Kerala assembly election, May 2016

140 assembly constituencies in Kerala, 77.50% turnout.

Seats

140

Candidates

1,203

110 women, 8 elected

Turnout

77.50%

2.02 cr of 2.61 cr

Leading party

CPM

58 of 140 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

Party	Won	+/−	Contested	Votes	Share	Share +/−
CPM Communist Party of India (Marxist)	58	+13	102	53,71,021	26.55%	-1.64
INC Indian National Congress	22	-16	87	47,94,793	23.70%	-2.70
CPI Communist Party of India	19	+6	25	16,43,878	8.12%	-0.59
IUML Indian Union Muslim League	18	+18	23	14,96,864	7.40%	—
IND Independent	6	+4	438	10,67,203	5.27%	-0.38
KECM Kerala Congress (M)	6	-3	15	8,07,718	3.99%	-0.94
JD(S)JD(S)	3	-1	5	2,93,274	1.45%	-0.07
NCP Nationalist Congress Party	2	0	4	2,37,408	1.17%	-0.07
BJP Bharatiya Janata Party	1	+1	98	21,29,726	10.53%	+4.49
NSC NSC	1	+1	2	1,30,843	0.65%	—
CMPKSC CMPKSC	1	+1	2	1,20,158	0.59%	-0.05
KECB KECB	1	0	1	74,429	0.37%	-0.35
KECJ KECJ	1	0	1	73,770	0.36%	-0.55
CS CS	1	+1	1	54,347	0.27%	—
BDJS BDJS	0	0	36	7,95,797	3.93%	—
JD(U)JD(U)	0	0	7	2,96,585	1.47%	+1.45
RSP Revolutionary Socialist Party	0	-2	5	2,16,071	1.07%	-0.24
SDPI Social Democratic Party of India	0	0	88	1,23,241	0.61%	-0.30
INL INL	0	0	3	1,12,261	0.55%	+0.32
WPOI WPOI	0	0	41	61,653	0.30%	—
PDP Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party	0	0	60	47,949	0.24%	+0.16
BSP Bahujan Samaj Party	0	0	74	47,638	0.24%	-0.37
KEC Kerala Congress	0	0	3	37,108	0.18%	—
ADMK All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	0	0	7	33,440	0.17%	+0.15
KCST KCST	0	0	1	31,537	0.16%	—
SUCI SUCI	0	0	31	10,858	0.05%	0.00
SP Samajwadi Party	0	0	9	5,257	0.03%	—
SHS Shiv Sena	0	0	16	4,952	0.02%	0.00
KLJP KLJP	0	0	3	1,186	0.01%	—
APOI APOI	0	0	5	1,108	0.01%	—
AKTP AKTP	0	0	2	806	0.00%	—
IGP IGP	0	0	3	782	0.00%	—
SDP SDP	0	0	1	564	0.00%	—
PPGP PPGP	0	0	1	485	0.00%	—
KCS KCS	0	0	1	292	0.00%	—
MCPI MCPI	0	0	1	200	0.00%	—
CPI(ML)(L)CPI(ML)(L)	0	0	1	116	0.00%	-0.01

CPM58 (41%)
INC22 (16%)
CPI19 (14%)
IUML18 (13%)
IND6 (4%)
KECM6 (4%)
Others11 (8%)

CPM58
INC22
CPI19
IUML18
IND6
KECM6
Others11

CPM58
INC22
CPI19
IUML18
IND6
KECM6
JD(S)3
NCP2
Others6

Constituency performance

From the 140 results in Kerala

Closest contest

WADAKKANCHERY

won by 43 (0.03%)

Biggest victory

KADUTHURUTHY

won by 42,256 (33.23%)

Highest turnout

CHERTHALA

86.73%

Lowest turnout

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM

65.36%

Seat change

Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2011), matched constituency-for-constituency

Retained88 (63%)
Changed hands52 (37%)

88 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 52 changed hands.

India’s constituencies have not been redrawn since the 2008 delimitation, so this compares the same seat boundary both times.

