The voting across 140 Assembly seats in 14 districts of Kerala will be held on April 6, 2021. The counting of votes will be held on May 2. According to the election commission, of the 140 Assembly seats, 14 seats are reserved for the SC category and two are reserved for ST category candidates. For Assembly polls 2021, the number of polling booths in Kerala has been extended from 21,498 to 40,771.
Political parties including the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and other parties have started campaigning even before the date of the poll. There are two front which is contesting the election are-- United Democratic Front (UDF) led by Congress and comprising like-minded parties and Left Democratic Front (LDF) led by CPM-M comprising up of left and like-minded parties.