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Kerala assembly election, May 2021

The 16th Kerala legislative assembly. Polled.

Seats declared
140
71 needed for a majority
Largest party
CPM
62 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
957
105 women, 11 elected
Turnout
74.06%
2.08 cr of 2.81 cr

The house

140 seats, each dot one assembly constituency

140SEATS
  • CPM62
  • INC21
  • CPI17
  • IUML15
  • IND6
  • KECM5
  • KEC2
  • JD(S)2
  • Others10

Biggest movements

Seat change against the previous Kerala assembly election (2016)

CPM
+4
IUML
-3

Parties

Ordered by seats won

PartyWon+/−ContestedStrike rateVotesShareShare +/−Deposits lost
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)62+47547.0%52,88,50225.38%-1.160
INCIndian National Congress21-19337.9%52,33,42925.12%+1.420
CPICommunist Party of India17-22345.5%15,79,2357.58%-0.550
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League15-32545.2%17,23,5938.27%+0.880
INDIndependent603202.5%12,08,4195.80%+0.53303
KECMKerala Congress (M)5-11241.1%6,84,3633.29%-0.710
KECKerala Congress2+21040.5%5,54,1152.66%+2.480
JD(S)JD(S)2-1445.1%2,65,7891.28%-0.170
NCPNationalist Congress Party20345.8%2,06,1300.99%-0.180
LJDLJD1—343.4%1,93,0100.93%—0
INLINL1+1333.4%1,38,5870.67%+0.110
KECJKECJ10153.8%85,0560.41%+0.040
NSCNSC10146.3%70,7040.34%-0.310
KECBKECB10149.1%67,2760.32%-0.050
RMPOIRMPOI1—147.6%65,0930.31%—0
CSCS10145.0%60,3130.29%+0.020
JANADHIPAT…JANADHIPATHIYAKERALACONGRESS1—138.0%48,7480.23%—0
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0-111513.6%23,54,46811.30%+0.7884
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party00533.3%2,44,3881.17%+0.110
BDJSBDJS00217.6%2,29,9311.10%-2.8321
TWENTY20PA…TWENTY20PARTY0—813.4%1,45,6640.70%—7
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India00401.2%75,5660.36%-0.2540
COMMUNISTM…COMMUNISTMARXISTPARTYKERALASTATECOMMITTEE0—133.9%51,4410.25%—0
BSPBahujan Samaj Party00720.5%48,3790.23%0.0072
KERALAJANA…KERALAJANAPAKSHAMSECULAR0—129.9%41,8510.20%—0
WELFAREPAR…WELFAREPARTYOFINDIA0—191.0%28,4790.14%—19
ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam0016.8%10,3760.05%-0.121
SUCISUCI00360.2%9,3670.04%-0.0136
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICSOCIALJUSTICEPARTY0—100.6%8,8880.04%—10
ANNADEMOCR…ANNADEMOCRATICHUMANRIGHTSMOVEMENTPARTYOFINDIA0—200.2%5,8820.03%—20
MARXISTCOM…MARXISTCOMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAUNITED0—20.8%2,4330.01%—2
AMBEDKARIT…AMBEDKARITEPARTYOFINDIA0—50.1%1,0180.01%—5
NEWLABOURP…NEWLABOURPARTY0—20.3%8220.00%—2
BAHUJANDRA…BAHUJANDRAVIDAPARTY0—30.1%5370.00%—3
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal0—20.2%5110.00%—2
INDIANCHRI…INDIANCHRISTIANSECULARPARTY0—10.3%5090.00%—1
COMMUNISTP…COMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAMARXISTLENINISTREDSTAR0—10.3%4890.00%—1
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICHUMANRIGHTSMOVEMENTPARTY0—10.3%4600.00%—1
SAMAJWADIJ…SAMAJWADIJANPARISHAD0—10.2%3020.00%—1
SAMAJWADIF…SAMAJWADIFORWARDBLOC0—20.1%2950.00%—2

Vote share is the share of valid votes cast in Kerala at this election. A party’s national share is a different number and is never mixed with this one. Showing the 40 largest parties. The full list is at /api/elections/kerala-2021/parties?limit=500.

Largest victories of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
MATTANNURKeralaCPMK K SHAILAJA TEACHERRSPILLIKKAL AUGUSTHY60,96339.30%
PAYYANNURKeralaCPMT I MADHUSOODANANINCM PRADEEP KUMAR49,78033.20%
DHARMADAMKeralaCPMPinarayi VijayanINCC. Raghunathan50,12331.28%
UDUMBANCHOLAKeralaCPMM. M. MANIINCADV. E.M. AUGUSTHY38,30530.59%
KALLIASSERIKeralaCPMM VIJININCADV. BRIJESH KUMAR44,39330.49%
THALASSERYKeralaCPMAdv. A. N. SHAMSEERINCM. P. ARAVINDAKSHAN36,80127.67%
CHELAKKARAKeralaCPMK RADHAKRISHNANINCC C SREEKUMAR39,40025.70%
PUNALURKeralaCPIP S SUPALIUMLABDURAHIMAN RANDATHANI37,05725.34%
ALATHURKeralaCPMK.D.PRASENANINCPALAYAM PRADEEP34,11825.20%
SHORNURKeralaCPMP. MAMMIKUTTYINCFIROZ BABU.T.H36,67424.14%

Closest results of May 2021

All seats via API →
Assembly seatStateWinnerRunner-upMargin
PERINTHALMANNAKeralaIUMLNAJEEB KANTHAPURAMINDK P M MUSTHAFA S/o MUHAMMEDALI HAJI380.02%
KUTTIADIKeralaCPMK P KUNHAMMED KUTTI MASTERIUMLPARAKKAL ABDULLA3330.20%
MANJESHWARKeralaIUMLA K M ASHRAFBJPK SURENDRAN7450.43%
THRIPUNITHURAKeralaINCK. BABUCPMAdv. M. SWARAJ9920.63%
TANURKeralaNSCV.ABDURAHIMANIUMLP.K.FIROS9850.65%
THRISSURKeralaCPIP BALACHANDRANINCPADMAJA VENUGOPAL9460.73%
CHALAKKUDYKeralaINCSaneeshkumar JosephKECMDENNIES K ANTONY1,0570.74%
CHAVARAKeralaINDDr.SUJITH VIJAYANPILLAIRSPSHIBU BABY JOHN1,0960.77%
RANNIKeralaKECMAdv. Pramod NarayanINCRinku Cherian1,2851.01%
KANNURKeralaCSRAMACHANDRAN KADANNAPPALLIINCSATHEESHAN PACHENI1,7451.30%