Left Democratic Front (Kerala)


The Left Democratic Front is a coalition of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is one of the two major political coalitions in Kerala, the other being the UDF each of which has been in power alternatively for the last two decades. LDF won the May 2016 election and is now in power. The coalition consists of CPI, CPI and a variety of other smaller parties.
In the legislative assembly of 2006 to 2011 the LDF controlled a majority of 98 out of 140 seats in the state legislative assembly. CPI leader V. S. Achuthanandan led the LDF government in Kerala following the 2006 Assembly Election. In the 2011 Kerala legislative assembly election, LDF lost to UDF, but managed to gain 68 out of the 140 seats. V. S. Achuthanandan was thereafter elected the leader of the opposition. In the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election the LDF won, gaining a majority of 91 out of 140 seats.

Current members

LDF has eight subcommittees:
The LDF is the ruling alliance in Kerala which has 91 seats out of the 140 in the Kerala Niyamasabha. The following list shows the MLAs belonging to LDF in the Niyamasabha.
Key

Political activism

On 2 October 2009, more than 300,000 activists of CPI formed a 500 km long human chain to protest the free trade agreement signed between India and Association of South East Asian Nations.
On 7 December 2011, the LDF organized a 208 km human wall demanding the construction of a new dam in place of the present 115-year leaky dam at Mullapperiyar. The human wall was the second-longest of the kind in Kerala which stretched across two districts.
LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.