20% of sitting MLAs in Kerala faced tight race in 2016 Assembly elections Updated: Updated: Their victory vote margin was less than 5,000 Share Article Their victory vote margin was less than 5,000 The previous State Assembly elections held in 2016 was a close call for many of the legislators going by their margin of victory. Twenty seven of the 140 sitting MLAs had passed the electoral battle by securing a margin of less than 5,000 votes. Of this, eight were candidates of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), while one was an independent backed by the Left Democratic Front (LDF). The Indian Union Muslim League was second, with five of its MLAs making it to the Assembly through a margin of less than 5,000 votes. They were followed by the Communist Party of India (4), the Indian National Congress (3) and the Kerala Congress(M) (3). The Congress (S), the Nationalist Congress Party and the National Secular Conference marked one each.