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Is Kerala really inclusive? 33 charts about MLAs in new assembly show there’s still work to be done
There are only seven women in the 140-member assembly. Besides, caste and community exclusion works at the local level. May 13, 2021 · 07:30 am Pinarayi Vijayan and his family celebrate the victory of his Left Democratic Front in the state elections. | PTI
What are the representational outcome of the 2021 Kerala State election? What is the sociological composition of the new assembly and what has been the representation trajectory of various groups and communities, as well as other variables of social diversity such as gender and religion, over time?
Muslim candidates improve tally in Assam, Kerala; number goes down in WB
Only Assam and Kerala registered a slight rise in the number of Muslims elected to the assembly, while it went down in West Bengal. Tamil Nadu and Puducherry showed no improvement in the trend.
By Sakina FatimaandSruthi Vibhavari| Published: 3rd May 2021 5:54 pm IST Lok Sabha MP Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) during a rally in Assam, Feb 8, 2021 (PTI Photo)
Hyderabad: The results of five state assembly elections that were announced by the Election Commission on Sunday revealed that Muslim candidates in the contest barely showed any significant rise in tally.
Minor parties may upset IUML calculations
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League yet to make impact in central, southern districts
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League yet to make impact in central, southern districts
The presence of the minor Muslim political parties such as the Social Democratic Party of India (SDPI) and the Welfare Party of India (WPI) appears to be complicating the calculations of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) in the just-concluded Assembly polls.
Neither the SDPI nor the WPI is aligned with the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) or the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF). However, both these parties have vowed that their main purpose would be to defeat the BJP in their strongholds.
20% of sitting MLAs in Kerala faced tight race in 2016 Assembly elections
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Their victory vote margin was less than 5,000
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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.