Kerala Assembly Election 2026 Results Highlights | Voters show door to Left rule as UDF sweeps to power; Lotus blooms in 3 seats

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Counting of votes for the high stakes triangular fight to begin at 8 am

The results are crucial for all three fronts as they seek to strengthen their position in the state's evolving political landscape.

Kerala has a total of 2,71,42,952 voters, of whom 79.63 per cent cast their votes across 140 Assembly constituencies on April 9.

A total of 883 candidates contested the election for 140 seats in the state.

The office of the chief electoral officer said that all preparations for counting have been completed.

Kerala leaders express confidence ahead of Assembly election results on May 4

Political leaders and candidates across party lines on Sunday expressed confidence of victory ahead of the Kerala Assembly election results on May 4.

Speaking to reporters, Kerala Minister P A Mohamed Riyas said the situation was favourable for the CPI(M)-led LDF across the state.

Leader of Opposition in the Kerala Assembly V D Satheesan, who was present in his constituency on Sunday, declined to comment and said he would speak after the results were announced.

Former Union minister and BJP leader V Muraleedharan, contesting from Kazhakootam constituency, said feedback from voters indicated growing support for the BJP-led NDA.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | UDF workers will accept any Cong leader as CM if alliance comes to power: Sreekandan

 MP V K Sreekandan from Palakkad on Sunday said that party workers and the public would accept any Congress leader chosen as CM if the UDF comes to power in Kerala.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | LDF will return to power for third term, says M V Govindan

Govindan asserted that the LDF was confident of securing a favourable verdict in the Assembly polls.

"Various exit polls have predicted 60–69 seats for us. That means the gap to the majority is only a few seats. But when we analysed the constituencies where they predict us to lose, several seats where we have a clear edge are not included. If those are factored in, we will secure an easy majority," he told a news channel.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | LDF will retain power, UDF’s 'false victory narrative' will collapse after results: Ramakrishnan

Ramakrishnan said a similar campaign had been mounted by the opposition after the 2021 Assembly polls, when the UDF had claimed that several LDF leaders would lose, only for the results to prove otherwise.

He said exit poll assessments had gone wrong on several occasions in both national and state-level elections.

"The LDF will secure a decisive victory. The claims made by the Congress and UDF will end on Monday when the results are announced. We are confident that the CPI(M)-led LDF will retain power," he said.

Ramakrishnan said discussions on victory and defeat within parties after an election were normal, but alleged that the UDF had gone beyond that by openly debating its chief ministerial candidate even before the results.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | ‘Will win by massive majority,’ says BJP’s George, bets Rs 1 crore on victory

"I will win by a massive majority. If anyone has any doubt, they can come forward and bet Rs 1 crore," Senior politician and BJP candidate P C George told a TV channel.

George also predicted victory for his son, Shone George, in the neighbouring Pala constituency, saying the upcoming Assembly would witness the father-son duo entering the House together.

He further claimed that the BJP would make significant gains in Kerala under the leadership of Rajeev Chandrasekhar and suggested that the election outcome in the state would be a hung Assembly, with no front securing a clear majority.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Visuals from the counting centre at Mar Ivanios College campus, where votes for all constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district will be counted today.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | UDF allies leave CM choice to Cong

AICC general secretary and Kerala in-charge Deepa Dasmunshi on Sunday said UDF allies had left the decision on the chief ministerial candidate to the Congress in the event of the front coming to power.Dasmunshi said discussions had been held with alliance partners on the issue and they had conveyed their willingness to abide by the Congress party's decision.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |LDF will retain power, UDF’s 'false victory narrative' will collapse after results: Ramakrishnan

LDF convenor T P Ramakrishnan on Sunday said the "false narrative" being spread by the UDF that the Left front was headed for defeat in the Assembly elections would collapse once the results are announced. Ramakrishnan said a similar campaign had been mounted by the opposition after the 2021 Assembly polls, when the UDF had claimed that several LDF leaders would lose, only for the results to prove otherwise.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | "We are fully hopeful. We will win": Kerala Congress president Sunny Joseph

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Security heightened outside Mar Ivanios College counting centre in Thiruvananthapuram.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Counting of votes polled in the Kerala Assembly elections began at 140 centres across the state.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Early trends show tight contest between LDF and UDF

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |UDF takes marginal lead during early phase of postal ballot counting

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |Early trends show NDS leading in 3 seats

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |Counting of EVM votes begin

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Initial counting trends show Cong-led UDF leading

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | 'The politics of Kerala will change decisively': BJP state president Rajeev Chandrashekhar

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |Pinarayi Vijayan trailing in Dharmadom constituency

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |UDF takes thumping lead; Pinarayi Vijayan trails in Dharmadom

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |Congress leader V D Satheesan trailing in Paravur by 243 votes

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | 12 ministers trail as counting progresses

At least 12 ministers in the CPI(M)-led LDF cabinet were trailing on Monday with the counting of votes polled in the April 9 Assembly elections progressing across the state.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was also trailing in his sitting seat Dharmadam, considered his bastion and where his village Pinarayi falls.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Cong-led UDF crosses 100-seats mark

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | UDF surges ahead as Left's last bastion slips out of its grip

The Congress-led UDF surged ahead in Kerala on Monday as counting of votes for the April 9 Assembly elections gathered pace, with early trends showing a clear advantage for the opposition alliance in lines with exit poll predictions.

