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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Registered | 27,503,768 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Turnout | 75.60% (![]() | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() A map presenting the results of the election, by party of the MLA elected from each constituency | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
![]() Composition of the Kerala Legislative Assembly after the election | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May.[1]
The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) retaining power with 99 seats, 8 more than in the previous election, marking the first time that an alliance won consecutive terms in the state since its 1977 election.[2] The United Democratic Front (UDF) won the remaining 41 seats, 6 less than in the previous election. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) received a dip in vote share and lost their lone seat.[3] Pinarayi Vijayan became the first Chief Minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full, five-year term in office.[4][5]