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{{Short description|Political alliance in India}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=September 2016}}
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{{Infobox Indian Political Party
{{Infobox political party
| party_name  = Left Democratic Front
| name = Left Democratic Front
| native_name = {{lang|ml|ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി}}
| logo = Left Democratic Front (Kerala) Logo.svg
| logo_size = 100
| colorcode = {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| leader = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<br /> {{small|([[Chief Minister of Kerala]])}}
| chairman = [[T. P. Ramakrishnan]]
| foundation = {{start date and age|1979|||df=yes}}
| ideology = [[Socialism]]<br>[[Marxism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br><ref>{{cite web |last=Siyad KV |first= Muhammed |date=25 June 2025 |title=Kerala’s ideological drift: Why LDF-UDF convergence is fueling BJP’s rise |url=https://maktoobmedia.com/opinion/keralas-ideological-drift-why-ldf-udf-convergence-is-fueling-bjps-rise/ |website=maktoob media |access-date=11 March 2026}}</ref>
| website =
| country = India
| abbreviation = LDF
| abbreviation = LDF
| logo        = LDF LOGO.svg
| predecessor =  
| colorcode    = {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| position =
| national_convener    = [[A. Vijayaraghavan]]
| seats2_title = [[Lok Sabha]]
| leader      = [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
| seats2 = {{composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
| foundation  = {{start date and age|1979}}  
| seats1_title = [[Rajya Sabha]]
| founder      = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br />[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
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| ideology    =  <!--Do NOT add ideology without [[WP:RS|reliable sources]] otherwise it would be removed immediately. -->[[Big tent]]<br>'''Majority:'''<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>
| seats3_title = [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
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| headquarters = AKG Centre, [[Thiruvananthapuram]]
| seats7_title = [[District Panchayat |District Panchayat]]
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| website = {{URL|https://ldfkeralam.org/}}
| seats8_title = [[Municipalities]]
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| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|border=darkgray}} Red
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| leader1_title = [[Lok Sabha]] Leader
| leader1_name = [[K. Radhakrishnan (politician) |K. Radhakrishnan]]
| leader2_title = [[Rajya Sabha]] Leader
| leader2_name = [[John Brittas]]
| founders = [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br>[[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]
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| logo_alt = Logo of the Left Democratic Front
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The '''Left Democratic Front''' ('''LDF''') is an alliance of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political parties in the state of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is the current [[List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties|ruling political alliance]] of Kerala, since 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|title=The Left returns in Kerala|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-the-left-returns-in-kerala/article34482949.ece}}</ref> It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being [[Indian National Congress|Congress]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]], each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html|title=Election history of Kerala|date=|access-date=|website=CEO Kerala|publisher=Chief Election Officer, Kerala}}</ref> LDF has won the elections to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|State Legislature of Kerala]] in the years [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19800215-victory-of-cpi-m-led-ldf-in-kerala-elections-manifests-swing-away-from-congressi-806437-2014-02-10|title=Victory of CPI-M-led LDF in Kerala elections manifests swing away from Congress(I)|date=15 February 1980|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref> [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-it-was-a-vote-for-secularism-democracy-and-progress-e.k.-nayanar-799832-1987-04-15|title=It was a vote for secularism, democracy and progress: E.K. Nayanar|date=15 April 1987|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref> [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-marxists-led-ldf-dislodges-congressi-and-its-allies-833003-1996-05-31|title=Elections 1996: Marxists-led LDF dislodges Congress(I) and its allies|date=31 May 1996|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref> [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060410-achuthanandan-returns-to-kerala-poll-fray-as-politburo-changes-its-mind-785568-2006-04-10|title=Return of the warrior V. S. Achuthanandan|date=10 April 2016|access-date=|website=India Today}}</ref> [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm-2818813/|title=Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath as Kerala Chief Minister Hailing from a poor toddy tapper's family, Vijayan, a first time Chief Minister, took the oath in Malayalam|date=26 May 2016|access-date=|website=Indian Express}}</ref> and had a historic re-election in [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/india/election-results-how-left-may-create-history-in-both-kerala-bengal/amp_articleshow/82354409.cms#aoh=16214989565407&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s|title=Election results: Left creates history in Kerala|date=2 May 2021|access-date=|website=Times of India}}</ref> where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theprint.in/politics/how-captain-pinarayi-vijayan-led-ldf-in-kerala-is-set-to-break-a-decades-old-record/650583/|title=How ‘captain’ Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF in Kerala, is set to break a decades-old record|date=|access-date=|website=The Print}}</ref> The alliance consists of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]], [[Nationalist Congress Party|NCP]], [[Janata Dal (Secular)|JD(S)]], [[Loktantrik Janata Dal|LJD]], [[Indian National League|INL]], and various smaller parties.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.firstpost.com/kerala-assembly-election-2021/alliance-party-wise-tally-live-results-updates|title=Alliance Wise and Party Wise Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE|date=|access-date=|website=First Post}}</ref>
{{Communism in India}}
The '''Left Democratic Front''' ('''LDF''') is an alliance of [[Left-wing politics|left-wing]] political parties led by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] in the Indian state of [[Kerala]]. It is the current [[List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties|ruling political alliance]] of Kerala, since 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |title=The Left returns in Kerala |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-the-left-returns-in-kerala/article34482949.ece |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603072711/https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-the-left-returns-in-kerala/article34482949.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being [[Indian National Congress]]-led [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|United Democratic Front]], each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Election history of Kerala |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html |website=CEO Kerala |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Kerala |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509200606/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html |url-status=live }}</ref> LDF has won the elections to the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|State Legislature of Kerala]] in the years [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 February 1980 |title=Victory of CPI-M-led LDF in Kerala elections manifests swing away from Congress(I) |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19800215-victory-of-cpi-m-led-ldf-in-kerala-elections-manifests-swing-away-from-congressi-806437-2014-02-10 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172757/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19800215-victory-of-cpi-m-led-ldf-in-kerala-elections-manifests-swing-away-from-congressi-806437-2014-02-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=15 April 1987 |title=It was a vote for secularism, democracy and progress: E.K. Nayanar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-it-was-a-vote-for-secularism-democracy-and-progress-e.k.-nayanar-799832-1987-04-15 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062038/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-it-was-a-vote-for-secularism-democracy-and-progress-e.k.-nayanar-799832-1987-04-15 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 May 1996 |title=Elections 1996: Marxists-led LDF dislodges Congress(I) and its allies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-marxists-led-ldf-dislodges-congressi-and-its-allies-833003-1996-05-31 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062450/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-marxists-led-ldf-dislodges-congressi-and-its-allies-833003-1996-05-31 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2016 |title=Return of the warrior V. S. Achuthanandan |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060410-achuthanandan-returns-to-kerala-poll-fray-as-politburo-changes-its-mind-785568-2006-04-10 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062447/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060410-achuthanandan-returns-to-kerala-poll-fray-as-politburo-changes-its-mind-785568-2006-04-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 May 2016 |title=Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath as Kerala Chief Minister Hailing from a poor toddy tapper's family, Vijayan, a first time Chief Minister, took the oath in Malayalam |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm-2818813/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172751/https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm-2818813/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and had a historic re-election in [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=Election results: Left creates history in Kerala |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/election-results-how-left-may-create-history-in-both-kerala-bengal/articleshow/82354409.cms#aoh=16214989565407&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%251%24s |website=The Times of India |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518115709/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/election-results-how-left-may-create-history-in-both-kerala-bengal/articleshow/82354409.cms#aoh=16214989565407&referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From %1$s |url-status=live }}</ref> where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=How 'captain' Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF in Kerala, is set to break a decades-old record |url=https://theprint.in/politics/how-captain-pinarayi-vijayan-led-ldf-in-kerala-is-set-to-break-a-decades-old-record/650583/ |website=The Print |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172756/https://theprint.in/politics/how-captain-pinarayi-vijayan-led-ldf-in-kerala-is-set-to-break-a-decades-old-record/650583/ |url-status=live }}</ref> LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]], [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] and various smaller parties.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alliance Wise and Party Wise Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE |url=https://www.firstpost.com/kerala-assembly-election-2021/alliance-party-wise-tally-live-results-updates |website=First Post |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103202425/https://www.firstpost.com/kerala-assembly-election-2021/alliance-party-wise-tally-live-results-updates |url-status=live }}</ref>


