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These elections encompass national elections as well as regional elections for local bodies and <i><a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj_in_India" title="Panchayati raj in India">panchayats</a></i>. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Assembly</a> has the authority to enact laws concerning the conduct of local body elections independently. However, any modifications made by the state legislature to the procedures of state-level elections require approval from the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_India" title="Parliament of India">Parliament of India</a>. In addition, the state legislature may be dismissed by the Parliament according to <a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">Article 356 of the Indian Constitution</a> and President's rule may be imposed. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Election_Commission" title="Kerala State Election Commission">State Election Commission</a> prepares the electoral rolls of Panchayats, Municipalities and Municipal Corporation and conduct their elections. The State Election Commissioner is also the Chairman of the Delimitation Commission.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Types_of_elections">Types of elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Types of elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Elections in Kerala include elections for: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Rajya_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Rajya Sabha">Members of Parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> (Upper House)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Members of Parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (Lower House)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> (State Assembly)</li> <li>Members of <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_Kerala" title="Local government in Kerala">local governance bodies</a> (<a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">municipal bodies</a> and <a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj" title="Panchayati raj">panchayats</a>)</li> <li>A by-election is held when the seat-holder of a particular constituency dies, resigns, or is disqualified.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Loksabha_elections">Loksabha elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Loksabha elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building,_New_Delhi.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg/300px-View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg/450px-View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg/600px-View_of_Lok_Sabha_chamber_in_the_New_Parliament_building%2C_New_Delhi.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1600" data-file-height="779" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (Lower House)</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament_(India)" title="Member of Parliament (India)">Members of parliament</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> (Lower House) from <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> are directly elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of the state from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of Kerala can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called "<a href="/wiki/Member_of_Parliament,_Lok_Sabha" title="Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha">Members of Parliament</a>" and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the <a href="/wiki/President_of_India" title="President of India">president of India</a> on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Union_Council_of_Ministers" title="Union Council of Ministers">council of ministers</a>. The house meets in the Lok Sabha Chamber of the <a href="/wiki/Sansad_Bhavan" class="mw-redirect" title="Sansad Bhavan">Sansad Bhavan</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Delhi" title="New Delhi">New Delhi</a> on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of India. Elections take place once every five years to elect 20 members from Kerala.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The leader of the majority party or alliance in the country takes oath as <a href="/wiki/Prime_minister_of_India" class="mw-redirect" title="Prime minister of India">prime minister of India</a>. <a href="/wiki/List_of_Indian_general_elections" title="List of Indian general elections">Indian General Elections</a> in Kerala has been mainly contested between two political parties since the formation of the state. The <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> which currently leads <a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">United Democratic Front (UDF)</a> alliance and the <a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> which currently leads <a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front" title="Left Democratic Front">Left Democratic Front (LDF)</a> alliance. The <a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> has been in lead, 11 out of 16 election from 1957 in Kerala. <br /> The elections for both <a href="/wiki/Lok_Sabha" title="Lok Sabha">Lok Sabha</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rajya_Sabha" title="Rajya Sabha">Rajya Sabha</a> are conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Election_Commission_of_India" title="Election Commission of India">Election Commission of India</a> (ECI). <br />|} </p> <div style="overflow-x:auto; white-space:nowrap;"> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0;"> <caption style="text-align:left;">Legislative Assembly election results </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg/250px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="377" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg/375px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg/500px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2009.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2009 Indian general election in Kerala">2009</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg/250px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="377" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg/375px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg/500px-Kerala_Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2014.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2014 Indian general election in Kerala">2014</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg/250px-Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg.png" decoding="async" width="250" height="377" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg/375px-Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg/500px-Constituency_wise_Loksabha_Results_2019_-_Kerala.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="432" data-file-height="651" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2019 Indian general election in Kerala">2019</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg/280px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="280" height="381" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg/420px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg/560px-2024_Lok_Sabha_Kerala_Result_Map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="510" data-file-height="694" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> (<a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2024 Indian general election in Kerala">2024</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_Wise_Results">Party Wise Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Party Wise Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Lok Sabha </th> <th>Election Year </th> <th colspan="2">1st Party </th> <th colspan="2">2nd Party </th> <th colspan="2">3rd Party </th> <th colspan="2">4th Party </th> <th>Others </th> <th>Total Seats </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2nd_Lok_Sabha" title="2nd Lok Sabha">2nd Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1957 Indian general election in Kerala">1957</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 9 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 6 </td> <td style="background-color: #F15270"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">PSP</a> 1 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 2 </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/3rd_Lok_Sabha" title="3rd Lok Sabha">3rd Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 Indian