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Kerala Assembly Election 2026 Results

16th Legislative Assembly Fact Sheet

Total Seats / Majority Mark

140 / 71

Voter Turnout %

86 (27810942 Registered)

Election Timeline

Polling: 09-Apr-26
Result: 04-May-26

🏆 Winning Side

UDF

Seats: 102

Share: 46.36

🥈 Runner-up

LDF

Seats: 35

Share: 37.54

📊 Detailed Vote Share

Congress 28.79%
CPM 21.77%
BJP 11.42%

Government Formation & Key Dignitaries

Chief Minister

V D Satheesan

Indian National Congress | Paravur

Assembly Speaker

Thiruvanchur Radhakrishan

Governor

Rajendra Vishwanath Arlekar

Important Election Highlights & Trivia

📝 This Election Facts

This is the first election held after the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral roll. The total number of voters in the state is 27810942, comprising 13441490 male, 14369092 female, and 360 transgender voters.

📜 All-Time Records & Facts

Formed on April 5, 1957, following the first state elections, Kerala became the first state in India to elect a non-Congress party and form the first democratically elected Communist government globally.

MLA Insights & Statistics

Category / Metric	Details (Name, Constituency, Records)
Women Elected MLAs	11
First-time MLAs	71
Highest Victory Margin	P K Kunhalikutty, IUML, 85327
Lowest Victory Margin	Prof C Ravindranath, CPI(M), 126
Youngest MLA	A D Thomas, 30
Oldest MLA	Pinarayi Vijayan, 82
Most Times Elected	P K Kunhalikutty, 9 times elected (Record: Oommen Chandy(12 times) and K M Mani(12 times))