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Recognised State Parties

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{{Short description|Overview of the political parties in Kerala}}
'''[[Kerala]]''''s major political parties are aligned under two coalitions, namely the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]] (LDF) and the [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]] (UDF) since the late 1970's. Kerala was the first Indian state to have coalition government as early as 1960.<ref>{{cite book|author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |title=A Survey of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788126415786}}</ref>

== Pre-poll alliances ==

===State-level alliances===
* [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front]]<ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-05-02|title=LDF wins 99 of 140 seats in Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan to be CM again|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/ldf-wins-99-140-seats-kerala-pinarayi-vijayan-be-cm-again-148192|access-date=2021-09-22|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
* [[National Democratic Alliance (Kerala)|National Democratic Alliance]]<ref>{{Cite web|author=Staff Writer|date=2021-03-08|title='New Kerala with Modi': NDA unveils campaign slogan ahead of assembly polls|url=https://www.livemint.com/politics/news/new-kerala-with-modi-nda-unveils-campaign-slogan-ahead-of-assembly-polls-11615167847769.html|access-date=2021-09-22|website=mint|language=en}}</ref>
* [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]]<ref>{{Cite news|others=Special Correspondent|date=2021-09-20|title=In Kerala, UDF workers lay siege to State, Central offices|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/in-kerala-udf-workers-lay-siege-to-state-central-offices/article36573109.ece|access-date=2021-09-22|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

=== National-level alliances ===
* [[National Democratic Alliance]]([[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]+)(NDA)
* [[United Progressive Alliance]]([[Indian National Congress|INC]]+)(UPA)
* [[Left Front (India)|Left Front]]{{disambiguation needed|date=September 2021}}

== Parties ==

=== National parties ===
{| class="wikitable"
!Sl No
!Party Name
!Symbol Name
|-
|1.
|[[Communist Party of India]]
|Ears of Corn and Sickle
|-
|2.
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|Hammer, Sickle and Star
|-
|3.
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|Hand
|-
|4.
|[[Nationalist Congress Party]]
|Clock
|-
|5.
|[[Bahujan Samaj Party]]
|Elephant
|-
|6.
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|Lotus
|-
|}

===Recognised State Parties ===
{| class="wikitableiii"
!Sl No
!Party Name
!Symbol Name
|-
|1
|[[Indian Union Muslim League]]
|Ladder
|-
|2
|[[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
|A Lady Farmer Carrying Paddy on her head
|-
|3
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
|Two Leaves
|-
|4
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|Spade and stoker
|}

==Other parties==
{| class="wikitable"
!Sl No
!Party Name
!Symbol Name
|-
|1
|[[Aam Aadmi Party]] (AAP)
|muter
|-
|2
|[[All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]] (AIADMK)
|Hat
|-
|3
|[[All India Forward Bloc]]
|Lion
|-
|4
|[[Communist Marxist Party Central Council]] (CP John faction)
|Star
|-
|5
|[[Communist Marxist Party]] (CMP)
|Aeroplane *
|-
|6
|[[Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee]] (Aravindakshan faction)
|Television
|-
|7
|[[Congress (Secular)]]
|Coconut tree bearing fruits
|-
|8
|[[CPI (ML) Red Star]]
|Bell
|-
|9
|[[Indian National League]] (INL)
|Scales
|-
|10
|[[Janadhipatya Samrakshana Samithi]] (JSS)
|Bus
|-
|11
|Janadhipatya Samrakshna Samithi (Rajan Babu)
|Jeep
|-
|12
|Janata Dal (United)
|Arrow
|-
|13
|Kerala Congress
|Chair
|-
|14
|Kerala Congress (B)
|Rising Sun
|-
|15
|Kerala Congress (Jacob)
|Kerala Congress (Jacob)
|-
|16
|Kerala Congress Secular
|Electric Bulb
|-
|17
|Lok Janshakthi Party
|Bungalow
|-
|18
|Marxist Communist Party of India (United)
|Flag
|-
|19
|National Secular Conference
|Glass Tumbler
|-
|20
|Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
|Boat
|-
|21
|Rashtriya Janata Dal
|Hurricane Lamp
|-
|22
|Rashtriya Lok Samta Party
|Ceiling Fan
|-
|23
|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Marxist)
|Book
|-
|24
|Samajwadi Party (SP)
|Bicycle
|-
|25
|[[Shiv Sena]] (SS)
|Bow and Arrow
|-
|26
|[[Social Democratic Party of India]] (SDPI)
|Spectacles
|-
|27
|Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam
|Pineapple
|-
|28
|[[Welfare Party of India]]
|Gas Cylinder
|}

==Defunct parties==
* [[Travancore State Congress]]
* [[Kochi rajya prajamandalam|Praja Mandalam]]
* [[Cochin Party]]
* [[Travancore Cochin Republican Praja Party]]
* [[Travancore Tamil Nadu Congress]]
* [[Tamil Nadu People Front]]
* [[Tamil Nadu Toilers' Party]]
* [[Congress (A)]]
* [[Karshaka Thozhilali Party]] (KTP)
* [[Muslim League (Opposition)|All India Muslim League]]
* [[Marxist League of Kerala]]
* [[BTR–EMS–AKG Janakeeya Vedi]]
* [[Workers Revolutionary Party (India)]]
* [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Sreekandan Nair)]] (RSP-S)
* [[National Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
* [[Kerala Socialist Party]] (KSP)
* [[Praja Socialist Party]] (PSP)
* [[Kerala Samyukta Socialist Party]] (KSSP)
* [[Indian Socialist Party]] (ISP)
* [[National Democratic Party (Kerala)|National Democratic Party]]
* [[National Democratic Party (Kidangoor)]]
* [[Socialist Republican Party (Kerala)|Socialist Republican Party]]
* [[Social Justice Party (Kerala)|Social Justice Party]]
* [[Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)]]
* [[Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group) ]]
* [[Indian Federal Democratic Party]]
* [[Janata Dal (Left)]]
* [[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] {merged with [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]}
* [[Socialist Janata (Democratic)]] (SJ-D) {merged with [[Janata Dal (United)]]}
* [[Forward Bloc Secular]] {merged with [[All India Federal Bloc]]}
* [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Left)]] {merged with [[Communist Marxist Party (John)]]}
* [[Kerala Congress (Secular)]] (KCS) {merged with [[Kerala Congress (Thomas)]]}
* [[Revolutionary Marxist Party]] (RMP) {merged with [[Revolutionary Marxist Party of India]]}
* [[Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)]] (CMPA) {merged with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]}
* [[National Secular Conference]] (NSC) {merged with [[Indian National League]]}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{Citation|title=Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition of Kerala|last=|publisher=Secratriat of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala Legislature]]|year=2018|location=[[Thiruvananthapuram]]|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/chief%20ministers,%20ministers,%20leaders%20of%20opposition.pdf}}
* {{cite book|author=Menon, A. Sreedhara |title=A Survey of Kerala History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FVsw35oEBv4C|year=2007|publisher=DC Books|isbn=9788126415786}}
* {{Cite book|title=Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus - 2019 (Malayalam Edition)|publisher=P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode|year=2018|location=Kozhikode|last=Chandran |first=VP}}
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