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Pinarayi Vijayan resigns as Kerala CM after LDF election debacle hands power to UDF
Politics
Published on 4 May 2026
Resignation accepted, but he stays on as caretaker
Pinarayi Vijayan has resigned as Kerala Chief Minister after the Left Democratic Front suffered a major defeat in the Assembly elections. The Congress-led UDF won decisively, ending Vijayan’s decade-long tenure. The Governor has accepted the resignation, but Vijayan will remain as caretaker chief minister until a new government is formed.
- Pinarayi Vijayan resigns following LDF’s major election loss
- UDF led by Congress wins decisively in Kerala Assembly polls
- Governor accepts the resignation officially
- Vijayan continues as caretaker CM until new arrangements
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