Template:Infobox election 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.[1] The remaining 5 assembly constituencies (Manjeshwar, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu) voted to elect their representatives on 21 October.[2] 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.[3]
| By-Election Event | Day | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Election Declaration | Sunday | 25/08/2019 |
| Issue of Gazette Notification | Wednesday | 28/08/2019 |
| Last date of filing Nomination | Wednesday | 04/09/2019 |
| Scrutiny of Nominations | Thursday | 05/09/2019 |
| Last date of withdrawal of candidatures | Saturday | 07/09/2019 |
| Polling | Monday | 23/09/2019 |
| Counting of votes | Friday | 27/09/2019 |
Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu
The second phase by-elections were held for the remaining 5 vacant assembly constituencies in Kerala.[4]
| 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 votes | Thursday | 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 | Electorates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manjeshwar | 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 |
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 | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Kodiyeri Balakrishnan | Manjeshwaram Aroor, Konni, Vattiyoorkavu | 4 | 0 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|2. | Nationalist Congress Party | 
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Pala | 1 | 0 | |||
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|3. | LDF Independent | _Logo.svg){kind=logo}
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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 | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|1. | Indian National Congress |  |
Mullappally Ramachandran | Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni Vattiyoorkavu | 3 | 1 | ||
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|2. | Indian Union Muslim League | 
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Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal | Manjeshwar | 1 | 0 |
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|3. | 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 | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | Male | Female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! style="text-align:center; background:Template:Party color;color:white"|1. | Bharatiya Janata Party |  |
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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. | Constituency | Candidates | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | UDF | NDA | |||||
| 1 | Manjeshwar | M. Shankara Rai | Template:Legend2 | M. C. Kamaruddin | Template:Legend2 | Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar | Template:Legend2 |
| 2 | Ernakulam | Manu Roy | Template:Legend2 | T. J. Vinod | Template:Legend2 | C. G. Rajagopal | Template:Legend2 |
| 3 | Pala | Mani C. Kappan | Template:Legend2 | Jose Tom Pulikunnel | Template:Legend2 | N. Hari | Template:Legend2 |
| 4 | Aroor | Manu C. Pulikkal | Template:Legend2 | Shanimol Usman | Template:Legend2 | K. P. Prakash Babu | Template:Legend2 |
| 5 | Konni | K. U. Jenish Kumar | Template:Legend2 | P. Mohanraj | Template:Legend2 | K. Surendran | Template:Legend2 |
| 6 | Vattiyoorkavu | V. K. Prasanth | Template:Legend2 | K. Mohankumar | Template:Legend2 | S. Suresh | Template:Legend2 |
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 - Karvy[5] | Mathrubhumi- Geowide India[6] | AZ Research - Asianet[7] | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | LDF | UDF | NDA | LDF | UDF | NDA | |
| Manjeshwar | 31% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 36% | 31% | 21% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"| 40% | 37% | |||
| Ernakulam | 30% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|55% | 12% | 39% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|44% | 15% | |||
| Pala | 32% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|48% | 19% | ||||||
| Aroor | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|44% | 43% | 11% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|44% | 43% | 11% | |||
| Konni | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|46% | 41% | 12% | 39% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|41% | 19% | |||
| Vattiyoorkavu | 36% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|37% | 26% | style="background:Template:Party color; color:white;"|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
% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | UDF | 06 | 03 | Template:Decrease02 | 38.68 | Template:Decrease1.78 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | LDF | 06 | 03 | Template:Increase02 | 37.97 | Template:Increase1.53 |
| style="background-color:Template:Party color" | | NDA | 06 | 00 | 00 | 21.63 | Template:Decrease0.09 |
| 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.
