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Kerala has agelong kept its ain counsel astatine the ballot box. In the Assembly elections of 2026, the electorate of this politically alert State delivered what galore observers had anticipated — a decisive verdict, wherever the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Indian National Congress, is returning to powerfulness with a thumping majority, ending the Left Democratic Front’s (LDF) unprecedented decade-long tally successful office. Equally notable is the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance’s (NDA) entry, with 2 erstwhile Union Ministers crossing the threshold into the Kerala Assembly. The results amusement a UDF bulk with 97 seats (out of 140), against the LDF’s 35 and the NDA’s 3.
The signifier crossed the caller electoral cycles tells its ain story. The 2024 Lok Sabha result, successful which the UDF swept 18 of the 20 parliamentary seats, was the archetypal wide signal. The 2025 section assemblage elections confirmed the trend. And now, successful 2026, the pendulum has completed its arc.
