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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]
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.
A big tent alliance of centrist to left to centre-right political parties in the state, founded by the prominent Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Indian National Congress |  |  |  | K. Sudhakaran | ||
| Indian Union Muslim League |  |  |  | Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal | ||
| Kerala Congress |  |  | P. J. Joseph | |||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |  |  | Shibu Baby John | ||
| Kerala Democratic Party |  |  | Mani C. Kappan | |||
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) | |  | Anoop Jacob | |||
| Communist Marxist Party |  |  |  | C. P. John | ||
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India |  | N. Venu | ||||
| National Janata Dal | Adv John John | |||||
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy |  |  | Rajan Babu | |||
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.
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
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| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  |  | K. Surendran | ||
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena |  |  | Thushar Vellapally | |||
| Kerala Kamaraj Congress |  | Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | ||||
| Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha |  |  | C. K. Janu | |||
| Region | Seats | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| North Kerala | 32 | ||||
| Central Kerala | 55 | ||||
| South Kerala | 53 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
| Region | Seats | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| Kasaragod | 5 | ||||
| Kannur | 11 | ||||
| Wayanad | 3 | ||||
| Kozhikode | 13 | ||||
| Malappuram | 16 | ||||
| Palakkad | 12 | ||||
| Thrissur | 13 | ||||
| Ernakulam | 14 | ||||
| Idukki | 5 | ||||
| Kottayam | 9 | ||||
| Alappuzha | 9 | ||||
| Pathanamthitta | 5 | ||||
| Kollam | 11 | ||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | 14 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
