Guwahati, May 5 -- By NE NOW NEWS

Guwahati: The Left parties are no longer in power in any Indian state for the first time since 1977 after the Left Democratic Front's (LDF) defeat in the Kerala Assembly elections.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) returned to power after a decade, winning 102 seats in the 140-member Assembly, while the LDF was reduced to 35 seats, according to Election Commission data. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) also opened its account with victories in three constituencies.

The outcome ended Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's decade-long rule and left the Left without power in any state for the first time in nearly five decades.

During the campaign, the Congress accused the CPI(M) of softening its ...