United Democratic Front (Kerala)


The United Democratic Front is an alliance of political parties in Kerala state, India, created by the Indian National Congress party leader K. Karunakaran in 1978.
Since the 1980s, the coalition has sustained itself as a front to take on the Communist Party of India-Marxist led Left Democratic Front.
The parties in the alliance and their representation in Kerala Legislative Assembly post 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election are as follows:
PartyAssembly Seats
Indian National Congress21
Indian Union Muslim League18
Kerala Congress Mani Joseph5
Kerala Congress Jacob1
Revolutionary Socialist Party0
All India Forward Bloc0
Communist Marxist Party John0

Members

Founding members (1978)

The UDF have 44 MLAs in the Kerala Niyamasabha, which consists of 140 elected seats in total. UDF is the main opposition in the Kerala Niyamasabha.
Key

List of UDF Lok Sabha MPs from Kerala

Out of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala, 19 were won by the UDF in 2019 Lok Sabha election. The following is the list of UDF Lok Sabha MPs from the state of Kerala:
Key

No.ConstituencyName of Elected M.P.Party Affiliation
1KasaragodRajmohan UnnithanINC
2KannurK.SudhakaranINC
3VatakaraK MuraleedharanINC
4WayanadRahul GandhiINC
5KozhikodeM. K. RaghavanINC
6MalappuramP.K. KunhalikuttyIUML
7PonnaniE. T. Muhammed BasheerIUML
8PalakkadV.K.SreekandanINC
9AlathurRamya HaridasINC
10ThrissurT.N.PrathapanINC
11ChalakudyBenny BehananINC
12ErnakulamHibi Eden INC
13IdukkiDean KuriakoseINC
14KottayamThomas ChazhikadanKC
15MavelikkaraKodikunnil SureshINC
16PathanamthittaAnto Antony PunnathaniyilINC
17KollamN. K. PremachandranRSP
18AttingalAdoor PrakashINC
19ThiruvananthapuramShashi TharoorINC