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| leader      = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| leader      = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| foundation  = {{start date and age|1979}}  
| foundation  = {{start date and age|1979}}  
| founder      = [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<br />[[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]
| founder      = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad ]]
| ideology    =  <!--Do NOT add ideology without [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] otherwise it would be removed immediately. -->[[Big tent]]<br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[Communism]]<ref name="OUP_Ideology">{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Bidyut |date= 2014|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|page= 314 |isbn=978-0-199-97489-4}}</ref><br>[[Liberalism]]<ref name="jha">{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Giridhar |title=Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-the-politricks-of-alliance/302350 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=27 December 2019 |date=25 November 2019}}</ref><br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/loktantrik-janata-dal-with-sharad-yadav-as-mentor-to-be-formally-launched-on-may-18/1170134/|title=Loktantrik Janata Dal with Sharad Yadav as mentor to be formally launched on May 18|date=16 May 2018|work=The Financial Express|access-date=3 August 2018|language=en-US}}</ref>   
| ideology    =  <!--Do NOT add ideology without [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] otherwise it would be removed immediately. -->[[Big tent]]<br>'''Factions:'''<br>[[Communism]]<ref name="OUP_Ideology">{{cite book |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Bidyut |date= 2014|title=Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies |publisher= [[Oxford University Press]]|page= 314 |isbn=978-0-199-97489-4}}</ref><br>[[Liberalism]]<ref name="jha">{{cite web |last1=Jha |first1=Giridhar |title=Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/india-news-the-politricks-of-alliance/302350 |website=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]] |access-date=27 December 2019 |date=25 November 2019}}</ref><br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/loktantrik-janata-dal-with-sharad-yadav-as-mentor-to-be-formally-launched-on-may-18/1170134/|title=Loktantrik Janata Dal with Sharad Yadav as mentor to be formally launched on May 18|date=16 May 2018|work=The Financial Express|access-date=3 August 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><br>[[Social democracy]]<ref name="elections.in">{{cite web|url=https://www.elections.in/political-parties-in-india/janata-dal-secular.html|title=Janata Dal (Secular) JD(S)|work=elections.in|access-date=2021-09-03}}</ref>   
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| position    =  <!--Do NOT add political position without [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] otherwise it would be removed immediately. -->  
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The alliance led by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] returned to power in [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly Election]] winning 91 out of 140 seats and further increasing its tally to 99 seats in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly Election]]. Pinarayi Vijayan became the first [[Chief minister of Kerala]] to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office after a [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election| historic election in 2021]] where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LDF shatters Kerala’s 40-year record, Pinarayi Vijayan now the Marxist Helmsman|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/kerala/ldf-shatters-keralas-40-year-record-pinarayi-vijayan-now-the-marxist-helmsman/articleshow/82359214.cms?from=mdr|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>
The alliance led by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] returned to power in [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly Election]] winning 91 out of 140 seats and further increasing its tally to 99 seats in the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly Election]]. Pinarayi Vijayan became the first [[Chief minister of Kerala]] to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office after a [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election| historic election in 2021]] where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.<ref>{{Cite news|title=LDF shatters Kerala’s 40-year record, Pinarayi Vijayan now the Marxist Helmsman|work=The Economic Times|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/kerala/ldf-shatters-keralas-40-year-record-pinarayi-vijayan-now-the-marxist-helmsman/articleshow/82359214.cms?from=mdr|access-date=3 May 2021}}</ref>


[[File:Akg_Bhavan_Thiruvananthapuram.jpg|thumb|right|250px| AKG Centre, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] – Headquarters of LDF]]
[[File:Akg_Bhavan_Thiruvananthapuram.jpg|thumb|right|250px| AKG Centre, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] – Headquarters of LDF]]
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=== List of Chief Ministers by length of term ===
=== List of Chief Ministers by length of term ===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|-
|-
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | №
! rowspan = "2" | Name (Ministry)
! rowspan = "2" | Name<br/>(Ministry)
! colspan = "2" | Length of term
! colspan = "2" | Length of term
|-
|-
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|-
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| {{Sortname|E. K.|Nayanar}}
| {{Sortname|E. K.|Nayanar}}<br/>{{small|''[[First E. K. Nayanar ministry|1st Nayanar]]''<br/>''[[Second E. K. Nayanar ministry|2nd Nayanar]]''<br/>''[[Third E. K. Nayanar ministry|3rd Nayanar]]''}}
''[[First E. K. Nayanar ministry|<small>1st Nayanar ministry</small>]]''
 
''[[Second E. K. Nayanar ministry|<small>2nd Nayanar ministry</small>]]''
 
''[[Third E. K. Nayanar ministry|<small>3rd Nayanar ministry</small>]]''
| 5 years, 27 days
| 5 years, 27 days
| 11 years, 10 days
| 11 years, 10 days
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|-
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| {{Sortname|V. S.|Achuthanandan}}
| {{Sortname|V. S.|Achuthanandan}}<br/>''[[V. S. Achuthanandan ministry|<small>Achuthanandan</small>]]''
''[[V. S. Achuthanandan ministry|<small>Achuthanandan ministry</small>]]''
| 4 years, 364 days
| 4 years, 364 days
| 4 years, 364 days
| 4 years, 364 days
|-
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| '''{{Sortname|Pinarayi|Vijayan}}'''
| '''{{Sortname|Pinarayi|Vijayan}}'''<br/>{{small|''[[First Vijayan ministry|1st Pinarayi]]''<br/>''[[Second Vijayan ministry|2nd Pinarayi]]''}}
''[[First Vijayan ministry|<small>1st Pinarayi ministry</small>]]''
 
