2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	77.53% ( 2.27 pp)
First party Second party   Leader Pinarayi Vijayan[1] Oommen Chandy Party CPI(M) INC Alliance LDF UDF Leader since 2016 2004 Leader's seat Dharmadam Puthuppally Last election 44.94%, 68 seats 45.83%, 72 seats Seats won 91 47 Seat change 23 25 Coalition vote 8,945,005 7,741,293 Percentage 43.48% 38.81% Swing 1.63 pp 6.97 pp
Kerala Assembly Seat Status
Chief Minister before election Oommen Chandy INC Elected Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)

The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Voter turnout was 77.53%, up from 75.12% in the previous election.^[2] The result was declared on 19 May 2016. The Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)), won the election, defeating the incumbent United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Indian National Congress (INC), which could only win 47 seats in the election.^[3] Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 25 May.