LDF has been in power in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|State Legislature of Kerala]] under [[E. K. Nayanar]] (1980–1981, 1987–1991, 1996–2001),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/e_k_nayanar.php|title=KERALA NIYAMASABHA E.K.NAYANAR|date=|access-date=|website=stateofkerala.in}}</ref> [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] (2006–2011),<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://keralaassembly.org/ministry2006.html|title=Kerala Council of Ministers:2006–2011|date=|access-date=|website=www.keralaassembly.org}}</ref> [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] (2016–current).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kerala.gov.in/chief-ministers-since-1957|title=Chief Ministers of kerala|date=|access-date=|website=kerala.gov.in}}</ref> [[E. K. Nayanar]] served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for 11 years and later became the longest serving [[Chief Minister of Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m474.htm|title=E.K.Nayanar|date=|access-date=|website=niyamasabha.org}}</ref>
LDF has been in power in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|State Legislature of Kerala]] under [[E. K. Nayanar]] (1980–81, 1987–91, 1996–2001),<ref>{{Cite web |title=KERALA NIYAMASABHA E.K.NAYANAR |url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/e_k_nayanar.php |website=stateofkerala.in |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528032719/https://stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/e_k_nayanar.php |url-status=live }}</ref> [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] (2006-11),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kerala Council of Ministers:2006–2011 |url=http://keralaassembly.org/ministry2006.html |website=keralaassembly.org |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818104847/http://www.keralaassembly.org/ministry2006.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] (2016–current).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chief Ministers of kerala |url=https://kerala.gov.in/chief-ministers-since-1957 |website=kerala.gov.in |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230704/https://kerala.gov.in/chief-ministers-since-1957 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[E. K. Nayanar]] served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for 11 years and later became the longest serving [[Chief Minister of Kerala]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=E.K.Nayanar |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m474.htm |website=niyamasabha.org |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908154040/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m474.htm |url-status=live }}</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>
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 name="The Economic Times">{{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 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206100814/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 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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[[File:Akg_Bhavan_Thiruvananthapuram.jpg|thumb|right|250px| AKG Centre, [[Thiruvananthapuram]] – Headquarters of LDF]]
== History ==
{{See also|Communism in Kerala}}


== History ==
=== Early years (1957–1979) ===
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[[File:Kerala Council of Ministers 1957 EMS.jpg|thumb|center|420x420px|[[First Namboodiripad ministry|1st cabinet ministry]] of Kerala led by [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]] (1957)]]
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The political scenario in Kerala (1957–1980) was characterized by continually shifting alliances, party mergers and splits, factionalism within the coalitions and within political parties, and the formation of a numerous splinter groups.<ref name="UN1" /> [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] was the first assembly election in the Indian state of Kerala. The Communist Party of India won the election with 60 seats. The election led to the formation of first democratically elected communist government in India. A [[Communist Party of India|Communist]]-led government under E. M. S. Namboodiripad resulted from the first elections for the new Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, making him the first communist leader in India to head a popularly elected government.<ref name="tornquist91">{{Cite journal |last=Olle Törnquist |year=1991 |title=Communists and democracy: Two Indian cases and one debate |url=http://criticalasianstudies.org/assets/files/bcas/v23n02.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars |publisher=Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=63–76 |doi=10.1080/14672715.1991.10413152 |issn=0007-4810 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811034858/http://criticalasianstudies.org/assets/files/bcas/v23n02.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011 |quote=The first democratically elected communist-led government in India actually came to power in 1957 in the southwest-Indian state of Kerala. Two years later this government was undemocratically toppled-by the union government and the Congress-I party with Indira Gandhi in the forefront. But the communists were reelected and led several of the following state governments.}}</ref><ref name="SinghKarafin2009">{{Cite book |last1=Sarina Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KnLFpjEHpUC |title=South India |last2=Amy Karafin |last3=Anirban Mahapatra |date=1 September 2009 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-74179-155-6 |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112157/https://books.google.com/books?id=8KnLFpjEHpUC |url-status=live }}</ref> It was one of the first Communist governments to be democratically elected, after Communist successes in the [[1945 San Marino general election|1945 elections]] in the [[Republic of San Marino]], a [[European microstate|microstate in Europe, and the 1946 Czechoslovak elections]].[https://www.ssag.sk/studovna/files/ELECTIONS-OF-1946.pdf]<ref name="Hindu">{{Cite news |last=K.G. Kumar |date=12 April 2007 |title=50 years of development |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/50-years-of-development/article1655056.ece?ref=archive |access-date=30 August 2013 |archive-date=6 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106032608/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/50-years-of-development/article1655056.ece?ref=archive |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Desai2006">{{Cite book |last=Manali Desai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60m9znJQmmkC&pg=PA142 |title=State Formation and Radical Democracy in India |date=27 November 2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-203-96774-4 |page=142 |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112157/https://books.google.com/books?id=60m9znJQmmkC&pg=PA142 |url-status=live }}</ref> The coalition politics of Kerala began with [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|second election]] held to the state legislative assembly in 1960.<ref name="UN1">{{Cite web |date=19 March 2007 |title=India |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416005158/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html |archive-date=16 April 2013 |access-date=11 August 2019 |publisher=Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal |via=archive.is}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] first came into power in Kerala in 1967, under [[United Front (1967–1969, Kerala)|Seven party front]], which was an alliance of CPI(M), [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]], and four other parties.<ref>Luke Koshi, Saritha S. Balan (19 June 2017). [https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-when-coalition-7-political-parties-came-together-only-fall-apart-63905 "Kerala chronicles: When a coalition of 7 political parties came together only to fall apart"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419205848/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-when-coalition-7-political-parties-came-together-only-fall-apart-63905 |date=19 April 2021 }}. ''The News Minute''. Retrieved 1 January 2018.</ref> In 1970's, the major political parties in the state were unified under two major coalitions, one of them led by [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Communist Party of India]] and the other by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].
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The political scenario in Kerala (1957–1980) was characterized by continually shifting alliances, party mergers and splits, factionalism within the coalitions and within political parties, and the formation of a numerous splinter groups.<ref name="UN1" /> The coalition politics of Kerala began with [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|second election]] held to the state legislative assembly in 1960.<ref name="UN1">{{cite web|date=19 March 2007|title=India|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416005158/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html|archive-date=16 April 2013|access-date=11 August 2019|publisher=Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal|via=archive.is}}</ref> The [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] first came into power in Kerala in 1967, under [[United Front (1967–1969, Kerala)|Seven party front]], which was an alliance of CPI(M), [[Communist Party of India|CPI]], [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]], and four other parties.<ref>Luke Koshi, Saritha S. Balan (19 June 2017). [https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-when-coalition-7-political-parties-came-together-only-fall-apart-63905 "Kerala chronicles: When a coalition of 7 political parties came together only to fall apart"]. ''The News Minute''. Retrieved 1 January 2018.</ref> In 1970's, the major political parties in the state were unified under two major coalitions, one of them led by [[Indian National Congress]] and [[Communist Party of India]] and the other by [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].


=== Formation of LDF (1979) ===
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two main pre-poll political alliances were formed: the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Communist Party of India]] and the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="UN1" /> These pre-poll political alliances of Kerala have stabilized strongly in such a manner that, with rare exceptions, most of the coalition partners stick their loyalty to the respective alliances (Left Democratic Front or United Democratic Front).
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two main pre-poll political alliances were formed: the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]] and [[Communist Party of India]] and the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the [[Indian National Congress]].<ref name="UN1" /> These pre-poll political alliances of Kerala have stabilized strongly in such a manner that, with rare exceptions, most of the coalition partners stick their loyalty to the respective alliances (Left Democratic Front or United Democratic Front).


LDF first came into power in [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] in 1980 under the leadership of [[E. K. Nayanar]] who later became the longest serving [[Chief Minister of Kerala]], ever since [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980 election]], the power has been clearly alternating between the two alliances till the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]].<ref name="UN1" /> In 2016, LDF won the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 election]] and had a historic re-election in [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 election]] where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] is the first [[Chief minister of Kerala]] to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.<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>
=== Left Democratic Front (1980–present) ===
[[File:Kerala Council of Ministers 1987 EK Nayanar.jpg|thumb|left|420x420px|[[Second E. K. Nayanar ministry|2nd Nayanar Ministry (1987)]]]]
LDF first came into power in [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980 election]] under the leadership of [[E. K. Nayanar]] sworn in as the [[Chief Minister of Kerala]] on 26 March 1980<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=History of Kerala legislature – Government of Kerala, India |url=https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814235820/https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |archive-date=14 August 2020 |access-date=2019-05-26 |website=kerala.gov.in |ref=history-of-kerala-legislature}}</ref> for the first time in 1980. He formed government with the support of [[Congress (A)]] under [[A. K. Antony]] and [[Kerala Congress]] under [[K. M. Mani]], Nayanar later became the longest serving [[Chief Minister of Kerala]], ever since [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980 election]], the power has been clearly alternating between the two alliances till the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]].<ref name="UN1" /> LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. Since 1980, none of alliances in Kerala has been re-elected till the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]. The [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]], [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]] elections led [[E. K. Nayanar]], and the [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]] elections led by [[V. S. Achuthanandan]] formed governments and completed their full terms but were not re-elected.  In 2016, LDF won the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 election]] led by [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] and had a historic re-election in [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 election]] where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. [[Pinarayi Vijayan]] is the first [[Chief minister of Kerala]] to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.<ref name="The Economic Times"/>
 
