Kerala's election results mark a significant shift, leaving India without a Communist government for the first time since 1977. The Left faces a national relevance challenge, struggling to convert its progressive appeal into electoral victories. Recent setbac…

Kerala in India, which gave the world its first democratically elected communist government, has voted the left out.

West Bengal, Kerala and Tripura have had communist governments in the past. Here is a brief history of how they came to power and their more recent decline.