2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

Six assembly by-elections were held on 23 September and 21 October 2019, to the six vacant seats in the Kerala Niyamasabha 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. The remaining 5 assembly constituencies (Manjeshwar, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) voted to elect their representatives on 21 October. The counting of votes was conducted on 27 September in Pala and on 24 October in the other five constituencies.

Schedule for the by-elections Pala The first phase by-election was held for the Pala Constituency in Kerala. By-Election Event Day DateElection DeclarationSunday25/08/2019 Issue of Gazette NotificationWednesday28/08/2019Last date of filing NominationWednesday04/09/2019Scrutiny of NominationsThursday05/09/2019Last date of withdrawal of candidaturesSaturday07/09/2019Polling Monday23/09/2019Counting of votesFriday27/09/2019

Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu The second phase by-elections were held for the remaining 5 vacant assembly constituencies in Kerala. By-Election Event Day Date Election Declaration Saturday 21/09/2019 Issue of Gazette Notification Monday 23/09/2019 Last date of filing Nomination Monday 30/09/2019 Scrutiny of Nominations Tuesday 01/10/2019 Last date of withdrawal of candidatures Thursday 03/10/2019 Polling Monday 21/10/2019 Counting of votesThursday 24/10/2019

Electorates There were 11,36,616 electorates from the 6 niyamasabha constituencies where the by-elections were held. Constituency wise details are given below:

Number Constituency Electorates1Manjeshwar2,14,77982Ernakulam1,55,30693Pala1,79,107102Aroor1,91,898114Konni1,97,956133Vattiyoorkavu1,97,570

Alliances and parties There are two major political coalitions in Kerala. The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and center-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)).

Left Democratic Front (Kerala)

They are a coalition of left-wing political parties in Kerala. It is one of the two major political coalitions in the state, the other being the UDF, both of which has been in power alternatively for the last two decades. After winning a majority of the seats in the Niyamasabha elections, they are currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and a variety of other smaller parties. LDF fields four CPI(M) candidates, an NCP candidate and an independent to fight in the by-poll.

No.Party FlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) Kodiyeri Balakrishnan Manjeshwaram Aroor, Konni, Vattiyoorkavu 4 02. Nationalist Congress Party Pala 1 03. LDF Independent A. Vijayaraghavan Ernakulam 1 0

United Democratic Front (Kerala)

It is an alliance of central-wing political parties in the state, created by the prominent INC party leader K. Karunakaran in the 1970s. UDF fielded four INC candidates, an IUML candidate and an independent for the vacant constituencies.

No.Party FlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale1. Indian National Congress Mullappally Ramachandran Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni Vattiyoorkavu 3 12. Indian Union Muslim League Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal Manjeshwar 1 03. UDF Independent Benny Behanan Pala 1 0

National Democratic Alliance

It is a coalition of right-leaning political parties in India. NDA gave all the six seats for the BJP to contest.

No.Party FlagSymbolPhotoLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale1. Bharatiya Janata Party P. S Sreedharan Pillai Manjeshwar, Ernakulam, Pala, Aroor, Konni Vattiyoorkavu 6 0

Constituency-wise Candidates

The LDF fielded four CPI(M) candidates, an NCP candidate and an independent to win the seats. UDF fielded four INC candidates, an IUML candidate and an independent. NDA fielded six BJP candidates.

No.ConstituencyCandidatesLDF UDF NDA1Manjeshwar M. Shankara Rai M. C. Kamaruddin Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar2Ernakulam Manu Roy T. J. Vinod C. G. Rajagopal 3Pala Mani C. Kappan Jose Tom Pulikunnel N. Hari4Aroor Manu C. PulikkalShanimol Usman K. P. Prakash Babu5Konni K. U. Jenish Kumar P. Mohanraj K. Surendran6Vattiyoorkavu V. K. Prasanth K. Mohankumar S. Suresh

Exit Polls

The Manorama News and the Mathrubhumi News published their exit poll predictions in the constituencies where the election was held on 21 October 2019. Asianet News had published their exit poll predictions for Pala, where the election was held earlier.

