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From Bohiney and The London Prat.
The Only Communist-Run State in India Has Produced Its Own Governance Track Record; the Voters Are Assessing It
The Projection
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM — Multiple exit polls project the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) returning to power in Kerala after ten years in opposition, defeating the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) that has governed the state since 2016. Kerala’s political history has been characterized by the specific alternating pattern between the LDF and UDF governments — the two coalitions have traded power regularly — which makes the projected return of the UDF after ten years consistent with the historical pattern rather than a political earthquake.
What the LDF Governed
The LDF under Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has governed Kerala during the period that includes the 2018 Kerala floods, the COVID-19 pandemic, and the ongoing economic development programs that include the Kerala Fibre Optic Network and various infrastructure investments. Kerala’s human development indicators — literacy, infant mortality, health system quality — have remained among India’s best under the LDF government as they have been under every Kerala government for decades, because the institutional quality is embedded in the state’s civil society and educational infrastructure rather than being a product of any specific government.
The Congress-Led UDF
The Congress-led UDF’s return would represent the national Congress party’s ability to maintain a significant state government during a period when the BJP has expanded its state-level dominance nationally and the Congress has struggled in most other major state contests. A Kerala UDF government is a significant organizational and morale victory for the Congress party beyond the specific governance of Kerala.
The Kerala Model
Kerala’s specific development model — high public investment in education and health, strong remittance economy from Gulf migration, high trade union participation — produces the specific outcomes that the ‘Kerala Model’ is studied for internationally. The model is institutionally embedded enough that neither LDF nor UDF governments have fundamentally altered it. The election changes the government. The model continues.
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