With Left losing Kerala, India has no communist government for the first time since 1977: trajectory of the decline
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front is set to lose power in Kerala, marking the first time since 1977 that no state in India has a communist government. The loss is attributed to anti-incumbency and an over-reliance on Pinarayi Vijayan as a figure for political mobilisation.
The Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front in Kerala is set to lose power, according to early trends for the Assembly election results announced on May 4. This will mark the first time since 1977 that no state in India has a communist government. Kerala, Tripura, and West Bengal have had communist governments in their history, but their influence has waned in recent years. The CPI(M) formed its first government in Kerala in 1957, introducing land reforms and welfare measures. The party's decline is attributed to anti-incumbency and over-reliance on Pinarayi Vijayan. West Bengal saw the longest unbroken communist rule from 1977 to 2011 under Jyoti Basu and Buddhadeb Bhattacharya.
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