general election in Kerala (page does not exist)">1962</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 6 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 5 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#d84c4c"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 3 </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/4th_Lok_Sabha" title="4th Lok Sabha">4th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Indian general election in Kerala (page does not exist)">1967</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 9 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color: #33CC00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samyukta_Socialist_Party" title="Samyukta Socialist Party">SSP</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 1 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/5th_Lok_Sabha" title="5th Lok Sabha">5th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Indian general election in Kerala (page does not exist)">1971</a> </td> <td style="background-color: turquoise"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(R)" title="Indian National Congress (R)">INC(R)</a> 6 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 2, <a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 1 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/6th_Lok_Sabha" title="6th Lok Sabha">6th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1977 Indian general election in Kerala">1977</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 9 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">IC (S)</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1 </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/7th_Lok_Sabha" title="7th Lok Sabha">7th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1980 Indian general election in Kerala">1980</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 6 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC (I)</a> 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#7777FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(U)" title="Indian National Congress (U)">INC (U)</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 2, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/8th_Lok_Sabha" title="8th Lok Sabha">8th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1984 Indian general election in Kerala">1984</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 13 </td> <td style="background-color:#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">KC (J)</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">IC (S)</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">JP</a> 1, </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/9th_Lok_Sabha" title="9th Lok Sabha">9th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1989 Indian general election in Kerala">1989</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 14 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC (M)</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">IC (S)</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/10th_Lok_Sabha" title="10th Lok Sabha">10th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1991 Indian general election in Kerala">1991</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 13 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC (M)</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Congress_(Socialist)" title="Indian Congress (Socialist)">IC (S)</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/11th_Lok_Sabha" title="11th Lok Sabha">11th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1996 Indian general election in Kerala">1996</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 7 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 5 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal" title="Janata Dal">JD</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC (M)</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/12th_Lok_Sabha" title="12th Lok Sabha">12th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1998 Indian general election in Kerala">1998</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 8 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC (M)</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 2 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/13th_Lok_Sabha" title="13th Lok Sabha">13th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="1999 Indian general election in Kerala">1999</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 8 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC(M)</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/14th_Lok_Sabha" title="14th Lok Sabha">14th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2004 Indian general election in Kerala">2004</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 12 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 3 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 1 </td> <td style="background-color:#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">KC(J)</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Federal_Democratic_Party" title="Indian Federal Democratic Party">IFDP</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">JD(S)</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Ind</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/15th_Lok_Sabha" title="15th Lok Sabha">15th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2009 Indian general election in Kerala">2009</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 13 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 4 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC(M)</a> 1 </td> <td>– </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/16th_Lok_Sabha" title="16th Lok Sabha">16th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2014 Indian general election in Kerala">2014</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 8 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 7 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/17th_Lok_Sabha" title="17th Lok Sabha">17th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2019 Indian general election in Kerala">2019</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 15 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 1 </td> <td style="background-color:#d84c4c"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">KC(M)</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/18th_Lok_Sabha" title="18th Lok Sabha">18th Lok Sabha</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election_in_Kerala" title="2024 Indian general election in Kerala">2024</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> 14 </td> <td style="background-color:#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> 2 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> 1 </td> <td style="background-color:#FF9933"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Janata_Party" title="Bharatiya Janata Party">BJP</a> 1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a> 1, <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">KC</a> 1 </td> <td>20 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alliance_Wise_Results">Alliance Wise Results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Alliance Wise Results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year </th> <th>Lok Sabha Election </th> <th colspan="2">1st Alliance </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th colspan="2">2nd Alliance </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>Other parties </th> <th>Seats won </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Indian_general_election" title="1957 Indian general election">1957</a> </td> <td>2nd </td> <td style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">PSP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a> </td> <td>1 / 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Indian_general_election" title="1962 Indian general election">1962</a> </td> <td>3rd </td> <td style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a>/<a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">PSP</a>/<a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">IUML</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a> </td> <td>6 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">RSP</a>/ <a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a> </td> <td>1 / 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Indian_general_election" title="1967 Indian general election">1967</a> </td> <td>4th </td> <td