2020 Kollam Municipal Corporation election

2020 Kollam Municipal Corporation election
8 December 2020 (2020-12-08)
All 55 councils in the Kollam City Corporation
28 seats needed for a majority
Turnout66.06% (Decrease3.54%)
  First party Second party Third party
 
CPI(M)
INC
BJP
Party Communist Party of India (Marxist) Indian National Congress Bharatiya Janata Party
Alliance   LDF   UDF   NDA
Last election 36 16 2
Seats won 39 14 6
Seat change 3Increase 7Decrease 4Increase
Popular vote 85,205 61,998 44,934
Percentage 41.75% 30.38% 22.02%
Swing 2.23%Increase 2.08%Decrease 3.16%Increase
Elected Mayor

Prasanna Earnest
CPI(M)

The 5th Kollam Municipal Corporation council election was held on 8 December 2020 and the result announced on 16 December. LDF won 39 seats, UDF fronts won 9 seats, NDA won 6 seats and others won 1 seat. CPI(M) lead LDF won the majority to rule[1][2]

History

Kollam became the fourth municipal corporation of Kerala in the year 2000. Since the inception, only LDF ruled the corporation.[3]

Election history

Since the incorporation of the KMC in 2000, only the LDF has been in power.

Year of election Cast votes Polling % LDF UDF NDA Others Total seats Winner Source
2020 2,04,058 66.06% 39 9 6 1 55 LDF [4]
2015 1,98,871 69.9% 36 16 2 1 55 LDF [5]
2010 NA NA 34 19 0 2 55 LDF [6]
2005 NA NA 36 10 0 6 52 LDF [7]
2000 NA NA 25 20 0 5 50 LDF [8]

Background

The tenure of the members of the municipal corporation of Kollam ended on early November 2020.[9] As per the voters list published in 2020 November, there were around 2,88,804 eligible voters (1,38,820 male voters, 1,49,984 female voters) in which 2,04,058 cast their votes through 265 polling stations in the corporation area. The total polling rate was 66.06%.[2][10][11]

Details of voters in Kollam for the municipal corporation election 2020
Group of voters Voters population Cast votes
Male 1,38,820 NA
Female 1,49,984 NA
Third Gender 0 0
Total Voters 2,88,804 2,04,058

There were 55 wards with one polling booth in each ward. The vote counting station in the municipality was Government Boys HSS, Thevally.

Councils in Kollam City Corporation
Maruthadi Sakthikulangara Meenathucheri Kavanad Vallikeezhu
Kureepuzha West Kureepuzha neeravil Anchalummoodu Kadavoor
Mathili Thevally Vadakkumbhagam Asramam Uliyakkovil
Uliyakkovil East Koyikkal Kadappakkada Kallumthazham Mangadu
Arunoottimangalam Cthathinamkulam Karicode College Palkulangara
Ammannada Vadakkevila Pallimukku Ayathil Kilikollur
Punthalathazham Palathara Manacadu Kolloorvila Kayyalakkal
Valathungal Akkolil Thekkumbhagom Eravipuram Bharanikkavu
Thekkevila Mundakkal Pattathanam Cantonment Udayamarthandapuram
Thamarakkulam Pallithottam Port Cutchery Kaikkulangara
Tangasseri Thirumullavaram Mulangadakam Alattukavu Kannimel

Parties and coalitions

There are two major political coalitions in Kollam corporation. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is the coalition of left wing and far-left parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the coalition of centrist and centre-left parties led by the Indian National Congress. The third front is led by Bharatiya Janata Party.

Left Democratic Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male Female
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Devarajan NA NA NA
Communist Party of India -- NA NA NA

United Democratic Front

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male Female
Indian National Congress NA NA NA NA
Revolutionary Socialist Party -- NA NA NA
Indian Union Muslim League
NA NA NA

National Democratic Alliance

Party Flag Symbol Leader Seats contested Male Female
Bharatiya Janata Party NA NA NA NA

Vote share by alliances

Coalition 2015 2020
LDF 78,594 (39.52%) 85,205 (41.75%)
UDF 64,559 (32.46%) 61,998 (30.38%)
NDA 37,511 (18.86%) 44,934 (22.02%)
Others 18,207 (9.15%) 11921 (5.84%)
Total 1,98,871 2,04,058

Results

Vote Share by alliance
  1. LDF (41.8%)
  2. UDF (30.4%)
  3. NDA (22.0%)
  4. 5.84%
  5. Other (0.01%)

By alliance

LDF SEATS UDF SEATS NDA SEATS OTHER SEATS
CPI(M) 29 INC 6 BJP 6 SDPI 1
CPI 10 RSP 3 -- -- IND 0
Total 39 Total 9 Total 6 Total 1
Change +2 Change -6 Change +4 Change --

In bypoll held later RSP gained one seat and CPI(M) lost one.

