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2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
23 September 2019 (1 seat) and 21 October 2019 (5 seats)
Six vacant seats in the Kerala Niyamasabha
 
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan Ramesh Chennithala O. Rajagopal
Party CPI(M) INC BJP
Alliance LDF UDF NDA
Leader's seat Dharmadom Haripad Nemom
Last election 01
(Aroor) 		05 (Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Pala, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) 00
Incumbent Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M)



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
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)).

United Democratic Front

Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Male Female
Indian National Congress File:Flag of the Indian National Congress.svg
File:Mullappally Ramachandran's Profile Portrait.jpg
 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

Left Democratic Front

Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Male Female
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
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

National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Photo Leader Seats contested Male Female
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

LDF SEATS UDF SEATS NDA SEATS
CPI(M) width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| INC width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| BJP width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color"|
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 		width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color"| UDF
Independent 		width="3px" style="background-color: Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color"| 00
Total Total Total
Change Increase01 Change Decrease01 Change

By district

District Total UDF LDF NDA Others
Kasaragod

01

Ernakulam

01

Kottayam

01

00 01 00 00
Alappuzha

01

Pathanamthitta

01

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
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

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Pala
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

  1. ^ "Pala Bypoll on September 23, Times of India". timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  2. ^ "Bypolls to five Kerala seats on October 21, India Today". www.indiatoday.in.
  3. ^ https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/pala-bye-election-udf-candidate-contest-under-pineapple-symbol-not-two-leaves-108557
  4. ^ "Pala Election Results 2019". Firstpost. Retrieved 27 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. ^ "Pala bypoll results". India Today. Retrieved 27 September 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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