| LDF | SEATS | UDF | SEATS | NDA | SEATS | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 02 | INC | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 02 | BJP | rowspan="3" width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color" | | 00 |
| NCP | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 01 | IUML | width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 01 | |||
| LDF Independent |
width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 00 | UDF Independent |
width="3px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 00 | |||
| Total | 03 | Total | 03 | Total | 00 | |||
| Change | Template:Gain02 | Change | Template:Loss02 | Change | 00 | |||
By district
| District | No. of constituencies | Winning party | Alliance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kasaragod |
01 |
IUML | UDF |
| Ernakulam |
01 |
INC | UDF |
| Kottayam |
01 |
NCP | LDF |
| Alappuzha |
01 |
INC | UDF |
| Pathanamthitta |
01 |
CPI(M) | LDF |
| Thiruvananthapuram | 01 | CPI(M) | LDF |
| Total | 06 |
By constituency
| No. | Constituency | LDF candidate | Party | Votes | UDF candidate | Party | Votes | NDA candidate | Party | Votes | Winner | Margin | Alliance | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Manjeshwar | M. Shankara Rai | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 38,233 | 23.49% | M. C. Kamaruddin | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 65,407 | 40.19% | Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 57,484 | 35.32% | M. C. Kamaruddin | 7,923 | 4.87% | UDF |
| 82 | Ernakulam | Manu Roy | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 34,141 | 37.96% | T. J. Vinod | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 37,891 | 42.13% | C. G. Rajagopal | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 13,351 | 14.85% | T. J. Vinod | 3,750 | 4.17% | UDF |
| 93 | Pala | Mani C. Kappan | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 54,137 | 42.55% | Jose Tom Pulikunnel | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 51,194 | 40.24% | N. Hari | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 18,044 | 14.18% | Mani C. Kappan | 2,943 | 2.31% | LDF |
| 102 | Aroor | Manu C. Pulikkal | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 67,277 | 43.54% | Shanimol Usman | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 69,356 | 44.88% | K. P. Prakash Babu | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 16,289 | 10.54% | Shanimol Usman | 2,079 | 1.34% | UDF |
| 114 | Konni | K. U. Jenish Kumar | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 54,099 | 38.96% | P. Mohanraj | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 44,140 | 31.79% | K. Surendran | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 39,786 | 28.65% | K. U. Jenish Kumar | 9,953 | 7.17% | LDF |
| 133 | Vattiyoorkavu | V. K. Prasanth | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 54,830 | 44.25% | K. Mohan Kumar | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 40,365 | 32.58% | S. Suresh | Template:Legend2 | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Party color"| | 27,453 | 22.16% | V. K. Prasanth | 14,465 | 11.67% | LDF |
Detailed results
1. Manjeshwar
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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.
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 | LDF | NDA |
|---|---|---|
| style="background:Template:Party color; width:30%;color:blue"|45 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:30%;color:red"|93 | style="background:Template:Party color; width:30%;color:orange"|2 |
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)
- Template:Color box CPI(M) (60)
- Template:Color box CPI (19)
- Template:Color box JD(S) (3)
- Template:Color box NCP (3)
- Template:Color box C(S) (1)
- Template:Color box KC(B) (1)
- Template:Color box NSC (1)
- Template:Color box IND (5)
Opposition (47)
- UDF (45)
- Template:Color box INC (21)
- Template:Color box IUML (18)
- Template:Color box KC(M) (5)
- Template:Color box KC(J) (1)
- NDA (2)
- Template:Color box BJP (1)
- Template:Color box KJ(S) (1)
- Others(1)
- Template:Colorbox Nominated (1)
See also
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
- Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2019 Indian general election in Kerala
- 2019 elections in India
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.
- ↑ Schedule for Kerala Assembly Byelections 2019 (Phase-1). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ Schedule for Kerala Assembly Byelections 2019 (Phase-2). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ Kerala by-election exit polls, Manorama News - Karvy Insights. english.manoramaonline.com.
- ↑ Bypolls: UDF likely to win three seats, LDF to win two, predict Mathrubhumi News - Geowide Exit Polls.. tv.mathrubhumi.com.
- ↑ പാലായില് യുഡിഎഫ് തന്നെയെന്ന് ഏഷ്യാനെറ്റ് ന്യൂസ് എക്സിറ്റ് പോള് ഫലം, asianet news. www.asianetnews.com.
- ↑ Manjeshwaram Niyamasabha byepoll results - 2019, Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ Ernakulam Niyamasabha byepoll results - 2019, Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
- ↑ Aroor Niyamasabha byepoll results - 2019, Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.Template:Dead link
- ↑ Konni Niyamasabha byepoll results - 2019, Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.
- ↑ Vattiyoorkavu Niyamasabha byepoll results - 2019, Election Commission of India. results.eci.gov.in.