Left Democratic Front

{{Infobox political party

| name = Left Democratic Front

| native_name = {{lang|ml|ഇടതുപക്ഷ ജനാധിപത്യ മുന്നണി}}

| logo = Left Democratic Front (Kerala) Logo.svg

| logo_size = 250px

| colorcode = {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}

| leader = Pinarayi Vijayan
{{small|(Chief Minister of Kerala)}}

| chairperson = T. P. Ramakrishnan

| foundation = {{start date and age|1979|||df=yes}}

| website = {{URL|ldf.in}}

| country = India

| abbreviation = LDF

| predecessor =

| membership = {{decrease}} 6,590,526

| membership_year = 2024

| position = Left-wing{{cref|A}}

| seats1_title = Lok Sabha

| seats1 = {{composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats2_title = Rajya Sabha

| seats2 = {{composition bar|6|9|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats3_title = Kerala Legislative Assembly

| seats3 = {{composition bar|98|140|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats5_title = Gram Panchayats

| seats5 = {{composition bar|514|941|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats6_title = Panchayat Samitis

| seats6 = {{composition bar|108|152|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats7_title = Zilla Parishads

| seats7 = {{composition bar|11|14|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| seats8_title = Municipalities

| seats8 = {{composition bar|43|86|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

| colours = {{color box|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|border=darkgray}} Red

| eci =

| leader1_title = Lok Sabha Leader

| leader1_name = K. Radhakrishnan

| leader2_title = Rajya Sabha Leader

| leader2_name = John Brittas

| founders = P. K. Vasudevan Nair
E. M. S. Namboodiripad

| logo_upright = 1.15

| logo_alt = Logo of the Left Democratic Front

| footnotes = {{cnote|A|The Front is described as a broad left-wing alliance, with centre-left and far-left factions.}}

}}

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016.{{Cite news |title=The Left returns in Kerala |work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-the-left-returns-in-kerala/article34482949.ece |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603072711/https://www.thehindu.com/data/data-assembly-election-2021-the-left-returns-in-kerala/article34482949.ece |url-status=live }} It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades.{{Cite web |title=Election history of Kerala |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html |website=CEO Kerala |publisher=Chief Election Officer, Kerala |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=9 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160509200606/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html |url-status=live }} LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980,{{Cite web |date=15 February 1980 |title=Victory of CPI-M-led LDF in Kerala elections manifests swing away from Congress(I) |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19800215-victory-of-cpi-m-led-ldf-in-kerala-elections-manifests-swing-away-from-congressi-806437-2014-02-10 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172757/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/states/story/19800215-victory-of-cpi-m-led-ldf-in-kerala-elections-manifests-swing-away-from-congressi-806437-2014-02-10 |url-status=live }} 1987,{{Cite web |date=15 April 1987 |title=It was a vote for secularism, democracy and progress: E.K. Nayanar |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-it-was-a-vote-for-secularism-democracy-and-progress-e.k.-nayanar-799832-1987-04-15 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062038/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19870415-it-was-a-vote-for-secularism-democracy-and-progress-e.k.-nayanar-799832-1987-04-15 |url-status=live }} 1996,{{Cite web |date=31 May 1996 |title=Elections 1996: Marxists-led LDF dislodges Congress(I) and its allies |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-marxists-led-ldf-dislodges-congressi-and-its-allies-833003-1996-05-31 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062450/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/cover-story/story/19960531-elections-1996-marxists-led-ldf-dislodges-congressi-and-its-allies-833003-1996-05-31 |url-status=live }} 2006,{{Cite web |date=10 April 2016 |title=Return of the warrior V. S. Achuthanandan |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060410-achuthanandan-returns-to-kerala-poll-fray-as-politburo-changes-its-mind-785568-2006-04-10 |website=India Today |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211118062447/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20060410-achuthanandan-returns-to-kerala-poll-fray-as-politburo-changes-its-mind-785568-2006-04-10 |url-status=live }} 2016{{Cite web |date=26 May 2016 |title=Pinarayi Vijayan takes oath as Kerala Chief Minister Hailing from a poor toddy tapper's family, Vijayan, a first time Chief Minister, took the oath in Malayalam |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm-2818813/ |website=The Indian Express |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172751/https://indianexpress.com/article/elections-2016/india/india-news-india/pinarayi-vijayan-sworn-in-as-kerala-cm-2818813/ |url-status=live }} and had a historic re-election in 2021{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=Election results: Left creates history in Kerala |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/election-results-how-left-may-create-history-in-both-kerala-bengal/articleshow/82354409.cms#aoh=16214989565407&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s |website=The Times of India |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518115709/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/election-results-how-left-may-create-history-in-both-kerala-bengal/articleshow/82354409.cms#aoh=16214989565407&referrer=https://www.google.com&_tf=From %1$s |url-status=live }} where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years.{{Cite web |date=2 May 2021 |title=How 'captain' Pinarayi Vijayan led LDF in Kerala, is set to break a decades-old record |url=https://theprint.in/politics/how-captain-pinarayi-vijayan-led-ldf-in-kerala-is-set-to-break-a-decades-old-record/650583/ |website=The Print |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=13 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513172756/https://theprint.in/politics/how-captain-pinarayi-vijayan-led-ldf-in-kerala-is-set-to-break-a-decades-old-record/650583/ |url-status=live }} LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of CPI(M), CPI and various smaller parties.{{Cite web |title=Alliance Wise and Party Wise Kerala Election Results 2021 LIVE |url=https://www.firstpost.com/kerala-assembly-election-2021/alliance-party-wise-tally-live-results-updates |website=First Post |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=3 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103202425/https://www.firstpost.com/kerala-assembly-election-2021/alliance-party-wise-tally-live-results-updates |url-status=live }}