Manorama - KarvyMathrubhumi- Geowide IndiaAZ Research - AsianetConstituenciesLDFUDFNDALDFUDFNDALDFUDFNDAManjeshwar 31% 36% 31% 21% 40% 37% Ernakulam30%55%12%39%44%15% Pala32%48%19%Aroor44%43%11%44%43%11%Konni46% 41%12%39%41%19% Vattiyoorkavu36%37%26%41%37%20%

Polling day

Polling took place on 23 September 2019 in Pala and on 21 October 2019 in the remaining five Niyamasabha constituencies.

Number Constituency Polling% 1 Manjeshwar 75.78 82 Ernakulam 57.90 93 Pala 70.97 102 Aroor 80.47 114 Konni 70.07 133 Vattiyoorkavu 62.66

Results in a glance The results at a glance are given below:

By alliance Both the LDF and the UDF won three seats each. The NDA could not win any seats. Alliance Seats Contested Seats Won Seat Change Vote %Swing % UDF 06 03 02 38.68 1.78 LDF 06 03 02 37.97 1.53 NDA 06 00 00 21.63 0.09 Total 06

Party-wise Each of the CPI(M) and the INC won in two seats. The remaining two seats were bagged by the NCP and the IUML respectively.

LDFSEATSUDFSEATSNDASEATSCPI(M)02INC02BJP00NCP01IUML01LDFIndependent00UDFIndependent00Total03Total03Total00Change 02Change 02 Change00

By district District No. of constituenciesWinning party AllianceKasaragod01IUMLUDF Ernakulam01INCUDF Kottayam01NCPLDF Alappuzha01INCUDF Pathanamthitta 01CPI(M)LDF Thiruvananthapuram01CPI(M)LDF Total 06

By constituency No. Constituency LDF candidatePartyVotes UDF candidatePartyVotes NDA candidatePartyVotes WinnerMargin Alliance 1 Manjeshwar M. Shankara Rai 38,233 23.49%M. C. Kamaruddin65,40740.19% Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar 57,484 35.32% M. C. Kamaruddin7,9234.87%UDF 82 Ernakulam Manu Roy 34,141 37.96%T. J. Vinod37,89142.13% C. G. Rajagopal 13,351 14.85% T. J. Vinod3,7504.17%UDF 93 PalaMani C. Kappan54,13742.55% Jose Tom Pulikunnel 51,194 40.24% N. Hari 18,044 14.18% Mani C. Kappan2,9432.31%LDF 102 Aroor Manu C. Pulikkal 67,277 43.54%Shanimol Usman69,35644.88% K. P. Prakash Babu 16,289 10.54% Shanimol Usman2,0791.34%UDF 114 Konni K. U. Jenish Kumar 54,09938.96% P. Mohanraj 44,140 31.79% K. Surendran 39,786 28.65% K. U. Jenish Kumar9,9537.17%LDF 133 Vattiyoorkavu V. K. Prasanth 54,830 44.25% K. Mohan Kumar 40,365 32.58% S. Suresh 27,453 22.16% V. K. Prasanth14,46511.67%LDF

Detailed results 1. Manjeshwar

82. Ernakulam

93. Pala

102. Aroor

114. Konni

133. Vattiyoorkavu

List of the newly elected MLAs to the 14th Kerala Niyamasabha

As a result of the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, six new members were elected to the Kerala Niyamasabha.

ConstituencyMemberPartyAlliance Manjeshwar M. C. Kamaruddin Ernakulam T. J. Vinod Pala Mani C. Kappan Aroor Shanimol Usman Konni K. U. Jenish Kumar Vattiyoorkavu V. K. Prasanth

Assembly seat share post by-elections

After the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, the composition of 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly changed as per given below: UDF LDFNDA45932

The Kerala Niyamasabha is composed of 141 seats (140 elected and 1 nominated). After the by-elections, the Government of Kerala has the support of 93 members.

Total (141)

Government (93) LDF (93) CPI(M) (60) CPI (19) JD(S) (3) NCP (3) C(S) (1) KC(B) (1) NSC (1) IND (5)

Opposition (47) UDF (45) INC (21) IUML (18) KC(M) (5) KC(J) (1) NDA (2) BJP (1) KJ(S) (1) Others(1) Nominated (1)

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

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