissur77.74
Ernakulam79.77
Idukki73.59
Kottayam76.90
Alappuzha79.88
Pathanamthitta71.66
Kollam75.07
Thiruvananthapuram72.53
Total77.35

Results

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

, who contested as an independent candidate from Poonjar, joined the NDA on a later date.

By district

DistrictTotalUDFLDFOthers
Kasaragod
5		230
Kannur
11		380
Wayanad
3		120
Kozhikode
13		2110
Malappuram
16		1240
Palakkad
12		390
Thrissur
13		1120
Ernakulam
14		950
Idukki
5		230
Kottayam
9		621
Alappuzha
9		180
Pathanamthitta
5		140
Kollam
11		0110
Thiruvananthapuram14491
Total
140 		47 91 2

Results by party

By constituency

By-Election

YearConstituencyDistrictUDF candidatePartyVotesLDF candidatePartyVotesNDA candidatePartyVotesWinnerMarginPrevious Winning AllianceWinning AllianceWinning Party
2017VengaraMalappuramK.N.A. KhaderIUML65227P.P.BasheerCPI41917K JanachandranBJP5728K.N.A. Khader24123UDFUDFIUML
2018ChengannurAlappuzhaD.VijayakumarINC46347Saji CheriyanCPI67303P. S. Sreedharan PillaiBJP35270Saji Cheriyan20956LDFLDFCPI
2019ManjeshwaramKasaragodM. C. KamaruddinIUML65407M Shankara RaiCPI38233Ravisha Thanthri KuntarBJP57484M. C. Kamaruddin7923UDFUDFIUML
2019PalaKottayamJose Tom PulikunnelUDF Independent51194Mani C. KappanNCP54137N.HariBJP18044Mani C. Kappan2943UDFLDFNCP
2019VattiyoorkavuThiruvananthapuramK. Mohan KumarINC40365V. K. PrasanthCPI54830Adv S SureshBJP27453V. K. Prasanth14465UDFLDFCPI
2019KonniPathanamthittaP MohanrajINC44146K. U. Jenish KumarCPI54099K. SurendranBJP39786K. U. Jenish Kumar9953UDFLDFCPI
2019AroorAlappuzhaShanimol UsmanINC69356Manu C. PulikkalCPI67277K.P.Prakash BabuBJP16289Shanimol Usman2079LDFUDFINC
2019ErnakulamErnakulamT. J. VinodINC37891Adv. Manu RoyLDF Independent34141C.G.RajagopalBJP13351T. J. Vinod3750UDFUDFINC
2020KuttanadAlappuzhaLDF
2020ChavaraKollamLDF

Assembly seat sharing post the Bye Election results:
UDFLDFNDAVacant Seats
459122