style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(1967-69,_Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Front (1967-69, Kerala)">United Front</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Independent_(politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Independent (politician)">Independents</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1971_Indian_general_election" title="1971 Indian general election">1971</a> </td> <td>5th </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/United_Front_(1970-79,_Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="United Front (1970-79, Kerala)">United Front</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Indian_general_election" title="1977 Indian general election">1977</a> </td> <td>6th </td> <td>20 </td> <td>0 </td> <th rowspan="8"> </th> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Indian_general_election" title="1980 Indian general election">1980</a> </td> <td>7th </td> <td style="background-color: #EE0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1984_Indian_general_election" title="1984 Indian general election">1984</a> </td> <td>8th </td> <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td rowspan="6" style="background-color: #EE0000"> </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1989_Indian_general_election" title="1989 Indian general election">1989</a> </td> <td>9th </td> <td>17 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Indian_general_election" title="1991 Indian general election">1991</a> </td> <td>10th </td> <td>15 </td> <td>5 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Indian_general_election" title="1996 Indian general election">1996</a> </td> <td>11th </td> <td>10 </td> <td>10 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1998_Indian_general_election" title="1998 Indian general election">1998</a> </td> <td>12th </td> <td>11 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/1999_Indian_general_election" title="1999 Indian general election">1999</a> </td> <td>13th </td> <td>11 </td> <td>9 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2004_Indian_general_election" title="2004 Indian general election">2004</a> </td> <td>14th </td> <td style="background-color: #EE0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">NDA</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2009_Indian_general_election" title="2009 Indian general election">2009</a> </td> <td>15th </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">UDF</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td rowspan="4" style="background-color: #EE0000"> </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">LDF</a> </td> <td>4 </td> <th rowspan="3"> </th> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2014_Indian_general_election" title="2014 Indian general election">2014</a> </td> <td>16th </td> <td>12 </td> <td>8 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2019_Indian_general_election" title="2019 Indian general election">2019</a> </td> <td>17th </td> <td>19 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2024_Indian_general_election" title="2024 Indian general election">2024</a> </td> <td>18th </td> <td>18 </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Democratic_Alliance_(India)" class="mw-redirect" title="National Democratic Alliance (India)">NDA</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="State_Legislative_Assembly_Elections">State Legislative Assembly Elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: State Legislative Assembly Elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg/300px-Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg/450px-Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg/600px-Inside_View_of_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2640" data-file-height="1486" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> (State assembly</figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Member_of_the_Legislative_Assembly_(India)" title="Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)">Members</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a> are directly elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of the state from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies. Every adult citizen of <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a> can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the legislative assembly elections are called "Members of the Legislative Assembly" and hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Kerala">governor of Kerala</a> on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Council_of_Ministers" title="Kerala Council of Ministers">council of ministers</a>. The house meets in the Assembly Chamber of the <a href="/wiki/Niyamasabha_Mandiram" title="Niyamasabha Mandiram">Chief Secretariat</a> in <a href="/wiki/Thiruvananthapuram" title="Thiruvananthapuram">Thiruvananthapuram</a> on matters relating to the creation of new laws or removing or improving the existing laws that affect all citizens of Kerala. Elections take place once every five years to elect 140 members to the legislative assembly. The leader of the majority party or alliance takes oath as <a href="/wiki/Chief_minister_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Chief minister of Kerala">chief minister of Kerala</a>. </p> <table class="wikitable" width="100%" style="font-size: x-big; font-family: verdana"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background-color:#666666; color:white">Year </th> <th style="background-color:#666666; color:white">Election </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white">Chief Minister </th> <th style="background-color:#666666; color:white">Ruling Party </th></tr> <tr> <td>1957 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1957_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1st Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #f50222"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2nd Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #F15270"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Pattom_A._Thanu_Pillai" title="Pattom A. Thanu Pillai">Pattom A. Thanu Pillai</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1965_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">No Majority</a> </td> <th style="background-color: grey"> </th> <td> </td> <td>No party won a majority </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">3rd Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1970_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">4th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #f50222"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/C._Achutha_Menon" title="C. Achutha Menon">C. Achutha Menon</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1977_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">5th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1980_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">6th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1982 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1982_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">7th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1987 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1987_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">8th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1991 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1991_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">9th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/1996_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">10th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2001 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2001_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">11th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/A._K._Antony" title="A. K. Antony">A. K. Antony</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2006 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2006_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">12th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/V._S._Achuthanandan" title="V. S. Achuthanandan">V. S. Achuthanandan</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2011 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2011_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">13th Assembly</a> </td> <th style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Oommen_Chandy" title="Oommen Chandy">Oommen Chandy</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2016 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">14th Assembly</a> </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Pinarayi_Vijayan" title="Pinarayi Vijayan">Pinarayi Vijayan</a> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">15th Assembly</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>2026 </td> <td>16th Assembly </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Party_wise_election_results">Party wise election results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Party wise election results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> </table> <div style="overflow-x:auto; white-space:nowrap;"> <table class="wikitable" style="margin:0;"> <caption style="text-align:left;">Legislative Assembly election results </caption> <tbody><tr> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2011_Kerala_election_result.