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Left Democratic Front
Political alliance in India
Political alliance in India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Left Democratic Front |
| native_name | ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി |
| logo | Left Democratic Front (Kerala) Logo.svg |
| logo_size | 100 |
| colorcode | |
| leader | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| (Chief Minister of Kerala) | |
| chairman | T. P. Ramakrishnan |
| foundation | |
| ideology | Socialism |
| Secularism | |
| country | India |
| abbreviation | LDF |
| membership | 6,590,526 |
| membership_year | 2024 |
| seats2_title | Lok Sabha |
| seats2 | |
| seats1_title | Rajya Sabha |
| seats1 | |
| seats3_title | Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| seats3 | |
| seats5_title | Gram Panchayats |
| seats5 | |
| seats6_title | Block Panchayat |
| seats6 | |
| seats7_title | District Panchayat |
| seats7 | |
| seats8_title | Municipalities |
| seats8 | |
| seats9_title | Municipal Corporation |
| seats9 | |
| colours | Red |
| leader1_title | Lok Sabha Leader |
| leader1_name | K. Radhakrishnan |
| leader2_title | Rajya Sabha Leader |
| leader2_name | John Brittas |
| founders | P. K. Vasudevan Nair |
| E. M. S. Namboodiripad | |
| logo_upright | 1.15 |
| logo_alt | Logo of the Left Democratic Front |
(Chief Minister of Kerala) Secularism E. M. S. Namboodiripad 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. 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. LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980, 1987, 1996, 2006, 2016 and had a historic re-election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years. 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.
LDF has been in power in the State Legislature of Kerala under E. K. Nayanar (1980–81, 1987–91, 1996–2001), V. S. Achuthanandan (2006-11), Pinarayi Vijayan (2016–current). E. K. Nayanar served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for 11 years and later became the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala.
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.
History
Early years (1957–1979)
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. 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. 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.https://www.ssag.sk/studovna/files/ELECTIONS-OF-1946.pdf The coalition politics of Kerala began with second election held to the state legislative assembly in 1960. 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. 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)
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. 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)
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 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. 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.
List of LDF Conveners
Longest serving Chief minister of Kerala
| No | Portrait | Name | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:Blank.svg | 80px]] | P. V. Kunjikannan | 1980–1986 | |||||||||||||||
| T. K. Ramakrishnan | 1986–1987 | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Comrade MM Lawrence.jpg | 80px]] | M. M. Lawrence | 1987–1998 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:V. S. Achuthanandan.JPG | 80px]] | V. S. Achuthanandan | 1998–2001 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Blank.svg | 80px]] | Paloli Mohammed Kutty | 2001–2006 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:Vaikom viswan.JPG | 80px]] | Vaikom Viswan | 2006–2018 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:A.vijayaraghavan4.jpg | 80px]] | A. Vijayaraghavan | 2018–2022 | |||||||||||||||
| [[File:E P Jayarajan Minister.jpg | 80px]] | E. P. Jayarajan | 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}} | ||||||||||
| [[File:T.P. Ramakrishnan.jpg | 80px]] | T. P. Ramakrishnan | 2024–present |
Current members (Main Parties)
| Party | Ideology | Kerala Unit Leader | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg | 75px | centre]] | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
| Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:CPI symbol.svg | 75px | centre]] | Communist Party of India | |
| Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg | 75px | centre]] | Kerala Congress (M) | |
| Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg | 75px | centre]] | Indian Socialist Janata Dal | |
| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}; text-align:center;" | [[File:Indian_Election_Symbol_Man_Blowing_Turha.png | 90px]] | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | ||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; text-align:center;" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png | 75px | centre]] | Rashtriya Janata Dal | |
| Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg | 75px | centre]] | Kerala Congress (B) | |
| Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Scale.png | 75px | centre]] | Indian National League | |
| Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Indian Election Symbol Coconut Tree.png | 75px | centre]] | Congress (Secular) | |
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Auto Rickshaw Election Symbol.svg | 75px | centre]] | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | |
| Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}; text-align: center;" | [[File:Blank.svg | 75px]] | Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) |
Associate Members
The following are the associate member parties in LDF:
- National Secular Conference
- Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)
- JSS (Left)
- Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag)
- National League (leader – Abdul Wahab)
- Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam
Chief ministers
Main article: List of chief ministers of Kerala
List of chief ministers from Left Democratic Front in Kerala (1980–present)
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | No | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Portrait | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Name | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" | Tenure | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="2" | Party | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Ministry | 1 | 10 years, 353 days | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | 2 | 5 years 0 days | 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:E.K.Nayanar_1.jpg | 100px]] | E. K. Nayanar | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1919–2004) | 25 January 1980 | 20 October 1981 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Nayanar I | ||||||||||||||||
| 26 March 1987 | 24 June 1991 | Nayanar II | ||||||||||||||||||
| 20 May 1996 | 17 May 2001 | Nayanar III | ||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:V. S. Achuthanandan 2016.jpg | 100px]] | V. S. Achuthanandan | ||||||||||||||||||
