United Democratic Front News

Ahead of the Kerala Assembly polls, Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said that the seat-sharing agreement between the parties in the United Democratic Front (UDF) will be finalised within a day.

Three United Democratic Front (UDF) MLAs are currently on an 'indefinite satyagraha' over on Sabarimala issue.

The Lok Sabha bypoll was caused by the demise of former union minister E Ahmed.

Opposition members, who came with banners and placards, squatted in the well of the House, raised slogans and did not participate in the question hour.

The United Democratic Front also said it was dissatisfied over the present probe and asked the government to conduct an impartial investigation.

Former Kerala chief minister Oommen Chandy, however, kept mum about his exclusion from the main list of special invitees.

Kerala's bitter political rivals - the ruling LDF and the UDF - on Thursday closed ranks in the state Assembly to oppose the cattle slaughter ban.

Even while Kerala`s ruling CPI-M has publicly censured State Power Minister MM Mani for his "loose tongue" and the Congress-led UDF have been demanding his resignation for his remarks on women plantation workers, the Kerala High Court on Friday spoke tough, noting it was a grave mistake on the part of Mani to use such words.

KM Mani has been a member of the Kerala Assembly since 1967, representing the Palai Assembly constituency in Kottayam district. 

Fissures between the Congress and major United Democratic Front partner Kerala Congress-Mani appear to have reached a flash point with the latter planning to sit as a separate bloc in the Kerala legislative assembly.

Both John and Mohsin had stood together at the JNU when Kanhaiya Kumar, Umar Khalid, Anirban Bhattacharya, including some other students were arrested.

Following its victory, the CPI(M) will meet today to decide who will be the new chief minister of Kerala.

The BJP on Thursday made history in Assam, decimating Congress which was dethroned in Kerala too even as Jayalalithaa and Mamata Banerjee romped home for a second consecutive term in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

CPI(M)-led LDF has won 91 seats in Kerala Assembly, Congress-led UDF could win only 47 seats as against 72 seats it won in 2011.

Kerala voted for change with United Democratic Front, which had been in power for the last 5 years, being routed by the Left Democratic Front. Buoyed by LDF's massive win in the Kerala Assembly polls, senior leaders of the CPI(M)-led alliance said the people of the state gave a verdict against corruption under Congress-led UDF rule and "communal politics" practised by BJP-led NDA. The Kerala Elections 2016 Results is being announced by the Election Commission of India. Below are the Kerala election live results.    

The result of Kerala Assembly election came as a huge setback for United Democratic Front.

Rajagopal has now entered history books as the first ever BJP MLA in Kerala.

The LDF victory has not come as a surprise, as the alliance has met the expectations of replacing the UDF every alternate year in Kerala.

The BJP was on the road to victory in Assam for the first time.

With Congress displaying a dismal performance in Assembly Election in West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Assam, party vice president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday accepted defeat with humility.