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2011_Kerala_election_result.svg/300px-2011_Kerala_election_result.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2011_Kerala_election_result.svg/450px-2011_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/2011_Kerala_election_result.svg/600px-2011_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/13th_Kerala_Assembly" title="13th Kerala Assembly">13th Assembly</a> (<a href="/wiki/2011_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2011</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2016_Kerala_election_result.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2016_Kerala_election_result.svg/300px-2016_Kerala_election_result.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2016_Kerala_election_result.svg/450px-2016_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/2016_Kerala_election_result.svg/600px-2016_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1104" data-file-height="1101" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/14th_Kerala_Assembly" title="14th Kerala Assembly">14th Assembly</a> (<a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td> <td><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2021_Kerala_election_result.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2021_Kerala_election_result.svg/300px-2021_Kerala_election_result.svg.png" decoding="async" width="300" height="299" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2021_Kerala_election_result.svg/450px-2021_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/67/2021_Kerala_election_result.svg/600px-2021_Kerala_election_result.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1035" data-file-height="1032" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/15th_Kerala_Assembly" title="15th Kerala Assembly">15th Assembly</a> (<a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2021</a>)</figcaption></figure> </td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="clear:both"></div> <p>State-level elections are held to fill the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_Legislative_Assembly" title="Kerala Legislative Assembly">Kerala Legislative Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The latest Assembly elections were held on 6 April 2021.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="2">Election Year </th> <th colspan="3">1st Party </th> <th colspan="3">2nd Party </th> <th colspan="3">3rd Party </th> <th colspan="3">4th Party </th> <th rowspan="2">Others </th> <th rowspan="2">Total Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Seats </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Seats </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Seats </th> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Seats </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1957_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1957</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td style="background-color: #F15270"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td>14 </td> <th>126 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1960_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1960</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>63 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td style="background-color: #F15270"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>11 </td> <td>3 </td> <th>126 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1965_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1965</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>36 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background-color: #33CC00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samyukta_Socialist_Party" title="Samyukta Socialist Party">Samyukta Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>21 </td> <th>133 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1967_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1967</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="background-color: #33CC00"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samyukta_Socialist_Party" title="Samyukta Socialist Party">Samyukta Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>29 </td> <th>133 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1970_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1970</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>30 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>29 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>46 </td> <th>133 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1977_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1977</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>23 </td> <td style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td>42 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1980_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1980</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td style="background-color: #7777FF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(U)" title="Indian National Congress (U)">Indian National Congress (U)</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (I) </td> <td>17 </td> <td>50 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1982_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1982</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (I) </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background-color:#30D5C8"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Congress_(A)" title="Congress (A)">Congress (A)</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>14 </td> <td>63 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1987_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1987</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>33 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>38 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1991_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1991</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>28 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>12 </td> <td>26 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/1996_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1996</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>40 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>37 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>32 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2001_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2001</a> </th> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>63 </td> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>24 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>16 </td> <td style="background-color:#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td>28 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2006_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2006</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>61 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>24 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>31 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2011_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2011</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>44 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>13 </td> <td>24 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>22 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>18 </td> <td>23 </td> <th>140 </th></tr> <tr> <th><a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2021</a> </th> <td style="background-color:#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>62 </td> <td style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="background-color:#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>15 </td> <td>25 </td> <th>140 </th></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Alliance_wise_results_2">Alliance wise results</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Alliance wise results"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Winning Party / Coalition </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th colspan="2">Opposition party/ Coalition </th> <th>Seats won </th> <th>Others </th> <th>Chief Minister <br /> (Party) </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1957_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1957.