Kerala assembly election, May 2026
The 17th Kerala legislative assembly. Polled.
Seats declared
140
71 needed for a majority
Largest party
INC
63 seats · short of a majority
Candidates
883
94 women, 11 elected
Turnout
79.40%
2.16 cr of 2.72 cr
The house
140 seats, each dot one assembly constituency
- INC63
- CPM26
- IUML22
- CPI8
- KEC7
- IND4
- BJP3
- RSP3
- Others4
Biggest movements
Seat change against the previous Kerala assembly election (2021)
INC
+42
CPM
-36
CPI
-9
IUML
+7
KEC
+5
KECM
-5
BJP
+3
RSP
+3
Parties
Ordered by seats won
| Party | Won | +/− | Contested | Strike rate | Votes | Share | Share +/− | Deposits lost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INCIndian National Congress | 63 | +42 | 92 | 45.0% | 62,17,918 | 28.79% | +3.67 | 0 |
| CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist) | 26 | -36 | 81 | 37.4% | 47,01,735 | 21.77% | -3.61 | 5 |
| IUMLIndian Union Muslim League | 22 | +7 | 26 | 52.5% | 23,78,053 | 11.01% | +2.74 | 0 |
| CPICommunist Party of India | 8 | -9 | 24 | 38.7% | 14,34,524 | 6.64% | -0.94 | 0 |
| KECKerala Congress | 7 | +5 | 8 | 47.2% | 5,25,323 | 2.43% | -0.23 | 0 |
| INDIndependent | 4 | -2 | 281 | 3.0% | 13,63,568 | 6.31% | +0.51 | 259 |
| BJPBharatiya Janata Party | 3 | +3 | 98 | 16.0% | 24,66,178 | 11.42% | +0.12 | 59 |
| RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party | 3 | +3 | 4 | 44.4% | 2,61,551 | 1.21% | +0.04 | 0 |
| RJDRashtriya Janata Dal | 1 | +1 | 3 | 37.0% | 1,78,051 | 0.82% | +0.82 | 0 |
| KECJKECJ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 58.8% | 89,551 | 0.41% | +0.01 | 0 |
| RMPOIRMPOI | 1 | 0 | 1 | 49.0% | 70,117 | 0.33% | +0.01 | 0 |
| CMPKSCCMPKSC | 1 | — | 1 | 37.8% | 45,586 | 0.21% | — | 0 |
| KECMKerala Congress (M) | 0 | -5 | 12 | 34.0% | 5,61,157 | 2.60% | -0.69 | 0 |
| TTPTYTTPTY | 0 | — | 19 | 11.1% | 3,04,566 | 1.41% | — | 17 |
| BDJSBDJS | 0 | 0 | 22 | 8.8% | 2,89,623 | 1.34% | +0.24 | 22 |
| NCP(SP)NCP(SP) | 0 | — | 3 | 30.3% | 1,47,799 | 0.68% | — | 0 |
| ISJDISJD | 0 | — | 2 | 32.9% | 83,948 | 0.39% | — | 0 |
| KECBKECB | 0 | -1 | 1 | 43.6% | 59,965 | 0.28% | -0.05 | 0 |
| KRSPLMKRSPLM | 0 | — | 1 | 34.2% | 56,174 | 0.26% | — | 0 |
| SDPISocial Democratic Party of India | 0 | 0 | 34 | 1.0% | 53,752 | 0.25% | -0.11 | 34 |
| CSCS | 0 | -1 | 1 | 37.1% | 52,069 | 0.24% | -0.05 | 0 |
| INLINL | 0 | -1 | 1 | 32.8% | 41,885 | 0.19% | -0.47 | 0 |
| AAAPAam Aadmi Party | 0 | — | 53 | 0.5% | 37,754 | 0.17% | — | 53 |
| BSPBahujan Samaj Party | 0 | 0 | 55 | 0.4% | 33,125 | 0.15% | -0.08 | 55 |
| SUCISUCI | 0 | 0 | 30 | 0.2% | 9,220 | 0.04% | 0.00 | 30 |
| DHRMPDHRMP | 0 | — | 9 | 0.2% | 3,116 | 0.01% | — | 9 |
| EPIEPI | 0 | — | 2 | 0.6% | 1,655 | 0.01% | — | 2 |
| NCPNationalist Congress Party | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0.4% | 692 | 0.00% | -0.99 | 1 |
| SRPSRP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.3% | 469 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L) | 0 | — | 3 | 0.1% | 458 | 0.00% | — | 3 |
