ALL AT SEA

In the 2019 Lok Sabha election, the Congress won just 52 seats—eight more than in 2014— I and failed to breach the three-digit mark in the 545-member house for a second consecutive time.

Of these 52 seats, 15 came from Kerala, a state that sends just 20 MPs to the Lok Sabha. It was the party’s best performance across all states and came three years after it was crushed in the assembly election in Kerala. With former Congress president and de facto leader Rahul Gandhi representing the state from Wayanad, there was anticipation that the party will dethrone the incumbent LDF (Left Democratic Front) government in the next assembly poll.