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f50222;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td>60 </td> <th style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td>43 </td> <td rowspan="2">9 </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">CPI</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td>Independent </td> <td>5 </td> <th style="background:#F15270;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> (PSP) </td> <td>9 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1960_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1960.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#F15270;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> (PSP) </td> <td>20 </td> <th rowspan="3" style="background:#f50222;"> </th> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td rowspan="3">29 </td> <td rowspan="3">3 </td> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Pattom_Thanu_Pillai" class="mw-redirect" title="Pattom Thanu Pillai">Pattom Thanu Pillai</a> <br /> (<a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">PSP</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td>63 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#006600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1965_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/President%27s_rule" title="President's rule">President's Rule</a><br /> No single party could form a ministry commanding majority and hence this election is considered abortive. </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1967_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1967.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cc0d0d;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)) </td> <td>52 </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td rowspan="2">9 </td> <td rowspan="4">15 </td> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/E._M._S._Namboodiripad" title="E. M. S. Namboodiripad">E. M. S. Namboodiripad</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f50222;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td>19 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#33CC00;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Samyukta_Socialist_Party" title="Samyukta Socialist Party">Samyukta Socialist Party</a> (SSP) </td> <td>19 </td> <th rowspan="2" style="background:#CC6600;"> </th> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> (KC) </td> <td rowspan="2">5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#006600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1970_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1970.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f50222;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td>16 </td> <td rowspan="7" style="background:#cc0d0d;"> </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)) </td> <td rowspan="7">29 </td> <td rowspan="7">19 </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/C._Achutha_Menon" title="C. Achutha Menon">C. Achutha Menon</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">(CPI)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td>30 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#CC6600;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> (KC) </td> <td>12 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#006600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) </td> <td>11 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#d84c4c;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> (RSP) </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#F15270;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> (PSP) </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#DC241F;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Party" title="Socialist Party">Socialist Party</a> (SP) </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1977_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1977.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td>38 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#cc0d0d;"> </td> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)) </td> <td rowspan="2">17 </td> <td rowspan="6">0 </td> <td rowspan="6"><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">(INC)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f50222;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th style="background:#CC6600;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> (KC) </td> <td>20 </td> <th style="background:#0000FF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Bharatiya_Lok_Dal" title="Bharatiya Lok Dal">Bharatiya Lok Dal</a> (KC) </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#006600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) </td> <td>13 </td> <td style="background:#008000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Muslim_League" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Muslim League">All India Muslim League</a> (AIML) </td> <td>3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#d84c4c;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> (RSP) </td> <td>9 </td> <td style="background:#CC6600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (B)</a> (KC(B)) </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td>Independents </td> <td>8 </td> <td style="background:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td>Independents </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1980_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1980.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <th>93 </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <th>46 </th> <td rowspan="8">0 </td> <td rowspan="8"><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#cc0d0d;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> (CPI(M)) </td> <td>35 </td> <th style="background:#00BFFF;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> (INC) </td> <td>17 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#f50222;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> (CPI) </td> <td>17 </td> <td style="background:#006600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> (IUML) </td> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#7777FF;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress_(U)" title="Indian National Congress (U)">Indian National Congress (U)</a> (INC(U)) </td> <td>21 </td> <td style="background:#CC6600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a> (KC(J)) </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#CC6600;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (B)</a> (KC(B)) </td> <td>1 </td> <td style="background:#1F75FE;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Party" title="Janata Party">Janata Party</a> (JP) </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#F48385;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a> (KC(M)) </td> <td>8 </td> <th style="background:#F15270;"> </th> <td><a href="/wiki/Praja_Socialist_Party" title="Praja Socialist Party">Praja Socialist Party</a> (PSP) </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#d84c4c;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> (RSP) </td> <td>6 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#E9E9E9"> </td> <td rowspan="2">Independents </td> <td rowspan="2">4 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#008000;"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/All_India_Muslim_League" class="mw-redirect" title="All India Muslim League">All India Muslim League</a> (AIML) </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1982_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1982.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>77</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>63</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1987_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1987.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>78</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>61</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1991_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1991.