Thiruvananthapuram, May 4 -- The Congress-led UDF surged to a landslide victory in Keralam marking a significant political shift in the state, which has been ruled for 10 years by an LDF government that faced a dramatic decline as per the results of the counting of votes in the 2026 Assembly elections.

The UDF won a majority with 102 seats out of 140 - with the Congress notching up 63 seats and the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) adding 22 seats. The LDF got 35 seats - CPI(M) bagged 26 seats and CPI secured 8 seats. The BJP bagged three seats, up from one seat in 2016 and nil in the 2021 Assembly elections.

Keralam Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan successfully retained his home turf of Dharmadam, a Marxist bastion in Kannur, which he h...