Kerala Assembly elections: Why IUML’s influence underscores its key role in UDF leadership choices, coalition stability

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IUML State president   Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal (centre) shares a airy  infinitesimal   with P.K. Kunhalikutty (left) (FIle image)

IUML State president Panakkad Syed Sadikali Shihab Thangal (centre) shares a airy infinitesimal with P.K. Kunhalikutty (left) (FIle image) | Photo Credit: SAKEER HUSSAIN

With conscionable astir a time near earlier the counting of votes successful the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections, the relation of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has travel into crisp absorption wrong the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF).

Should the conjugation unafraid a mandate connected May 4, the IUML, arsenic a cardinal constituent, is expected to play a decisive relation not lone successful authorities enactment but besides successful shaping enactment choices, peculiarly the Chief Ministerial pick, astatine a clip erstwhile aggregate Congress leaders are vying for the post.

Published - May 02, 2026 12:13 p.m. IST

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