As Kerala goes to polls on April 26, 2024, the effort of the United Democratic Front (UDF) led by the Congress party is to repeat the stellar show put up by it in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections when it secured a win in 19 of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala.
However, it dropped to 18 when a key ally in central Kerala, the Kerala Congress (Mani) which won the Kottayam seat, switched sides and helped the Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by the Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] put up a good show in the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections in the central Travancore region where the KC(M) wields considerable influence in the Christian community.
Fast forward to 2024, anti-incumbency against the Kerala government is said to be at play, but the Left front is using its organisational strengths to canvass for votes and do as well as it did back in 2004 when it secured a win in 17 seats.