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Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results
May 6 , 2026
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- In the Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Left government voted out, ending its rule in the state.
- United Democratic Front (UDF) won about 97–98 seats, crossing the majority mark of 71 in the 140-member Assembly.
- Left Democratic Front (LDF) secured around 35 seats and lost power after ruling since 2016.
- Kerala earlier gave the world its first democratically elected communist government in 1957 under E. M. S. Namboodiripad (Communist Party of India - CPI).
- With this result, no Indian state is now ruled by Left parties, ending nearly 50 years of continuous Left rule in some state since 1977.
- Pinarayi Vijayan led the outgoing LDF government (CPI(Marxist)).
- Elections show a decline of Left influence earlier seen in West Bengal (till 2011) and Tripura (till 2018).
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