| (1923–2025) | 18 May 2006 | 18 May 2011 | Achuthanandan | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 2023.tif | 100px]] | Pinarayi Vijayan | ||||||||||||||||||
| (b. 1945) | 25 May 2016 | 19 May 2021 | Pinarayi I | |||||||||||||||||
| 20 May 2021 | Incumbent | Pinarayi II |
List of chief ministers from parties of Left Democratic Front (1957-1980)
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | No | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Portrait | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Name | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" | Tenure | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="2" | Party | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Ministry | 1 | 4 years 357 days | 2 | 7 years, 80 days | Communist Party of India}}" | 3 | 348 days | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[File:EMS Namboodiripad 2001 stamp of India (cropped) 1.jpg | 100px]] | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1909–1998) | 5 April 1957 | 31 July 1959 | Communist Party of India}}" | Communist Party of India | Namboodiripad I | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 March 1967 | 1 November 1969 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | Namboodiripad II | |||||||||||||||||
| [[File:C. Achutha Menon.jpg | 100px]] | C. Achutha Menon | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1913–1991) | 1 November 1969 | 3 August 1970 | Communist Party of India | Achutha Menon I | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 October 1970 | 25 March 1977 | Achutha Menon II | |||||||||||||||||||
| [[File:P.K. Vasudevan Nair.jpg | 100px]] | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | |||||||||||||||||||
| (1926–2005) | 29 October 1978 | 12 October 1979 | Vasudevan Nair |
List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present)
| No. | Political alliance | Total days in governance | Number of Chief ministers | 1 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" | days | 3 | |||
| UDF | United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" | days | 3 |
Electoral history
Kerala Legislative Assembly elections
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Leader | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Change | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Outcome | 1980 | 1982 | 1987 | 1991 | 1996 | 2001 | 2006 | 2011 | 2016 | 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| E. K. Nayanar | New | ||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 42 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 32 | |||||||||||||||||||
| V. S. Achuthanandan | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 58 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 30 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pinarayi Vijayan | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 |
Assembly election result by alliance
| Election | Seats won | Ruling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | Majority | LDF | United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF | Others | 1980 | 1982 | 63 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white | 77 | 0 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | UDF | 1987 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | 78 | 61 | 1 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF | 1991 | 48 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | 90 | 2 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | UDF | 1996 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | 80 | 59 | 1 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF | 2001 | 40 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | 99 | 1 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | UDF | 2006 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | 98 | 42 | 0 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF | 2011 | 68 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | 72 | 0 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:; color:white" | UDF | 2016 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | 91 | 47 | 2 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF | 2021 | style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | 99 | 41 | 0 | style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 93 | 46 | 1 | LDF | 47 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};" | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 17 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};" | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};" | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};" | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 44 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 58 |
Indian General Elections (Lok Sabha)
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Legislature | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won / | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| contested | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Change in seats | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total votes | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Per. of votes | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Change in vote % | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | 1980 | 1984 | 1989 | 1991 | 1996 | 1998 | 1999 | 2004 | 2009 | 2014 | 2019 | 2024 | |
| 7th Lok Sabha | 12 | N/A | N/A | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8th Lok Sabha | 10 | 4,607,568 | 42.24% | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||
| 9th Lok Sabha | 1 | 6,370,627 | 42.93% | 0.70% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 10th Lok Sabha | 1 | 6,446,253 | 44.28% | 1.35% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 11th Lok Sabha | 6 | 6,469,266 | 44.87% | 0.59% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 12th Lok Sabha | 1 | 6,628,189 | 44.55% | 0.32% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 13th Lok Sabha | 6,713,244 | 43.70% | 0.85% | |||||||||||||||||||
| 14th Lok Sabha | 9 | 6,962,151 | 46.15% | 2.45% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 15th Lok Sabha | 14 | 6,717,418 | 41.89% | 4.26% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 16th Lok Sabha | 4 | 7,211,257 | 40.12% | 1.77% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 17th Lok Sabha | 7 | 7,156,387 | 36.29% | 3.83% | ||||||||||||||||||
| 18th Lok Sabha | 6,590,526 | 33.34% | 2.95% |
In Kerala Municipal Corporations
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Corporation | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won/ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total seats | Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Sitting side | |||
| Thiruvananthapuram Corporation | 2025 | ||||
| Kozhikode Municipal Corporation | |||||
| Kochi Municipal Corporation | |||||
| Kollam Municipal Corporation | |||||
| Thrissur Municipal Corporation | |||||
| Kannur Municipal Corporation |
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.
