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

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

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 2015 1,98,871 69.9% 36 16 2 1 55 LDF 2010 NA NA 34 19 0 2 55 LDF 2005 NA NA 36 10 0 6 52 LDF 2000 NA NA 25 20 0 5 50 LDF

Background The tenure of the members of the municipal corporation of Kollam ended on early November 2020. 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%.

+ 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 NAThird Gender0 0Total 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 CorporationMaruthadiSakthikulangaraMeenathucheriKavanadVallikeezhuKureepuzha WestKureepuzhaneeravilAnchalummooduKadavoorMathiliThevallyVadakkumbhagamAsramamUliyakkovilUliyakkovil EastKoyikkalKadappakkadaKallumthazhamMangaduArunoottimangalamCthathinamkulamKaricodeCollegePalkulangaraAmmannadaVadakkevilaPallimukkuAyathilKilikollurPunthalathazhamPalatharaManacaduKolloorvilaKayyalakkalValathungalAkkolilThekkumbhagomEravipuramBharanikkavuThekkevilaMundakkalPattathanamCantonmentUdayamarthandapuramThamarakkulamPallithottamPortCutcheryKaikkulangaraTangasseriThirumullavaramMulangadakamAlattukavuKannimel

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 FlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale Communist Party of India (Marxist) DevarajanNANANA Communist Party of India --NANANA

United Democratic Front

Party FlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale Indian National Congress NANANANA Revolutionary Socialist Party --NANANA Indian Union Muslim League NANANA

National Democratic Alliance

Party FlagSymbolLeaderSeats contestedMaleFemale Bharatiya Janata Party NANANANA

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

By alliance LDFSEATSUDFSEATSNDASEATSOTHERSEATSCPI(M)29INC6BJP6SDPI1CPI10RSP3 -- -- IND 0Total39Total9Total6Total1Change +2Change -6Change +4Change -- In bypoll held later RSP gained one seat and CPI(M) lost one.

Results by Ward No.WardCouncillorPartyVotesRunner upPartyVotes1MaruthadiSumi M.INC1929Agnus TeacherCPI17132SakthikulangaraM. Pushpangadhan (Babu)RSP1647Pramod (Prabhu)BJP10993Meenathuchery (By Poll)Raju NeelakantanCPI(M)1482Deepu GangadharanRSP1457Deepu GangadharanRSP2099Sandhya Raju NeelakantanCPI(M)14654KavanadKollam MadhuCPI1040Viju S MurariBJP9105VallikeezhuS. JayanCPI(M)1768Deepa SahadevanBJP8216Kureepuzha WestSreelathaCPI(M)2009Sangeetha BinuBJP12567KureepuzhaGirija ThulasiCPI(M)1899Deviprabha U.R.INC16478NeeravilSindhuraniCPI(M)1996T.S. SunithaINC18249AnchalumooduS. SwarnammaRSP2358M. KamaladeviRSP (LM)173710KadavoorGirija SanthoshCPI1908K.R. ManiINC151611MathililTylus Thomas (Suma)RSP1242Aneeta VijayanCPI(M)112112ThevallyB. ShylajaBJP1430RajmohananCPI(M)96113VadakkumbhagamHoney BenjaminCPI1388Sali ThomasINC97914AsramamSajithanand TeacherBJP1232Rejitha VCPI(M)101215UliyakovilAbhilash T.R.BJP1533Uliyakovil SasiCPI129716Uliyakovil EastAmbiliCPI(M)1578Moncy DasBJP106117KadappakadaKripa VinodBJP1328KavithaCPI95818KoyikkalSanthoshCPI(M)1599S. SreekumarINC105319KallumthazhamSabu B.CPI1429SatheeshkumarIND94520MangaduTG GireeshBJP1039MurukadasRSP98221ArunnoottimangalamAsha BijuCPI(M)2048AnithakumariKC (Jacob)112522ChathinamkulamKrishnendhuSDPI1673SaniBJP158123KaricodeSujakrishnanCPI(M)1812Chinnumol R.INC144824CollegeS. GeethakumariCPI(M)2427SanthiniBJP158125PalkulangaraArathi S.CPI(M)1332Adv. Chithrambika S.IND67226AmmannadaPrem UsharCPI(M)2040Biju B. ThusharaBJP80327VadakkevilaSreedevi AmmaINC1269Athira VijayanBJP103628PallimukkuM. SajeevCPI(M)1923N. NoushadRSP188429AyathilAdv G. UdayakumarCPI(M)1679Chandrabose V.BJP83330KilikollurA. NoushadCPI2061Shiyad K.INC129731PunthalathazhamV. PrajiCPI1281S. BinduINC113432PalatharaA. AneeshkumarBJP1535S. ChandraboseCPI133633ManacaduNaseema ShihabCPI(M)2129Adv. A. ReejaIUML149334KolloorvilaHamzathbeeviINC1658Sheheena SavadINL133335KayyalakkalMehrunissa MCPI(M)1947Majida WahabIUML193536ValathungalSujaCPI1815M. KamaludeenIUML87437AkkolilMaya S. BaluCPI(M)1579Mini S.INC135238ThekkumbhagamSunil JoseINC2016Wilfred SimonCPI(M)119339EravipuramV.S. PriyadarshanCPI(M)1185Saji D AnandRSP90940BharanikkavuS. Savitha DeviCPI1065LathaINC87241ThekkevilaT.P. AbhimanyuCPI(M)1743Sujith ChandranBJP144642MundakkalKuruvila JosephINC1681SreeharshanCPI(M)155343PattathanamM.H. NizamudeenCPI(M)1254Pattathanam SanthoshINC74344CantonmentAdv. A.K. SavadCPI(M)1572C.V. AnilkumarINC141145UdayamarthandapuramSajeev SomanCPI1176Abhishek S.BJP91646ThamarakulamPrassanna EarnestCPI(M)1186NayanamolINC100547PallithottamN. TomyCPI1748ScarbittaIND120948PortGeorge D. KattilINC2041BabukumarIND157149CutcheryG. SomarajanCPI(M)1781M.S. LalBJP150050KaikulangaraMinimol G.R.CPI(M)1703S. Rajendran (Kannappan)INC143651ThangaserryJ. StanlyCPI(M)2451Santhosh AlphonseINC154152ThirumullavaramPavithra U.CPI(M)1504Surya B ChandranBJP136053MulamkadakamJ. SethulakshmiCPI(M)1408Dr. Karumalil Udaya SukumaranINC105754AlattukavuAsha S.CPI(M)1610Manjusha SanthoshBJP160655KannimelAswathy A.CPI(M)2050Teena JohnsonINC1066

See also Kollam Municipal Corporation 2005 Kollam Municipal Corporation election 2020 Paravur Municipal election

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