=== List of LDF Conveners ===
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==Current members ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"  text-align:center"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! data-sort-type=number ! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| No
|+ Current members<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms|last=TNN|date=27 December 2018|access-date=22 September 2020|work=Times of India}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=14 October 2020|title=Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani faction joins LDF|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319|access-date=5 February 2021|website=The News Minute|language=en}}</ref>
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Portrait
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Name
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| Year
|-
!1
|[[File:Blank.svg|80px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder image per WP:IPH -->
|P. V. Kunjikannan
|1980–1986
|-
!2
|
|[[T. K. Ramakrishnan]]
|1986–1987
|-
!3
|[[File:Comrade MM Lawrence.jpg|80px]]
|[[M. M. Lawrence]]
|1987–1998
|-
!4
|[[File:V. S. Achuthanandan.JPG|80px]]
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|1998–2001
|-
!5
|[[File:Blank.svg|80px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder image per WP:IPH -->
|[[Paloli Mohammed Kutty]]
|2001–2006
|-
!6
|[[File:Vaikom viswan.JPG|80px]]
|[[Vaikom Viswan]]
|2006–2018
|-
!7
|[[File:A.vijayaraghavan4.jpg|80px]]
|[[A. Vijayaraghavan]]
|2018–2022
|-
|-
! style="width:30px;"|No.
!8
! style="width:375px;"|Party
|[[File:E P Jayarajan Minister.jpg|80px]]
|[[E. P. Jayarajan]]
|2022–2024<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=E P Jayarajan no longer LDF convener, Ramakrishnan will replace him: CPI(M) |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/e-p-jayarajan-ldf-convener-ramakrishnan-replace-him-cpim-9543289/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 1
!9
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|[[File:T.P. Ramakrishnan.jpg|80px]]
|[[T. P. Ramakrishnan]]
|2024–present<ref name=":1" />
|}


== Current members ==
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Current members<ref>{{Cite news |last=TNN |date=27 December 2018 |title=Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506121133/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=14 October 2020 |title=Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani faction joins LDF |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 |access-date=5 February 2021 |website=The News Minute|archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527072330/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! colspan="3"|Party
! Ideology
! colspan="2"|Kerala Unit Leader
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" | 2
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[File:CPI-M-flag.svg|75px|centre]]
 
| '''[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]'''
|[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]
| [[File:M. V. Govindan Master 01 4.jpg|90px]]
| [[M. V. Govindan]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 3
|style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Janata Dal (Secular)]]
| [[File:CPI-banner.svg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Communist Party of India]]'''
|[[Marxism-Leninism]]<br>[[Socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]<br>[[Anti-imperialism]]
| [[File:Binoy vishwam.jpg|90px]]
|[[Binoy Viswam]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" | 4
|style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| [[File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Kerala Congress (M)]]'''
| [[Democratic socialism]]
| [[File:Jose K. Mani, MP.jpg|90px]]
|[[Jose K. Mani]]
|-
|-
| style="text-align: center; background:#2e8b57" | 5
|style="background-color:{{party color|Indian Socialist Janata Dal}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]]
|  [[File:Indian Socialist Janata Dal Flag.png|75px]]
| '''[[Indian Socialist Janata Dal]]'''
|[[Democratic socialism]]
| [[File:Mathew T. Thomas.jpg|90px]]
|[[Mathew T. Thomas]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" | 6
| style="background-color:{{party color|[[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)]]}}; text-align:center;" |
| [[Kerala Congress (B)]]
| |[[File:NCP-SP flag.jpg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)]]'''
| [[Gandhian socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]
|
|[[Thomas K. Thomas]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | 7
| style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; text-align:center;" |
| [[Indian National League]]
| [[File:RJD Flag.svg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Rashtriya Janata Dal]]'''
| [[Socialism]]<br>[[Left-wing populism]]
| [[File:MV Shreyams Kumar.jpg|90px]]
|[[M. V. Shreyams Kumar]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 8
| style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Congress (Secular)]]
| [[File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Kerala Congress (B)]]'''
| [[Democratic socialism]]
| [[File:Ganeshkumar.k.b.JPG|90px]]
|[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" | 9
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" |
| [[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress]]
|[[File:INL FLAG.png|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Indian National League]]'''
| [[Secularism]]<br>[[Social justice]]
| [[File:Blank.svg|90px]]<!-- Do not use placeholder image per WP:IPH -->
|[[Ahamed Devarkovil]]
|-
|-
|style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}; text-align: center;" | 10
| style="background-color:{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" |
|[[Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)]]
| [[File:Congress (Secular) Flag.png|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Congress (Secular)]]'''
| [[Gandhian socialism]]<br>[[Secularism]]
| [[File:Kadannappally Ramachandran.jpg|90px]]
|[[Kadannappalli Ramachandran]]
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" | 11
| style="background-color:{{party color|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)]]
| [[File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg|75px|centre]]
| '''[[Janadhipathya Kerala Congress]]'''
|[[Socialism]]
| [[File:Antony Raju.png|90px]]
|[[Antony Raju]]
|-
|-
|}
|}


==Chief Ministers==
=== Associate Members ===
{{Gallery
'''The following are the associate member parties in LDF:'''<ref>{{Cite news |title= Kerala politics: Indian National League and National Secular Conference appear to part ways|newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 July 2021 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-politics-indian-national-league-and-national-secular-conference-appear-to-part-ways/article35174128.ece |last1=Govind |first1=Biju }}</ref>
|title=Chief Ministers
 
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*[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Kunjumon's new party by month-end
|align=centre
|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kunjumons-new-party-by-month-end/articleshow/50816645.cms|newspaper=The Times of India|date=2 February 2016|access-date=20 March 2026}}</ref>
|File:Ek_nayanar.jpeg
* [[Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)]]
|[[E. K. Nayanar]] (1980 – 1981, 1987 – 1991, 1996 – 2001)
*[[National Secular Conference]]
|File:1603200170 v-s-achuthanandan.jpg
*[[Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy (Left)]]
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]] (2006–2011)
*[[Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)]]
|Pinarayi Vijayan 1.jpg
*[[Indian National League|National League]] (leader – Abdul Wahab)<ref>{{cite web | title=INL Wahab faction announces new party, assures support to LDF | date=6 March 2024 | url=https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/wahab-faction-to-stand-strong-with-ldf-1.9383290 }}</ref>
|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]] (2016 – incumbent)
*[[Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam]]
}}
 
== Chief ministers ==
{{main|List of chief ministers of Kerala}}
 
=== List of chief ministers from Left Democratic Front in Kerala (1980–present) ===
{|class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:center;"style="font-size: 90%"
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |No{{efn|A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Portrait
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Name{{efn|Year in parentheses indicates life span}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" |Tenure
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"  colspan="2" |Party<small>{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}</small>
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Ministry
|- style="height: 60px;"
!rowspan=3|1
|rowspan=3| [[File:E.K.Nayanar_1.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=3| [[E. K. Nayanar]]<br>{{Small|(1919–2004)}}
| 25 January 1980
| 20 October 1981
| {{age in years and days|1980|1|25|1981|10|20}}
! rowspan="3" | 10 years, 353 days
!rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|rowspan=6| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[First Nayanar ministry|Nayanar I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 26 March 1987
| 24 June 1991
| {{age in years and days|1987|3|26|1991|6|24}}
| [[Second Nayanar ministry|Nayanar II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 20 May 1996
| 17 May 2001
| {{age in years and days|1996|5|20|2001|5|17}}
| [[Third Nayanar ministry|Nayanar III]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
!2
| [[File:V. S. Achuthanandan 2016.jpg|100px]]
| [[V. S. Achuthanandan]]<br>{{small|(1923–2025)}}
| 18 May 2006
| 18 May 2011
| {{age in years and days|2006|5|18|2011|5|18}}
! 5 years 0 days
| [[Achuthanandan ministry|Achuthanandan]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
! rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 2023.tif|100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1945)}}
| 25 May 2016
| 19 May 2021
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}
! rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}
| [[First Vijayan ministry|Pinarayi I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 20 May 2021
| ''Incumbent''
| [[Second Vijayan ministry|Pinarayi II]]
|}


=== List of Chief Ministers by length of term ===
=== List of chief ministers from parties of Left Democratic Front (1957-1980) ===
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! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |No{{efn|A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Portrait
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Name{{efn|Year in parentheses indicates life span}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" |Tenure
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"  colspan="2" |Party<small>{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}</small>
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Ministry
|- style="height: 60px;"
!rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2| [[File:EMS Namboodiripad 2001 stamp of India (cropped) 1.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2| [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<br>{{Small|(1909–1998)}}
| 5 April 1957
| 31 July 1959
| {{age in years and days|1957|4|5|1959|7|31}}
!rowspan=2| 4 years 357 days
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[First Namboodiripad ministry|Namboodiripad I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 6 March 1967
| 1 November 1969
|{{age in years and days|1967|3|6|1969|11|1}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[Second Namboodiripad ministry|Namboodiripad II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
|- style="height: 60px;"
!rowspan=2|2
|rowspan=2| [[File:C. Achutha Menon.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2| [[C. Achutha Menon]]<br>{{Small|(1913–1991)}}
| 1 November 1969
| 3 August 1970
| {{age in years and days|1969|11|1|1970|8|3}}
!rowspan=2| 7 years, 80 days
!rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|rowspan=3| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[First C. Achutha Menon ministry|Achutha Menon I]]
|-
|-
! data-sort-type=number rowspan = "2" | №
| 4 October 1970
! rowspan = "2" | Name<br/>(Ministry)
| 25 March 1977
! colspan = "2" | Length of term
| {{age in years and days|1970|10|4|1977|3|25}}
| [[Second C. Achutha Menon ministry|Achutha Menon II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
!3
| [[File:P.K. Vasudevan Nair.jpg|100px]]
| [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br>{{Small|(1926–2005)}}
| 29 October 1978
| 12 October 1979
| {{age in years and days|1978|10|29|1979|10|12}}
!348 days
| [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair ministry|Vasudevan Nair]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
|}
 