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>90</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>48</b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/K._Karunakaran" title="K. Karunakaran">K. Karunakaran</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/1996_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_1996.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>80</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>59</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/E._K._Nayanar" title="E. K. Nayanar">E. K. Nayanar</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2001_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2001.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>99</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>40</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/A._K._Antony" title="A. K. Antony">A. K. Antony</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2006_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_2006.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>98</b> </td> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <td style="text-align: center;"><b>42</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/V._S._Achuthanandan" title="V. S. Achuthanandan">V. S. Achuthanandan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2011_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg/150px-India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg/225px-India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg/300px-India_Kerala_Parliament_2011.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;"><b>72</b> </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;"><b>68</b> </th> <td rowspan="7">1 </td> <td rowspan="7"><a href="/wiki/Oommen_Chandy" title="Oommen Chandy">Oommen Chandy</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">INC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td bgcolor="#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>45 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>20 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>13 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a> </td> <td>9 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> </td> <td>4 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #138808"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Socialist_Janata_(Democratic)" title="Socialist Janata (Democratic)">Socialist Janata (Democratic)</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (B)</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #00B2B2"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td bgcolor="red"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Marxist_Party_of_India" title="Revolutionary Marxist Party of India">Revolutionary Marxist Party of India</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2016_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg/150px-Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg/225px-Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg/300px-Kerala_Assembly_2016_Seat_Status.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;">91 </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;">47 </th> <td rowspan="10">2 </td> <td rowspan="10"><a href="/wiki/Pinarayi_Vijayan" title="Pinarayi Vijayan">Pinarayi Vijayan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>58 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>22 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>19 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> </td> <td>3 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a> </td> <td>6 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #00B2B2"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #DCDCDC"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician" title="Independent politician">Independents</a> </td> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #FF7F7F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">Congress (Secular)</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(B)" title="Kerala Congress (B)">Kerala Congress (B)</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: green"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/National_Secular_Conference" title="National Secular Conference">National Secular Conference</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td width="3px" style="background-color: #FF0000"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Marxist_Party" title="Communist Marxist Party">Communist Marxist Party</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><a href="/wiki/2021_Kerala_Legislative_Assembly_election" title="2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election">2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="9"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Niyamasabha_2021.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Niyamasabha_2021.svg/150px-Niyamasabha_2021.svg.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="77" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Niyamasabha_2021.svg/225px-Niyamasabha_2021.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f2/Niyamasabha_2021.svg/300px-Niyamasabha_2021.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="185" /></a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#EE0000; color:white">Left Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;">99 </th> <th colspan="2" style="background-color:#0078FF; color:white">United Democratic Front </th> <th style="text-align: center;">41 </th> <td rowspan="9">0 </td> <td rowspan="9"><a href="/wiki/Pinarayi_Vijayan" title="Pinarayi Vijayan">Pinarayi Vijayan</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">CPI(M)</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#cc0d0d"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India_(Marxist)" title="Communist Party of India (Marxist)">Communist Party of India (Marxist)</a> </td> <td>62 </td> <td bgcolor="#00BFFF"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_Congress" title="Indian National Congress">Indian National Congress</a> </td> <td>21 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#f50222"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Communist_Party_of_India" title="Communist Party of India">Communist Party of India</a> </td> <td>17 </td> <td bgcolor="#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_Union_Muslim_League" title="Indian Union Muslim League">Indian Union Muslim League</a> </td> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#F48385"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(M)" title="Kerala Congress (M)">Kerala Congress (M)</a> </td> <td>5 </td> <td bgcolor="#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress" title="Kerala Congress">Kerala Congress</a> </td> <td>2 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#02865A"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Janata_Dal_(Secular)" title="Janata Dal (Secular)">Janata Dal (Secular)</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td bgcolor="#CC6600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kerala_Congress_(Jacob)" title="Kerala Congress (Jacob)">Kerala Congress (Jacob)</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#00B2B2"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nationalist_Congress_Party" title="Nationalist Congress Party">Nationalist Congress Party</a> </td> <td>2 </td> <td bgcolor="red"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Marxist_Party_of_India" title="Revolutionary Marxist Party of India">Revolutionary Marxist Party of India</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#2E8B57"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Loktantrik_Janata_Dal" title="Loktantrik Janata Dal">Loktantrik Janata Dal</a> </td> <td>1 </td> <td bgcolor="#d84c4c"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Revolutionary_Socialist_Party_(India)" title="Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)">Revolutionary Socialist Party</a> </td> <td>0 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#006600"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Indian_National_League" title="Indian National League">Indian National League</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#FF7F7F"> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Congress_(Secular)" title="Congress (Secular)">Congress (Secular)</a> </td> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8"><i>Scheduled<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></i> </th></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="List_of_political_alliances_of_Kerala_in_power_(1980–present)"><span id="List_of_political_alliances_of_Kerala_in_power_.281980.E2.80.93present.29"></span>List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present)</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: List of political alliances of Kerala in power (1980–present)"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th data-sort-type="number"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip tooltip-dotted" title="">No.