The United Democratic Front (UDF) is a political alliance in the Indian state of Kerala. It is led by Indian National Congress and was founded in 1980. The UDF first contested the assembly elections in 1980 but lost to the LDF in that year. UDF first won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala under the leadership of K. Karunakaran in 1982.

UDF has been in power in the State Legislature of Kerala under K. Karunakaran (1982–87), K. Karunakaran and A. K. Antony (1991–96), A. K. Antony and Oommen Chandy,(2001–06), Oommen Chandy (2011–16) and V. D. Satheesan (2026–present).

Current members PartyFlagIdeologyKerala Unit LeaderLok SabhaRajya SabhaKerala Legislative AssemblyIndian National Congress Liberalism Social democracy Secularism Civic nationalism Big tentSunny JosephIndian Union Muslim League Islamic democracy Liberal conservatismSadiq Ali ThangalKerala Congress Liberalism RegionalismP. J. JosephRevolutionary Socialist Party Communism Revolutionary socialism Marxism–LeninismShibu Baby JohnKerala Congress (Jacob) Secularism Socialism DemocracyAnoop JacobKerala Democratic PartyLiberalismMani C. KappanCommunist Marxist Party Communism MarxismC. P. JohnRevolutionary Marxist Party of India Communism Marxism-LeninismN. VenuAll India Forward Bloc Socialism Marxism Left-wing nationalismT. Manoj KumarJanathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy Communism MarxismA. N. Rajan Babu

Associate Members +PartyFlagLeaderRefJanadhipathya Rashtriya SabhaC. K. JanuAll India Trinamool Congress (rebel)P. V. AnvarKerala Pravasi AssociationAswani Nambarambath

See also

List of Left Democratic Front (Kerala) members Left Democratic Front United Democratic Front National Democratic Alliance

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