=== List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present) ===
{|class="wikitable sortable"  text-align:center"
|-
|-
! Longest continuous term
! data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}
! Total years of premiership
! colspan="2" |Political alliance
! Total days in governance
! data-sort-type=number | Number of Chief ministers
|-
|-
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
! data-sort-value="1" | 1
| {{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]]''}}
| LDF
| 5 years, 27 days
|style="background-color: {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |
| 11 years, 10 days
| '''{{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1980|01|25|1981|10|20}}+{{age in days|1987|03|26|1991|06|23}}+{{age in days|1996|05|20|2001|05|16}}+{{age in days|2006|05|18|2011|05|17}}+{{age in days|2016|05|25}}}}}}|R}} days'''
|-
| data-sort-type=5 | 3
|-
|-
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
! data-sort-value="2" | 2
| {{Sortname|V. S.|Achuthanandan}}<br/>''[[V. S. Achuthanandan ministry|<small>Achuthanandan</small>]]''
| [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
| 4 years, 364 days
| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |
| 4 years, 364 days
| {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1981|12|28|1982|03|17}}+{{age in days|1982|05|24|1987|03|25}}+{{age in days|1991|06|24|1996|05|19}} +{{age in days|2001|05|17|2006|05|17}}+{{age in days|2011|05|18|2016|05|24}} }}}} days
| data-sort-type=5 | 3
|-
|-
! data-sort-value="3" | 3
| '''{{Sortname|Pinarayi|Vijayan}}'''<br/>{{small|''[[First Vijayan ministry|1st Pinarayi]]''<br/>''[[Second Vijayan ministry|2nd Pinarayi]]''}}
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
| '''{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}'''
|}
|}


==Kerala Assembly Election results==
== Electoral history ==
===Kerala Legislative Assembly elections===
{{bar box
|float=right
|title={{color|white|Vote share in consecutive Kerala Assembly elections}}
|titlebar= {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
|width=350px
|barwidth=  
|bars=
{{bar percent|1982|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|47.25}}
{{bar percent|1987|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|44.97}}
{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.88}}
{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.88}}
{{bar percent|2001|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|43.70}}
{{bar percent|2006|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|48.63}}
{{bar percent|2011|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|44.94}}
{{bar percent|2016|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|43.48}}
{{bar percent|2021|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.43}}
}}


{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Assembly election results
|+Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Kerala Assembly elections
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Election
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Leader
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Leader
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Change
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Change
! Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Outcome
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Outcome
|-  
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
![[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|rowspan=5|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|rowspan=5|[[E. K. Nayanar]]
|{{Composition bar|93|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|93|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|New
|New
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
| {{partial2|Government, later Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
![[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|{{Composition bar|63|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|63|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{decrease}} 30
|{{decrease}} 30
|Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |Opposition
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
![[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|{{Composition bar|78|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|78|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{increase}} 15
|{{increase}} 15
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
![[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|{{Composition bar|48|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|48|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{decrease}} 42
|{{decrease}} 42
|Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |Opposition
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
![[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|{{Composition bar|80|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|80|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{increase}} 32
|{{increase}} 32
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
![[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|rowspan=3|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|rowspan=3|[[V. S. Achuthanandan]]
|{{Composition bar|40|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|40|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{decrease}} 40
|{{decrease}} 40
|Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |Opposition
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
![[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|{{Composition bar|98|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|98|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{increase}} 58
|{{increase}} 58
|Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | Government
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
![[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|{{Composition bar|68|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|68|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
||{{decrease}} 30
||{{decrease}} 30
|Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |Opposition
| {{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
![[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|rowspan=2|[[Pinarayi Vijayan]]
|{{Composition bar|91|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|91|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{increase}} 23
|{{increase}} 23
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
![[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|{{Composition bar|99|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{Composition bar|99|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}
|{{increase}} 8
|{{increase}} 8
|Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | Government
| {{yes2|Government}}
|-
|-
|}
|}
 
{{Vertical bar chart|1980|93|1982|63|1987|78|1991|48|1996|80|2001|40|2006|98|2011|68|2016|91|2021|99|full_name=All time-LDF Kerala assembly seat count (For majority=70 seats)|type=demographic|color=red}}
=== Electoral history ===
==== Assembly election result by alliance ====
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"
! rowspan="2" |Election
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |Seats won
! colspan="3" |Seats won
! rowspan="2" |Ruling<br>Coalition
! rowspan="2" |Ruling<br />Coalition
! rowspan="2" |Majority
! rowspan="2" |Majority
|-
|-
!style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF!! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF!! Others
!style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF!! style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF!! Others
|-
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
![[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''93'''
| style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" |'''93'''
|46
|46
|1
|1
Line 215: Line 468:
|style="color:#DB0000;"|'''47'''
|style="color:#DB0000;"|'''47'''
|-
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]  
![[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]||63||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white|'''77'''|| 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
||63||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white|'''77'''|| 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''14'''
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''14'''
|-
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''78'''|| 61||1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
![[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''78'''|| 61||1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''17'''
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''17'''
|-
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]] || 48 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |'''90'''|| 2 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
! [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]] || 48 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |'''90'''|| 2 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''40'''
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''40'''
|-
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| '''80'''|| 59 || 1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
! [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| '''80'''|| 59 || 1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''21'''
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''21'''
|-
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]] || 40 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|'''99'''|| 1 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
! [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]] || 40 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|'''99'''|| 1 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''59'''
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''59'''
|-
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''98'''|| 42 || 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
! [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''98'''|| 42 || 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''56'''
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''56'''
|-
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] || 68 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|'''72'''|| 0 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
! [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]] || 68 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|'''72'''|| 0 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''4'''
|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|'''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
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''44'''
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''44'''
|-
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''99'''|| 41 ||0 || style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF  
! [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]] ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|'''99'''|| 41 ||0 || style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''59'''
|style="color:#FF0000;"|'''58'''
|}
|}


== List of LDF MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha 2021==
===Indian General Elections (Lok Sabha)===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Lok Sabha elections
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Election Year
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Legislature
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Seats won /<br> contested
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Change in seats
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Total votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| {{abbr|Per.|Percent}} of votes
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Change in vote %
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| {{ref.}}
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[7th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|12|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 12
|N/A
|N/A
|N/A
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1980 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=86}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1984 Indian general election in Kerala|1984]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|2|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 10
|4,607,568
|42.24%
|N/A
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=81}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1985/Vol_I_LS_85.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=15}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1989 Indian general election in Kerala|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|3|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|6,370,627
|42.93%
|{{increase}} 0.70%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=88}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1991 Indian general election in Kerala|1991]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|4|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 1
|6,446,253
|44.28%
|{{increase}} 1.35%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1991 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=58}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1992/GE_VOL_I_92.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1992 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=13}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1996 Indian general election in Kerala|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|10|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 6
|6,469,266
|44.87%
|{{increase}} 0.59%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 1996 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=93}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1998 Indian general election in Kerala|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|9|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 1
|6,628,189
|44.55%
|{{decrease}} 0.32%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 1998 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=92 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[1999 Indian general election in Kerala|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|9|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|6,713,244
|43.70%
|{{decrease}} 0.85%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1999 Vol. 1 |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=92 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[2004 Indian general election in Kerala|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|18|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 9
|6,962,151
|46.15%
|{{increase}} 2.45%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 2004 Vol. 1 |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=101}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|4|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 14
|6,717,418
|41.89%
|{{decrease}} 4.26%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/12_PerformanceOfNationalParties.pdf |title=LS 2009: Performance of National Parties |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=18 October 2014}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[2014 Indian general election in Kerala|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|8|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{increase}} 4
|7,211,257
|40.12%
|{{decrease}} 1.77%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/4%20-%20List%20of%20Successful%20Candidates.pdf |title=LS 2014: List of successful candidates |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=93}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[2019 Indian general election in Kerala|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{decrease}} 7
|7,156,387
|36.29%
|{{decrease}} 3.83%
|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/10987-4-list-of-successful-candidate |title=LS 2019: List of successful candidates |work=[[Election Commission of India]] |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref>
|- style="text-align:center;"
![[2024 Indian general election in Kerala|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha]]
|{{Composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{steady}}
|6,590,526
|33.34%
|{{decrease}} 2.95%
|
|}


