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Seats
140
Candidates
957
105 women, 11 elected
Turnout
74.06%
2.08 cr of 2.81 cr
Leading party
CPM
62 of 140 seats

Party performance

Ordered by seats won in Kerala

PartyWon+/−ContestedVotesShareShare +/−
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)62+47552,88,50225.38%-1.16
INCIndian National Congress21-19352,33,42925.12%+1.42
CPICommunist Party of India17-22315,79,2357.58%-0.54
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League15-32517,23,5938.27%+0.87
INDIndependent6032012,08,4195.80%+0.53
KECMKerala Congress (M)5-1126,84,3633.28%-0.71
KECKerala Congress2+2105,54,1152.66%+2.48
JD(S)JD(S)2-142,65,7891.28%-0.17
NCPNationalist Congress Party2032,06,1300.99%-0.18
LJDLJD1+131,93,0100.93%
INLINL1+131,38,5870.67%+0.11
KECJKECJ10185,0560.41%+0.04
NSCNSC10170,7040.34%-0.31
KECBKECB10167,2760.32%-0.04
RMPOIRMPOI1+1165,0930.31%
CSCS10160,3130.29%+0.02
JANADHIPAT…JANADHIPATHIYAKERALACONGRESS1+1148,7480.23%
BJPBharatiya Janata Party0-111523,54,46811.30%+0.77
RSPRevolutionary Socialist Party0052,44,3881.17%+0.11
BDJSBDJS00212,29,9311.10%-2.83
TWENTY20PA…TWENTY20PARTY0081,45,6640.70%
SDPISocial Democratic Party of India004075,5660.36%-0.25
COMMUNISTM…COMMUNISTMARXISTPARTYKERALASTATECOMMITTEE00151,4410.25%
BSPBahujan Samaj Party007248,3790.23%0.00
KERALAJANA…KERALAJANAPAKSHAMSECULAR00141,8510.20%
WELFAREPAR…WELFAREPARTYOFINDIA001928,4790.14%
ADMKAll India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam00110,3760.05%-0.12
SUCISUCI00369,3670.04%-0.01
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICSOCIALJUSTICEPARTY00108,8880.04%
ANNADEMOCR…ANNADEMOCRATICHUMANRIGHTSMOVEMENTPARTYOFINDIA00205,8820.03%
MARXISTCOM…MARXISTCOMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAUNITED0022,4330.01%
AMBEDKARIT…AMBEDKARITEPARTYOFINDIA0051,0180.00%
NEWLABOURP…NEWLABOURPARTY0028220.00%
BAHUJANDRA…BAHUJANDRAVIDAPARTY0035370.00%
RJDRashtriya Janata Dal0025110.00%
INDIANCHRI…INDIANCHRISTIANSECULARPARTY0015090.00%
COMMUNISTP…COMMUNISTPARTYOFINDIAMARXISTLENINISTREDSTAR0014890.00%
DEMOCRATIC…DEMOCRATICHUMANRIGHTSMOVEMENTPARTY0014600.00%
SAMAJWADIJ…SAMAJWADIJANPARISHAD0013020.00%
SAMAJWADIF…SAMAJWADIFORWARDBLOC0022950.00%
140140 SEATS
  • CPM62 (44%)
  • INC21 (15%)
  • CPI17 (12%)
  • IUML15 (11%)
  • IND6 (4%)
  • KECM5 (4%)
  • Others14 (10%)
  • CPM62
  • INC21
  • CPI17
  • IUML15
  • IND6
  • KECM5
  • Others14
CPM 62INC 21CPI 17IUML 15Others 10
  • CPM62
  • INC21
  • CPI17
  • IUML15
  • IND6
  • KECM5
  • KEC2
  • JD(S)2
  • Others10

Constituency performance

From the 140 results in Kerala

Closest contest
PERINTHALMANNA
won by 38 (0.02%)
Biggest victory
MATTANNUR
won by 60,963 (39.30%)
Highest turnout
KUNNAMANGALAM
81.52%
Lowest turnout
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM
61.85%

Seat change

Against Kerala's previous Vidhan Sabha election (2016), matched constituency-for-constituency

140SEATS
  • Retained113 (81%)
  • Changed hands27 (19%)

113 constituencies were won by the same party as last time; 27 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
0%10%20%30%40%196519671970197719801982198719911996200120062011201620212026CPMINCCPIIUML
  • CPM
  • INC
  • CPI
  • IUML
TURNOUT
0%22%45%67%89%196519671970197719801982198719911996200120062011201620212026Turnout

