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Kerala Assembly Election, 2016

140 seats · 52 changed party since 2011 · turnout 77.6%

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 2016 · 14 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 58 seatsIndian National Congress — 22 seatsCommunist Party of India — 19 seatsIndian Union Muslim League — 18 seatsIndependent — 6 seatsKerala Congress (M) — 6 seatsJanata Dal (Secular) — 3 seats7 other parties — 8 seats71140of 140 seats
  • CPM58
  • INC22
  • CPI19
  • IUML18
  • IND6
  • KECM6
  • JDS3
  • Others8

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)5841%53,71,02126.5%102
INCIndian National Congress2216%47,94,79323.7%87
CPICommunist Party of India1914%16,43,8788.1%25
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League1813%14,96,8647.4%23
INDIndependent64%10,67,2035.3%438
KECMKerala Congress (M)64%8,07,7184.0%15
JDSJanata Dal (Secular)32%2,93,2741.4%5
NCPNationalist Congress Party21%2,37,4081.2%4
BJPBharatiya Janata Party11%21,29,72610.5%98
NSCNSC11%1,30,8430.6%2
CMPKSCCommunist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee11%1,20,1580.6%2
KECBKECB11%74,4290.4%1
KECJKECJ11%73,7700.4%1
CSCS11%54,3470.3%1
BDJSBDJS00%7,95,7973.9%36
JDUJanata Dal (United)00%2,96,5851.5%7
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party00%2,16,0711.1%5

+ 21 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 2016 · winner by seat

140 constituencies · tap for the winner, again for the full result

House composition

Majority line at 71

2016 · selected
Majority 71
CPM58INC22CPI19IUML18IND6KECM6JDS3NCP2BJP1NSC1+4 more · 4 seats
2011 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2011 → 2016

2011 2016· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
28.2
26.5
26.4
23.7
8.7
8.1
0.0
7.4
5.7
5.3
4.9
4.0
6.0
10.5
CPMINCCPIIUMLINDKECMBJP

Seat change

2016 seats minus 2011 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
45 → 58
+13
INC
38 → 22
−16
CPI
13 → 19
+6
IUML
0 → 18
+18
IND
2 → 6
+4
KECM
9 → 6
−3
JDS
4 → 3
−1
NCP
2 → 2
0
BJP
0 → 1
+1
NSC
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2011 → 2016

share lostshare gained
IUML
0.0% → 7.4%
+7.4%
BJP
6.0% → 10.5%
+4.5%
BDJS
0.0% → 3.9%
+3.9%
JDU
0.0% → 1.5%
+1.5%
NSC
0.0% → 0.6%
+0.6%
NOTA
0.0% → 0.5%
+0.5%
INL
0.2% → 0.6%
+0.3%
WPOI
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
SDPI
0.9% → 0.6%
−0.3%
KECB
0.7% → 0.4%
−0.3%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2011 → 2016. Bold = the seat changed hands.

Swing = (CPM share − INC share) this year, minus the same gap last time. A bar to the right means the seat moved toward CPM; to the left, toward INC.

toward INCtoward CPM
Pathanapuram
Kerala
−74.8%
Eravipuram
Kerala
+52.3%
Kothamangalam
Kerala
+51.0%
Angamaly
Kerala
−49.0%
Kuthuparamba
Kerala
+45.6%
Kattakkada
Kerala
+45.2%
Changanassery
Kerala
−44.8%
Kozhikode South
Kerala
−44.8%
Nenmara
Kerala
−43.1%
Vattiyoorkavu
Kerala
+42.3%
Karunagappally
Kerala
−42.0%
Eranakulam
Kerala
+41.7%

All constituencies · 2016

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2011