=== In Kerala Municipal Corporations ===
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Corporation
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won/<br />Total seats
!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Sitting side
|-
|[[Thiruvananthapuram Corporation]]
|rowspan=6 |[[2025 Kerala local elections|2025]]
|{{Composition bar|29|100|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Kozhikode Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|35|75|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{yes2|Government}}
|-
|[[Kochi Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|20|74|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Kollam Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|16|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Thrissur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|11|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|-
|[[Kannur Municipal Corporation]]
|{{Composition bar|15|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}
|{{No2|Opposition}}
|}
== List of elected members ==
=== Kerala Legislative Assembly ===
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]]
[[File:2021 Kerala election result.svg|thumb|300px|Map of Kerala showing 2021 State Legislative Assembly Election Results]]
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|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" | 4
| style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" | 4
| [[Nationalist Congress Party]]
| [[Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
|-
|-
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| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | 7
| style="background-color:{{party color|Loktantrik Janata Dal }}; text-align: center;" | 7
| [[Rashtriya Janata Dal]] (Previously [[Loktantrik Janata Dal|LJD]])
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | 8
| [[Indian National League]]
| [[Indian National League]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 8
| style="background-color:{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 9
| [[Congress (Secular)]]
| [[Congress (Secular)]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
| style="background-color:{{party color|Loktantrik Janata Dal}}; text-align: center;" | 9
| [[Loktantrik Janata Dal]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
|-
|-
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| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 12
| style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 12
| [[Independent politician|LDF Supported Independents]]
| [[Independent politician|LDF Supported Independents]]
| style="text-align: center;" | 5
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
|-
|-
|
|
|'''Total Seats'''
|'''Total Seats'''
|style="text-align: center;" | 99
|style="text-align: center;" | 98
|-
|-
|}
|}
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'''Key'''
'''Key'''


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{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}}
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{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (M)}}
|- style="text-align:center; background:#cccccc"
{{Party index link|Janata Dal (Secular)}}
{{Party index link|Loktantrik Janata Dal}}
{{Party index link|Nationalist Congress Party}}
 
{{Party index link|Indian National League}}
{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (B)}}
{{Party index link|Congress (Secular)}}
{{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)}}
{{Party index link|National Secular Conference}}
 
{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
! scope="col" | Sl.no
! scope="col" | Sl.no
! scope="col" | Constituency
! scope="col" | Constituency
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| 9 ||[[Thalassery (State Assembly constituency)|Thalassery]] ||[[A. N. Shamseer]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 9 ||[[Thalassery (State Assembly constituency)|Thalassery]] ||[[A. N. Shamseer]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 10 ||[[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Kuthuparamba]] ||[[K. P. Mohanan|K.P Mohanan]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}" | LJD
| 10 ||[[Kuthuparamba (State Assembly constituency)|Kuthuparamba]] ||[[K. P. Mohanan|K.P Mohanan]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Loktantrik Janata Dal }}" | [[Rashtriya Janata Dal|RJD]]
|-
|-
| 11 ||[[Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)|Mattanur]]  ||[[K. K. Shailaja]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 11 ||[[Mattanur (State Assembly constituency)|Mattanur]]  ||[[K. K. Shailaja]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
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| 20 ||[[Beypore (State Assembly constituency)|Beypore]]||[[P. A. Mohammed Riyas|P.A Muhammed Riyas]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 20 ||[[Beypore (State Assembly constituency)|Beypore]]||[[P. A. Mohammed Riyas|P.A Muhammed Riyas]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 21 ||[[Kunnamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnamangalam]]||[[P. T. A. Rahim]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | [[Independent (politician)|'''Independent''']]
| 21 ||[[Kunnamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Kunnamangalam]]||[[P. T. A. Rahim]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|National Secular Conference}}" | [[National Secular Conference|<span style="color:white;">'''NSC'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 22 ||[[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode]]||[[Ahamed Devarkovil]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National League}}" | [[Indian National League|<span style="color:white;">'''INL'''</span>]]
| 22 ||[[Kozhikode South (State Assembly constituency)|Kozhikode]]||[[Ahamed Devarkovil]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National League}}" | [[Indian National League|<span style="color:white;">'''INL'''</span>]]
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Malappuram district|<span style="color:white;">'''Malappuram district'''</span>]]
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Malappuram district|<span style="color:white;">'''Malappuram district'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 25 ||[[Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)|Nilambur]] ||[[P. V. Anvar]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | [[Independent (politician)|'''Independent''']]
| 25 ||[[Nilambur (State Assembly constituency)|Nilambur]] || || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|vacant (politician)}}" | [[vacat (politician)|'''vacant''']]
|-
|-
| 26 ||[[Tanur (State Assembly constituency)|Tanur]] ||[[V. Abdurahiman]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|National Secular Conference}}" | [[National Secular Conference|<span style="color:white;">'''NSC'''</span>]]
| 26 ||[[Tanur (State Assembly constituency)|Tanur]] ||[[V. Abdurahiman]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 27 ||[[Thavanur (State Assembly constituency)|Thavanur]] ||[[K T Jaleel|K.T. Jaleel]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | [[Independent (politician)|'''Independent''']]
| 27 ||[[Thavanur (State Assembly constituency)|Thavanur]] ||[[K T Jaleel|K.T. Jaleel]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | [[Independent (politician)|'''Independent''']]
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| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Thrissur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Thrissur district'''</span>]]
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Thrissur district|<span style="color:white;">'''Thrissur district'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 39 ||[[Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Chelakkara]] ||[[K. Radhakrishnan (politician)|K Radhakrishnan]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 39 ||[[Chelakkara (State Assembly constituency)|Chelakkara]] ||[[U.R Pradeep (politician)|U R Pradeep]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|40
|40
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| 62 ||[[Ettumanoor]] ||[[V. N. Vasavan|V.N Vasavan]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 62 ||[[Ettumanoor]] ||[[V. N. Vasavan|V.N Vasavan]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|63 ||[[Changanassery (State Assembly constituency)|Changanassery]] ||Adv [[Job Michael]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" | [[Kerala Congress (M)|<span style="color:white;">'''KC(M)'''</span>]]
|63 ||[[Changanassery (State Assembly constituency)|Changanassery]] ||Adv [[Job Michael]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" | [[Kerala Congress (M)|<span style="color:white;">'''KC(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|64|| [[Poonjar (State Assembly constituency)|Poonjar]] ||[[Sebastian Kulathunkal]]  || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" | [[Kerala Congress (M)|<span style="color:white;">'''KC(M)'''</span>]]
|64|| [[Poonjar (State Assembly constituency)|Poonjar]] ||[[Sebastian Kulathunkal]]  || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" | [[Kerala Congress (M)|<span style="color:white;">'''KC(M)'''</span>]]
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| 70 ||[[Mavelikkara]] ||[[M. S. Arun Kumar|M.S Arunkumar]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 70 ||[[Mavelikkara]] ||[[M. S. Arun Kumar|M.S Arunkumar]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| 71 ||[[Chengannur (State Assembly constituency)|Chengannur]]||[[Saji Cheriyan|Saji Cherian]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
| 71 ||[[Chengannur (State Assembly constituency)|Chengannur]]||[[Saji Cherian]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|72 || [[Kuttanad (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttanad]] ||[[Thomas K. Thomas]] || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" | [[Nationalist Congress Party|<span style="color:white;">'''NCP'''</span>]]
|72 || [[Kuttanad (State Assembly constituency)|Kuttanad]] ||[[Thomas K. Thomas]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}" | [[Nationalist Congress Party|<span style="color:white;">'''NCP'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|73 || [[Aroor (State Assembly constituency)|Aroor]] ||[[Daleema|Dhaleema Jojo]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|73 || [[Aroor (State Assembly constituency)|Aroor]] ||[[Daleema|Dhaleema Jojo]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
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| 86 || [[Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)|Chathannoor]]||[[G.S. Jayalal]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" | [[Communist Party of India|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI'''</span>]]
| 86 || [[Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)|Chathannoor]]||[[G.S. Jayalal]]|| width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" | [[Communist Party of India|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI'''</span>]]
|-
|-
|87 || [[Chavara (State Assembly constituency)|Chavara]] ||Sujith Vijayan Pillai || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | [[Independent (politician)|'''Independent''']]
|87 || [[Chavara (State Assembly constituency)|Chavara]] ||Sujith Vijayan Pillai || width="4" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|<span style="color:white;">'''CPI(M)'''</span>]]
|-
|-
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Thiruvananthapuram district|<span style="color:white;">'''Thiruvananthapuram district'''</span>]]
| colspan="4" style="text-align:center; background-color: gray;"|[[Thiruvananthapuram district|<span style="color:white;">'''Thiruvananthapuram district'''</span>]]
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|}
|}


==2020 Kerala local body elections==
=== Rajya Sabha ===
{{Main|List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala}}
 
