2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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The 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election is expected to be held in Kerala before May 2026 to elect 140 MLAs to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
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 | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Party of India (Marxist) |  | _election_symbol_-_Hammer_Sickle_and_Star.svg.png){kind=small} |  | Pinarayi Vijayan | TBD | |
| Communist Party of India |  |  |  | Binoy Viswam | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress (M) |  |  |  | Jose K. Mani | TBD | |
| Janata Dal (Secular) | _flag_(1).svg.png){kind=small} |  |  | Mathew T. Thomas | TBD | |
| Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar |  |  | | Thomas K. Thomas | TBD | |
| Rashtriya Janata Dal |  |  |  | M. V. Shreyams Kumar | TBD | |
| Indian National League |  | | | Ahamed Devarkovil | TBD | |
| Congress (Secular) | _Flag.png){kind=small} |  |  | Kadannappalli Ramachandran | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress (B) | | |  | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | TBD | |
| Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | | |  | K. C. Joseph | TBD | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indian National Congress |  |  |  | V. D. Satheesan | TBD | |
| Indian Union Muslim League |  |  |  | Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress | |  |  | P. J. Joseph | TBD | |
| Revolutionary Socialist Party |  |  |  | Shibu Baby John | TBD | |
| Kerala Democratic Party |  | |  | Mani C. Kappan | TBD | |
| Kerala Congress (Jacob) | | |  | Anoop Jacob | TBD | |
| Communist Marxist Party |  |  |  | C. P. John | TBD | |
| Revolutionary Marxist Party of India |  | | | N. Venu | TBD | |
| National Janata Dal |  | | | Adv John John | TBD | |
| Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy |  |  | | Rajan Babu | TBD | |
| Party | Flag | Symbol | Photo | Leader | Seats contested | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatiya Janata Party |  |  |  | Rajeev Chandrasekhar | TBD | |
| Bharath Dharma Jana Sena |  | | | Thushar Vellapally | TBD | |
| All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam |  | |  | Edappadi K. Palaniswami | TBD | |
| Kerala Kamaraj Congress |  | | | Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | TBD | |
| Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha |  | |  | C. K. Janu | TBD | |
Candidates
Surveys and polls
Opinion polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others |
Exit polls
| Polling agency | Date published | Sample size | Margin of Error | Lead | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others |
Results
Results by alliance or party
Results by region
| Region | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| North Kerala | 32 | ||||
| Central Kerala | 55 | ||||
| South Kerala | 53 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
Results by district
| District | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | UDF | NDA | Others | ||
| Kasaragod | 5 | ||||
| Kannur | 11 | ||||
| Wayanad | 3 | ||||
| Kozhikode | 13 | ||||
| Malappuram | 16 | ||||
| Palakkad | 12 | ||||
| Thrissur | 13 | ||||
| Ernakulam | 14 | ||||
| Idukki | 5 | ||||
| Kottayam | 9 | ||||
| Alappuzha | 9 | ||||
| Pathanamthitta | 5 | ||||
| Kollam | 11 | ||||
| Thiruvananthapuram | 14 | ||||
| Total | 140 |
Results by constituency
See also
References
- ^ Chandran, Cynthia (29 April 2024). "Kerala: Sunil Kanugolu kicks off his next mission - 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express.
- ^ "Terms of the Houses". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 March 2025.
- ^ "Congress in Kerala faces an acid-test to foil CPI-M, BJP bid to crack its broad social base". The Economic Times. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "It could be LDF again in 2026 Assembly polls, says Vellappally". The Hindu. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "CASA pondering political outfit in Kerala ahead of 2026 assembly election". The New Indian Express. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
- ^ "CPI(M) signals Pinarayi Vijayan likely to lead LDF in 2026 Kerala Assembly polls". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 29 March 2025.