2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
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Six vacant seats in the Kerala Niyamasabha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In 2019, six assembly by-elections were held to the Kerala Niyamasabha on 23 September and 21 October, which consists of 140 constituencies in total. By-election took place in two phases. The first phase was conducted on 23 September for Pala Constituency.[1] The remaining 5 assembly constituencies (Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) voted to elect their representatives on 21 October.[2] The counting of votes was conducted on 27 September (Pala) and on 24 October (the other five constituencies).
Electorates
There were 11,36,616 electorates from the six Niyamasabha constituencies where the by-elections were held. Constituencywise details are given below:
Number | Constituency | Electorates |
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1 | Manjeshwaram | 2,14,779 |
82 | Ernakulam | 1,55,306 |
93 | Pala | 1,79,107 |
102 | Aroor | 1,91,898 |
114 | Konni | 1,97,956 |
133 | Vattiyoorkavu | 1,97,570 |
Parties and coalitions
There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)).
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
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Indian National Congress | File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg | ![]() |
Mullappally Ramachandran | 4 (Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) | 3 | 1 | |
Indian Union Muslim League | ![]() |
File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.png | ![]() |
Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal | 1 (Manjeshwaram) | 1 | 0 |
UDF Independent | File:Logo of UDF Kerala.jpg | ![]() |
Benny Behanan | 1 (Pala) | 1 | 0 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
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Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ![]() |
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Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | 4 (Manjeshwaram, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) | |||
Nationalist Congress Party | ![]() |
1 (Pala) | 1 | 0 | |||
LDF Independent | File:LDF LOGO.jpg | ![]() |
A. Vijayaraghavan | 1 (Ernakulam) | 1 | 0 |
Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
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Bharatiya Janata Party | File:Lotus-blank.svg | ![]() |
P. S Sreedharan Pillai | 6 (Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Pala, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) |
Results in a glance
The results at a glance are given below:
By alliance
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NCP | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color"| | 01 | IUML | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color"| | ||||
LDF Independent |
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Total | Total | Total | ||||||
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By district
District | Total | UDF | LDF | NDA | Others |
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Kasaragod |
01 |
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Ernakulam |
01 |
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Kottayam |
01 |
00 | 01 | 00 | 00 |
Alappuzha |
01 |
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Pathanamthitta |
01 |
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Thiruvananthapuram | 01 | ||||
Total |
06 |
01 |
By constituency
Number | Constituency | District | UDF candidate | Party | Votes | LDF candidate | Party | Votes | NDA candidate | Party | Votes | Winner | Margin | Winning Alliance | |||
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1 | Manjeshwaram | Kasaragod | M. C. Qamarudheen | IUML | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Union Muslim League/meta/color"| | Shankar Rai | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | Raveesha Thanthri Kuntar | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | ||||||
82 | Ernakulam | Ernakulam | T. J. Vinod | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Manu Roy | Independent | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color"| | C. G. Rajagopal | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | ||||||
93 | Pala | Kottayam | Jose Tom Pulikunnel[3] | Independent | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color"| | 51,194 | Mani C. Kappan | NCP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color"| | 54,137 | N. Hari | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | 18,044 | Mani C. Kappan | 2,943[4][5] | LDF |
102 | Aroor | Alappuzha | Shanimol Usman | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | Manu C. Pulikkal | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | K. P. Prakash Babu | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | ||||||
114 | Konni | Pathanamthitta | P. Mohanraj | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | K. U. Janeesh Kumar | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | K. Surendran | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| | ||||||
133 | Vattiyoorkavu | Thiruvananthapuram | K. Mohan Kumar | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | V. K. Prasanth | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | S. Suresh | BJP | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"| |
Detailed results
1. Manjeshwaram
82. Ernakulam
93. Pala
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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NCP | Mani C. Kappan | 54,137 | 42.55% | ||
UDF | Jose Tom Pulikkunnel | 51,194 | 40.24% | ||
BJP | N. Hari | 18,044 | 14.18% | ||
Independent | C. J. Philip | 1,085 | 0.85% | ||
Independent | Maju Puthenkandam | 1,012 | 0.80% | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.58% | ||
Independent | George Pooveli | 565 | 0.44% | ||
Independent | Tom Thomas | 303 | 0.24% | ||
Independent | Ignatious Illimoottil | 233 | 0.18% | ||
Independent | Joseph Jacob | 178 | 0.14% | ||
Independent | Babu Joseph | 130 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 130 | 0.10% | ||
Independent | Joby Thomas | 112 | 0.09% | ||
Independent | Sunilkumar | 97 | 0.08% | ||
Margin of victory | 2,943 | 2.31% | |||
Turnout | 1,27,220 | 70.97% | |||
NCP gain from KC(M) | Swing |
102. Aroor
114. Konni
133. Vattiyoorkavu
See also
References
- ^ "Pala Bypoll on September 23, Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
- ^ "Bypolls to five Kerala seats on October 21, India Today". www.indiatoday.in.
- ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pala-bye-election-udf-candidate-contest-under-pineapple-symbol-not-two-leaves-108557
- ^ "Pala Election Results 2019". Firstpost. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
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