India, April 25 -- In Kerala, where there is a direct contest between the Congress-led United Democratic Front and the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front in most of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies, votes of the relatively weaker Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) may decide whether the UDF repeats its 2019 performance (it won 19 seats).

Kerala, along with 12 other states, will go to polls on April 26 in the second phase of the 2024 general elections, and most opinion polls have given the UDF an edge over the others, with some even claiming that the LDF could make a comeback with a better tally.

The 2019 Lok Sabha elections, fought in the shadow of the agitation over the entry of women in the Sabarimala tem...