2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

23 September 2019 (1 seat)
21 October 2019 (5 seats)

Manjeshwar, Ernakulam, Pala, Aroor, Konni and Vattiyoorkavu Niyamasabha constituencies
Turnout70.11%
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan Ramesh Chennithala
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance   LDF   UDF
Leader's seat Dharmadom Haripad
Last election 01 05
Seats won 03 03
Seat change 02 02
Popular vote 302,717 308,359
Percentage 37.97% 38.68%
Swing 1.53% 1.78%

Chief Minister before election

Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M)

Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M)

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.