Shibi Kiran M
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The 2019 Lok Sabha election marks the first time a non-Congress government comes to power for a second time, consecutively, with an absolute majority. The Indian National Congress (INC) party managed to increase its seats tally from 44 in the previous general election to 52 this time. Much against the national voting pattern, Kerala managed to get INC 15 seats, the highest it got anywhere in India. This paper analyses the causes of INC-led United Democratic Front’s spectacular win in the state apart from looking into the causes of the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front’s defeat, and the failure of Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA.
Keywords:
2019 Lok Sabha Election, Kerala, Indian National Congress, Left Democratic Front, United Democratic Front, India, Communist Party