2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

2006 Kerala state assembly election

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Turnout72.08% (Decrease 0.39 pp)
  First party Second party
 
Leader V. S. Achuthanandan Oommen Chandy
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader's seat Malampuzha Puthuppally
Last election 43.70%, 40 seats 49.05%, 99 seats
Seats won 98 42
Seat change Increase 58 Decrease 57
Coalition vote 7,558,834 6,679,557
Percentage 48.63% 42.98%
Swing Increase 4.93 pp Decrease 6.07 pp

Kerala, India
Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.

Chief Minister before election

Oommen Chandy
UDF

Chief Minister

V. S. Achuthanandan
LDF

The 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was held in three phases. The first phase was held on 22 April 2006, when 59 out of the 140 constituencies in Kerala voted. The second was held on 29 April for the 66 constituencies in central Kerala. The last phase of polling for the remaining 15 constituencies was on 3 May 2006. The counting was conducted on 11 May 2006.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) -led Left Democratic Front beat the incumbent Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front by a margin of 56 seats. V. S. Achuthanandan, who led the CPI(M) was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 18 May 2006.