| RPPRINATRPPRINAT | 0 | — | 1 | 0.2% | 397 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| JNMRPJNMRP | 0 | — | 3 | 0.1% | 375 | 0.00% | — | 3 |
| APOIAPOI | 0 | — | 2 | 0.1% | 373 | 0.00% | — | 2 |
| BHUDRPBHUDRP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.2% | 297 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| AINHCPAINHCP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.1% | 276 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| BHRJWNKPBHRJWNKP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.2% | 255 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| RVNPRVNP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.1% | 137 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| SPISPI | 0 | — | 1 | 0.1% | 125 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| IGPIGP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.1% | 118 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
| FIPFIP | 0 | — | 1 | 0.0% | 53 | 0.00% | — | 1 |
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-2026/parties?limit=500.
Largest victories of May 2026
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALAPPURAM | Kerala | IUMLP.k Kunhalikutty | NCP(SP)K.t. Mujeeb Rahman | 85,32743.34% |
| PUTHUPPALLY | Kerala | INCAdv. Chandy Oommen | CPMK. M. Radhakrishnan | 52,90741.28% |
| TIRURANGADI | Kerala | IUMLP M A Sameer | CPIAjith Koladi | 63,38735.97% |
| THRIKKAKARA | Kerala | INCUma Thomas | CPMAdv. Pushpa Das | 50,21135.74% |
| ERANAKULAM | Kerala | INCT.j Vinod | ISJDSabu George | 36,16333.57% |
| KOTTAKKAL | Kerala | IUMLProf. Abid Hussain Thangal | CPMPreethi Konchath | 62,63832.76% |
| KOTTAYAM | Kerala | INCThiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | CPMAdv.k. Anilkumar | 35,98631.64% |
| MANJERI | Kerala | IUMLAdv. M. Rahmathulla | INDV.m. Musthafa | 57,88730.46% |
| THODUPUZHA | Kerala | KECApu John Joseph | KECMCyriac Chazhikadan | 44,29130.30% |
| PIRAVOM | Kerala | KECJAnoop Jacob | KECMSabu K Jacob | 44,68129.32% |
Closest results of May 2026
| Assembly seat | State | Winner | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANALUR | Kerala | CPMProf C Ravindranath | INCT N Prathapan | 1260.07% |
| AZHIKODE | Kerala | CPMK. V. Sumesh | IUMLAdv. Kareem Cheleri | 3490.23% |
| KAZHAKOOTTAM | Kerala | BJPV. Muraleedharan | CPMKadakampally Surendran | 4280.33% |
| KOTTARAKKARA | Kerala | CPMK.n. Balagopal | INCAdv.p. Aisha Potty | 1,0120.68% |
| KUTHUPARAMBA | Kerala | RJDP K Praveen | IUMLJayanthi Rajan | 1,2860.78% |
| CHIRAYINKEEZHU | Kerala | INCRamya Haridas | CPIManoj Edamana | 1,4220.96% |
| KOZHIKODE NORTH | Kerala | INCAdv.k Jayanth | CPMThottathil Ravindran | 1,4831.05% |
| VAIKOM | Kerala | INCK Binimon | CPIP Pradeep | 1,3601.08% |
| GURUVAYOOR | Kerala | CPMN. K. Akbar | IUMLC. H. Rasheed | 1,9981.23% |
| KONNI | Kerala | CPMAdv K U Jenish Kumar | INCProf Satheesh Kochuparambil | 1,8381.36% |