Post-poll LDF leadership meeting to analyse results to plot a path back to retaining power in the 2026 Assembly polls

Left Democratic Front (LDF) allies are meeting to review the results of the recent local body elections and discuss strategies for regaining power in the 2026 Assembly elections. The meeting will focus on whether the government's social security net and infrastructure development campaigns overshadowed discussions about local issues that were crucial to voter concerns, according to party insiders. The LDF is also examining its decision to support the Sabarimala Global Ayyappa Sangham and the potential impact of the temple theft controversy on their campaign. The meeting comes as the UDF made significant gains by highlighting perceived delays in expelling CPI(M) appointees arrested for temple theft, and portraying the LDF as a proxy of the NDA.