Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Next Kerala Legislative Assembly Election

Before May 2026
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan K. Sudhakaran K. Surendran Party CPI(M) INC BJP Alliance LDF UDF NDA Leader since 2016 2021 2020 Leader's seat Dharmadom {{{1}}} {{{1}}} Last election 45.43%, 99 seats 39.47%, 41 seats 11.30%, 0 seats
Constituencies for the election
Incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)

The Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election is expected to be held in Kerala before May 2026 to elect 140 MLAs to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.^[1]

Parties and alliances

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a coalition of centre-left to left-wing political parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is an alliance of centrist to centre-left political parties led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is a coalition of centrist to right-wing parties.

  Left Democratic Front

An alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties, the LDF is currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and several smaller parties.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader
1.	Communist Party of India (Marxist)			Pinarayi Vijayan
2.	Communist Party of India			Binoy Viswam
3.	Kerala Congress (M)			Jose K. Mani
4.	Janata Dal (Secular)			Mathew T. Thomas
5.	Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar			T. P. Peethambaran
6.	Loktantrik Janata Dal			M. V. Shreyams Kumar
7.	Indian National League			A. P. Abdul Wahab
8.	Congress (Secular)			Kadannappalli Ramachandran
9.	Kerala Congress (B)			R. Balakrishna Pillai
10.	Janadhipathya Kerala Congress			K. C. Joseph
11.	Independents
	Total

  United Democratic Front

It is a Big tent alliance of centrist to centre-left and Centre-right political parties in the state, founded by the prominent Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader
1.	Indian National Congress			K. Sudhakaran
2.	Indian Union Muslim League			K. M. Kader Mohideen
3.	Kerala Congress			P. J. Joseph
4.	Revolutionary Socialist Party			A.A. Aziz
5.	Kerala Democratic Party			Mani C. Kappan
6.	Kerala Congress (Jacob)			Anoop Jacob
7.	Communist Marxist Party			C. P. John
8.	Revolutionary Marxist Party of India			N. Venu
9.	National Janata Dal			Adv John John
10.	Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy			Rajan Babu
11.	Independents

  National Democratic Alliance

It is an alliance of right-wing parties. NDA Kerala unit was constituted in 2016. The coalition consists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and a variety of other smaller parties.

No.	Party	Flag	Symbol	Leader
1.	Bharatiya Janata Party			K. Surendran
2.	Bharath Dharma Jana Sena			Thushar Vellapally
4.	Kerala Kamaraj Congress			Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan
5.	Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha			C. K. Janu
	Total

See also

• Elections in Kerala
• Politics of Kerala

References

1. Chandran, Cynthia (29 April 2024). "Kerala: Sunil Kanugolu kicks off his next mission - 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2024.