01016nam a22001337a 4500 533166 533166 260427b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d Chathukulam, Jos and Joseph, Manasi 60279 Local government election results in Kerala: Towards a Tripolar polity Economic & Political Weekly 61(9), Feb 28, 2026: p.16-19 The 2025 local government elections in Kerala signal a major political realignment, weakening the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front’s long-standing dominance and paving the way for a tripolar polity. The LDF’s defeat reflects centralised governance, erosion of participatory democracy, corruption allegations, and loss of secular credibility. The verdict highlights growing grassroots demands for accountability, responsive governance, and renewed democratic decentralisation.-Reproduced https://www.epw.in/journal/2026/9/commentary/local-government-election-results-kerala.html Economic & Political Weekly AR 0 0 ddc 0 0 408336 IIPA IIPA 2026-04-27 61(9), Feb 28, 2026: p.16-19 AR138676 2026-04-27 AR