Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 | UDF leads early, looks poised to return to power

Trends so far indicate that the anti-incumbency factor in hitting the prospects of the LDF and the CPI(M) may lose power in the lone state where the party is in power.

Thiruvananthapuram: Celebrations are on in the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) in Kerala as the UDF is maintaining a lead at 94 of the 140 seats in Kerala by around two hours after the counting began.

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and many ministers are trailing while the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is maintaining lead in around 42 seats.

BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is leading in four seats giving strong indications of the saffron party reopening account in Kerala. BJP state president Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state president K Surendran. 

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and many of his cabinet colleagues are trailing as the initial rounds of counting are over.

The trends so far indicate that the anti-incumbency factor in hitting the prospects of the LDF and the CPM may lose power in the lone state where the party is in power.

Congress is all likely to return to power in Kerala after ten years. Celebrations are already on the UDF camps.