LDF has been in power in the State Legislature of Kerala under E. K. Nayanar (1980–81, 1987–91, 1996–2001),{{Cite web |title=KERALA NIYAMASABHA E.K.NAYANAR |url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/e_k_nayanar.php |website=stateofkerala.in |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=28 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230528032719/https://stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/e_k_nayanar.php |url-status=live }} V. S. Achuthanandan (2006-11),{{Cite web |title=Kerala Council of Ministers:2006–2011 |url=http://keralaassembly.org/ministry2006.html |website=keralaassembly.org |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818104847/http://www.keralaassembly.org/ministry2006.html |url-status=live }} Pinarayi Vijayan (2016–current).{{Cite web |title=Chief Ministers of kerala |url=https://kerala.gov.in/chief-ministers-since-1957 |website=kerala.gov.in |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=17 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210817230704/https://kerala.gov.in/chief-ministers-since-1957 |url-status=dead }} E. K. Nayanar served as the Chief Minister of Kerala for 11 years and later became the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala.{{Cite web |title=E.K.Nayanar |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m474.htm |website=niyamasabha.org |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-date=8 September 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130908154040/http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m474.htm |url-status=live }}

The alliance led by Pinarayi Vijayan returned to power in 2016 Assembly Election winning 91 out of 140 seats and further increasing its tally to 99 seats in the 2021 Assembly Election. Pinarayi Vijayan became the first Chief minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office after a historic election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for the first time in 40 years.{{Cite news |title=LDF shatters Kerala's 40-year record, Pinarayi Vijayan now the Marxist Helmsman |work=The Economic Times |url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/kerala/ldf-shatters-keralas-40-year-record-pinarayi-vijayan-now-the-marxist-helmsman/articleshow/82359214.cms?from=mdr |access-date=3 May 2021 |archive-date=6 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206100814/https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/elections/assembly-elections/kerala/ldf-shatters-keralas-40-year-record-pinarayi-vijayan-now-the-marxist-helmsman/articleshow/82359214.cms?from=mdr |url-status=live }}

History

= Early years (1957–1979) =

File:Kerala Council of Ministers 1957 EMS.jpg of Kerala led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957)]]

The political scenario in Kerala (1957–1980) was characterized by continually shifting alliances, party mergers and splits, factionalism within the coalitions and within political parties, and the formation of a numerous splinter groups. 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was the first assembly election in the Indian state of Kerala. The Communist Party of India won the election with 60 seats. The election led to the formation of first democratically elected communist government in India. A Communist-led government under E. M. S. Namboodiripad resulted from the first elections for the new Kerala Legislative Assembly in 1957, making him the first communist leader in India to head a popularly elected government.{{Cite journal |last=Olle Törnquist |year=1991 |title=Communists and democracy: Two Indian cases and one debate |url=http://criticalasianstudies.org/assets/files/bcas/v23n02.pdf |url-status=dead |journal=Bulletin of Concerned Asian Scholars |publisher=Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars |volume=23 |issue=2 |pages=63–76 |doi=10.1080/14672715.1991.10413152 |issn=0007-4810 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110811034858/http://criticalasianstudies.org/assets/files/bcas/v23n02.pdf |archive-date=11 August 2011 |access-date=20 September 2011 |quote=The first democratically elected communist-led government in India actually came to power in 1957 in the southwest-Indian state of Kerala. Two years later this government was undemocratically toppled-by the union government and the Congress-I party with Indira Gandhi in the forefront. But the communists were reelected and led several of the following state governments.}}{{Cite book |last1=Sarina Singh |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8KnLFpjEHpUC |title=South India |last2=Amy Karafin |last3=Anirban Mahapatra |date=1 September 2009 |publisher=Lonely Planet |isbn=978-1-74179-155-6 |access-date=6 January 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112157/https://books.google.com/books?id=8KnLFpjEHpUC |url-status=live }} It was one of the first Communist governments to be democratically elected, after Communist successes in the 1945 elections in the Republic of San Marino, a microstate in Europe, and the 1946 Czechoslovak elections.[https://www.ssag.sk/studovna/files/ELECTIONS-OF-1946.pdf]{{Cite news |last=K.G. Kumar |date=12 April 2007 |title=50 years of development |work=The Hindu |url=http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/50-years-of-development/article1655056.ece?ref=archive |access-date=30 August 2013 |archive-date=6 November 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131106032608/http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/todays-paper/tp-others/tp-states/50-years-of-development/article1655056.ece?ref=archive |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Manali Desai |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=60m9znJQmmkC&pg=PA142 |title=State Formation and Radical Democracy in India |date=27 November 2006 |publisher=Taylor & Francis |isbn=978-0-203-96774-4 |page=142 |access-date=31 August 2013 |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924112157/https://books.google.com/books?id=60m9znJQmmkC&pg=PA142 |url-status=live }} The coalition politics of Kerala began with second election held to the state legislative assembly in 1960.{{Cite web |date=19 March 2007 |title=India |url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416005158/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,AUS_RRT,,IND,,4b6fe22b5,0.html |archive-date=16 April 2013 |access-date=11 August 2019 |publisher=Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal |via=archive.is}} The Communist Party of India (Marxist) first came into power in Kerala in 1967, under Seven party front, which was an alliance of CPI(M), CPI, IUML, and four other parties.Luke Koshi, Saritha S. Balan (19 June 2017). [https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-when-coalition-7-political-parties-came-together-only-fall-apart-63905 "Kerala chronicles: When a coalition of 7 political parties came together only to fall apart"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210419205848/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-chronicles-when-coalition-7-political-parties-came-together-only-fall-apart-63905 |date=19 April 2021 }}. The News Minute. Retrieved 1 January 2018. In 1970's, the major political parties in the state were unified under two major coalitions, one of them led by Indian National Congress and Communist Party of India and the other by CPI(M).

