The Big Story30 Mar 2021

Understanding Kerala Politics Ahead of the Assembly Elections 2021

With just five days left for Kerala to head to its first and only phase of Assembly polls, the complexity and significance of this state election are not understood by many. Today's episode intends to eradicate this confusion. For the past four decades, Kerala has witnessed only anti-incumbency when it comes to its government. The baton was passed since 1982 between the Communist Party of India (Marxist) or CPI(M)- which leads the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Congress led United Democratic Front (UDF) And Kerala is not completely unique in this. Its neighbour, Tamil Nadu, had the same trend for 32 years until former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa broke the trend in 2016 by winning consecutive elections. Rajasthan too has been alternatively electing Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party governments since 1993. But, what makes Kerala different, is that even though the CPI (M) and the Congress are the major parties in the two fronts, both hold a combined vote share of just over 50 percent. And this is due to multiple alliances these parties have. Alliances matter a lot in Kerala and unlike in Tamil Nadu, where the two major parties DMK and AIADMK perform better than their alliance partners, both the CPI(M) and the Congress in Kerala are equally vulnerable to losing against smaller allies as well. And Kerala is seeing another trend right now. Surveys have projected that the current Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan of the LDF, may just come back to power in the forthcoming election on 6 April. Host and Producer: Himmat Shaligram Guest: KP Sethunath, senior journalist and former bureau chief of Deccan Chronicle. Editor: Shelly Walia Music: Big Bang Fuzz Listen to The Big Story podcast on: Apple: https://apple.co/2AYdLIl Saavn: http://bit.ly/2oix78C Google Podcasts: http://bit.ly/2ntMV7S Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2IyLAUQ Deezer: http://bit.ly/2Vrf5Ng Castbox: http://bit.ly/2VqZ9ur Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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