Current Affairs - Awards and Honours - Discussion

VD Satheesan was appointed as the next Chief Minister of Kerala after the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) achieved a decisive victory in the 2026 Kerala Assembly elections. The alliance secured 102 out of 140 seats, while the Indian National Congress emerged as the single largest party with 63 seats. VD Satheesan also won his sixth consecutive term as an MLA from the Paravur constituency. This result marked the end of the second consecutive term of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) government led by Pinarayi Vijayan. Kerala’s capital is Thiruvananthapuram, and the state was formed on November 1, 1956.