= Formation of LDF (1979) =

In the late 1970s and early 1980s, two main pre-poll political alliances were formed: the Left Democratic Front (LDF), led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Communist Party of India and the United Democratic Front (UDF), led by the Indian National Congress. These pre-poll political alliances of Kerala have stabilized strongly in such a manner that, with rare exceptions, most of the coalition partners stick their loyalty to the respective alliances (Left Democratic Front or United Democratic Front).

= Left Democratic Front (1980–present) =

File:Kerala Council of Ministers 1987 EK Nayanar.jpg]]

LDF first came into power in 1980 election under the leadership of E. K. Nayanar sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala on 26 March 1980{{Cite web |title=History of Kerala legislature – Government of Kerala, India |url=https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814235820/https://kerala.gov.in/history-of-kerala-legislature |archive-date=14 August 2020 |access-date=2019-05-26 |website=kerala.gov.in |ref=history-of-kerala-legislature}} for the first time in 1980. He formed government with the support of Congress (A) under A. K. Antony and Kerala Congress under K. M. Mani, Nayanar later became the longest serving Chief Minister of Kerala, ever since 1980 election, the power has been clearly alternating between the two alliances till the 2016. LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. Since 1980, none of alliances in Kerala has been re-elected till the 2016. The 1987, 1996 elections led E. K. Nayanar, and the 2006 elections led by V. S. Achuthanandan formed governments and completed their full terms but were not re-elected. In 2016, LDF won the 2016 election led by Pinarayi Vijayan and had a historic re-election in 2021 election where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. Pinarayi Vijayan is the first Chief minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.

= List of LDF Conveners =

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Longest serving Chief minister of Kerala

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1 \|80px \|P. V. Kunjikannan \|1980–1986
2 \| \|T. K. Ramakrishnan \|1986–1987
3 \|80px \|M. M. Lawrence \|1987–1998
4 \|80px \|V. S. Achuthanandan \|1998–2001
5 \|80px \|Paloli Mohammed Kutty \|2001–2006
6 \|80px \|Vaikom Viswan \|2006–2018
7 \|80px \|A. Vijayaraghavan \|2018–2022
8 \|80px \|E. P. Jayarajan \|2022–2024{{Cite web \|date=2024-08-31 \|title=E P Jayarajan no longer LDF convener, Ramakrishnan will replace him: CPI(M) \|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/e-p-jayarajan-ldf-convener-ramakrishnan-replace-him-cpim-9543289/ \|access-date=2024-09-05 \|website=The Indian Express \|language=en}}
9 \|80px \|T. P. Ramakrishnan \|2024–present

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|P. V. Kunjikannan

|1980–1986

|1986–1987

|1987–1998

|1998–2001

|Paloli Mohammed Kutty

|2001–2006

|2006–2018

|2018–2022

|2022–2024{{Cite web |date=2024-08-31 |title=E P Jayarajan no longer LDF convener, Ramakrishnan will replace him: CPI(M) |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/e-p-jayarajan-ldf-convener-ramakrishnan-replace-him-cpim-9543289/ |access-date=2024-09-05 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

|80px

|T. P. Ramakrishnan

|2024–present

Current members (Main Parties)