| No. | Party | Current No. of MLAs in Assembly | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 1 | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 62 |
| Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" | 2 | Communist Party of India | 17 |
| Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" | 3 | Kerala Congress (M) | 5 |
| Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" | 4 | Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | 2 |
| Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 5 | Janata Dal (Secular) | 2 |
| Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" | 6 | Kerala Congress (B) | 1 |
| Loktantrik Janata Dal }}; text-align: center;" | 7 | Rashtriya Janata Dal (Previously LJD) | 1 |
| Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | 8 | Indian National League | 1 |
| Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 9 | Congress (Secular) | 1 |
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" | 10 | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | 1 |
| Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" | 11 | National Secular Conference | 1 |
| Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 12 | LDF Supported Independents | 4 |
| Total Seats | 98 |
The following list shows the MLAs belonging to LDF in the Niyamasabha.
Key
| Sl.no | Constituency | Name of the | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| elected MLA | Party | |||
| affiliation | ||||
| Kasaragod district | ||||
| 1 | Udma | C. H. Kunhambu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 2 | Kanhangad | E. Chandrasekharan | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 3 | Thrikaripur | M. Rajagopalan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Kannur district | ||||
| 4 | Payyanur | T. I. Madusoodhanan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 5 | Kalliasseri | M.Vijin | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 6 | Taliparamba | M.V Govindan Master | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 7 | Kannur | Kadannappalli Ramachandran | Congress (Secular)}}" | Cong (S) |
| 8 | Dharmadom | Pinarayi Vijayan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 9 | Thalassery | A. N. Shamseer | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 10 | Kuthuparamba | K.P Mohanan | Loktantrik Janata Dal }}" | RJD |
| 11 | Mattanur | K. K. Shailaja | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 12 | Azhikode | K.V Sumesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Wayanad district | ||||
| 13 | Mananthavady | O. R. Kelu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Kozhikode district | ||||
| 14 | Nadapuram | E. K. Vijayan | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 15 | Koyilandy | Kanathil Jameela | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 16 | Perambra | T. P. Ramakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 17 | Balussery | K.M Sachin Dev | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 18 | Elathur | A. K. Saseendran | Nationalist Congress Party}}" | NCP |
| 19 | Kozhikode North | Thottathil Raveendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 20 | Beypore | P.A Muhammed Riyas | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 21 | Kunnamangalam | P. T. A. Rahim | National Secular Conference}}" | NSC |
| 22 | Kozhikode | Ahamed Devarkovil | Indian National League}}" | INL |
| 23 | Thiruvambady | Linto Joseph | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 24 | Kuttiyadi | K.P Kunhammad Kutty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Malappuram district | ||||
| 25 | Nilambur | vacant (politician)}}" | vacant | |
| 26 | Tanur | V. Abdurahiman | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 27 | Thavanur | K.T. Jaleel | Independent (politician)}}" | Independent |
| 28 | Ponnani | P.Nandakumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Palakkad district | ||||
| 29 | Pattambi | Muhammed Muhsin | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 30 | Shornur | P Mammikutty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 31 | Ottapalam | K.Premkumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 32 | Kongad | K.Shanthakumari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 33 | Malampuzha | A Prabhakaran | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 34 | Tarur | P.P Sumod | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 35 | Chittur | K. Krishnankutty | Janata Dal (Secular)}}" | JD(S) |
| 36 | Nenmara | K. Babu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 37 | Alathur | K. D. Prasenan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 38 | Thrithala | M.B Rajesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Thrissur district | ||||
| 39 | Chelakkara | U R Pradeep | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 40 | Wadakkanchery | Xavier Chittilappilly | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 41 | Kunnamkulam | A. C. Moideen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 42 | Guruvayur | N.K Akbar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 43 | Manalur | Murali Perunelli | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 44 | Ollur | K. Rajan | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 45 | Thrissur | P Balachandran | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 46 | Nattika | C.C Mukundan | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 47 | Kaipamangalam | E. T. Tyson | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 48 | Irinjalakuda | R Bindhu | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 49 | Puthukkad | K.K Ramachandran | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 51 | Kodungallur | V. R. Sunil Kumar | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| Ernakulam district | ||||
| 52 | Vypeen | K.N Unnikrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 53 | Kalamasseri | P.Rajeev | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 54 | Kochi | K. J. Maxi | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 55 | Kothamangalam | Antony John | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 56 | Kunnathunadu | P.V Sreenijan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Idukki district | ||||
| 57 | Devikulam | A Raja | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 58 | Udumbanchola | M. M. Mani | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 59 | Peerumade | E. S. Bijimol | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 60 | Idukki | Roshy Augustine | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) |
