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Kerala Assembly Election, 2021

140 seats · 27 changed party since 2016 · turnout 74.1%

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Party standings

Kerala Assembly Election, 2021 · 17 parties won seats

Derived
Communist Party of India (Marxist) — 62 seatsIndian National Congress — 21 seatsCommunist Party of India — 17 seatsIndian Union Muslim League — 15 seatsIndependent — 6 seatsKerala Congress (M) — 5 seatsKerala Congress — 2 seats10 other parties — 12 seats71140of 140 seats
  • CPM62
  • INC21
  • CPI17
  • IUML15
  • IND6
  • KECM5
  • KEC2
  • Others12

Ring and figures are seats won.

PartySeatsVotesVote shareContested
CPMCommunist Party of India (Marxist)6244%52,88,50225.4%75
INCIndian National Congress2115%52,33,42925.1%93
CPICommunist Party of India1712%15,79,2357.6%23
IUMLIndian Union Muslim League1511%17,23,5938.3%25
INDIndependent64%12,08,4195.8%320
KECMKerala Congress (M)54%6,84,3633.3%12
KECKerala Congress21%5,54,1152.7%10
JDSJanata Dal (Secular)21%2,65,7891.3%4
NCPNationalist Congress Party21%2,06,1301.0%3
LJDLoktantrik Janta Dal11%1,93,0100.9%3
INLIndian National League11%1,38,5870.7%3
KECJKECJ11%85,0560.4%1
NSCNSC11%70,7040.3%1
KECBKECB11%67,2760.3%1
RMPOIRevolutionary Marxist Party of India11%65,0930.3%1
CSCS11%60,3130.3%1
JKCJanadhipathiya Kerala Congress11%48,7480.2%1
BJPBharatiya Janata Party00%23,54,46811.3%115
RSPRashtriya Sarvajan Party00%2,44,3881.2%5
BDJSBDJS00%2,29,9311.1%21

+ 29 smaller parties / independents with under 1% of the vote.

Constituency map

Kerala Assembly Election, 2021 · winner by seat

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

House composition

Majority line at 71

2021 · selected
Majority 71
CPM62INC21CPI17IUML15IND6KECM5KEC2JDS2NCP2LJD1+7 more · 7 seats
2016 · previous
Majority 71

Vote share by party

Share of valid votes · 2016 → 2021

2016 2021· by party
30%23%15%8%0%
26.5
25.4
23.7
25.1
8.1
7.6
7.4
8.3
5.3
5.8
4.0
3.3
10.5
11.3
CPMINCCPIIUMLINDKECMBJP

Seat change

2021 seats minus 2016 seats

seats lostseats gained
CPM
58 → 62
+4
INC
22 → 21
−1
CPI
19 → 17
−2
IUML
18 → 15
−3
IND
6 → 6
0
KECM
6 → 5
−1
KEC
0 → 2
+2
JDS
3 → 2
−1
NCP
2 → 2
0
LJD
0 → 1
+1

Vote-share movement

Statewide, 2016 → 2021

share lostshare gained
KEC
0.2% → 2.7%
+2.5%
INC
23.7% → 25.1%
+1.4%
LJD
0.0% → 0.9%
+0.9%
IUML
7.4% → 8.3%
+0.9%
BJP
10.5% → 11.3%
+0.8%
TP
0.0% → 0.7%
+0.7%
IND
5.3% → 5.8%
+0.5%
RMPOI
0.0% → 0.3%
+0.3%
NSC
0.6% → 0.3%
−0.3%
CMPKSC
0.6% → 0.2%
−0.3%

Biggest CPM–INC swings

Seats where the CPM-vs-INC vote gap moved most, 2016 → 2021. 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
Kalpetta
Kerala
−94.5%
Chalakkudy
Kerala
−61.0%
Ranni
Kerala
−51.1%
Nenmara
Kerala
+48.1%
Perinthalmanna
Kerala
−46.5%
Kuthuparamba
Kerala
−45.6%
Taliparamba
Kerala
−44.2%
Tirur
Kerala
+44.0%
Trikaripur
Kerala
+42.8%
Piravom
Kerala
−41.9%
Ambalapuzha
Kerala
−39.2%
Kongad
Kerala
+39.1%

All constituencies · 2021

140 seats · alphabetical · tap for full results · ⇄ = changed party since 2016