Left Democratic Front (Kerala)

The Left Democratic Front (LDF) 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(M), CPI and a variety of other smaller parties.

Left Democratic Front
LDF Keralam
LeaderPinarayi Vijayan
FounderE. M. S. Namboodiripad
P. K. Vasudevan Nair
Founded1979 (1979)
HeadquartersAKG Centre, Thiruvananthapuram
IdeologyBig tent
Factions
Communism[1][2]
Liberalism[3]
Secularism
Socialism[4]
Seats in Lok Sabha
11 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha
11 / 245
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly
91 / 140

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(M) leader V. S. Achuthanandan led the LDF government in Kerala following the 2006 Assembly Election.[5] 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.[6] In the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election the LDF won, gaining a majority of 91 out of 140 seats.

Current members
No Party Current No. of MLAs in Assembly
1 Communist Party of India (Marxist) 59
2 Communist Party of India 19
3 Janata Dal (Secular) 3
4 Nationalist Congress Party 2
5 Congress (Secular) 1
6 Kerala Congress (B) 1
7 Indian National League 1
8 Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) 1
9 Loktantrik Janata Dal 0
10 Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy 0
11 Janadhipathya Kerala Congress 0
12 Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas) 0
# Independent 4
Total 91

LDF has eight subcommittees:

  • Agriculture
  • Cooperative
  • Culture
  • Education
  • Elections
  • Finance
  • IT
  • Youth & Sports

List of LDF MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha

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

  CPI (M)     CPI     JD(S)     NCP     Cong(S)     KC(B)     RSP(L)     INL     Independent  

Sl.no Constituency Name of the
elected MLA		 Party
affiliation
Kasaragod district
1UdmaK. KunhiramanCPI(M)
2KanhangadE. ChandrasekharanCPI
3ThrikaripurM. RajagopalanCPI(M)
Kannur district
4PayyanurC. KrishnanCPI(M)
5KalliasseriT. V. RajeshCPI(M)
6TaliparambaJames MathewCPI(M)
7KannurKadannappalli RamachandranCong (S)
8DharmadomPinarayi VijayanCPI(M)
9ThalasseryA. N. ShamseerCPI(M)
10KuthuparambaK. K. ShailajaCPI(M)
11MattanurE. P. JayarajanCPI(M)
Wayanad district
12MananthavadyO. R. KeluCPI(M)
13KalpettaC. K. SaseendranCPI(M)
Kozhikode district
14VatakaraC. K. NanuJD(S)
15NadapuramE. K. VijayanCPI
16KoyilandyK. DasanCPI(M)
17PerambraT. P. RamakrishnanCPI(M)
18BalusseryPurushan KadalundyCPI(M)
19ElathurA. K. SaseendranNCP
20Kozhikode NorthA. PradeepkumarCPI(M)
21BeyporeV. K. C. Mammed KoyaCPI(M)
22KunnamangalamP. T. A. RahimINL
23KoduvallyKarat RazakInd.
24ThiruvambadyGeorge M. ThomasCPI(M)
Malappuram district
25NilamburP. V. AnvarInd.
26TanurV. AbdurahimanInd.
27ThavanurK.T. JaleelInd.
28PonnaniP. SreeramakrishnanCPI(M)
Palakkad district
29PattambiMuhammed MuhsinCPI
30ShornurP. K. SasiCPI(M)
31OttapalamP. UnniCPI(M)
32KongadK. V. VijayadasCPI(M)
33MalampuzhaV. S. AchuthanandanCPI(M)
34TarurA. K. BalanCPI(M)
35ChitturK. KrishnankuttyJD(S)
36NenmaraK. BabuCPI(M)
37AlathurK. D. PrasenanCPI(M)
Thrissur district
38ChelakkaraU. R. PradeepCPI(M)
39KunnamkulamA. C. MoideenCPI(M)
40GuruvayurK. V. Abdul KhaderCPI(M)
41ManalurMurali PerunelliCPI(M)
42OllurAdv. K. RajanCPI
43ThrissurV. S. Sunil KumarCPI
44NattikaGeetha GopiCPI
45KaipamangalamE. T. TysonCPI
46IrinjalakudaK. U. ArunanCPI(M)
47PuthukkadC. RaveendranathCPI(M)
48ChalakudyB. D. DevassyCPI(M)
49KodungallurV. R. Sunil KumarCPI
Ernakulam district
50VypeenS. SharmaCPI(M)
51KochiK. J. MaxiCPI(M)
52ThripunithuraM. SwarajCPI(M)
53MuvattupuzhaEldo AbrahamCPI
54KothamangalamAntony JohnCPI(M)
Idukki district
55DevikulamS. RajendranCPI(M)
56UdumbancholaM. M. ManiCPI(M)
57PeerumadeE. S. BijimolCPI
Kottayam district
58PalaMani C. KappanNCP
59VaikomC. K. AshaCPI
60EttumanoorK. Suresh KurupCPI(M)
Alappuzha district
61CherthalaP. ThilothamanCPI
62AlappuzhaT. M. Thomas IsaacCPI(M)
63AmbalappuzhaG. SudhakaranCPI(M)
64KayamkulamPrathiba HariCPI(M)
65MavelikkaraR. RajeshCPI(M)
66ChengannurSaji CherianCPI(M)
Pathanamthitta district
67ThiruvallaMathew T. ThomasJD(S)
68RanniRaju AbrahamCPI(M)
69AranmulaVeena GeorgeCPI(M)
70KonniK. U. Jenish KumarCPI(M)
71AdoorChittayam GopakumarCPI
Kollam district
72KarunagapallyR. RamachandranCPI
73KunnathurKovoor KunjumonRSP (L)
74KottarakkaraP. Aisha PottyCPI(M)
75PathanapuramK. B. Ganesh KumarKC(B)
76PunalurK. RajuCPI
77ChadayamangalamMullakara RatnakaranCPI
78KundaraJ. Mercykutty AmmaCPI(M)
79KollamM. MukeshCPI(M)
80EravipuramM. NoushadCPI(M)
81ChathannoorG.S. JayalalCPI
Thiruvananthapuram district
82VarkalaV. JoyCPI(M)
83AttingalB. SatyanCPI(M)
84ChirayinkeezhuV. SasiCPI
85NedumangadC. DivakaranCPI
86VamanapuramD. K. MuraliCPI(M)
87KazhakoottamKadakampally SurendranCPI(M)
88VattiyoorkavuV. K. PrasanthCPI(M)
89ParassalaC. K. HareendranCPI(M)
90KattakkadaI. B. SathishCPI(M)
91NeyyattinkaraK. A. AnsalanCPI(M)

Political activism

On 2 October 2009, more than 300,000 activists of CPI(M) formed a 500 km long human chain to protest the free trade agreement signed between India and Association of South East Asian Nations.[7]

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.[7]

LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.[8]

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See also

References
  1. Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-199-97489-4.
  2. Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-199-97489-4.
  3. Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
  4. "Loktantrik Janata Dal with Sharad Yadav as mentor to be formally launched on May 18". The Financial Express. 16 May 2018. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
  5. Sreejan, B. (10 May 2011). "Kerala exit polls today, close contest predicted". The Express News Service. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  6. "Achuthanandan elected leader of CPI-M; will head LDF opposition in Kerala". Rediff.com. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  7. "208-km human chain formed for new Kerala dam". Hindustan Times.
  8. Nair, N.J. (18 March 2011). "Assembly polls log on to cyberspace". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
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