'''Keys:'''
 
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|border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#FF4A4A|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] (2) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
{{legend2|#CC9900|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]] (1) |border=solid 1px #000000}}
 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! Name<ref name="members">{{Cite web |title=Statewise List |url=http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx |access-date=12 June 2016 |website=164.100.47.5 |archive-date=5 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205185402/http://164.100.47.5/Newmembers/memberstatewise.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |Party
! Term start<ref name="term">{{Cite web |title=Statewise Retirement |url=http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx |access-date=12 June 2016 |website=164.100.47.5 |archive-date=1 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601202436/http://164.100.47.5/NewMembers/RetLMemState.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>
!Term end<ref name="term" />
|-
|1
|[[A. A. Rahim (CPM)|A. A. Rahim]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|03-Apr-2022
|03-Apr-2028
|-
|2
|[[V. Sivadasan]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|24-Apr-2021
|23-Apr-2027
|-
|3
|[[John Brittas]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPM]]
|24-Apr-2021
|23-Apr-2027
|-
|4
|[[P. Santhosh Kumar]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|03-Apr-2022
|03-Apr-2028
|-
|5
|[[P. P. Suneer]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|02-Jul-2024
|01-Jul-2030
|-
|6
|[[Jose K Mani]]
|style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}" |
|[[Kerala Congress (M)|KC(M)]]
|02-Jul-2024
|01-Jul-2030
|-
|}
 
=== Lok Sabha ===
{{Main|List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha}}
 
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{| class="wikitable sortable"
! #
! style="width:120px" | Constituency
! style="width:180px" | Name
! colspan=2|Party
|-
! 1
| [[Alathur (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alathur (SC)]]
| [[K. Radhakrishnan (politician)|K. Radhakrishnan]]
| bgcolor={{Party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|-
|}
 
== Kerala local body elections ==
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]].
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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|-
|-
|'''Gram Panchayats'''
|'''Gram Panchayats'''
|514  
|514
|321  
|321
|42
|42
|64  
|64
!941
!941
|-
|-
|'''Block Panchayats'''
|'''Block Panchayats'''
|108
|108
|38
|38
|0  
|0
|6  
|6
!152
!152
|-
|-
|'''District Panchayats'''
|'''District Panchayats'''
|11  
|11
|3  
|3
|0
|0
|0  {{Efn|The ties were later resolved, LDF now control 11 and UDF controls 3 district panchayats. Refer Aftermath section|name=|group=}}
|0  {{Efn|The ties were later resolved, LDF now control 11 and UDF controls 3 district panchayats. Refer Aftermath section|name=|group=}}
!14
!14
|-
|-
|'''Municipalities'''
|'''Municipalities'''
|43  
|43
|41
|41
|2
|2
|0  {{Efn|The ties were later resolved and LDF now control 43 municipalities and UDF controls 41. Refer Aftermath section|name=|group=}}
|0  {{Efn|The ties were later resolved and LDF now control 43 municipalities and UDF controls 41. Refer Aftermath section|name=|group=}}
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|-
|-
|'''Corporations'''
|'''Corporations'''
|5
|5
|1  
|1
|0  
|0
|0  
|0
!6
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+
[[2015 Kerala local elections]]
! rowspan="3" |Local self-government body
! colspan="4" |Local Bodies won
! rowspan="3" |Total
|-
| style="background:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|
| style="background:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|
| style="background:{{party color|National Democratic Alliance}}|
| style="background:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}|
|-
!LDF
!UDF
!NDA
!Others
|-
|Gram Panchayats
|549
|365
|14
|13
!941
|-
|Block Panchayats
|90
|61
|0
|1
!152
|-
|District Panchayats
|7
|7
|0
|0
!14
|-
|Municipalities
|44
|41
|1
|0
!87
|-
|Corporations
|4
|2
|0
|0
!6
!6
|}
|}


==Political activism==
== Political activism ==
{{See also|Political activism in Kerala}}
{{See also|Political activism in Kerala}}
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>
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 |date=8 December 2011 |title=208-km human chain formed for new Kerala dam |url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/208-km-human-chain-formed-for-new-kerala-dam/story-e4gFgQat2zy04zn0thHCLM.html |website=Hindustan Times|access-date=19 May 2016 |archive-date=10 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810062415/http://www.hindustantimes.com/india/208-km-human-chain-formed-for-new-kerala-dam/story-e4gFgQat2zy04zn0thHCLM.html |url-status=live }}</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 |last=Nair |first=N.J. |date=18 March 2011 |title=Assembly polls log on to cyberspace |work=[[The Hindu]] |url=http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=21 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322214137/http://www.hindu.com/2011/03/18/stories/2011031857970600.htm |archive-date=22 March 2011}}</ref>


==See also==
== See also ==
* [[Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala]]
* [[Communism in Kerala]]
* [[United Front (1967–1969, Kerala)]]
* [[United Front (1967–1969, Kerala)]]
* [[Left Front (West Bengal)]]
* [[Left Front (West Bengal)]]
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* [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)]]
* [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)]]
* [[Political parties in Kerala]]
* [[Political parties in Kerala]]
* [[List of communist parties in India]]


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
{{Notelist}}
{{Notelist}}


==References==
== References ==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


==Further reading==
== 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}}
* {{Citation |title=Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition of Kerala |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/14kla/chief%20ministers,%20ministers,%20leaders%20of%20opposition.pdf |year=2018 |place=[[Thiruvananthapuram]] |publisher=Secratriat of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala Legislature]]}}


==External links==
== External links ==
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140513114743/http://trend.kerala.gov.in/ Official website for election Results]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140513114743/http://trend.kerala.gov.in/ Official website for election Results]
* [http://ldfkeralam.org/ LDF Keralam]
* [http://ldfkeralam.org/ LDF Keralam]


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Left Democratic Front
ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി
AbbreviationLDF
LeaderPinarayi Vijayan
(Chief Minister of Kerala)
ChairmanT. P. Ramakrishnan
Lok Sabha LeaderK. Radhakrishnan
Rajya Sabha LeaderJohn Brittas
FoundersP. K. Vasudevan Nair
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
Founded1979; 47 years ago (1979)
IdeologySocialism
Marxism
Secularism
[1]
Colours  Red
Rajya Sabha
6 / 9
Lok Sabha
1 / 20
Kerala Legislative Assembly
98 / 140
Gram Panchayats
338 / 941
Block Panchayat
64 / 152
District Panchayat
7 / 14
Municipalities
28 / 86
Municipal Corporation
1 / 6
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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016.[2] It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades.[3] LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980,[4] 1987,[5] 1996,[6] 2006,[7] 2016[8] and had a historic re-election in 2021[9] where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.[10] LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of CPI(M), CPI and various smaller parties.[11]

LDF has been in power in the State Legislature of Kerala under E. K. Nayanar (1980–81, 1987–91, 1996–2001),[12] V. S. Achuthanandan (2006-11),[13] Pinarayi Vijayan (2016–current).[14] E. K. Nayanar served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for 11 years and later became the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala.[15]

The alliance led by Pinarayi Vijayan returned to power in 2016 Assembly Election winning 91 out of 140 seats and further increasing its tally to 99 seats in the 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 historic election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.[16] Template:Communism sidebar

History[edit | edit source]

See also: Communism in Kerala

Early years (1957–1979)[edit | edit source]

1st cabinet ministry of Kerala led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957)

The political scenario in Kerala (1957–1980) was characterized by continually shifting alliances, party mergers and splits, factionalism within the coalitions and within political parties, and the formation of a numerous splinter groups.[17] 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was the first assembly election in the Indian state of Kerala. The Communist Party of India won the election with 60 seats. The election led to the formation of first democratically elected communist government in India. A Communist-led government under E. M. S. Namboodiripad resulted from the first elections for the new Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, making him the first communist leader in India to head a popularly elected government.[18][19] It was one of the first Communist governments to be democratically elected, after Communist successes in the 1945 elections in the Republic of San Marino, a microstate in Europe, and the 1946 Czechoslovak elections.[1][20][21] The coalition politics of Kerala began with second election held to the state legislative assembly in 1960.[17] The Communist Party of India (Marxist) first came into power in Kerala in 1967, under Seven party front, which was an alliance of CPI(M), CPI, IUML, and four other parties.[22] In 1970's, the major political parties in the state were unified under two major coalitions, one of them led by Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India and the other by CPI(M).

Formation of LDF (1979)[edit | edit source]

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two main pre-poll political alliances were formed: the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India and the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Indian National Congress.[17] These pre-poll political alliances of Kerala have stabilized strongly in such a manner that, with rare exceptions, most of the coalition partners stick their loyalty to the respective alliances (Left Democratic Front or United Democratic Front).

