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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
[edit]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.
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 |
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| 1. | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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Pinarayi Vijayan |
| 2. | Communist Party of India | 
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Binoy Viswam |
| 3. | Kerala Congress (M) | 
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Jose K. Mani |
| 4. | Janata Dal (Secular) | Mathew T. Thomas | ||
| 5. | Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar | T. P. Peethambaran | ||
| 6. | Loktantrik Janata Dal | 
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M. V. Shreyams Kumar | |
| 7. | Indian National League | 
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A. P. Abdul Wahab | |
| 8. | Congress (Secular) | _Flag.png){kind=small}
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Kadannappalli Ramachandran | |
| 9. | Kerala Congress (B) |
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R. Balakrishna Pillai | |
| 10. | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress |
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K. C. Joseph | |
| 11. | Independents | |||
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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 |
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| 1. | Indian National Congress | 
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K. Sudhakaran |
| 2. | Indian Union Muslim League | 
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K. M. Kader Mohideen |
| 3. | Kerala Congress |
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P. J. Joseph | |
| 4. | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 
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A.A. Aziz |
| 5. | Kerala Democratic Party | Mani C. Kappan | ||
| 6. | Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
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Anoop Jacob | |
| 7. | Communist Marxist Party | 
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C. P. John |
| 8. | Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | 
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N. Venu | |
| 9. | National Janata Dal | Adv John John | ||
| 10. | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | Rajan Babu | ||
| 11. | Independents |
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 |
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| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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K. Surendran | |
| 2. | Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | Thushar Vellapally | ||
| 4. | Kerala Kamaraj Congress | 
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Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | |
| 5. | Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha | 
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C. K. Janu | |
| Total | ||||
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chandran, Cynthia (29 April 2024). "Kerala: Sunil Kanugolu kicks off his next mission - 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 November 2024.