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ Current members{{Cite news \|last=TNN \|date=27 December 2018 \|title=Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF \|work=The Times of India \|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms \|access-date=22 September 2020 \|archive-date=6 May 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506121133/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms \|url-status=live }}{{Cite web \|date=14 October 2020 \|title=Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani faction joins LDF \|url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 \|access-date=5 February 2021 \|website=The News Minute\|archive-date=27 May 2023 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527072330/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 \|url-status=live }}
colspan="3"\|Party ! Party Symbol ! Party Flag ! colspan="2"\|Kerala Unit Leader ! colspan="2" \| Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| CPI(M) \| Communist Party of India (Marxist) \| File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg \|100px \| 90px \| M. V. Govindan \| {{Composition bar\|62\|140\|{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}} \|44.28%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" \| \| CPI \| Communist Party of India \| File:CPI symbol.svg \|100px \| 90px \|Binoy Viswam \| {{Composition bar\|17\|140\|{{party color\|Communist Party of India}}}} \|12.14%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| KEC(M) \| Kerala Congress (M) \| File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg \|100px \| 90px \|Jose K. Mani \| {{Composition bar\|5\|140\|{{party color\|Kerala Congress (M)}}}} \|3.57%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| JDS(T) \| Janata Dal Secular (Thomas){{Cite news \|last=Bureau \|date=2023-10-07 \|title=JD(S) Kerala unit rejects Deve Gowda's decision to join hands with BJP; to continue its alliance with Left front\|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-unit-of-jds-rejects-deve-gowdas-decision-to-join-hands-with-bjp-to-continue-its-alliance-with-left-front/article67392475.ece \|access-date=2023-11-06 \|issn=0971-751X}} \| File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg \| \| 90px \|Mathew T. Thomas \| {{Composition bar\|2\|140\|{{party color\|Janata Dal (Secular)}}}} \|1.43%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}; text-align:center;" \| \| NCP(SP) \| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) \|90px \|100px \| 90px \|P. C. Chacko \| {{Composition bar\|2\|140\|{{party color\|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}}} \|1.43%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; text-align:center;" \| \| RJD \| Rashtriya Janata Dal \| File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png \|100px \| 90px \|M. V. Shreyams Kumar \| {{Composition bar\|1\|140\|{{party color\|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}}} \|0.71%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| KEC(B) \| Kerala Congress (B) \| File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg \|100px \| 90px \|K. B. Ganesh Kumar \| {{Composition bar\|1\|140\|{{party color\|Kerala Congress (B)}}}} \|0.71%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" \| \| INL \| Indian National League \| File:Indian Election Symbol Scale.png \|100px \| 90px \|Ahamed Devarkovil \| {{Composition bar\|1\|140\|{{party color\|Indian National League}}}} \|0.71%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| CON(S) \| Congress (Secular) \| File:Indian Election Symbol Coconut Tree.png \|100px \| 90px \|Kadannappalli Ramachandran \| {{Composition bar\|1\|140\|{{party color\|Congress (Secular)}}}} \|0.71%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" \| \| JKC \| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress \| File:Auto Rickshaw Election Symbol.svg \|100px \| 90px \|Antony Raju \| {{Composition bar\|1\|140\|{{party color\|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}}} \|0.71%
style="background-color:{{party color\|Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}; text-align: center;" \| \| KEC(S) \| Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) \| \|100px \| 90px \|Binoy Joseph \| {{Composition bar\|0\|140\|{{party color\|Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}}} \|0%

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Current members{{Cite news |last=TNN |date=27 December 2018 |title=Kerala: Four new parties find berths in LDF |work=The Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms |access-date=22 September 2020 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506121133/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/four-new-parties-find-berths-in-ldf/articleshow/67263056.cms |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=14 October 2020 |title=Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani faction joins LDF |url=https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 |access-date=5 February 2021 |website=The News Minute|archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527072330/https://www.thenewsminute.com/article/kerala-congress-m-jose-k-mani-faction-joins-ldf-135319 |url-status=live }}

colspan="3"|Party

! Party Symbol

! Party Flag

! colspan="2"|Kerala Unit Leader

! colspan="2" | Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" |

| CPI(M)

| Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg

|100px

| 90px

| M. V. Govindan

| {{Composition bar|62|140|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}}}

|44.28%

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" |

| CPI

| Communist Party of India

| File:CPI symbol.svg

|100px

| 90px

|Binoy Viswam

| {{Composition bar|17|140|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}}}

|12.14%

style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" |

| KEC(M)

| Kerala Congress (M)

| File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg

|100px

| 90px

|Jose K. Mani

| {{Composition bar|5|140|{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}}}

|3.57%

style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" |

| JDS(T)

| Janata Dal Secular (Thomas){{Cite news |last=Bureau |date=2023-10-07 |title=JD(S) Kerala unit rejects Deve Gowda's decision to join hands with BJP; to continue its alliance with Left front|work=The Hindu |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-unit-of-jds-rejects-deve-gowdas-decision-to-join-hands-with-bjp-to-continue-its-alliance-with-left-front/article67392475.ece |access-date=2023-11-06 |issn=0971-751X}}

