Not all seats in Kerala go with the flow -- some do buck anti-incumbency trends

Kerala has a long tradition of the incumbent getting voted out every five years.

Kerala has a long tradition of the incumbent getting voted out every five years. However, there are at least 15 seats that have remained loyal to a party or a coalition in all the elections since 1996. In other words, 10 per cent of the total of 140 seats in the state have bucked the anti-incumbency trend. Constituencies that allow parties to represent them for multiple terms