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V. D. Satheesan
Chief Minister of Kerala

In office since 18 May 2026 · 3 months

Vadasseri Damodaran Satheesan (born 31 May 1964) is an Indian politician and lawyer who is serving as the 13th Chief Minister of Kerala since May 2026. A member of the Indian National Congress, he has represented Paravur in the Kerala Legislative Assembly since 2001. In the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, he led the Congress-led UDF to a landslide victory, with the alliance securing 102 seats in the 140-member assembly and ending the CPI(M)-led LDF's decade-long rule in the state.

Current seats
20
in the present Lok Sabha
Elections contested
16
Leading party, 2024
INC
14 of 20 seats

Compare elections

See what changed between any two Lok Sabha elections in Kerala.

2024vs

Seat swings, vote share shifts and constituency-level changes, side by side.

Seat share over the years

Seats and vote share by election for the parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Kerala

Party2024201920142009200419991998199619911989198419801977197119671962
INC14158130887131413011616
CPM11541286532170290
CPI0010302200014336
MUL0002122222222220
Others54614224224103646
Total seats20202020202020202020202020191918

Seats won over time

The four parties that have won the most Lok Sabha seats in Kerala

04813171962196719711977198019841989199119961998199920042009201420192024INCCPMCPIMUL
  • INC
  • CPM
  • CPI
  • MUL

Constituency performance

From the 20 results in Kerala, 2024

Best performance
WAYANAD
RAHUL GANDHI, 59.69% share
Closest contest
ATTINGAL
won by 684 (0.07%)
Biggest victory
WAYANAD
won by 3,64,422 (33.60%)

Seat change & vote share

Kerala, 2024

20SEATS
  • Retained16 (80%)
  • Changed hands4 (20%)

16 constituencies were won by the same party as 2019; 4 changed hands.

Vote share by party
INC35.05%
CPM25.83%
BJP16.67%
CPI6.14%
IUML6.04%
BDJS2.53%
RSP2.22%
KEC1.82%

Result by election

INC 14IUML 2
  • INC14
  • IUML2
  • BJP1
  • RSP1
  • CPM1
  • KEC1
INC 15IUML 2
  • INC15
  • IUML2
  • RSP1
  • KECM1
  • CPM1
INC 8CPM 5IUML 2IND 2
  • INC8
  • CPM5
  • IUML2
  • IND2
  • CPI1
  • RSP1
  • KECM1
INC 13CPM 4MUL 2
  • INC13
  • CPM4
  • MUL2
  • KECM1
CPM 12CPI 3
  • CPM12
  • CPI3
  • KEC1
  • IND1
  • MUL1
  • IFDP1
  • JD(S)1
CPM 8INC 8MUL 2
  • CPM8
  • INC8
  • MUL2
  • KEC1
  • KECM1
INC 8CPM 6CPI 2MUL 2
  • INC8
  • CPM6
  • CPI2
  • MUL2
  • KECM1
  • RSP1
INC 7CPM 5CPI 2MUL 2
  • INC7
  • CPM5
  • CPI2
  • MUL2
  • KECM1
  • IND1
  • JD1
  • RSP1
INC 13CPM 3MUL 2
  • INC13
  • CPM3
  • MUL2
  • ICSSCS1
  • KECM1
INC 14MUL 2CPM 2
  • INC14
  • MUL2
  • CPM2
  • ICSSCS1
  • KECM1
INC 13KECJ 2MUL 2
  • INC13
  • KECJ2
  • MUL2
  • ICS1
  • CPM1
  • JNP1
CPM 7INC(I) 5INC(U) 3MUL 2
  • CPM7
  • INC(I)5
  • INC(U)3
  • MUL2
  • IND1
  • KEC1
  • CPI1
INC 11CPI 4MUL 2KEC 2
  • INC11
  • CPI4
  • MUL2
  • KEC2
  • RSP1
INC 6KEC 3CPI 3MUL 2CPM 2RSP 2
  • INC6
  • KEC3
  • CPI3
  • MUL2
  • CPM2
  • RSP2
  • IND1
CPM 9CPI 3SSP 3MUL 2
  • CPM9
  • CPI3
  • SSP3
  • MUL2
  • INC1
  • IND1
INC 6CPI 6IND 3ML 2
  • INC6
  • CPI6
  • IND3
  • ML2
  • RSP1

Top leaders

Chief Ministers of Kerala, most recent first

Full history →
V. D. Satheesan
INCIncumbent
2026present
Pinarayi Vijayan
CPM
20162026
V. S. Achuthanandan
CPM
20062011
Oommen Chandy
INC
20042016

Constituencies

20 current, 59 under former boundaries · showing 1–50 of 79

No.ConstituencyReservationElectionsLast contested
1KASARAGODGEN42024
2KANNURGEN42024
3VADAKARAGEN42024
4WAYANADGEN42024
5KOZHIKODEGEN42024
6MALAPPURAMGEN42024
7PONNANIGEN42024
8PALAKKADGEN42024
9ALATHURSC42024
10THRISSURGEN42024
11CHALAKUDYGEN42024
12ERNAKULAMGEN42024
13IDUKKIGEN42024
14KOTTAYAMGEN42024
15ALAPPUZHAGEN42024
16MAVELIKKARASC42024
17PATHANAMTHITTAGEN42024
18KOLLAMGEN42024
19ATTINGALGEN42024
20THIRUVANANTHAPURAMGEN42024
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Seats marked “former boundary” were redrawn by a later delimitation order. A name that survives a redrawing keeps its own page, with each boundary era labelled on the result.