LDF will make government in Kerala

Pinarayi Vijayan is set to be the chief minister of Kerala as Left Democratic Front (LDF) has won 91 seats out 140 assembly seats.
•    Compared to 2011 assembly elections when it had won 68 seats, LDF increased its tally by 24 seats in 2016 assembly elections.
•    On the other hand, Congress Party led United Democratic Front (UDF), like in other states, is in for a huge setback. 
•    It is leading only in 47 seats, a big 23 seats drop compared to 2011 assembly elections.
•    The account for BJP was opened by 86-year-old former Union minister O Rajagopal, who won by over 8000 votes. He will go down in history as the first BJP MLA in Kerala’s 140-member assembly.
•    It was the image of Rajagopal, popularly known as ‘Rajettan’, apart from the BJP’s organizational strength that helped the party to create history. He is considered a noble and well meaning person.
•    Anti-incumbency factor against the Congress chief Minister Oommen Chandy is responsible for such a massive setback to the grand old party in the state. 
•    The government had been hit by a series of corruption scandals involving some of his top aides and ministers.
•    There also has been a barrage of criticism following a spate of crime against women, especially the horrific rape, torture and murder of a Dalit student.
•    Kerala has the lowest positive population growth rate in India, 3.44%; highest Human Development Index (HDI), 0.790 in 2011; the highest literacy rate, 93.91% in the 2011 according to the census data. 
•    The state has witnessed significant emigration, especially to Arab states of the Persian Gulf during the Gulf Boom of the 1970s and early 1980s, and its economy depends significantly on remittances from a large Malayalam expatriate community. 
•    Hinduism is practiced by more than half of the population, followed by Islam and Christianity.