Left Democratic Front (1980–present)[edit | edit source]

2nd Nayanar Ministry (1987)

LDF first came into power in 1980 election under the leadership of E. K. Nayanar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 26 March 1980[23] for the first time in 1980. He formed government with the support of Congress (A) under A. K. Antony and Kerala Congress under K. M. Mani, Nayanar later became the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala, ever since 1980 election, the power has been clearly alternating between the two alliances till the 2016.[17] LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. Since 1980, none of alliances in Kerala has been re-elected till the 2016. The 1987, 1996 elections led E. K. Nayanar, and the 2006 elections led by V. S. Achuthanandan formed governments and completed their full terms but were not re-elected. In 2016, LDF won the 2016 election led by Pinarayi Vijayan and had a historic re-election in 2021 election where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. Pinarayi Vijayan is the first Chief minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.[16]

List of LDF Conveners[edit | edit source]

Founders of the LDF
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
P. K. Vasudevan Nair
E. K. Nayanar
Longest serving Chief minister of Kerala
No Portrait Name Year
1 P. V. Kunjikannan 1980–1986
2 T. K. Ramakrishnan 1986–1987
3 M. M. Lawrence 1987–1998
4 V. S. Achuthanandan 1998–2001
5 Paloli Mohammed Kutty 2001–2006
6 Vaikom Viswan 2006–2018
7 A. Vijayaraghavan 2018–2022
8 E. P. Jayarajan 2022–2024[24]
9 T. P. Ramakrishnan 2024–present[24]

Current members[edit | edit source]

Current members[25][26]
Party Ideology Kerala Unit Leader
Communist Party of India (Marxist) Marxism-Leninism
Socialism
Secularism
Anti-imperialism 		M. V. Govindan
Communist Party of India Marxism-Leninism
Socialism
Secularism
Anti-imperialism 		Binoy Viswam
Kerala Congress (M) Democratic socialism Jose K. Mani
Indian Socialist Janata Dal Democratic socialism Mathew T. Thomas
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 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) Gandhian socialism
Secularism 		Thomas K. Thomas
Rashtriya Janata Dal Socialism
Left-wing populism 		M. V. Shreyams Kumar
Kerala Congress (B) Democratic socialism K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Indian National League Secularism
Social justice 		Ahamed Devarkovil
Congress (Secular) Gandhian socialism
Secularism 		Kadannappalli Ramachandran
Janadhipathya Kerala Congress Socialism Error creating thumbnail: File with dimensions greater than 12.5 MP Antony Raju

Associate Members[edit | edit source]

The following are the associate member parties in LDF:[27]

Chief ministers[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of chief ministers of Kerala

List of chief ministers from Left Democratic Front in Kerala (1980–present)[edit | edit source]

No[lower-alpha 1] Portrait Name[lower-alpha 2] Tenure Total Party[lower-alpha 3] Ministry
1 E. K. Nayanar
(1919–2004) 		25 January 1980 20 October 1981 1 year, 268 days 10 years, 353 days Communist Party of India (Marxist) Nayanar I
26 March 1987 24 June 1991 4 years, 90 days Nayanar II
20 May 1996 17 May 2001 4 years, 362 days Nayanar III
2 V. S. Achuthanandan
(1923–2025) 		18 May 2006 18 May 2011 5 years, 0 days 5 years 0 days Achuthanandan
3 File:Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 2023.tif Pinarayi Vijayan
(b. 1945) 		25 May 2016 19 May 2021 10 years, 64 days 10 years, 64 days Pinarayi I
20 May 2021 Incumbent Pinarayi II

List of chief ministers from parties of Left Democratic Front (1957-1980)[edit | edit source]

No[lower-alpha 4] Portrait Name[lower-alpha 5] Tenure Total Party[lower-alpha 6] Ministry
1 E. M. S. Namboodiripad
(1909–1998) 		5 April 1957 31 July 1959 2 years, 117 days 4 years 357 days Communist Party of India Namboodiripad I
6 March 1967 1 November 1969 2 years, 240 days Communist Party of India (Marxist) Namboodiripad II
2 C. Achutha Menon
(1913–1991) 		1 November 1969 3 August 1970 275 days 7 years, 80 days Communist Party of India Achutha Menon I
4 October 1970 25 March 1977 6 years, 172 days Achutha Menon II
3 P. K. Vasudevan Nair
(1926–2005) 		29 October 1978 12 October 1979 348 days 348 days Vasudevan Nair

List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present)[edit | edit source]

No. Political alliance Total days in governance Number of Chief ministers
1 LDF 9547 days 3
2 UDF 7,295 days 3

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Kerala Legislative Assembly elections[edit | edit source]

Vote share in consecutive Kerala Assembly elections
1982
 
 47.25%
1987
 
 44.97%
1991
 
 45.88%
1996
 
 45.88%
2001
 
 43.70%
2006
 
 48.63%
2011
 
 44.94%
2016
 
 43.48%
2021
 
 45.43%
Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Kerala Assembly elections
Election Year Leader Seats won Change Outcome
1980 E. K. Nayanar
93 / 140
 New Template:Partial2
1982
63 / 140
 Decrease 30 Opposition
1987
78 / 140
 Increase 15 Government
1991
48 / 140
 Decrease 42 Opposition
1996
80 / 140
 Increase 32 Government
2001 V. S. Achuthanandan
40 / 140
 Decrease 40 Opposition
2006
98 / 140
 Increase 58 Government
2011
68 / 140
 Decrease 30 Opposition
2016 Pinarayi Vijayan
91 / 140
 Increase 23 Government
2021
99 / 140
 Increase 8 Government

Template:Vertical bar chart

Assembly election result by alliance[edit | edit source]

Election Seats won Ruling
Coalition 		Majority
LDF UDF Others
1980 93 46 1 LDF 47
1982 63 77 0 UDF 14
1987 78 61 1 LDF 17
1991 48 90 2 UDF 40
1996 80 59 1 LDF 21
2001 40 99 1 UDF 59
2006 98 42 0 LDF 56
2011 68 72 0 UDF 4
2016 91 47 2 LDF 44
2021 99 41 0 LDF 58

Indian General Elections (Lok Sabha)[edit | edit source]

Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Lok Sabha elections
Election Year Legislature Seats won /
contested 		Change in seats Total votes Per. of votes Change in vote % Template:Ref.
1980 7th Lok Sabha
12 / 20
 Increase 12 N/A N/A N/A [30]
1984 8th Lok Sabha
2 / 20
 Decrease 10 4,607,568 42.24% N/A [31][32]
1989 9th Lok Sabha
3 / 20
 Increase 1 6,370,627 42.93% Increase 0.70% [33]
1991 10th Lok Sabha
4 / 20
 Increase 1 6,446,253 44.28% Increase 1.35% [34][35]
1996 11th Lok Sabha
10 / 20
 Increase 6 6,469,266 44.87% Increase 0.59% [36]
1998 12th Lok Sabha
9 / 20
 Decrease 1 6,628,189 44.55% Decrease 0.32% [37]
1999 13th Lok Sabha
9 / 20
 Steady 6,713,244 43.70% Decrease 0.85% [38]
2004 14th Lok Sabha
18 / 20
 Increase 9 6,962,151 46.15% Increase 2.45% [39]
2009 15th Lok Sabha
4 / 20
 Decrease 14 6,717,418 41.89% Decrease 4.26% [40]
2014 16th Lok Sabha
8 / 20
 Increase 4 7,211,257 40.12% Decrease 1.77% [41]
2019 17th Lok Sabha
1 / 20
 Decrease 7 7,156,387 36.29% Decrease 3.83% [42]
2024 18th Lok Sabha
1 / 20
 Steady 6,590,526 33.34% Decrease 2.95%

In Kerala Municipal Corporations[edit | edit source]

Corporation Election Year Seats won/
Total seats 		Sitting side
Thiruvananthapuram Corporation 2025
29 / 100
 Opposition
Kozhikode Municipal Corporation
35 / 75
 Government
Kochi Municipal Corporation
20 / 74
 Opposition
Kollam Municipal Corporation
16 / 55
 Opposition
Thrissur Municipal Corporation
11 / 55
 Opposition
Kannur Municipal Corporation
15 / 55
 Opposition

List of elected members[edit | edit source]

Kerala Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

The LDF is the ruling alliance in Kerala which has 99 seats out of the 140 in the Kerala Niyamasabha.

Map of Kerala showing 2021 State Legislative Assembly Election Results
No. Party Current No. of MLAs in Assembly
1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 62
2 Communist Party of India 17
3 Kerala Congress (M) 5
4 Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) 2
5 Janata Dal (Secular) 2
6 Kerala Congress (B) 1
7 Rashtriya Janata Dal (Previously LJD) 1
8 Indian National League 1
9 Congress (Secular) 1
10 Janadhipathya Kerala Congress 1
11 National Secular Conference 1
12 LDF Supported Independents 4
Total Seats 98

The following list shows the MLAs belonging to LDF in the Niyamasabha.