After the first few rounds of counting, the United Democratic Front was leading in 100 of the 140 Assembly seats, while the CPI(M)-led ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) was ahead in just in 40 constituencies.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Celebrations begin in Congress headquarters

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Verdict against LDF's 'anti-people policies', says Congress as UDF heads for big win

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live |CPI(M)'s TM Sasi has won from the Alathur constituency by a margin of 8,553 votes.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | CPI(M) defector V Kunhikrishnan who contested as an independent has won from the Payyannur constituency with a margin of 6,969 votes

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | As of 1.36 pm, ECI has declared that Congress candidates Ramesh Chennithala, Chandy Oommen, Rajan Pallan and Aryadan Shoukath have won from the Haripad, Puthupally, Thrissur and Nilambur seats

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | NDA opens account as BJP candidate BB Gopakumar wins from Chathanoor constituency.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Congress' Chandy Oommen wins

Congress MLA Chandy Oommen on Monday retained his home turf Puthuppally by a massive margin of 52,907 votes.

He is the son of former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | MP leader says CM Pinarayi Vijayan’s ‘struggle’ in Dharmadom sends political message

K K Rema, leader of the RMP, on Monday said Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's "struggle" in the Dharmadom constituency itself sends a political message to the ruling CPI(M).

Rema entered electoral politics after her husband, T P Chandrasekharan, was hacked to death on May 4, 2012, allegedly by a group involving CPI(M) activists, in a case that triggered major political controversy in the state.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | IUML credits UDF's teamwork for Assembly polls victory in Kerala

IUML, which is putting up a strong performance in the Kerala Assembly elections, on Monday credited the UDF's teamwork for the alliance's resounding showing.

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) is leading in 23 of the 27 seats it contested in the Assembly polls.

IUML state president Sayyid Sadiq Ali Shihab Thangal said the UDF was on course to win around 100 seats.

"This is the result of the UDF's teamwork reflected in the election. The rest of the matters will be decided after discussions within the UDF," he said.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar wins from Nemom constituency

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | CPI(M) rebel Kunhikrishnan breaches Left fortress in Payyannur, wins by over 7,000 votes

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | Indications suggest that our alliance, Congress-led UDF, is heading towards a big and historic victory in Kerala, says Congress leader Sachin Pilot

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | "It's a victory against the anti-people rule of the Pinarayi government," says Congress’ Kodungallur candidate OJ Janeesh after his win

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | Will make corrections after reviewing mandate, says CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan after LDF electoral defeat in Kerala

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | People in the state have taken sweet revenge for the atrocities against UDF workers during the Left government, says Congress leader K C Venugopal

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | This is one of the massive victories for the UDF and the Congress, says Congress leader K C Venugopal

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | BJP wins third seat in Kerala as V Muraleedharan prevails in Kazhakkoottam

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | Kerala PWD Minister P A Mohamed Riyas wins from Beypore assembly seat Kozhikode

Kerala PWD and Tourism Minister P A Mohamed Riyas is one of the few LDF ministers who survived the Left rout in the April 9 state assembly polls by winning from the Beypore constituency.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | UDF candidate A K M Ashraf wins the Manjeshwar constituency, defeating BJP’s K Surendran

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | "These elections were more about throwing out CPI(M)": Keralam BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Cong leadership's decision on Kerala CM will be acceptable to all: Pilot

Hailing the Congress-led UDF's victory in Kerala as "historic", senior leader Sachin Pilot on Monday asserted that there would be no issues in deciding the chief ministerial nominee as the party leadership would take the final call after consulting all stakeholders and that would be acceptable to all.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | ‘People rejected 10 years of misrule’, says AICC gen secy

AICC General Secretary K C Venugopal on Monday said the Congress-led UDF's sweeping victory in the Kerala Assembly polls was a clear verdict against the "arrogance", corruption, and nepotism of the CPI(M)-led LDF government headed by CM Pinarayi Vijayan.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Celebrations begin at BJP office in Thiruvananthapuram

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | This is a grand victory, a victory for the people of Kerala, says Congress MP K Suresh

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala voters' trust in us will guide UDF: Priyanka Gandhi hails Congress win

With the Congress-led UDF bagging a major win in the Kerala polls, Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday thanked the people of the state for their overwhelming support and vowed to work diligently towards building a better future for them.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal registers narrow win from Kottarakkara assembly seat

Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal on Monday secured a narrow victory in the Kottarakkara constituency in the April 9 state assembly polls, as he faced a tough fight from former CPI(M) leader Aisha Potty, who had joined the Congress in January this year.

