Kerala State legislative assembly election, 2006

Kerala state assembly election, 2006

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All 140 seats in the Kerala Legislative Assembly 71 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Leader V. S. Achuthanandan Oommen Chandy Party CPI(M) INC Alliance LDF UDF Leader's seat Malampuzha Puthuppally Seats won 99 40 Seat change +56 -56 Popular vote 7,558,834 6,679,557 Percentage 48.63% 42.98%
Kerala, India Kerala, one of the states in South India, has an electorate of more than 21 million people.
Chief Minister before election Oommen Chandy UDF Chief Minister V. S. Achuthanandan LDF

Oommen Chandy
UDF

V. S. Achuthanandan
LDF

The Kerala state assembly election of 2006, part of a series of state assembly elections in 2006, was scheduled to occur in three phases. The first phase was held on April 22, 2006, when 59 out of the 140 constituencies in Kerala voted. The second was held on April 29, 2006 for the 66 constituencies in central Kerala. The last phase of polling for the remaining 15 constituencies was on May 3, 2006. The counting was conducted on May 11, 2006.

The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front beat the incumbent Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front by a margin of 99/140 seats.

<! I believe both the above facts are true, but references would be welcome.> V S Achuthanandan, who led the CPM in 2006, was elected the Chief Minister of Kerala.