Key

  CPI (M)     CPI     [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]]     [[Janata Dal (Secular)|Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/shortname]]     [[Loktantrik Janata Dal|Template:Loktantrik Janata Dal/meta/shortname]]     NCP  

  [[Indian National League|Template:Indian National League/meta/shortname]]     [[Kerala Congress (B)|Template:Kerala Congress (B)/meta/shortname]]     [[Congress (Secular)|Template:Congress (Secular)/meta/shortname]]     [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)/meta/shortname]]     [[National Secular Conference|Template:National Secular Conference/meta/shortname]]  

  Independent  

Sl.no Constituency Name of the
elected MLA 		Party
affiliation
Kasaragod district
1 Udma C. H. Kunhambu CPI(M)
2 Kanhangad E. Chandrasekharan CPI
3 Thrikaripur M. Rajagopalan CPI(M)
Kannur district
4 Payyanur T. I. Madusoodhanan CPI(M)
5 Kalliasseri M.Vijin CPI(M)
6 Taliparamba M.V Govindan Master CPI(M)
7 Kannur Kadannappalli Ramachandran Cong (S)
8 Dharmadom Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)
9 Thalassery A. N. Shamseer CPI(M)
10 Kuthuparamba K.P Mohanan RJD
11 Mattanur K. K. Shailaja CPI(M)
12 Azhikode K.V Sumesh CPI(M)
Wayanad district
13 Mananthavady O. R. Kelu CPI(M)
Kozhikode district
14 Nadapuram E. K. Vijayan CPI
15 Koyilandy Kanathil Jameela CPI(M)
16 Perambra T. P. Ramakrishnan CPI(M)
17 Balussery K.M Sachin Dev CPI(M)
18 Elathur A. K. Saseendran NCP
19 Kozhikode North Thottathil Raveendran CPI(M)
20 Beypore P.A Muhammed Riyas CPI(M)
21 Kunnamangalam P. T. A. Rahim NSC
22 Kozhikode Ahamed Devarkovil INL
23 Thiruvambady Linto Joseph CPI(M)
24 Kuttiyadi K.P Kunhammad Kutty CPI(M)
Malappuram district
25 Nilambur vacant
26 Tanur V. Abdurahiman CPI(M)
27 Thavanur K.T. Jaleel Independent
28 Ponnani P.Nandakumar CPI(M)
Palakkad district
29 Pattambi Muhammed Muhsin CPI
30 Shornur P Mammikutty CPI(M)
31 Ottapalam K.Premkumar CPI(M)
32 Kongad K.Shanthakumari CPI(M)
33 Malampuzha A Prabhakaran CPI(M)
34 Tarur P.P Sumod CPI(M)
35 Chittur K. Krishnankutty JD(S)
36 Nenmara K. Babu CPI(M)
37 Alathur K. D. Prasenan CPI(M)
38 Thrithala M.B Rajesh CPI(M)
Thrissur district
39 Chelakkara U R Pradeep CPI(M)
40 Wadakkanchery Xavier Chittilappilly CPI(M)
41 Kunnamkulam A. C. Moideen CPI(M)
42 Guruvayur N.K Akbar CPI(M)
43 Manalur Murali Perunelli CPI(M)
44 Ollur K. Rajan CPI
45 Thrissur P Balachandran CPI
46 Nattika C.C Mukundan CPI
47 Kaipamangalam E. T. Tyson CPI
48 Irinjalakuda R Bindhu CPI(M)
49 Puthukkad K.K Ramachandran CPI(M)
51 Kodungallur V. R. Sunil Kumar CPI
Ernakulam district
52 Vypeen K.N Unnikrishnan CPI(M)
53 Kalamasseri P.Rajeev CPI(M)
54 Kochi K. J. Maxi CPI(M)
55 Kothamangalam Antony John CPI(M)
56 Kunnathunadu P.V Sreenijan CPI(M)
Idukki district
57 Devikulam A Raja CPI(M)
58 Udumbanchola M. M. Mani CPI(M)
59 Peerumade E. S. Bijimol CPI
60 Idukki Roshy Augustine KC(M)
Kottayam district
61 Vaikom C. K. Asha CPI
62 Ettumanoor V.N Vasavan CPI(M)
63 Changanassery Adv Job Michael KC(M)
64 Poonjar Sebastian Kulathunkal KC(M)
65 Kanjirappalli Dr N Jayaraj KC(M)
Alappuzha district
66 Cherthala P.Prasad CPI
67 Alappuzha P. P. Chitharanjan CPI(M)
68 Ambalappuzha H.Salam CPI(M)
69 Kayamkulam Prathiba Hari CPI(M)
70 Mavelikkara M.S Arunkumar CPI(M)
71 Chengannur Saji Cherian CPI(M)
72 Kuttanad Thomas K. Thomas NCP
73 Aroor Dhaleema Jojo CPI(M)
Pathanamthitta district
74 Thiruvalla Mathew T. Thomas JD(S)
75 Ranni Pramod Narayanan KC(M)
76 Aranmula Veena George CPI(M)
77 Konni K. U. Jenish Kumar CPI(M)
78 Adoor Chittayam Gopakumar CPI
Kollam district
79 Kunnathur Kovoor Kunjumon RSP (L)
80 Kottarakkara K.N Balagopal CPI(M)
81 Pathanapuram K. B. Ganesh Kumar KC(B)
82 Punalur P. S. Supal CPI
83 Chadayamangalam J.Chinchu Rani CPI
84 Kollam M. Mukesh CPI(M)
85 Eravipuram M. Noushad CPI(M)
86 Chathannoor G.S. Jayalal CPI
87 Chavara Sujith Vijayan Pillai CPI(M)
Thiruvananthapuram district
88 Varkala V. Joy CPI(M)
89 Aruvikkara G.Stephen CPI(M)
90 Nemam V.Shivankutty CPI(M)
91 Attingal O.S Ambika CPI(M)
92 Chirayinkeezhu V. Sasi CPI
93 Nedumangad G.R Anil CPI
94 Vamanapuram D. K. Murali CPI(M)
95 Kazhakoottam Kadakampally Surendran CPI(M)
96 Vattiyoorkavu V. K. Prasanth CPI(M)
97 Parassala C. K. Hareendran CPI(M)
98 Kattakkada I. B. Sathish CPI(M)
99 Neyyattinkara K. A. Ansalan CPI(M)
100 Thiruvananthapuram Adv Antony Raju JKC

Rajya Sabha[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala

Keys:

  CPI(M) (3)   CPI (2)   KC(M) (1)

# Name[43] Party Term start[44] Term end[44]
1 A. A. Rahim CPM 03-Apr-2022 03-Apr-2028
2 V. Sivadasan CPM 24-Apr-2021 23-Apr-2027
3 John Brittas CPM 24-Apr-2021 23-Apr-2027
4 P. Santhosh Kumar CPI 03-Apr-2022 03-Apr-2028
5 P. P. Suneer CPI 02-Jul-2024 01-Jul-2030
6 Jose K Mani KC(M) 02-Jul-2024 01-Jul-2030

Lok Sabha[edit | edit source]

Main article: List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha

  CPI(M) (1)

# Constituency Name Party
1 Alathur (SC) K. Radhakrishnan Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Kerala local body elections[edit | edit source]

The Left Democratic Front (LDF), who also forms the state government, won in more than half of all gram panchayats and block panchayats, two-thirds of district panchayats and in five out of six municipal corporations.

2020 Kerala local elections
Local self-government body Local Bodies in lead Total
LDF UDF Others Tie
Gram Panchayats 514 321 42 64 941
Block Panchayats 108 38 0 6 152
District Panchayats 11 3 0 0 [lower-alpha 7] 14
Municipalities 43 41 2 0 [lower-alpha 8] 86
Corporations 5 1 0 0 6
2015 Kerala local elections
Local self-government body Local Bodies won Total
LDF UDF NDA Others
Gram Panchayats 549 365 14 13 941
Block Panchayats 90 61 0 1 152
District Panchayats 7 7 0 0 14
Municipalities 44 41 1 0 87
Corporations 4 2 0 0 6

Political activism[edit | edit source]

See also: Political activism in Kerala

On 7 December 2011, the LDF organized a 208 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.[45]

LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.[46]

See also[edit | edit source]

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office
  2. ↑ Year in parentheses indicates life span
  3. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  4. ↑ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office
  5. ↑ Year in parentheses indicates life span
  6. ↑ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
  7. ↑ The ties were later resolved, LDF now control 11 and UDF controls 3 district panchayats. Refer Aftermath section
  8. ↑ The ties were later resolved and LDF now control 43 municipalities and UDF controls 41. Refer Aftermath section

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Siyad KV, Muhammed (25 June 2025). "Kerala's ideological drift: Why LDF-UDF convergence is fueling BJP's rise". maktoob media. Retrieved 11 March 2026.
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  6. ↑ "Elections 1996: Marxists-led LDF dislodges Congress(I) and its allies". India Today. 31 May 1996. Archived from the original on 18 November 2021. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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  8. ↑ "Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath as Kerala Chief Minister Hailing from a poor toddy tapper's family, Vijayan, a first time Chief Minister, took the oath in Malayalam". The Indian Express. 26 May 2016. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
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