Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
By May 2026
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly
71 seats needed for a majority
 
Leader Pinarayi Vijayan V. D. Satheesan
Alliance LDF UDF
Leader since 2016 2021
Leader's seat Dharmadam Paravur
Last election 45.43%, 99 seats 39.47%, 41 seats
Constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chief Minister

Pinarayi Vijayan
CPI(M)


Background

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

Schedule
Poll Event Schedule
Notification Date TBD
Last Date for filing nomination TBD
Scrutiny of nomination TBD
Last Date for Withdrawal of nomination TBD
Date of Poll TBD
Date of Counting of Votes TBD

Parties and alliances

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a coalition of centre-left to left-wing political parties, led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM). The United Democratic Front (UDF) is an alliance of centrist to centre-left political parties led by the Indian National Congress (INC). The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) is a coalition of right-wing parties.

  Left Democratic Front
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) M. V. Govindan
2. Communist Party of India Kanam Rajendran
3. Kerala Congress (M) Jose K. Mani
4. Nationalist Congress Party P. C. Chacko
5. Janata Dal (Secular) Mathew T. Thomas
6. Indian National League A. P. Abdul Wahab
7. Congress (Secular) Kadannappalli Ramachandran
8. Kerala Congress (B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar
9. Janadhipathya Kerala Congress K. C. Joseph

  United Democratic Front
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
1. Indian National Congress K. Sudhakaran
2. Indian Union Muslim League
3. Kerala Congress P. J. Joseph
4. Revolutionary Socialist Party A.A. Aziz
5. Kerala Democratic Party Mani C. Kappan
6. Kerala Congress (Jacob) Anoop Jacob
7. Communist Marxist Party C. P. John
8. Revolutionary Marxist Party of India N. Venu

  National Democratic Alliance
No. Party Flag Symbol Leader Photo Seats contested
1. Bharatiya Janata Party K. Surendran
2. Bharath Dharma Jana Sena Thushar Vellapally
3. Kerala Kamaraj Congress Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan
4. Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha C. K. Janu
5. Democratic Social Justice Party Manjery Bhaskara Pillai[2]

    References
    1. "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2021-10-03.
    2. "New political party launched for unreserved communities; membership begins Saturday". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 2021-04-07.
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