Assembly seat results

All 140 seats, alphabetical · showing 1–50 of 140

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
ADOORCPIChittayam GopakumarINCM. G. Kannan2,9191.88%72.0%
ALAPPUZHACPMP.P ChitharanjanINCDr.K.S Manoj11,6447.35%76.3%
ALATHURCPMK.D.PRASENANINCPALAYAM PRADEEP34,11825.20%77.6%
ALUVAINCANWAR SADATHINDAr SHELNA NISHAD18,88612.55%75.3%
AMBALAPUZHACPMH.SalamINCAdv.M.Liju11,1258.12%74.8%
ANGAMALYINCROJI M JOHNJD(S)Adv. JOSE THETTAYIL15,92911.54%76.1%
ARANMULACPMVEENA GEORGEINCAdv. K. SIVADASAN NAIR19,00311.74%65.5%
AROORCPMDALEEMAINCAdv. SHANIMOL OSMAN7,0134.26%80.4%
ARUVIKKARACPMAdv. G. SteephenINCK. S. Sabarinadhan5,0463.46%73.3%
ATTINGALCPMO S AMBIKABJPADV. P SUDHEER31,63621.43%70.5%
AZHIKODECPMK V SumeshIUMLK M Shaji6,1414.24%77.9%
BALUSSERICPMAdv. K.M. SACHINDEVINCDHARMAJAN BOLGATTY20,37211.20%78.4%
BEYPORECPMAdv. P. A MOHAMED RIYASINCAdv. P. M NIYAS28,74717.40%78.0%
CHADAYAMANGALAMCPIJ.ChinchuraniINCM.M.Naseer13,6789.29%70.8%
CHALAKKUDYINCSaneeshkumar JosephKECMDENNIES K ANTONY1,0570.74%72.6%
CHANGANASSERYKECMAdv. Job MaichilKECV. J. Laly6,0594.90%70.3%
CHATHANNURCPIG.S. JAYALALBJPB. B. GOPAKUMAR17,20612.51%72.5%
CHAVARAINDDr.SUJITH VIJAYANPILLAIRSPSHIBU BABY JOHN1,0960.77%76.2%
CHELAKKARACPMK RADHAKRISHNANINCC C SREEKUMAR39,40025.70%76.0%
CHENGANNURCPMSAJI CHERIANINCM. MURALI32,09321.81%69.1%
CHERTHALACPIP PRASADINCADV.S SARATH6,1483.45%80.7%
CHIRAYINKEEZHUCPIV. SasiINCB. S. Anoop14,0179.66%70.8%
CHITTURJD(S)K. KRISHNANKUTTYINCAdv. SUMESH ACHUTHAN33,87822.16%79.2%
DEVIKULAMCPMAdv. A. RajaINCD. Kumar7,8486.78%67.4%
DHARMADAMCPMPinarayi VijayanINCC. Raghunathan50,12331.28%80.2%
ELATHURNCPA .K SaseendranINDSulphikar Mayoori38,50223.43%78.1%
ERANADIUMLP.K. BasheerINDK.T. Abdurahiman22,54615.74%77.7%
ERANAKULAMINCT. J. VinodINDSHAJI GEORGE PRANATHA10,9709.96%65.9%
ERAVIPURAMCPMM. NoushadRSPBabudivakaran28,12122.10%70.7%
ETTUMANOORCPMV N VasavanKECAdv. Prince Lukose14,30311.34%73.0%
GURUVAYOORCPMN.K.AKBARIUMLAdv.K N A KHADER18,26812.45%68.5%
HARIPADINCRAMESH CHENNITHALACPIAdv. R. SAJILAL13,6669.07%74.3%
IDUKKIKECMROSHY AUGUSTINEKECADV. K FRANCIS GEORGE5,5734.24%69.0%
IRIKKURINCAdv. Sajeev JosephKECMSAJI KUTTIYANIMATTAM10,0106.56%75.6%
IRINJALAKKUDACPMR BinduKECThomas J Unniyadan5,9493.83%74.8%
KADUTHURUTHYKECAdv. Mons JosephKECMStephen George4,2563.24%68.0%
KAIPAMANGALAMCPIE T TAISON MASTERINCSOBHA SUBIN22,69816.68%76.7%
KALAMASSERYCPMP. RAJEEVEIUMLADV. V. E. ABDUL GAFOOR15,3369.84%76.0%
KALLIASSERICPMM VIJININCADV. BRIJESH KUMAR44,39330.49%76.4%
KALPETTAINCAdv.T SIDDIQULJDM.V.SHREYAMSKUMAR5,4703.59%74.2%
KANHANGADCPIE CHANDRASHEKARANINCP V SURESH27,13916.27%74.5%
KANJIRAPPALLYKECMDr.N.JAYARAJINCJOSEPH VAZHACKAN13,7039.95%72.1%
KANNURCSRAMACHANDRAN KADANNAPPALLIINCSATHEESHAN PACHENI1,7451.30%74.9%
KARUNAGAPPALLYINCC. R MaheshCPIR. Ramachandran29,20816.86%78.8%
KASARAGODIUMLN A NELLIKKUNNUBJPADV K SHREEKANTH12,9018.93%70.9%
KATTAKKADACPMAdv I B SATHEESHINCMALAYINKEEZHU VENUGOPAL23,23115.95%72.2%
KAYAMKULAMCPMAdv. U. PrathibhaINCAritha Babu6,2983.91%73.4%
KAZHAKKOOTTAMCPMKadakampally SurendranBJPSobha Surendran23,49716.99%69.6%
KOCHICPMK.J. MAXYINCTONY CHAMMANY14,07910.94%69.8%
KODUNGALLURCPIAdv. V. R. SUNILKUMARINCM. P. JACKSON23,89316.05%75.0%

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.

Frequently asked

Straight answers to the questions this result page exists to answer.

Who won the Kerala assembly election, May 2021?

Communist Party of India (Marxist) won 62 of 140 seats in Kerala, short of a majority on its own.

What was the voter turnout in the Kerala assembly election, May 2021?

Turnout was 74.06% — 2.08 cr of 2.81 cr registered electors voted.

How many assembly seats does Kerala have?

Kerala has 140 assembly seats.

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