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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 101–140 of 140

Assembly seatWinnerRunner-upMarginTurnout
PERINTHALMANNAIUMLNAJEEB KANTHAPURAMINDK P M MUSTHAFA S/o MUHAMMEDALI HAJI380.02%74.7%
PERUMBAVOORINCAdv ELDOSE P KUNNAPILLILKECMBABU JOSEPH PERUMBAVOOR2,8992.01%76.3%
PIRAVOMKECJANOOP JACOBKECMDr. SINDHUMOL JACOB25,36416.04%72.5%
PONNANICPMP NANDAKUMARINCAdv. A.M. ROHITH17,04311.72%69.6%
POONJARKECMAdv. Sebastian KulathunkalKERALAJANA…P.C.George Plathottam16,81712.02%72.5%
PUNALURCPIP S SUPALIUMLABDURAHIMAN RANDATHANI37,05725.34%69.4%
PUTHUKKADCPMK.K. RamachandranINCSunil Anthikkad (Sunilkumar. P.V)27,35317.50%75.6%
PUTHUPPALLYINCOOMMEN CHANDYCPMJAICK C THOMAS9,0446.86%73.2%
QUILANDYCPMKanathil JameelaINCN. Subramaniyan8,4725.23%77.6%
RANNIKECMAdv. Pramod NarayanINCRinku Cherian1,2851.01%63.8%
SHORNURCPMP. MAMMIKUTTYINCFIROZ BABU.T.H36,67424.14%76.8%
SULTHANBATHERYINCI.C BALAKRISHNANCPMM.S VISWANATHAN11,8227.06%74.3%
TALIPARAMBACPMM V GOVINDAN MASTERINCADV. V P ABDUL RASHEED22,68912.74%80.9%
TANURNSCV.ABDURAHIMANIUMLP.K.FIROS9850.65%76.7%
TARURCPMP.P.SUMODINCK.A.SHEEBA24,53118.68%75.9%
THALASSERYCPMAdv. A. N. SHAMSEERINCM. P. ARAVINDAKSHAN36,80127.67%73.9%
THAVANURINDDR.K.T.JALEELINCFIROS KUNNAMPARAMBIL2,5641.69%74.4%
THIRUVALLAJD(S)Adv. MATHEW T THOMASKECKUNJU KOSHY PAUL11,4218.18%63.3%
THIRUVAMBADYCPMLinto JosephIUMLC. P. Cheriya Muhammed4,6433.25%77.2%
THIRUVANANTHAPURAMJANADHIPAT…Adv.ANTONY RAJUINCV .S .Sivakumar7,0895.53%61.9%
THODUPUZHAKECP J JOSEPHKECMProf. K I ANTONY20,25914.60%70.2%
THRIKKAKARAINCAdv.P.T.THOMASINDDr.J.JACOB14,32910.49%69.3%
THRIPUNITHURAINCK. BABUCPMAdv. M. SWARAJ9920.63%73.3%
THRISSURCPIP BALACHANDRANINCPADMAJA VENUGOPAL9460.73%68.9%
THRITHALACPMM. B RAJESHINCV .T BALRAM3,0161.98%77.0%
TIRURIUMLKURUKKOLI MOIDEENCPMAdv. GAFOOR P LILLIS7,2144.23%73.3%
TIRURANGADIIUMLK P A MAJEEDINDNIYAS PULIKKALAKATH9,5786.48%74.0%
TRIKARIPURCPMM RAJAGOPALANKECM P JOSEPH26,13716.29%76.8%
UDMACPMC H KUNHAMBUINCBALAKRISHNAN PERIYE13,3228.06%75.5%
UDUMBANCHOLACPMM. M. MANIINCADV. E.M. AUGUSTHY38,30530.59%73.3%
VADAKARARMPOIK.K.REMALJDMANAYATH CHANDRAN7,4915.48%79.3%
VAIKOMCPIC.K AshaINCDr.P.R Sona29,12222.83%75.6%
VALLIKKUNNUIUMLABDUL HAMEED MASTERINLProf. A.P. ABDUL VAHAB14,1169.32%74.5%
VAMANAPURAMCPMAdv. D. K. MuraliINCAnad Jayan10,2426.99%70.9%
VARKALACPMAdv. V JoyINCAdv. BRM Shafeer17,82113.18%70.2%
VATTIYOORKAVUCPMAdv.V.K.PRASANTHBJPAdv.V.V.RAJESH21,51515.63%64.2%
VENGARAIUMLP.K KUNJHALIKUTTYCPMP. JIJI30,59623.26%69.9%
VYPENCPMK.N. UnnikrishnanINCDeepak Joy8,2016.28%74.7%
WADAKKANCHERYCPMXavier ChittilappillyINCAnil Akkara15,1688.93%76.2%
WANDOORINCA P ANILKUMARCPMMIDHUNA P15,5639.16%73.7%

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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