</span> </th> <th>Flag </th> <th colspan="2">Political alliance </th> <th>Total days in governance </th></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="1">1 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg/100px-Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg/150px-Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0f/Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg/200px-Left_Democratic_Front_%28Kerala%29_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Left_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" class="mw-redirect" title="Left Democratic Front (Kerala)">Left Democratic Front (LDF)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #EE0000"> </td> <td><b>8950 days</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th data-sort-value="2">2 </th> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:UDF_logo.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/UDF_logo.png/100px-UDF_logo.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/UDF_logo.png/150px-UDF_logo.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/UDF_logo.png/200px-UDF_logo.png 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="480" /></a></span> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/United_Democratic_Front_(Kerala)" title="United Democratic Front (Kerala)">United Democratic Front (UDF)</a> </td> <td style="background-color: #0078FF"> </td> <td>7,295 days </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_Body_elections">Local Body elections</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Elections_in_Kerala&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Local Body elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Local_governance_in_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Local governance in Kerala">Local governance in Kerala</a></div> <p>The elections for local self-government institutions, such as panchayats and municipalities, are conducted by the <a href="/wiki/Kerala_State_Election_Commission" title="Kerala State Election Commission">Kerala State Election Commission</a>, which is an independent constitutional authority. </p><p>Panchayat Elections is a term widely used in <a href="/wiki/Kerala" title="Kerala">Kerala</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a>, for the polls that are held to select the <i>Local Self-government Representatives</i>. There are three branches of local self-government institutions in Kerala, officially known as <a href="/wiki/Panchayati_raj_in_India" title="Panchayati raj in India">Panchayati Raj Institutions</a>, responsible for rural governance. They are <i>Grama Panchayat</i> which can be translated as Village Government, <i>Block Panchayat</i> and <i>District Panchayat</i>. A Grama Panchayat is almost an equivalent to <a href="/wiki/City" title="City">City</a> administration and, Block Panchayat is for a rural <a href="/wiki/Community_development_block" title="Community development block">block</a> (which includes several gram panchayats) District Panchayat to a <a href="/wiki/County" title="County">County</a> (excluding <a href="/wiki/Municipal_governance_in_India" title="Municipal governance in India">statutory cities and towns</a>). </p><p>There are two more wings namely <a href="/wiki/Municipality" title="Municipality">Municipality</a> which is the urban local government that exists only in major towns and <i>Municipal</i> <i>Corporations</i> that come only in six major cities. Consequent to the 73rd Amendment to the <a href="/wiki/Constitution_of_India" title="Constitution of India">Constitution of India</a>, the local self-government institutions (LSGIs) are to function as the third tier of <a href="/wiki/Government" title="Government">government</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At present, there are 1200 local governments in Kerala, which includes 941 Grama Panchayats, 152 Block Panchayats, 14 District Panchayats, 87 Municipalities and 6 Municipal Corporations.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The last <i>Election to the Local Self-government Institutions in Kerala</i> (<i>Panchayat Elections</i>) was held in 2020 december. The results were announced on 16 december 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next local body elections are scheduled to be held in 2025.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Year </th> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/List_of_municipal_corporations_in_Kerala" title="List of municipal corporations in Kerala">Municipal Corporation Results</a> </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>OTH </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Kerala_local_elections" title="2020 Kerala local elections">2020</a> </td> <td><b>5</b> </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>6 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Kerala_local_elections" title="2015 Kerala local elections">2015</a> </td> <td><b>4</b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>6 </th></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td><b>3</b> </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>5 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Year </th> <th colspan="4">District Panchayat Results </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>OTH </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Kerala_local_elections" title="2020 Kerala local elections">2020</a> </td> <td><b>11</b> </td> <td>3 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>14 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Kerala_local_elections" title="2015 Kerala local elections">2015</a> </td> <td><b>7</b> </td> <td>7 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>14 </th></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>6 </td> <td><b>8</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>14 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Year </th> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Municipalities_of_Kerala" class="mw-redirect" title="Municipalities of Kerala">Municipalities Results</a> </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>OTH </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Kerala_local_elections" title="2020 Kerala local elections">2020</a> </td> <td><b>43</b> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>2 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>87 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Kerala_local_elections" title="2015 Kerala local elections">2015</a> </td> <td><b>44</b> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>1 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>87 </th></tr> <tr> <td>2010 </td> <td>20 </td> <td><b>39</b> </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>59 </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th rowspan="3">Year </th> <th colspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Panchayat_samiti" title="Panchayat samiti">Block Panchayat Results</a> </th> <th rowspan="3">Total </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#EE0000"> </td> <td style="background:#0078FF"> </td> <td style="background:#F98C1F"> </td> <td style="background:black"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>LDF </th> <th>UDF </th> <th>NDA </th> <th>OTH </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2020_Kerala_local_elections" title="2020 Kerala local elections">2020</a> </td> <td><b>108</b> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>0 </td> <th>152 </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/2015_Kerala_local_elections" title="2015 Kerala local elections">2015</a> </td> <td><b>90</b> </td> 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href="/wiki/1965_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1965 elections in India">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1967 elections in India">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1968 elections in India">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1969 