2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the assembly constituencies in Kerala | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Legislative Assembly elections are expected to be held in Kerala in April 2026 to elect 140 members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
Background
[edit]The tenure of Kerala Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 23 May 2026.[7] The previous assembly elections were held in April 2021. After the election, the incumbent Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front formed the state government again after winning 99 out of 140 seats in the assembly, with Pinarayi Vijayan sworn in as the Chief Minister.[8][9]
Schedule
[edit]| Poll event | Schedule |
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| Notification date | TBD |
| Last date for filing nomination | TBD |
| Scrutiny of nomination | TBD |
| Last date for withdrawal of nomination | TBD |
| Date of poll | TBD |
| Date of counting of votes | TBD |
Parties and alliances
[edit]Left Democratic Front
[edit]| Left Democratic Front | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
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| Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 
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M.V. Govindan | TBD | ||
| Communist Party of India | 
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Binoy Viswam | TBD | ||
| Kerala Congress (Mani) | 
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Jose K. Mani | TBD | ||
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Mathew T. Thomas | TBD | ||
| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) | 
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Thomas K. Thomas | TBD | |||
| Rashtriya Janata Dal | 
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M. V. Shreyams Kumar | TBD | ||
| Indian National League | 
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Ahamed Devarkovil | TBD | |||
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Kadannappalli Ramachandran | TBD | ||
| Kerala Congress (B) |
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K. B. Ganesh Kumar | TBD | |||
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress |
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K. C. Joseph | TBD | |||
United Democratic Front
[edit]| United Democratic Front | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress | 
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Sunny Joseph | TBD | ||
| Indian Union Muslim League | 
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Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal | TBD | ||
| Kerala Congress |
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P. J. Joseph | TBD | ||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | 
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Shibu Baby John | TBD | ||
| Democratic Congress Kerala | 
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Mani C. Kappan | TBD | |||
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) |
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Anoop Jacob | TBD | |||
| Communist Marxist Party (John) | 
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C. P. John | TBD | ||
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India | 
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N. Venu | TBD | |||
| National Janata Dal | 
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Adv John John | TBD | |||
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 
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Rajan Babu | TBD | ||
| All India Forward Bloc | 
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Manoj Mathew | TBD | |||
National Democratic Alliance
[edit]| National Democratic Alliance | ||||||
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | ||
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| Bharatiya Janata Party | 
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Rajeev Chandrasekhar | TBD | ||
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | 
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Thushar Vellapally | TBD | |||
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam | 
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Edappadi K. Palaniswami | TBD | |||
| Kerala Kamaraj Congress | 
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Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | TBD | |||
Others
[edit]| Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trinamool Congress | 
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P. V. Anvar | ||
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Adv Vinod Mathew Wilson | TBD | |
Candidates
[edit]Surveys and polls
[edit]Opinion polls
[edit]| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of error | Lead | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others |
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of error | Lead | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others |
Exit polls
[edit]| Polling agency | Date published | Lead | ||||
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| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others |
Results
[edit]Results by alliance or party
[edit]Results by district
[edit]| District | 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 |
Results by constituency
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Chandran, Cynthia (29 April 2024). "Kerala: Sunil Kanugolu kicks off his next mission – 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Congress in Kerala faces an acid-test to foil CPI-M, BJP bid to crack its broad social base". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "It could be LDF again in 2026 Assembly polls, says Vellappally". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "CASA pondering political outfit in Kerala ahead of 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "CPI(M) signals Pinarayi Vijayan likely to lead LDF in 2026 Kerala Assembly polls". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "Term of the Houses". www.eci.gov.in. Archived from the original on 7 August 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ^ "LDF wins 99 of 140 seats in Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan to be CM again". The News Minute. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 1 November 2025.
- ^ "Pinarayi Vijayan Takes Oath As Chief Minister Of Kerala For The 2nd Time". NDTV.com. 20 May 2021. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 1 November 2025.