Key Points
Kochi: A pro-Congress wave that favours the United Democratic Front (UDF) in parliamentary elections in Kerala, a decrease in traditional votes, and an anti-incumbency sentiment are some of the key setbacks the ruling CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) faced in the state, and were contributing factors to them winning only one (Alathur) of the 20 constituencies in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections...
Addressing the media after the conclusion of the meeting, CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan told ThePrint that community-based organisations have started prioritising the interests of communal forces...
While Kerala favoured the Congress during the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the coalition formed by the party with others suffered a vote loss of nearly three percentage pointsthis year compared to 2019, sparking speculation that a significant share of the coalitions core vote base has shifted to the BJP...
Kerala-based political analyst and historian K.N. Ganesh told ThePrint that there was no shocking change in the results compared to 2019 except for the increasing number of votes for the BJP, which affected both the LDF and the UDF...
However, CPI(M) and former Kalpetta MLA C.K. Saseendran told ThePrint that the people of Kerala thought Congress had a better chance of taking on the BJP compared to the Left parties and the voters were not completely against the CPI(M)...
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