2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election Elections for the 14th Legislative Assembly of Kerala
The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The constituencies to which election was held Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election.[ 2] 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] [ 5] [ 6] [ 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] [ 6]
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 United Front
Parties not in any Coalition
Opinion polls
When conducted
Ref
Polling organisation/Agency
Sample size
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
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
Other (2.75%)
Seat Share by alliance
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
P.C. George , who contested as an independent candidate from Poonjar, joined the NDA on a later date.
By region
Region wise map of Kerala
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
Results by party
Parties and coalitions
Popular vote
Seats
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
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
Notable performances of other candidates
01.P.C.George won from Poonjar Contituency with a margion 27821 votes[ 29]
By-elections
No by-election is conducted for Kuttanad and Chavara
Assembly seat sharing post - bye election results:
See also
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