Editing Left Democratic Front (section)

=== List of chief ministers from parties of Left Democratic Front (1957-1980) ===
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! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |No{{efn|A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Portrait
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" |Name{{efn|Year in parentheses indicates life span}}
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" colspan="3" scope="col" |Tenure
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white" | Total
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"  colspan="2" |Party<small>{{efn|This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.}}</small>
! Style="background-color:{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}};color:white"| Ministry
|- style="height: 60px;"
!rowspan=2|1
|rowspan=2| [[File:EMS Namboodiripad 2001 stamp of India (cropped) 1.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2| [[E. M. S. Namboodiripad]]<br>{{Small|(1909–1998)}}
| 5 April 1957
| 31 July 1959
| {{age in years and days|1957|4|5|1959|7|31}}
!rowspan=2| 4 years 357 days
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[First Namboodiripad ministry|Namboodiripad I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 6 March 1967
| 1 November 1969
|{{age in years and days|1967|3|6|1969|11|1}}
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[Second Namboodiripad ministry|Namboodiripad II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
|- style="height: 60px;"
!rowspan=2|2
|rowspan=2| [[File:C. Achutha Menon.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=2| [[C. Achutha Menon]]<br>{{Small|(1913–1991)}}
| 1 November 1969
| 3 August 1970
| {{age in years and days|1969|11|1|1970|8|3}}
!rowspan=2| 7 years, 80 days
!rowspan=3 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|rowspan=3| [[Communist Party of India]]
| [[First C. Achutha Menon ministry|Achutha Menon I]]
|-
| 4 October 1970
| 25 March 1977
| {{age in years and days|1970|10|4|1977|3|25}}
| [[Second C. Achutha Menon ministry|Achutha Menon II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
!3
| [[File:P.K. Vasudevan Nair.jpg|100px]]
| [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair]]<br>{{Small|(1926–2005)}}
| 29 October 1978
| 12 October 1979
| {{age in years and days|1978|10|29|1979|10|12}}
!348 days
| [[P. K. Vasudevan Nair ministry|Vasudevan Nair]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
|}