Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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The Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election is expected to be held in Kerala before May 2026 to elect 140 MLAs to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.[1]
Parties and alliances
[edit]The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a coalition of centre-left to left-wing political parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is an alliance of centrist to centre-left political parties led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a coalition of centrist to right-wing parties.
An alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties, the LDF is currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and several smaller parties.
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It is a Big tent alliance of centrist to left/ central right political parties in the state, founded by the prominent Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Indian National Congress | 
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K. Sudhakaran | |||
| Indian Union Muslim League | 
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Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal | |||
| Kerala Congress | 
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P. J. Joseph | ||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | 
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Shibu Baby John | |||
| Kerala Democratic Party | Mani C. Kappan | |||||
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
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Anoop Jacob | ||||
| Communist Marxist Party | 
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C. P. John | |||
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | 
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N. Venu | ||||
| National Janata Dal | Adv John John | |||||
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | Rajan Babu | |||||
It is an alliance of right-wing parties. NDA Kerala unit was constituted in 2016. The coalition consists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and a variety of other smaller parties.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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K. Surendran | ||||
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | Thushar Vellapally | |||||
| Kerala Kamaraj Congress | 
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Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | ||||
| Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha | 
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C. K. Janu | ||||
Candidates
[edit]Results
[edit]Results by alliance or party
[edit]| Alliance/ Party | Popular vote | Seats | |||||||
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| Votes | % | ±pp | Contested | Won | +/− | ||||
| LDF | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | ||||||||
| Communist Party of India | |||||||||
| Kerala Congress (M) | |||||||||
| Janata Dal (Secular) | |||||||||
| Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar | |||||||||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | |||||||||
| Indian National League | |||||||||
| Congress (Secular) | |||||||||
| Kerala Congress (B) | |||||||||
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| UDF | Indian National Congress | ||||||||
| Indian Union Muslim League | |||||||||
| Kerala Congress | |||||||||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party | |||||||||
| Kerala Democratic Party | |||||||||
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) | |||||||||
| Communist Marxist Party | |||||||||
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | |||||||||
| National Janata Dal | |||||||||
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| NDA | Bharatiya Janata Party | ||||||||
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | |||||||||
| Kerala Kamaraj Congress | |||||||||
| Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha | |||||||||
| Total | |||||||||
| Other parties | |||||||||
| Independents | |||||||||
| NOTA | |||||||||
| Total | 100% | — | 140 | — | |||||
Results by region
[edit]| Region | Seats | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| North Kerala | 32 | ||||
| Central Kerala | 55 | ||||
| South Kerala | 53 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
Results by district
[edit]| Region | Seats | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| Kasaragod | 5 | ||||
| Kannur | 11 | ||||
| Wayanad | 3 | ||||
| Kozhikode | 13 | ||||
| Malappuram | 16 | ||||
| Palakkad | 12 | ||||
| Thrissur | 13 | ||||
| Ernakulam | 14 | ||||
| Idukki | 5 | ||||
| Kottayam | 9 | ||||
| Alappuzha | 9 | ||||
| Pathanamthitta | 5 | ||||
| Kollam | 11 | ||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | 14 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
Results by constituency
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chandran, Cynthia (29 April 2024). "Kerala: Sunil Kanugolu kicks off his next mission - 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2024.