Left Democratic Front
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Left Democratic Front LDF Keralam | |
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| Abbreviation | LDF |
| Leader | Pinarayi Vijayan |
| Founder | E. M. S. Namboodiripad P. K. Vasudevan Nair |
| Founded | 1979 |
| Headquarters | AKG Centre, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Ideology | Big tent Factions Communism[1] Liberalism[2] Secularism Socialism[3] |
| Seats in Lok Sabha | 2 / 20 |
| Seats in Rajya Sabha | 6 / 9 |
| Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly | 93 / 140 |
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| https://ldfkeralam.org/ | |
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is a pre-poll alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala, India. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Congress-led UDF, each of which has been in power alternately for the last two decades. LDF won the May 2016 election and is currently in power. The alliance consists of CPI(M), 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(M) leader V. S. Achuthanandan led the LDF government in Kerala following the 2006 Assembly Election.[4] 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.[5] In the 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the LDF won, gaining a majority of 91 out of 140 seats.
The parties in the alliance and their representation in Kerala Legislative Assembly post 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election are as follows:
| No. | Party | Current No. of MLAs in Assembly |
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| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 1 | CPI(M) | 59 |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 2 | CPI | 19 |
| style="background-color:Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 3 | JD(S) | 3 |
| style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 4 | NCP | 2 |
| style="background-color:Template:Congress (Secular)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 5 | Congress(S) | 1 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (B)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 6 | KC(B) | 1 |
| style="background-color:Template:Indian National League/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 7 | INL | 1 |
| 9 | LJD | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 10 | JSS | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Janadhipathya Kerala Congress/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 11 | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 12 | KC(Skaria Thomas) | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 13 | KC(M) - Jose K. Mani Faction | 2 |
| # | Independent | 4 |
| Total | 92 | |
Current members
| No | Party | Current No. of MLAs in Assembly |
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| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 1 | CPI(M) | 59 |
| style="background-color:Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 2 | CPI | 19 |
| style="background-color:Template:Janata Dal (Secular)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 3 | JD(S) | 3 |
| style="background-color:Template:Nationalist Congress Party/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 4 | NCP | 2 |
| style="background-color:Template:Congress (Secular)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 5 | Congress(S) | 1 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (B)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 6 | KC(B) | 1 |
| style="background-color:Template:Indian National League/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 7 | INL | 1 |
| 8 | LJD | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Janadhipathya Kerala Congress/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 9 | Janadhipathya Kerala Congress | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 10 | KC(Skaria Thomas) | 0 |
| style="background-color:Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/color; text-align: center;" | 11 | KC(M) - Jose K. Mani Faction | 2 |
LDF has eight subcommittees:[citation needed]
- 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
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.[6]
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.[6]
LDF launched its website ahead of 2011 Kerala Assembly Election.[7]
See also
References
- ^ Chakrabarty, Bidyut (2014). Communism in India: Events, Processes and Ideologies. Oxford University Press. p. 314. ISBN 978-0-199-97489-4.
- ^ Jha, Giridhar (25 November 2019). "Maharashtra Govt Formation: BJP's Return Into Ring Makes Scene Murkier". Outlook. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Sreejan, B. (10 May 2011). "Kerala exit polls today, close contest predicted". The Express News Service. Retrieved 21 November 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Achuthanandan elected leader of CPI-M; will head LDF opposition in Kerala". Rediff.com. 25 May 2011. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
- ^ a b "208-km human chain formed for new Kerala dam". Hindustan Times.
- ^ Nair, N.J. (18 March 2011). "Assembly polls log on to cyberspace". The Hindu. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
External links
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