Six assembly by-elections were held on 23 September and 21 October 2019, to the six vacant seats in the

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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 (

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, 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.

Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu

The second phase by-elections were held for the remaining 5 vacant assembly constituencies in Kerala.

Electorates

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

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

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. The

Left Democratic Front The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the oth ...

(LDF) is the coalition of left-wing and far-left parties, led by the

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(CPI(M)).

They are a coalition of

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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) The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)/CPIM/CPM) is a Marxist–Leninist communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party of India in terms of membership and electoral seats and one of the nat ...

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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.

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.

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

Constituency-wise Candidates

The LDF fielded four

candidates, an NCP candidate and an independent to win the seats. UDF fielded four INC candidates, an

IUML The Indian Union Muslim League (abbreviated as the I. U. M. L. or the League) is an Indian political party primarily based in the Indian state of Kerala. It is recognised as a State Party in Kerala by the Election Commission of India. The first ...

candidate and an independent.

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fielded six

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candidates.

Exit Polls

The

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and the Mathrubhumi News published their exit poll predictions in the constituencies where the election was held on 21 October 2019.

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had published their exit poll predictions for

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, where the election was held earlier.

Polling day

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

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

could not win any seats.

Party-wise

Each of the

and the INC won in two seats. The remaining two seats were bagged by the NCP and the

respectively.

By district

By constituency

Detailed results

1.
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82.
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93.
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102.
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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

Assembly seat share post by-elections

After the 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections, the composition of 14th

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changed as per given below: The

is composed of 141 seats (140 elected and 1 nominated). After the by-elections, the

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has the support of 93 members. Total (141)

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(93) * LDF (93) **

(60) **

(19) **

JD(S) The Janata Dal (Secular) is an Indian political party led by former prime minister of India, H. D. Deve Gowda. The party is recognized as a State Party in the states of Karnataka, Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was formed in July 1999 by the ...

(3) ** NCP (3) ** C(S) (1) ** KC(B) (1) ** NSC (1) **

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(5)

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(47) * UDF (45) ** INC (21) **

(18) ** KC(M) (5) ** KC(J) (1) *

(2) **

(1) ** KJ(S) (1) * Others(1) ** Nominated (1)

References

External links

Chief Electoral Officer,KeralaUDF KeralaLDF Keralam

NDA Kerala
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