| File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg

| 90px

|Mathew T. Thomas

| {{Composition bar|2|140|{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}}}

|1.43%

style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}; text-align:center;" |

| NCP(SP)

| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)

|90px

|100px

| 90px

|P. C. Chacko

| {{Composition bar|2|140|{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)}}}}

|1.43%

style="background-color:{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}; text-align:center;" |

| RJD

| Rashtriya Janata Dal

| File:Indian Election Symbol Hurricane Lamp.png

|100px

| 90px

|M. V. Shreyams Kumar

| {{Composition bar|1|140|{{party color|Rashtriya Janata Dal}}}}

|0.71%

style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" |

| KEC(B)

| Kerala Congress (B)

| File:Indian election symbol rising sun.svg

|100px

| 90px

|K. B. Ganesh Kumar

| {{Composition bar|1|140|{{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}}}

|0.71%

style="background-color:{{party color|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" |

| INL

| Indian National League

| File:Indian Election Symbol Scale.png

|100px

| 90px

|Ahamed Devarkovil

| {{Composition bar|1|140|{{party color|Indian National League}}}}

|0.71%

style="background-color:{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" |

| CON(S)

| Congress (Secular)

| File:Indian Election Symbol Coconut Tree.png

|100px

| 90px

|Kadannappalli Ramachandran

| {{Composition bar|1|140|{{party color|Congress (Secular)}}}}

|0.71%

style="background-color:{{party color|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" |

| JKC

| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress

| File:Auto Rickshaw Election Symbol.svg

|100px

| 90px

|Antony Raju

| {{Composition bar|1|140|{{party color|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}}}

|0.71%

style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}; text-align: center;" |

| KEC(S)

| Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)

|100px

| 90px

|Binoy Joseph

| {{Composition bar|0|140|{{party color|Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)}}}}

|0%

= Associate Members =

The following are the associate member parties in LDF:{{Cite news |last=DC Correspondent |first=DC Correspondent |title=NCP may choose Kovoor Kunjumon as Cabinet minister |work=DC |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/politics/160118/ncp-may-choose-kovoor-kunjumon-as-cabinet-minister.html }}{{Cite news |title= Kerala politics: Indian National League and National Secular Conference appear to part ways|newspaper=The Hindu |date=6 July 2021 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kerala-politics-indian-national-league-and-national-secular-conference-appear-to-part-ways/article35174128.ece |last1=Govind |first1=Biju }}

NSC (leader – P. T. A. Rahim)
RSP(L) (leader – Kovoor Kunjumon)
JSS (Left)
Revolutionary Socialist Party (Left)
Marxist-Leninist Party of India (Red Flag) (leader – Unnichekan)
Samajwadi Party
Forward Bloc (Left)
National League (leader – Abdul Wahab)https://english.mathrubhumi.com/news/kerala/wahab-faction-to-stand-strong-with-ldf-1.9383290
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam

Chief ministers

= List of chief ministers from Left Democratic Front in Kerala (1980–present) =

class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:center;"style="font-size: 90%"

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |No{{efn|A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office}}

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Portrait

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Name{{efn|Year in parentheses indicates life span}}

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" |Tenure

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="2" |Party{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Ministry

style="height: 60px;"

!rowspan=3|1

|rowspan=3| 100px

|rowspan=3| E. K. Nayanar
{{Small|(1919–2004)}}

| 25 January 1980

| 20 October 1981

| {{age in years and days|1980|1|25|1981|10|20}}

! rowspan="3" | 10 years, 353 days

!rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

|rowspan=6| Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| Nayanar I

style="height: 60px;"

| 26 March 1987

| 24 June 1991

| {{age in years and days|1987|3|26|1991|6|24}}

| Nayanar II

style="height: 60px;"

| 20 May 1996

| 17 May 2001

| {{age in years and days|1996|5|20|2001|5|17}}

| Nayanar III

style="height: 60px;"

| 100px

| V. S. Achuthanandan
{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1923)}}

| 18 May 2006

| 18 May 2011

| {{age in years and days|2006|5|18|2011|5|18}}

! 5 years 0 days

| Achuthanandan

style="height: 60px;"

! rowspan="2" |3

| rowspan="2" | 100px

| rowspan="2" | Pinarayi Vijayan
{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1945)}}

| 25 May 2016

| 19 May 2021

| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}

! rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}

| Pinarayi I

style="height: 60px;"

| 20 May 2021

| incumbent

| Pinarayi II

= List of chief ministers from parties of Left Democratic Front (1957-1980) =

class="sortable wikitable"style="text-align:center;"style="font-size: 90%"

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |No{{efn|A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office}}

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Portrait

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Name{{efn|Year in parentheses indicates life span}}

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" |Tenure

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Ministry

style="height: 60px;"