| Kottayam district | ||||
| 61 | Vaikom | C. K. Asha | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 62 | Ettumanoor | V.N Vasavan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 63 | Changanassery | Adv Job Michael | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) |
| 64 | Poonjar | Sebastian Kulathunkal | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) |
| 65 | Kanjirappalli | Dr N Jayaraj | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) |
| Alappuzha district | ||||
| 66 | Cherthala | P.Prasad | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 67 | Alappuzha | P. P. Chitharanjan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 68 | Ambalappuzha | H.Salam | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 69 | Kayamkulam | Prathiba Hari | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 70 | Mavelikkara | M.S Arunkumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 71 | Chengannur | Saji Cherian | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 72 | Kuttanad | Thomas K. Thomas | Nationalist Congress Party}}" | NCP |
| 73 | Aroor | Dhaleema Jojo | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Pathanamthitta district | ||||
| 74 | Thiruvalla | Mathew T. Thomas | Janata Dal (Secular)}}" | JD(S) |
| 75 | Ranni | Pramod Narayanan | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) |
| 76 | Aranmula | Veena George | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 77 | Konni | K. U. Jenish Kumar | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 78 | Adoor | Chittayam Gopakumar | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| Kollam district | ||||
| 79 | Kunnathur | Kovoor Kunjumon | Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)}}" | RSP (L) |
| 80 | Kottarakkara | K.N Balagopal | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 81 | Pathanapuram | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | Kerala Congress (B)}}" | KC(B) |
| 82 | Punalur | P. S. Supal | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 83 | Chadayamangalam | J.Chinchu Rani | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 84 | Kollam | M. Mukesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 85 | Eravipuram | M. Noushad | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 86 | Chathannoor | G.S. Jayalal | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 87 | Chavara | Sujith Vijayan Pillai | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| Thiruvananthapuram district | ||||
| 88 | Varkala | V. Joy | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 89 | Aruvikkara | G.Stephen | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 90 | Nemam | V.Shivankutty | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 91 | Attingal | O.S Ambika | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 92 | Chirayinkeezhu | V. Sasi | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 93 | Nedumangad | G.R Anil | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI |
| 94 | Vamanapuram | D. K. Murali | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 95 | Kazhakoottam | Kadakampally Surendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 96 | Vattiyoorkavu | V. K. Prasanth | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 97 | Parassala | C. K. Hareendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 98 | Kattakkada | I. B. Sathish | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 99 | Neyyattinkara | K. A. Ansalan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPI(M) |
| 100 | Thiruvananthapuram | Adv Antony Raju | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}" | JKC |
Rajya Sabha
Main article: List of Rajya Sabha members from Kerala
Keys:
| # | 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 }} | Party | 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 }} | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A. A. Rahim | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPM | 03-Apr-2022 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | V. Sivadasan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPM | 24-Apr-2021 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | John Brittas | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" | CPM | 24-Apr-2021 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | P. Santhosh Kumar | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI | 03-Apr-2022 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | P. P. Suneer | Communist Party of India}}" | CPI | 02-Jul-2024 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Jose K Mani | Kerala Congress (M)}}" | KC(M) | 02-Jul-2024 |
Lok Sabha
Main article: List of members of the 18th Lok Sabha
| # | Constituency | Name | Party | 1 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alathur (SC) | K. Radhakrishnan | Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Kerala local body elections
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.
| Local self-government body | Local Bodies in lead | Total | LDF | UDF | Others | Tie | 941 | 152 | 14 | 86 | 6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" | United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" | ||||||||||||
| Gram Panchayats | 514 | 321 | 42 | 64 | |||||||||
| Block Panchayats | 108 | 38 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| District Panchayats | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Municipalities | 43 | 41 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| Corporations | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Local self-government body | Local Bodies won | Total | LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | 941 | 152 | 14 | 87 | 6 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} | United Democratic Front (Kerala)}} | National Democratic Alliance}} | Independent (politician)}} | ||||||||||||
| Gram Panchayats | 549 | 365 | 14 | 13 | |||||||||||
| Block Panchayats | 90 | 61 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||||
| District Panchayats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Municipalities | 44 | 41 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Corporations | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Political activism
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.
LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.
Notes
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