2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

The first phase by-election was held for the Pala Constituency in Kerala.[3]

The second phase by-elections were held for the remaining 5 vacant assembly constituencies in Kerala.[4]

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 fielded 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
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)				Kodiyeri Balakrishnan	Manjeshwaram Aroor, Konni, Vattiyoorkavu	4	0
2.	Nationalist Congress Party					Pala	1	0
3.	LDF Independent				A. Vijayaraghavan	Ernakulam	1	0

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
1.	Indian National Congress				Mullappally Ramachandran	Ernakulam, Aroor, Konni Vattiyoorkavu	3	1
2.	Indian Union Muslim League				Sayed Hyderali Shihab Thangal	Manjeshwaram	1	0
3.	UDF Independent				Benny Behanan	Pala	1	0

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
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party				P. S Sreedharan Pillai	Manjeshwaram, Ernakulam, Pala, Aroor, Konni Vattiyoorkavu	6	0

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

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)		02	INC		02	BJP		00
NCP		01	IUML		01
LDF Independent		00	UDF Independent		00
Total		03	Total		03	Total		00
Change		02	Change		02	Change		00

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Manjeshwaram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	M. C. Kamaruddin	65,407	40.19%	4.40
	BJP	Raveesh Thanthri Kuntar	57,484	35.32%	0.42
	CPI (M)	M. Shankara Rai	38,233	23.49%	3.30
	NOTA	None of the Above	574	0.35%	0.06
	Independent	Govindan B. Alinthazhe	337	0.21%	N/A
	Independent	John D. Souza	277	0.17%	0.04
	Independent	Rajesh B.	232	0.14%	N/A
	Independent	Kamarudheen M. C.	211	0.13%	N/A
Margin of victory			7,923	4.87%	4.82
Turnout			1,62,755	75.78%	0.55
	IUML hold		Swing	4.40

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2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Ernakulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. J. Vinod	37,891	42.13%	10.19
	LDF	Manu Roy	34,141	37.96%	5.50
	BJP	C. G. Rajagopal	13,351	14.85%	1.39
	Independent	Manu K. M.	2,572	2.86%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,309	1.46%	0.61
	Independent	Vinod A. P.	206	0.23%	N/A
	SFB	Abdul Khader	175	0.19%	N/A
	Independent	Jaisen Thomas	116	0.13%	N/A
	Independent	Bosco Louis	93	0.10%	N/A
	Independent	Ashokan	78	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			3,750	4.17%	15.69
Turnout			89,932	57.91%	13.81
	INC hold		Swing	10.19

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2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Aroor

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Shanimol Usman	69,356	44.88%	16.34
	CPI (M)	Manu C. Pulikkal	67,277	43.54%	8.80
	BJP	K. P. Prakash Babu	16,289	10.54%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the Above	840	0.54%	0.09
	Independent	Geetha Asokan	352	0.23%	N/A
	Independent	K. B. Sunil Kumar	278	0.18%	N/A
	Independent	Alleppy Sugunan	142	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			2,079	1.34%	22.46
Turnout			1,54,534	80.47%	5.36
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	16.34

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2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Konni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	K. U. Jenish Kumar	54,099	38.96%	2.63
	INC	P. Mohanraj	44,146	31.79%	19.02
	BJP	K. Surendran	39,786	28.65%	16.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	469	0.34%	0.01
	Independent	Joemon Joseph Srampickal	235	0.17%	N/A
	Independent	Sivanandan	124	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			9,953	7.17%	7.31
Turnout			1,38,859	70.07%	2.92
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing	2.63

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2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Vattiyoorkavu

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	V. K. Prasanth	54,830	44.25%	14.46
	INC	K. Mohankumar	40,365	32.58%	5.23
	BJP	S. Suresh	27,453	22.16%	10.03
	NOTA	None of the Above	820	0.66%	0.06
	Independent	A.Mohanakumar	135	0.11%	N/A
	Independent	Nagaraj G.	100	0.08%	N/A
	Independent	Suresh S. S.	93	0.08%	N/A
	Independent	Murukan A.	76	0.06%	N/A
	Independent	Mithran G.	38	0.03%	N/A
Majority			14,465	11.67%	6.06
Turnout			1,23,910	62.66%	7.17
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing	14.46

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

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

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)