The Hindu

The debilitating rout, especially in the partys strongholds, has thrown up some big questions regarding the partys campaign strategy, organisational cohesiveness, candidate finalisation, and efficacy of its political operations, including whether misplaced confidence of an inevitable third consecutive term in power had imbued the partys electioneering with complacency from the booth level and upwards

Youth Congress leader hits out at CPI(M), credits UDF surge to public awareness and anti-incumbency mood

The UDF won 12 of the 13 segments in Kozhikode when the Assembly election results were declared on May 4, 2026. The LDFs victory was confined to Beypore, from where former Public Works Minister P.A. Mohamed Riyas managed to win

KAHWA says that the devastating defeat handed over to the LDF should serve as a strong warning to any government that forgets that their mandate is to serve the people

The resignation comes a day after the UDF victory in the 2026 Assembly elections. Mini Antony, Additional CEO, will hold charge of KIIFB for the time being

Poor preparation, internal issues and narrow defeats leave the party with just three seats

Kerala State Organ and Tissue Transplant Organization had held the survey among its empanelled doctors

An independent, allegedly fielded by the UDF, has split the votes of the Left Democratic Front (LDF)s V. Murugadas, paving the way for a 6,510-vote victory for the UDFs Sumesh Achuthan

He says the sidelining of several candidates on technical grounds, instead of assessing their chances of victory, contributed to the setback

The BJP leader claims that the LDFs vote share dropped by over 20,000, which, he said, indicated tacit support for the UDF

The result marks a steep decline from the 2021 Assembly election, when Pinarayi had won by a commanding margin of 50,123 votes. The present majority is barely a third of that figure, signalling a significant erosion of support in what has been a CPI(M) stronghold

The CPI and CPI(M) now face internal turmoil and a sharp decline in representation, with the CPI(M) winning only one seat in the district.

The Association was the original writ petitioner which challenged the prohibition on entry of women aged between 10 years and 50 years into the Kerala temple

The Congress leaders victory with a margin of 23,377 votes from the Haripad Assembly constituency not only marks his sixth term as MLA, but also puts him back into the conversation for the Chief Ministers chair in Kerala

The partys first-ever legislative entry from the district signals more than just a seat change; it represents the definitive arrival of a triangular political grammar in a State historically defined by a bipolar tug-of-war

A trusted lieutenant of the Congress central leadership, Venugopal is seen as a consensus builder. His relative acceptability among a majority of the newly elected Congress legislators is seen as a distinct advantage, especially in a scenario where the party may be looking for a unifying figure

The dissident leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] who won the Payyannur Assembly segment attributed his victory partly to substantial support from CPI(M) workers

A.K. Antony signalled that the names of Mr. Venugopal, Leader of the Opposition, V D Satheesan, and senior leader Ramesh Chennithala were in play for the Congress Chief Ministers post

The Congress general secretary stated that a new situation had emerged in Tamil Nadu. Congress would factor in the emerging scenario and decide accordingly

Having acted in over a hundred films as well as television serials since the early 1980s, Santhosh was a familiar face to the Malayalam audience

The outcome marks a sharp decline from the performance in the Assembly polls of 2021, when the party had won 17 seats. Despite the overall decline, three of partys incumbent Ministers managed to emerge victorious

Party leaders reject Congress charge of collusion with BJP, say will conduct forensic review of poll loss to identify and correct aberrations, both real or imagined

The LDFs unprecedented decade long-run has come to an end with the UDF winning the mandate by offering change and speaking to concrete grievances

The LDFs campaign, like its government, was strikingly at odds with Left tradition and revolved around Pinarayis personality; the UDF must now resist the temptation to imitate this model

BJPs decision to give most seats in the district to its ally Twenty20 backfires, with the corporate-backed outfit failing to make an impact; five segments that backed the Left front in 2021 shift their allegiance to UDF

Congress ends two-decade-old draught, wins five seats, K.K. Rema retains Vadakara. All the LDF incumbent MLAs in the district, including LDF convener T.P. Ramakrishnan and Minister for Forest and Wildlife A.K. Saseendran, face defeat

The Assembly election results strengthen the argument for the BJPs structural political dominance

The LDF drew a blank in Ernakulam, Kottayam and Idukki districts with Thrissur proving to be the only saving grace

Senior leaders V.D. Satheesan, RameshChennithala, and K.C. Venugopal attribute the massive win to cohesive teamwork within the alliance, the guarantees and assurances given to the people, methodical electioneering, and the misgovernance and nepotism of the outgoing LDF government. The scale of the Lefts defeat has been amplified by the loss of face in some of its strongholds such asTaliparamba, Payyannur, andAmbalapuzha, whereCPI(M) rebelsbacked by the UDF posted decisive victories

From an impressive 50 seats in 2021, LDFs tally has nose-dived to a dozen seats this time around in north Kerala

According to the front, nearly 160 postal ballots were invalidated due to serious lapses on the part of polling officials; it has decided to file an election petition before the High Court

Of the 21-strong LDF Council of Ministers, other than Electricity Minister K. Krishnankutty, all others had contested. Eight CPI(M) Ministers and one CPI Minister were defeated

He adds the NDA benefited from the anti-incumbency prevailing in the State.

BJP had treated Palakkad as a winnable seat, with even Prime Minister Narendra Modi campaigning for Sobha Surendran. However, she lost to UDF candidate Ramesh Pisharody by 13,147 votes