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There are only seven women in the 140-member assembly. Besides, caste and community exclusion works at the local level. May 13, 2021 · 07:30 am Pinarayi Vijayan and his family celebrate the victory of his Left Democratic Front in the state elections. | PTI
What are the representational outcome of the 2021 Kerala State election? What is the sociological composition of the new assembly and what has been the representation trajectory of various groups and communities, as well as other variables of social diversity such as gender and religion, over time?
Apocalypse engulfs India
Supporters of the Trinamool Congress party celebrate the party’s lead in the West Bengal state legislative assembly elections during counting in Kolkata on May 2. Agence France-Presse
WEST Bengal elections results could not have been, to put it mildly, more disappointing for the Indian prime minister and his Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance. Never in India’s electoral history has the party/alliance in the centre led by the prime minister organised themselves against a regional party in power in a state in the manner Narendra Modi did and led the NDA alliance to defeat Mamata Banerjee from leading Trinamool to power for a third time.
Kolkata: The big trend emerging out of the election results from the four states and one Union Territory in India until after four hours of counting on Sunday shows the ruling parties and blocs of Trinamool Congres (TMC), Left Democratic Front (LDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) set to retain power in West Bengal, Kerala and Asssam, respectively. In Tamil Nadu, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) is set to storm back to power with a massive majority, while in the Unioin Territory of Puducherry, the BJP-led NRC alliance is ahead of the Congress-led bloc.
As the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC looks set to retain power in Bengal for a third consecutive term, the other fascinating story about these elections is the way the Pinyarai Vijayan-led LDF is all set to be voted back in power for one more term in Kerala, bucking anti-incumbency in a state that has traditionally voted in a new party every five years for the last several decades.
Goa Forward president Vijai Sardesai had in January said that the NDA no longer exists and there is no such national coalition headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.