elections in India">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1970 elections in India">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1971 elections in India">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1972 elections in India">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1974 elections in India">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1975 elections in India">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1977 elections in India">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1978 elections in India">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1979 elections in India">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1980 elections in India">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1982 elections in India">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1983 elections in India">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1984 elections in India">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1985 elections in India">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1987 elections in India">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1988 elections in India">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1989 elections in India">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1990 elections in India">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1991 elections in India">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1992 elections in India">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1993 elections in India">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1994 elections in India">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1995 elections in India">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1996 elections in India">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1997 elections in India">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1998 elections in India">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="1999 elections in India">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2000 elections in India">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2001 elections in India">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2002 elections in India">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2003 elections in India">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2004 elections in India">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2005 elections in India">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2006 elections in India">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2007 elections in India">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2008 elections in India">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2009 elections in India">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_elections_in_India" title="2010 elections in India">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_elections_in_India" title="2011 elections in India">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_elections_in_India" title="2012 elections in India">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_elections_in_India" title="2013 elections in India">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_elections_in_India#Legislative_Assembly_elections" title="2014 elections in India">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_elections_in_India" title="2015 elections in India">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_elections_in_India" title="2016 elections in India">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_elections_in_India" title="2017 elections in India">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_elections_in_India" title="2018 elections in India">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_elections_in_India" title="2019 elections in India">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_elections_in_India" title="2020 elections in India">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_elections_in_India" title="2021 elections in India">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_elections_in_India" title="2022 elections in India">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_elections_in_India" title="2023 elections in India">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_elections_in_India" title="2024 elections in India">2024</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2025_elections_in_India" title="2025 elections in India"><i>2025</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2026_elections_in_India" title="2026 elections in India"><i>2026</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2027_elections_in_India" title="2027 elections in India"><i>2027</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li>See also: Elections in the <a href="/wiki/Template:Andaman_and_Nicobar_Islands_elections" title="Template:Andaman and Nicobar Islands elections">Andaman and Nicobar Islands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Andhra_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Andhra Pradesh elections">Andhra Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Arunachal_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Arunachal Pradesh elections">Arunachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Assam_elections" title="Template:Assam elections">Assam</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Bihar_elections" title="Template:Bihar elections">Bihar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Chhattisgarh_elections" title="Template:Chhattisgarh elections">Chhattisgarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Chandigarh_elections" title="Template:Chandigarh elections">Chandigarh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Delhi_elections" title="Template:Delhi elections">Delhi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Goan_elections" title="Template:Goan elections">Goa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Gujarat_elections" title="Template:Gujarat elections">Gujarat</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Haryana_elections" title="Template:Haryana elections">Haryana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Himachal_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Himachal Pradesh elections">Himachal Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Jammu_and_Kashmir_elections" title="Template:Jammu and Kashmir elections">Jammu and Kashmir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Jharkhand_elections" title="Template:Jharkhand elections">Jharkhand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Karnataka_elections" title="Template:Karnataka elections">Karnataka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Kerala_elections" title="Template:Kerala elections">Kerala</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Madhya_Pradesh_elections" title="Template:Madhya Pradesh elections">Madhya Pradesh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Maharashtra_elections" title="Template:Maharashtra elections">Maharashtra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Manipur_elections" title="Template:Manipur elections">Manipur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Meghalaya_elections" title="Template:Meghalaya elections">Meghalaya</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Mizoram_elections" title="Template:Mizoram elections">Mizoram</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Nagaland_elections" title="Template:Nagaland elections">Nagaland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Odisha_elections" title="Template:Odisha elections">Odisha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Puducherry_elections" title="Template:Puducherry elections">Puducherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Punjab_(India)_elections" title="Template:Punjab (India) elections">Punjab</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Rajasthan_elections" title="Template:Rajasthan elections">Rajasthan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Sikkimese_elections" title="Template:Sikkimese elections">Sikkim</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Tamil_Nadu_elections" title="Template:Tamil Nadu elections">Tamil Nadu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Telangana_elections" title="Template:Telangana elections">Telangana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Template:Tripura_elections" title="Template:Tripura 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