!rowspan=2|1

|rowspan=2| 100px

|rowspan=2| E. M. S. Namboodiripad
{{Small|(1909–1998)}}

| 5 April 1957

| 31 July 1959

| {{age in years and days|1957|4|5|1959|7|31}}

!rowspan=2| 4 years 357 days

| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

| Communist Party of India

| Namboodiripad I

style="height: 60px;"

| 6 March 1967

| 1 November 1969

|{{age in years and days|1967|3|6|1969|11|1}}

| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

| Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| Namboodiripad II

style="height: 60px;"

!rowspan=2|2

|rowspan=2| 100px

|rowspan=2| C. Achutha Menon
{{Small|(1913–1991)}}

| 1 November 1969

| 3 August 1970

| {{age in years and days|1969|11|1|1970|8|3}}

!rowspan=2| 7 years, 80 days

!rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |

|rowspan=3| Communist Party of India

| Achutha Menon I

4 October 1970

| 25 March 1977

| {{age in years and days|1970|10|4|1977|3|25}}

| Achutha Menon II

style="height: 60px;"

| 100px

| P. K. Vasudevan Nair
{{Small|(1926–2005)}}

| 29 October 1978

| 12 October 1979

| {{age in years and days|1978|10|29|1979|10|12}}

!348 days

| Vasudevan Nair

style="height: 60px;"

= List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present) =

class="wikitable sortable" text-align:center"
data-sort-type=number \| {{Tooltip\|No.}} ! colspan="2" \|Political alliance ! Total days in governance ! data-sort-type=number \| Number of Chief ministers
data-sort-value="1" \| 1 \| LDF \|style="background-color: {{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" \| \| {{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days\|1980\|01\|25\|1981\|10\|20}}+{{age in days\|1987\|03\|26\|1991\|06\|23}}+{{age in days\|1996\|05\|20\|2001\|05\|16}}+{{age in days\|2006\|05\|18\|2011\|05\|17}}+{{age in days\|2016\|05\|25}}}}}}\|R}} days \| data-sort-type=5 \| 3
data-sort-value="2" \| 2 \| UDF \| style="background-color: {{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" \| \| {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days\|1981\|12\|28\|1982\|03\|17}}+{{age in days\|1982\|05\|24\|1987\|03\|25}}+{{age in days\|1991\|06\|24\|1996\|05\|19}} +{{age in days\|2001\|05\|17\|2006\|05\|17}}+{{age in days\|2011\|05\|18\|2016\|05\|24}} }}}} days \| data-sort-type=5 \| 3

class="wikitable sortable" text-align:center"

data-sort-type=number | {{Tooltip|No.}}

! colspan="2" |Political alliance

! Total days in governance

! data-sort-type=number | Number of Chief ministers

data-sort-value="1" | 1

| LDF

|style="background-color: {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |

| {{formatnum:{{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1980|01|25|1981|10|20}}+{{age in days|1987|03|26|1991|06|23}}+{{age in days|1996|05|20|2001|05|16}}+{{age in days|2006|05|18|2011|05|17}}+{{age in days|2016|05|25}}}}}}|R}} days

| data-sort-type=5 | 3

data-sort-value="2" | 2

| UDF

| style="background-color: {{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}" |

| {{formatnum:{{#expr:{{age in days|1981|12|28|1982|03|17}}+{{age in days|1982|05|24|1987|03|25}}+{{age in days|1991|06|24|1996|05|19}} +{{age in days|2001|05|17|2006|05|17}}+{{age in days|2011|05|18|2016|05|24}} }}}} days

| data-sort-type=5 | 3

Electoral history

=Kerala Legislative Assembly elections=

{{bar box

|float=right

|title={{color|white|Vote share in consecutive Kerala Assembly elections}}

|titlebar= {{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}

|width=350px

|barwidth=

|bars=

{{bar percent|1982|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|47.25}}

{{bar percent|1987|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|44.97}}

{{bar percent|1991|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.88}}

{{bar percent|1996|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.88}}

{{bar percent|2001|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|43.70}}

{{bar percent|2006|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|48.63}}

{{bar percent|2011|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|44.94}}

{{bar percent|2016|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|43.48}}

{{bar percent|2021|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|45.43}}

}}

class="wikitable sortable" \|+Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Kerala Assembly elections ! Style="background-color:{{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" \| Election Year ! Style="background-color:{{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" \| Leader ! Style="background-color:{{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" \| Seats won ! Style="background-color:{{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" \| Change ! Style="background-color:{{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" \| Outcome
1980 \|rowspan=5\|E. K. Nayanar \|{{Composition bar\|93\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|New \| {{partial2\|Government, later Opposition}}
1982 \|{{Composition bar\|63\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{decrease}} 30 \| {{No2\|Opposition}}
1987 \|{{Composition bar\|78\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{increase}} 15 \| {{yes2\|Government}}
1991 \|{{Composition bar\|48\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{decrease}} 42 \| {{No2\|Opposition}}
1996 \|{{Composition bar\|80\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{increase}} 32 \| {{yes2\|Government}}
2001 \|rowspan=3\|V. S. Achuthanandan \|{{Composition bar\|40\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{decrease}} 40 \| {{No2\|Opposition}}
2006 \|{{Composition bar\|98\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{increase}} 58 \| {{yes2\|Government}}
2011 \|{{Composition bar\|68\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|\|{{decrease}} 30 \| {{No2\|Opposition}}
2016 \|rowspan=2\|Pinarayi Vijayan \|{{Composition bar\|91\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{increase}} 23 \| {{yes2\|Government}}
2021 \|{{Composition bar\|99\|140\|hex={{party color\|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }} \|{{increase}} 8 \| {{yes2\|Government}}