''[[Second Vijayan ministry|<small>2nd Pinarayi ministry</small>]]''
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
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==Kerala Assembly Election results==
==Kerala Assembly Election results==


{| class="sortable" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big; width="70%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" border="1"
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
|+Assembly election results
|+Assembly election results
!style="width:25%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Year
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Election
! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Legislature
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Leader
! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Leader
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Seats won
! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Change
! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Change in seats
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Outcome
! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Outcome
|-  
|- style="text-align:center;"
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|1980
|rowspan=5|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|93|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|93|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|New
|New
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|1982
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|63|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|63|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{decrease}} 30
|{{decrease}} 30
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|1987
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|78|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|78|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{increase}} 15
|{{increase}} 15
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|1991
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|48|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|48|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{decrease}} 42
|{{decrease}} 42
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|1996
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|80|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|80|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{increase}} 32
|{{increase}} 32
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|2001
|rowspan=3|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|{{Composition bar|40|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|40|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{decrease}} 40
|{{decrease}} 40
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|2006
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|{{Composition bar|98|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|98|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{increase}} 58
|{{increase}} 58
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:{{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|2011
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|{{Composition bar|68|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|68|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{decrease}} 30
||{{decrease}} 30
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" |Opposition
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|2016
|rowspan=2|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|{{Composition bar|91|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|91|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{increase}} 23
|{{increase}} 23
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|- style="text-align:center
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|2021
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|{{Composition bar|99|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
|{{Composition bar|99|140|hex={{Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}} }}
||{{increase}} 8
|{{increase}} 8
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
|-
|-
|}
|}


=== Electoral history ===
=== Electoral history ===
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{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Mandate
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Seats secured
! colspan="3" |Seats won
! rowspan="2" |Ruling C'''oalition'''
! rowspan="2" |Ruling<br>Coalition
! rowspan="2" |Majority
! rowspan="2" |Majority
|-
|-
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|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] || 68 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white"|'''72'''|| 0 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" | UDF
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] || 68 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white"|'''72'''|| 0 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}; color:white" | UDF
|style="color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}};"|'''04'''
|style="color:{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}};"|'''4'''
|-
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" |'''91'''|| 47 || 2 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" |'''91'''|| 47 || 2 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
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== List of LDF MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha 2021==
== List of LDF MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha 2021==


The LDF is the ruling alliance in Kerala which has 99 seats out of the 140 in the [[Kerala Niyamasabha]].
The LDF is the ruling alliance in Kerala which has 99 seats out of the 140 in the [[Kerala Niyamasabha]].
[[File:2021 Kerala election result.svg|thumb|300px|Map of Kerala showing 2021 State Legislative Assembly Election Results]]
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
[[File:2021 Kerala election result.svg|thumb|300px|Map of Kerala showing 2021 State Legislative Assembly Election Results]]
|-
|-
! style="width:30px;"|No.
! style="width:30px;"|No.
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==2020 Kerala local body elections==
==2020 Kerala local body elections==
The [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Left Democratic Front (LDF)]], who also forms the [[First Vijayan ministry|state government]], won in more than half of all [[gram panchayat]]s and [[block panchayat]]s, two-thirds of [[District Councils of India|district panchayats]] and in five out of six [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporations]].
The Left Democratic Front (LDF), who also forms the [[First Vijayan ministry|state government]], won in more than half of all [[gram panchayat]]s and [[block panchayat]]s, two-thirds of [[District Councils of India|district panchayats]] and in five out of six [[Municipal corporation (India)|municipal corporations]].


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==Political activism==
==Political activism==
{{See also|Political activism in Kerala}}
{{See also|Political activism in Kerala}}
On 7 December 2011, the LDF organized a 208&nbsp; km human wall demanding the construction of a new dam in place of the present 115-year leaky dam at Mullapperiyar. The human wall was the second-longest of the kind in Kerala which stretched across two districts.<ref name=hindustantimes0>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/208-km-human-chain-formed-for-new-kerala-dam/story-e4gFgQat2zy04zn0thHCLM.html |title=208-km human chain formed for new Kerala dam |work= Hindustan Times}}</ref>
On 7 December 2011, the LDF organized a 208KM human wall demanding the construction of a new dam in place of the present 115-year leaky dam at Mullapperiyar. The human wall was the second-longest of the kind in Kerala which stretched across two districts.<ref name=hindustantimes0>{{cite web |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/208-km-human-chain-formed-for-new-kerala-dam/story-e4gFgQat2zy04zn0thHCLM.html |title=208-km human chain formed for new Kerala dam |work= Hindustan Times}}</ref>


LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.<ref name="The Hindu report on coalitions launching websites">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322214137/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2011|title= Assembly polls log on to cyberspace|last=Nair|first=N.J.|date=18 March 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 November 2011}}</ref>
LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.<ref name="The Hindu report on coalitions launching websites">{{cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322214137/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 March 2011|title= Assembly polls log on to cyberspace|last=Nair|first=N.J.|date=18 March 2011|work=[[The Hindu]]|access-date=21 November 2011}}</ref>
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