Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Next Kerala Legislative Assembly election

By May 2026
All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
Opinion polls
style="background-color:Red;" width=10px |" | style="background-color:Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color;" width=10px |"| style="background-color:Template:National Democratic Alliance/meta/color;" width=10px |"| Leader Pinarayi Vijayan V. D. Satheesan K. Surendran Party CPI(M) INC BJP Alliance LDF UDF National Democratic Alliance (India) Leader since 2016 2021 2015 Leader's seat Dharmadam Paravur Did not contest Last election 45.43%, 99 seats 39.47%, 41 seats 12.41%, 0 seat Current seats 98 41 0 Seats needed 36 71
Constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan CPI(M)

The next Kerala legislative assembly election is scheduled to be held on 15 May 2026 to elect all 140 members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly. Pinarayi Vijayan is the incumbent Chief Minister of Kerala.

Background

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

Schedule

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

Parties and alliances

Party/Alliance				Flag	Symbol	Leader	Seats contested
	Left Democratic Front		Communist Party of India (Marxist)		File:CPI(M) election symbol - Hammer Sickle and Star.svg	M. V. Govindan
			Communist Party of India	File:CPI-banner.svg	File:CPI symbol.svg	Binoy Viswam
			Kerala Congress (M)	File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg	File:Indian election symbol two leaves.svg	Jose K. Mani
			Nationalist Congress Party (SP)		File:Indian Election Symbol Man Blowing Turha.png	P. C. Chacko
			Janata Dal (Secular)	File:JD(S) Flag.png	File:Indian election symbol female farmer.svg	Mathew T. Thomas
			Indian National League	File:INL FLAG.png		A. P. Abdul Wahab
			Congress (Secular)	File:Congress (Secular) Flag.png	File:Indian Election Symbol Coconut Tree.png	Kadannappalli Ramachandran
			Kerala Congress (B)	File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg		K. B. Ganesh Kumar
			Janadhipathya Kerala Congress	File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg		K. C. Joseph
			Rashtriya Janata Dal	File:RJD Flag.svg		M. V. Shreyams Kumar
	United Democratic Front		Indian National Congress	File:Indian National Congress Flag.svg		K. Sudhakaran
			Indian Union Muslim League	File:Flag of the Indian Union Muslim League.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Lader.svg	Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal
			Kerala Congress	File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Cycle.png	P. J. Joseph
			Revolutionary Socialist Party	File:RSP-flag.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Spade and Stoker.png	A.A. Aziz
			Kerala Democratic Party			Mani C. Kappan
			Kerala Congress (Jacob)	File:Kerala-Congress-flag.svg		Anoop Jacob
			Communist Marxist Party	File:CMP-banner.svg	File:Indian Election Symbol Battery-Torch.png	C. P. John
			Revolutionary Marxist Party of India	File:RMPI flag.jpg		N. Venu
			National Jantha Dal			John John
	National Democratic Alliance		Bharatiya Janata Party			K. Surendran
			Bharath Dharma Jana Sena			Thushar Vellapally
			Kerala Kamaraj Congress	File:Kerala Kamaraj Congress Flag.png		Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan
			Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha	File:JRS color.jpg		C. K. Janu

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