Understanding Kerala Elections 2026- A Podcast

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 Greetings to all listeners and readers!!

Kerala Elections 2026 are now at the doorstep. It is eminent to discuss the elections-LDF 2.0, the opposition UDF, BJP, and NDA, debates on the developments, as well as the controversies. The last elections were a game-changer in Kerala politics when the ruling LDF came back to power with even a bigger mandate in 2021. 

The last five years were marked by political developments, controversies, and much more. Now we have three strong alliances, UDF, LDF, and NDA, with more parties than ever before. Most polls show a very tight race, a neck-and-neck fight, making social coalitions, candidates, and other issues that make or break this election. In order to understand this election, we need a strong foundation, which makes the current podcast episode more relevant than ever. 

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About The Guest

Alan Bince is a Neuroscience PhD candidate working at Maastricht University, the Netherlands. Growing up in the UAE and having studied in the UK, he has spent most of his life as an expat. He spent four years in Kerala as an engineering student, wherein he got attracted to Kerala Politics and closely observed the 2019 Lok Sabha, 2020 local elections, and 2021 State Assembly elections. You can follow him on X and Instagram.

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Disclaimer- All the opinions presented are of the respective speakers in their personal capacity and do not reflect the opinion of the platform or any organisation. 

Summary of the podcast 

Generally, these topics aren’t much available in the mainstream media, because they are believed hard to crack and don't address the basics. But, through our podcast, we disprove this misconception that these cannot be understood by common people. We explain in simple terms various subtopics under this vast topic in the form of conversational and discussion styles. Everything in the episode is easy to follow and understand. 

Guest Alan Bince was hosted by Jairam R Prabhu and gave his opening remarks on how he sees Kerala politics and how the past five years went based on the interactions he had with people. After this, the discussion happened on the top issues in these elections and whether the controversies are actually accepted by the people.

The discussion later touched upon the merits, demerits, strengths, and weaknesses of every alliance- UDF, LDF, NDA. Alan gave his views on the successes and failures of all the parties in the past five years and how they will perform. Before concluding, both the guest and host gave materials for the audience to learn more about Kerala elections, politics, and much more. They also gave a rough prediction on who will be the victor. 

This is just a short glimpse. Listen to the full podcast episode for the essence. 

We cover in detail the following topics-

1.     Introduction to the topic 

2.     Opening remarks

3.     Current State of Politics and Local Election Results

4.     Main issues this election

5.     Anti-Incumbency in Kerala against LDF

6.     The rise of the BJP in recent times

7.     Infighting within Congress and the Alliance

8.     Public Sentiments and Media Coverage

9.     Seats to Watch this election

10.  Prediction regarding the verdict of the election

11.  How to vote for this election? What should a voter keep in mind while going to the polling booth?

12.  Materials, references, and resources for the audience 

Resources

Surgical Strike by Unnibalakrishnan on Asianet News

Election GrandMaster on Asianet News

Chat with Bhakthan Podcast by Sujith Bhakthan

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