Rahul Gandhi congratulates UDF

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | "I kept promise to bring UDF in power": VD Satheesan as Congress-led alliance set to sweep Keralam

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | BJP leader V Muraleedharan leads by a margin of 428 votes against CPIM leader Kadakampally Surendran in Kazahakoottam Assembly constituency

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | "Congress-led UDF is heading for a decisive win in Kerala:" Congress leader Sachin Pilot on UDF surge in Keralam

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala turns page as Vijayan era ends with LDF defeat

May 4, 2026, may come to be seen as a defining moment in Kerala's political history, marking not just the defeat of the CPI(M)-led LDF but also a turning point for Pinarayi Vijayan, one of the state's most dominant leaders.

After 16 years at the helm of the CPI(M), followed by two consecutive terms as CM, his long run of authority ended in a decisive electoral setback.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Serious setback for LDF in Kerala, says CPI(M) General Secretary MA Baby

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Pinarayi Vijayan wins Dharmadom amid LDF setback in Kerala

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan won from the Dharmadom constituency even as the LDF suffered a severe setback in the Kerala Assembly elections.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala verdict marks beginning of new era: V D Satheesan

Leader of Opposition V D Satheesan on Monday said the Congress-led UDF's sweeping victory in the Kerala Assembly polls reflected support cutting across geographical boundaries, caste, and religious lines, and marked the beginning of a "new era" in the state.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Rajeev Chandrasekhar leads BJP’s modest breakthrough in Kerala with three-seat gain

Rajeev Chandrasekhar has taken an unusual political path-moving from entrepreneur and technocrat to Member of Parliament, then Union Minister of State, and now president of the BJP's Kerala unit.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | V D Satheesan wins North Paravoor by over 20,000 votes

Congress leader V D Satheesan recorded a victory from North Paravoor constituency with a margin of over 20,000 votes in the Kerala Assembly elections.

Satheesan defeated CPI(M) candidate E T Taison Master by 20,600 votes.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Sudhakaran wins Ambalapuzha seat as UDF independent; Sunny Joseph retains Peravoor

Former CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, who quit the Left party ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls and contested as a UDF-backed Independent, won from the Ambalapuzha Assembly constituency by a margin of 27,935 votes.

Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and KPCC president Sunny Joseph retained the Peravoor constituency in Kannur district by defeating CPI(M) leader and former health minister K K Shailaja by a margin of 14,453 votes.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Firmly committed to restoring Keralam's lost glory, people-centric governance model: Kharge

As the Congress sealed victory in the Kerala assembly polls, party president Mallikarjun Kharge on Monday said "real welfare" and economic empowerment would begin in the state now.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | 'We will keep raising issues vital to Keralam’s progress and work hard to realise vision of a Vikasita Keralam': PM Modi

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Historic mandate for new Keralam: Kerala Congress

The people of Keralam have spoken and they have spoken loud and clear. The UDF has achieved a thumping victory bringing a decisive end to a decade of LDF misrule and anti-people policies. We have crossed our target of 100 seats securing a massive and comprehensive majority of 102 seats in the 140-member Assembly.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Pinarayi Vijayan resigns as Kerala Chief Minister

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala loss a setback: CPI(M)

The CPI(M) on Monday described the latest round of assembly election results as a "serious setback" for the Left, particularly in Kerala.

CPI(M) General Secretary M A Baby said the results underline that the defeat of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) in Kerala after 10 years in power.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | UDF scripts historic resurgence in Kerala

Rising from the debris of a crushing defeat five years ago, the Congress-led UDF on Monday staged a dramatic and historic comeback in Kerala, securing a massive mandate in the April 9 Assembly polls and reasserting its dominance in the state's political landscape.

The scale of the victory - with the front winning 102 seats - marks one of the most emphatic turnarounds in Kerala's electoral history, decisively halting the CPI(M)-led LDF's bid for a rare third consecutive term in office.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | 16th Kerala Assembly to have 11 women MLAs

The 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly will have 11 women MLAs, one less than in the previous House.

The outgoing Assembly had 12 women legislators, a majority of them from the CPI(M).

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | BJP vote share sees only marginal rise despite Assembly seats gained in Kerala

Even though the BJP won three seats in the Kerala Assembly elections, its vote share did not witness a major rise compared to the 2021 polls.

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | We sincerely thank the people of Kerala for giving us this landslide victory, says Congress leader K C Venugopal

Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Live | Kerala voters show door to Left rule as UDF sweeps to power; Lotus blooms in 3 seats

Kerala on Monday witnessed a sharp political reset as the state electors voted out the last Left government in the country, bringing back the Congress to the ruling saddle after a gap of 10 years, while the BJP broke through a long-standing electoral drought by winning three seats.

The Congress-led UDF swept aside a decade of Left rule under Pinarayi Vijayan with a decisive Assembly victory, with the national party adding the third southern state to be ruled by it, in its kitty. The party is in power in Karnataka and Telangana.