Seat Sharing Arrangement
| Party | Symbol | Leader(s) | Contesting Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) |  | M.V. Govindan | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India | CPI |  | Binoy Vishwam | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress (M) | KC(M) |  | Jose K. Mani | TBD | |
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) also known as Left Front (Kerala) is an alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. [1] It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front.
| Party | Symbol | Leader(s) | Contesting Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | CPI(M) | | M.V. Govindan | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India | CPI | | Binoy Vishwam | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress (M) | KC(M) | | Jose K. Mani | TBD | |
| Constituency No. | Constituency | Reserved | Candidate | Party | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kasaragod | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 2 | Kannur | None | TBD | CPI(M) [2] | TBD |
| 3 | Vatakara | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 4 | Wayanad | None | Annie Raja | Communist Party of India | TBD |
| 5 | Kozhikode | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 6 | Malappuram | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 7 | Ponnani | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 8 | Palakkad | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 9 | Alathur | SC | TBD | CPI(M) [3] | TBD |
| 10 | Thrissur | None | VS Sunil Kumar | Communist Party of India | TBD |
| 11 | Chalakudy | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 12 | Ernakulam | None | TBD | CPI(M) | TBD |
| 13 | Idukki | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 14 | Kottayam | None | Thomas Chazhikkadan | KC(M) [4] | TBD |
| 15 | Alappuzha | None | TBD | CPI(M) | TBD |
| 16 | Mavelikara | SC | C A Arunkumar | Communist Party of India | TBD |
| 17 | Pathanamthitta | None | T M Thomas Issac | CPI(M) | TBD |
| 18 | Kollam | None | M Mukesh | CPI(M) | TBD |
| 19 | Attingal | None | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| 20 | Thiruvananthapuram | None | Pannian Raveendran | Communist Party of India | TBD |
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