Editing Left Democratic Front (section)

=== List of chief ministers from Left Democratic Front in Kerala (1980–present) ===
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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=3|1
|rowspan=3| [[File:E.K.Nayanar_1.jpg|100px]]
|rowspan=3| [[E. K. Nayanar]]<br>{{Small|(1919–2004)}}
| 25 January 1980
| 20 October 1981
| {{age in years and days|1980|1|25|1981|10|20}}
! rowspan="3" | 10 years, 353 days
!rowspan=6 style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|rowspan=6| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| [[First Nayanar ministry|Nayanar I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 26 March 1987
| 24 June 1991
| {{age in years and days|1987|3|26|1991|6|24}}
| [[Second Nayanar ministry|Nayanar II]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 20 May 1996
| 17 May 2001
| {{age in years and days|1996|5|20|2001|5|17}}
| [[Third Nayanar ministry|Nayanar III]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
!2
| [[File:V. S. Achuthanandan 2016.jpg|100px]]
| [[V. S. Achuthanandan]]<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1923)}}
| 18 May 2006
| 18 May 2011
| {{age in years and days|2006|5|18|2011|5|18}}
! 5 years 0 days
| [[Achuthanandan ministry|Achuthanandan]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
! rowspan="2" |3
| rowspan="2" | [[File:Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan 2023.tif|100px]]
| rowspan="2" | [[Pinarayi Vijayan]]<br>{{Small|({{Abbr|b.|born in}} 1945)}}
| 25 May 2016
| 19 May 2021
| rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}
! rowspan="2" |{{age in years and days|2016|5|25}}
| [[First Vijayan ministry|Pinarayi I]]
|- style="height: 60px;"
| 20 May 2021
| ''incumbent''
| [[Second Vijayan ministry|Pinarayi II]]
|}