Vote share & turnout trend

Kerala, every Vidhan Sabha election on record

VOTE SHARE

CPM
INC
CPI
IUML

TURNOUT

Assembly seat results

All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 101–140 of 140

Assembly seat	Winner	Runner-up	Margin	Turnout
PERINTHALMANNA	IUMLMANJALAMKUZHI ALI	CPMV.SASIKUMAR	5790.38%	77.7%
PERUMBAVOOR	INCADV. ELDHOSE KUNNAPPILLY	CPMSAJU PAUL	7,0884.86%	84.3%
PIRAVOM	KECJANOOP JACOB	CPMM.J.JACOB	6,1953.84%	80.6%
PONNANI	CPMP. SREERAMAKRISHNAN	INCP.T.AJAI MOHAN	15,64011.03%	74.3%
POONJAR	INDP C GEORGE PLATHOTTAM	KECMGEORGEKUTTY AUGUSTY	27,82119.09%	79.4%
PUNALUR	CPIADV.K.RAJU	IUMLDR.A.YOUNUS KUNJU	33,58223.24%	70.6%
PUTHUKKAD	CPMPROF.C.RAVEENDRANATH	INCSUNDARAN KUNNATHULLY	38,47824.24%	81.3%
PUTHUPPALLY	INCOOMMEN CHANDY	CPMJAICK C THOMAS	27,09220.21%	77.4%
QUILANDY	CPMK.DASAN	INCN.SUBRAMANIAN	13,3698.70%	81.5%
RANNI	CPMRAJU ABRAHAM	INCMARIAMMA CHERIAN	14,59610.90%	70.4%
SHORNUR	CPMP.K.SASI	INCC.SANGEETHA	24,54717.33%	76.6%
SULTHANBATHERY	INCI C BALAKRISHNAN	CPMRUGMINI SUBRAHMANIAN	11,1986.51%	78.8%
TALIPARAMBA	CPMJAMES MATHEW	KECMRAJESH NAMBIAR	40,61725.39%	81.0%
TANUR	NSCV ABDURAHIMAN	IUMLABDURAHIMAN RANDATHANI	4,9183.49%	80.0%
TARUR	CPMA.K.BALAN	INCC.PRAKASH	23,06817.98%	78.1%
THALASSERY	CPMADV. A N SHAMSEER	INCA P ABDULLAKUTTY	34,11725.72%	79.4%
THAVANUR	INDDR. K.T. JALEEL	INCIFTHIQUARUDHEEN. MASTER	17,06412.01%	76.9%
THIRUVALLA	JD(S)ADV.MATHEW T THOMAS	KECMJOSEPH M PUTHUSSERY	8,2625.72%	69.2%
THIRUVAMBADY	CPMGEORGE M. THOMAS	IUMLV M UMMER MASTER	3,0082.22%	80.6%
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM	INCV.S. SIVAKUMAR	INDADV.ANTONY RAJU	10,9058.64%	65.4%
THODUPUZHA	KECMP.J. JOSEPH	INDADV. ROY VARICATTU	45,58732.20%	72.2%
THRIKKAKARA	INCADV.P T THOMAS E	CPMDR.SEBASTIAN PAUL	11,9968.87%	74.7%
THRIPUNITHURA	CPMADV. M SWARAJ	INCK BABU	4,4672.89%	78.0%
THRISSUR	CPIADV.V S SUNILKUMAR	INCPADMAJA VENUGOPAL	6,9875.49%	73.8%
THRITHALA	INCV.T. BALRAM	CPMSUBAIDA ISHAC	10,5477.48%	78.9%
TIRUR	IUMLC. MAMMUTTY (E)	NSCGAFOOR P LILLIS	7,0614.50%	76.4%
TIRURANGADI	IUMLP.K ABDU RABB	INDNIYAS PULIKKALAKATH	6,0434.47%	74.0%
TRIKARIPUR	CPMM.RAJAGOPALAN	INCK P KUNHIKANNAN	16,95910.89%	81.9%
UDMA	CPMK KUNHIRAMAN	INCK SUDHAKARAN	3,8322.38%	80.5%
UDUMBANCHOLA	CPMM.M. MANI	INCADV.SENAPATHY VENU	1,1090.88%	75.6%
VADAKARA	JD(S)C.K.NANU	JD(U)MANAYATH CHANDRAN	9,5117.34%	81.5%
VAIKOM	CPIC K ASHA	INCADV. A SANEESHKUMAR	24,58418.62%	81.2%
VALLIKKUNNU	IUMLABDUL HAMEED MASTER	INLADV. O.K. THANGAL	12,6109.17%	74.9%
VAMANAPURAM	CPMADV. D.K.MURALI	INCADV.T.SARATHCHANDRA PRASAD	9,5966.78%	71.7%
VARKALA	CPMADV.V.JOY	INCVARKALA KAHAR	2,3861.86%	71.5%
VATTIYOORKAVU	INCK MURALEEDHARAN	BJPKUMMANAM RAJASEKHARAN	7,6225.56%	70.2%
VENGARA	IUMLP.K. KUNHALIKKUTTY	CPMADV. P.P. BASHEER	38,05731.64%	70.9%
VYPEN	CPMS SARMA	INCK R SUBHASH	19,35314.75%	79.9%
WADAKKANCHERY	INCANIL AKKARA	CPMMARY THOMAS	430.03%	80.9%
WANDOOR	INCA.P.ANIL KUMAR	CPMK.NISHANTH	23,86415.31%	74.2%

Vote share and swing on this page are the party’s share of valid votes in Kerala alone — a different number from its national or all-state figures, and never mixed with them.