class="wikitable sortable"

|+Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Kerala Assembly elections

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Leader

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Change

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Outcome

1980

|rowspan=5|E. K. Nayanar

|{{Composition bar|93|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|New

| {{partial2|Government, later Opposition}}

1982

|{{Composition bar|63|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{decrease}} 30

| {{No2|Opposition}}

1987

|{{Composition bar|78|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{increase}} 15

| {{yes2|Government}}

1991

|{{Composition bar|48|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{decrease}} 42

| {{No2|Opposition}}

1996

|{{Composition bar|80|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{increase}} 32

| {{yes2|Government}}

2001

|rowspan=3|V. S. Achuthanandan

|{{Composition bar|40|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{decrease}} 40

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2006

|{{Composition bar|98|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{increase}} 58

| {{yes2|Government}}

2011

|{{Composition bar|68|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

||{{decrease}} 30

| {{No2|Opposition}}

2016

|rowspan=2|Pinarayi Vijayan

|{{Composition bar|91|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{increase}} 23

| {{yes2|Government}}

2021

|{{Composition bar|99|140|hex={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}} }}

|{{increase}} 8

| {{yes2|Government}}

{{Vertical bar chart|1980|93|1982|63|1987|78|1991|48|1996|80|2001|40|2006|98|2011|68|2016|91|2021|99|full_name=All time-LDF Kerala assembly seat count (For majority=70 seats)|type=demographic|note=}}

== Assembly election result by alliance ==

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center" ! rowspan="2" \|Election ! colspan="3" \|Seats won ! rowspan="2" \|Ruling Coalition ! rowspan="2" \|Majority
style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF	style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \| UDF	Others
1980 \| style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \|93 \|46 \|1 \|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#DB0000;"\|47
1982\|\|63\|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white\|77\|\| 0 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \| UDF \|style="color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"\|14
1987 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"\|78\|\| 61\|\|1 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#FF0000;"\|17
1991 \|\| 48 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \|90\|\| 2 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \| UDF \|style="color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"\|40
1996 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"\| 80\|\| 59 \|\| 1 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#FF0000;"\|21
2001 \|\| 40 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"\|99\|\| 1 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \| UDF \|style="color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"\|59
2006 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"\|98\|\| 42 \|\| 0 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#FF0000;"\|56
2011 \|\| 68 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"\|72\|\| 0 \|\| style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" \| UDF \|style="color:{{party color\|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"\|4
2016 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \|91\|\| 47 \|\| 2 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#FF0000;"\|44
2021 \|\|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"\|99\|\| 41 \|\|0 \|\| style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" \| LDF \|style="color:#FF0000;"\|58

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:center"

! rowspan="2" |Election

! colspan="3" |Seats won

! rowspan="2" |Ruling
Coalition

! rowspan="2" |Majority

style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF

Others

1980

| style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" |93

|46

|style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#DB0000;"|47

1982||63||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white|77|| 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF

|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|14

1987 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|78|| 61||1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#FF0000;"|17

1991 || 48 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" |90|| 2 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF

|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|40

1996 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"| 80|| 59 || 1 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#FF0000;"|21

2001 || 40 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|99|| 1 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF

|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|59

2006 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|98|| 42 || 0 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#FF0000;"|56

2011 || 68 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white"|72|| 0 || style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}; color:white" | UDF

|style="color:{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}};"|4

2016 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" |91|| 47 || 2 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#FF0000;"|44

2021 ||style="width:15%;"Style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white"|99|| 41 ||0 || style="background-color:#FF0000; color:white" | LDF

|style="color:#FF0000;"|58

=Indian General Elections (Lok Sabha)=

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ Performance of Left Democratic Front, Kerala in Lok Sabha elections

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Election Year

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Legislature

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Seats won /
contested

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Change in seats

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Total votes

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| {{abbr|Per.|Percent}} of votes

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Change in vote %

! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| {{ref.}}

style="text-align:center;"

!1980

|7th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|12|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 12

|N/A

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1980/Vol_I_LS_80.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1980 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=86}}

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!1984

|8th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|2|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 10

|4,607,568

|42.24%

|N/A

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1984/Vol_I_LS_84.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1984 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=81}}{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1985/Vol_I_LS_85.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1985 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=15}}

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!1989

|9th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|3|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|6,370,627

|42.93%

|{{increase}} 0.70%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1989/Vol_I_LS_89.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1989 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=88}}

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!1991

|10th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|4|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 1

|6,446,253

|44.28%

|{{increase}} 1.35%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1991/VOL_I_91.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1991 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=58}}{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1992/GE_VOL_I_92.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1992 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=13}}

