| Election Name: | Next Kerala Legislative Assembly Election |
| Country: | India |
| Type: | parliamentary |
| Ongoing: | yes |
| Opinion Polls: |
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| Previous Election: | 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election |
| Previous Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | 2031 |
| Election Date: | Before May 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly |
| Majority Seats: | 71 |
| Leader1: | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Leader Since1: | 2016 |
| Last Election1: | 45.43%, 99 seats |
| Party1: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alliance1: | LDF |
| Leaders Seat1: | Dharmadom |
| Leader2: | K. Sudhakaran |
| Leader Since2: | 2021 |
| Party2: | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance2: | UDF |
| Last Election2: | 39.47%, 41 seats |
| Map Size: | 300px |
| Chief Minister | |
| Posttitle: | Elected Chief Minister |
| Before Election: | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Before Party: | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
The Next 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]
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 centrist to right-wing parties.
An alliance of centre-left to left-wing political parties, the LDF is currently in power. The coalition consists of CPI(M), CPI and several smaller parties.
It is a Big tent alliance of centrist to centre-left and Centre-right political parties in the state, founded by the prominent Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Indian National Congress | K. Sudhakaran | ||
| 2. | Indian Union Muslim League | K. M. Kader Mohideen | ||
| 3. | Kerala Congress | P. J. Joseph | ||
| 4. | Revolutionary Socialist Party | A.A. Aziz | ||
| 5. | Kerala Democratic Party | Mani C. Kappan | ||
| 6. | Anoop Jacob | |||
| 7. | C. P. John | |||
| 8. | N. Venu | |||
| 9. | National Janata Dal | Adv John John | ||
| 10. | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | Rajan Babu | ||
| 11. | Independents | |||
It is an alliance of right-wing parties. NDA Kerala unit was constituted in 2016. The coalition consists of Bharatiya Janata Party, Bharath Dharma Jana Sena and a variety of other smaller parties.
| No. | Party | Flag | Symbol | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Bharatiya Janata Party | K. Surendran | |||
| ! style="text-align:center; background:;color:white" | 2. | Bharath Dharma Jana Sena | Thushar Vellapally | ||
| 4. | Kerala Kamaraj Congress | Vishnupuram Chandrasekharan | |||
| 5. | Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha | C. K. Janu | |||
| Total | |||||