2019 Indian general election in Kerala
The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
Image: Rahul Gandhi in Shillong (cropped)
Image: P. K. Kunhalikutty
Image: Thomas Chazhikadan
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The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades. LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980, 1987, 1996, 2006, 2016 and had a historic re-election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of CPI(M), CPI and various smaller parties.
1st cabinet ministry of Kerala led by E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957)
2nd Nayanar Ministry (1987)
E. M. S. Namboodiripad
P. K. Vasudevan Nair