Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election
By May 2026
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
 
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Leader Pinarayi Vijayan V. D. Satheesan
Party CPI(M) INC
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader since 2016 2021
Leader's seat Dharmadam Paravur
Last election 25.38%, 62 seats 25.12%, 21 seats
Current seats 98 41
Constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M)


The next Kerala legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held in May 2026 to elect all 140 members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Pinarayi Vijayan is the incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.

Background

The tenure of Kerala Legislative Assembly is scheduled to end on 23 May 2026.[1] The previous assembly elections were held on 6 April 2021. The LDF formed the government for the second consecutive time and became the first incumbent coalition to be re-elected and Pinarayi Vijayan became the first chief minister to be re-elected after completing a full term (five years) in office.

Schedule

Poll Event Schedule
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

Party/Alliance Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
Left Democratic Front Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. V. Govindan
Communist Party of India Kanam Rajendran
Kerala Congress (M) Jose K. Mani
Nationalist Congress Party P. C. Chacko
Janata Dal (Secular) Mathew T. Thomas
Indian National League A. P. Abdul Wahab
Congress (Secular) Kadannappalli Ramachandran
Kerala Congress (B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Janadhipathya Kerala Congress K. C. Joseph
Rashtriya Janata Dal[2] M. V. Shreyams Kumar
United Democratic Front Indian National Congress K. Sudhakaran
Indian Union Muslim League
Kerala Congress P. J. Joseph
Revolutionary Socialist Party A.A. Aziz
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 Jantha Dal [3] John John
National Democratic Alliance Bharatiya Janata Party K. Surendran
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Thushar Vellapally
Kerala Kamaraj Congress Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan
Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha C. K. Janu
Democratic Social Justice Party Manjery Bhaskara Pillai[4]

    References

    1. ↑ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
    2. ↑ Bureau, The Hindu (2023-10-12). "LJD merges with RJD in Kerala, to continue in LDF". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-11-06.
    3. ↑ "United Democratic Front (Kerala)", Wikipedia, 2023-10-28, retrieved 2023-11-06
    4. ↑ "New political party launched for unreserved communities; membership begins Saturday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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