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!1996

|11th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|10|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 6

|6,469,266

|44.87%

|{{increase}} 0.59%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1996/Vol_I_LS_96.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 1996 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=93}}

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!1998

|12th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|9|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 1

|6,628,189

|44.55%

|{{decrease}} 0.32%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 1998 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=92 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718181833/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1998/Vol_I_LS_98.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}

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!1999

|13th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|9|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{steady}}

|6,713,244

|43.70%

|{{decrease}} 0.85%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report : 1999 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=92 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140718183222/http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_1999/Vol_I_LS_99.pdf |archive-date=18 July 2014}}

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!2004

|14th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|18|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 9

|6,962,151

|46.15%

|{{increase}} 2.45%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/LS_2004/Vol_I_LS_2004.pdf |title=LS Statistical Report: 2004 Vol. 1 |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=101}}

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!2009

|15th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|4|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 14

|6,717,418

|41.89%

|{{decrease}} 4.26%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2009/Stats/VOLI/12_PerformanceOfNationalParties.pdf |title=LS 2009: Performance of National Parties |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014}}

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!2014

|16th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|8|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{increase}} 4

|7,211,257

|40.12%

|{{decrease}} 1.77%

|{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/archiveofge2014/4%20-%20List%20of%20Successful%20Candidates.pdf |title=LS 2014: List of successful candidates |work=Election Commission of India |access-date=18 October 2014 |page=93}}

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!2019

|17th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{decrease}} 7

|7,156,387

|36.29%

|{{decrease}} 3.83%

|{{cite web |url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/10987-4-list-of-successful-candidate |title=LS 2019: List of successful candidates |work=Election Commission of India |date=11 October 2019 |access-date=11 October 2019}}

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!2024

|18th Lok Sabha

|{{Composition bar|1|20|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{steady}}

|6,590,526

|33.34%

|{{decrease}} 2.95%

= In Kerala Municipal Corporations =

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"

!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Corporation

!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Election Year

!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Seats won/
Total seats

!Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Sitting side

Thiruvananthapuram Corporation

|rowspan=6 |2020

|{{Composition bar|52|100|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{yes2|Government}}

Kozhikode Municipal Corporation

|{{Composition bar|49|75|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{yes2|Government}}

Kochi Municipal Corporation

|{{Composition bar|34|74|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{yes2|Government}}

Kollam Municipal Corporation

|{{Composition bar|39|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{yes2|Government}}

Thrissur Municipal Corporation

|{{Composition bar|24|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{yes2|Government}}

Kannur Municipal Corporation

|{{Composition bar|19|55|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}}}

|{{No2|Opposition}}

List of elected members

= Kerala Legislative Assembly =

The LDF is the ruling alliance in Kerala which has 99 seats out of the 140 in the Kerala Niyamasabha.

File:2021 Kerala election result.svg

class="wikitable sortable"
style="width:30px;"\|No. ! style="width:325px;"\|Party ! style="width:50px;"\|Current No. of MLAs in Assembly
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" \| 1 \| Communist Party of India (Marxist) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 62
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" \| 2 \| Communist Party of India \| style="text-align: center;" \| 17
style="background-color:{{party color\|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" \| 3 \| Kerala Congress (M) \| style="text-align: center;" \|5
style="background-color:{{party color\|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" \| 4 \| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2
style="background-color:{{party color\|Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" \| 5 \| Janata Dal (Secular) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 2
style="background-color:{{party color\|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" \| 6 \| Kerala Congress (B) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Loktantrik Janata Dal }}; text-align: center;" \| 7 \| Rashtriya Janata Dal (Previously LJD) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" \| 8 \| Indian National League \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Congress (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" \| 9 \| Congress (Secular) \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Janadhipathya Kerala Congress}}; text-align: center;" \| 10 \| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Indian National League}}; text-align: center;" \| 11 \| National Secular Conference \| style="text-align: center;" \| 1
style="background-color:{{party color\|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" \| 12 \| LDF Supported Independents \| style="text-align: center;" \| 4
\|Total Seats \|style="text-align: center;" \| 98

class="wikitable sortable"

style="width:30px;"|No.

! style="width:325px;"|Party

! style="width:50px;"|Current No. of MLAs in Assembly

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}; text-align: center;" | 1

| Communist Party of India (Marxist)

| style="text-align: center;" | 62

style="background-color:{{party color|Communist Party of India}}; text-align: center;" | 2

| Communist Party of India

| style="text-align: center;" | 17

style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (M)}}; text-align: center;" | 3

| Kerala Congress (M)

| style="text-align: center;" |5

style="background-color:{{party color|Nationalist Congress Party}}; text-align:center;" | 4

| Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar)

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

style="background-color:{{party color|Janata Dal (Secular)}}; text-align: center;" | 5

| Janata Dal (Secular)

| style="text-align: center;" | 2

style="background-color:{{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}; text-align: center;" | 6

| Kerala Congress (B)