Results by Ward

No. Ward Councillor Party Votes Runner up Party Votes
1 Maruthadi Sumi M. INC 1929 Agnus Teacher CPI 1713
2 Sakthikulangara M. Pushpangadhan (Babu) RSP 1647 Pramod (Prabhu) BJP 1099
3 Meenathuchery (By Poll) Raju Neelakantan CPI(M) 1482 Deepu Gangadharan RSP 1457
Deepu Gangadharan RSP 2099 Sandhya Raju Neelakantan CPI(M) 1465
4 Kavanad Kollam Madhu CPI 1040 Viju S Murari BJP 910
5 Vallikeezhu S. Jayan CPI(M) 1768 Deepa Sahadevan BJP 821
6 Kureepuzha West Sreelatha CPI(M) 2009 Sangeetha Binu BJP 1256
7 Kureepuzha Girija Thulasi CPI(M) 1899 Deviprabha U.R. INC 1647
8 Neeravil Sindhurani CPI(M) 1996 T.S. Sunitha INC 1824
9 Anchalumoodu S. Swarnamma RSP 2358 M. Kamaladevi RSP (LM) 1737
10 Kadavoor Girija Santhosh CPI 1908 K.R. Mani INC 1516
11 Mathilil Tylus Thomas (Suma) RSP 1242 Aneeta Vijayan CPI(M) 1121
12 Thevally B. Shylaja BJP 1430 Rajmohanan CPI(M) 961
13 Vadakkumbhagam Honey Benjamin CPI 1388 Sali Thomas INC 979
14 Asramam Sajithanand Teacher BJP 1232 Rejitha V CPI(M) 1012
15 Uliyakovil Abhilash T.R. BJP 1533 Uliyakovil Sasi CPI 1297
16 Uliyakovil East Ambili CPI(M) 1578 Moncy Das BJP 1061
17 Kadappakada Kripa Vinod BJP 1328 Kavitha CPI 958
18 Koyikkal Santhosh CPI(M) 1599 S. Sreekumar INC 1053
19 Kallumthazham Sabu B. CPI 1429 Satheeshkumar IND 945
20 Mangadu TG Gireesh BJP 1039 Murukadas RSP 982
21 Arunnoottimangalam Asha Biju CPI(M) 2048 Anithakumari KC (Jacob) 1125
22 Chathinamkulam Krishnendhu SDPI 1673 Sani BJP 1581
23 Karicode Sujakrishnan CPI(M) 1812 Chinnumol R. INC 1448
24 College S. Geethakumari CPI(M) 2427 Santhini BJP 1581
25 Palkulangara Arathi S. CPI(M) 1332 Adv. Chithrambika S. IND 672
26 Ammannada Prem Ushar CPI(M) 2040 Biju B. Thushara BJP 803
27 Vadakkevila Sreedevi Amma INC 1269 Athira Vijayan BJP 1036
28 Pallimukku M. Sajeev CPI(M) 1923 N. Noushad RSP 1884
29 Ayathil Adv G. Udayakumar CPI(M) 1679 Chandrabose V. BJP 833
30 Kilikollur A. Noushad CPI 2061 Shiyad K. INC 1297
31 Punthalathazham V. Praji CPI 1281 S. Bindu INC 1134
32 Palathara A. Aneeshkumar BJP 1535 S. Chandrabose CPI 1336
33 Manacadu Naseema Shihab CPI(M) 2129 Adv. A. Reeja IUML 1493
34 Kolloorvila Hamzathbeevi INC 1658 Sheheena Savad INL 1333
35 Kayyalakkal Mehrunissa M CPI(M) 1947 Majida Wahab IUML 1935
36 Valathungal Suja CPI 1815 M. Kamaludeen IUML 874
37 Akkolil Maya S. Balu CPI(M) 1579 Mini S. INC 1352
38 Thekkumbhagam Sunil Jose INC 2016 Wilfred Simon CPI(M) 1193
39 Eravipuram V.S. Priyadarshan CPI(M) 1185 Saji D Anand RSP 909
40 Bharanikkavu S. Savitha Devi CPI 1065 Latha INC 872
41 Thekkevila T.P. Abhimanyu CPI(M) 1743 Sujith Chandran BJP 1446
42 Mundakkal Kuruvila Joseph INC 1681 Sreeharshan CPI(M) 1553
43 Pattathanam M.H. Nizamudeen CPI(M) 1254 Pattathanam Santhosh INC 743
44 Cantonment Adv. A.K. Savad CPI(M) 1572 C.V. Anilkumar INC 1411
45 Udayamarthandapuram Sajeev Soman CPI 1176 Abhishek S. BJP 916
46 Thamarakulam Prassanna Earnest CPI(M) 1186 Nayanamol INC 1005
47 Pallithottam N. Tomy CPI 1748 Scarbitta IND 1209
48 Port George D. Kattil INC 2041 Babukumar IND 1571
49 Cutchery G. Somarajan CPI(M) 1781 M.S. Lal BJP 1500
50 Kaikulangara Minimol G.R. CPI(M) 1703 S. Rajendran (Kannappan) INC 1436
51 Thangaserry J. Stanly CPI(M) 2451 Santhosh Alphonse INC 1541
52 Thirumullavaram Pavithra U. CPI(M) 1504 Surya B Chandran BJP 1360
53 Mulamkadakam J. Sethulakshmi CPI(M) 1408 Dr. Karumalil Udaya Sukumaran INC 1057
54 Alattukavu Asha S. CPI(M) 1610 Manjusha Santhosh BJP 1606
55 Kannimel Aswathy A. CPI(M) 2050 Teena Johnson INC 1066

See also

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