Kerala Assembly

Assembly Election 2021 Updates: BJP slams Mamata for letter to Oppn, says democracy should be 'last word' in her dictionary

Assembly Election 2021 LIVE Updates: Ahead of the second phase of polls in the state, Banerjee's wrote a letter seeking to drum up support from Opposition leaders by highlighting how non-BJP states have suffered due to the saffron party-led Centre's actions.

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Kalliasseri profile: CPM likely to replace incumbent TV Rajesh due to two-term policy

The current MLA from Kalliasseri Assembly constituency is CPM leader TV Rajesh, who was recently in the news for being named in the charge sheet in a 2012 murder case

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Trikaripur profile: CPM's M Rajagoplan won in 2016; LDF stronghold remains unbreached since 1977

Congress has been trying to wrest the seat from CPM since the 1970s, but has not been successful yet

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Payyannur profile: Constituency has been LDF stronghold since 1965; CPM's C Krishnan had won in 2016

CPM leader C Krishnan had won the Payyannur Assembly Election twice winning the 2016 poll by a margin of over 40,000 votes

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Kanhangad profile: CPI hopes to retain stronghold, but new face likely to replace incumbent E Chandrasekharan

Considering the Communist Party of India has a strict two-term policy, it's likely that incumbent MLA E Chandrasekharan will not get another chance to contest from the seat

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Udma profile: CPM's K Kunhiraman has won every election from seat since 2001

The voter turnout in the UDF stronghold was 80.45 percent in 2016. The CPM has won every election from the seat since 1991

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Kasaragod profile: NA Nellikkunnu won for second time in 2016 in IUML stronghold

The IUML, a constituent of Congress-led UDF, has won every election from Kasaragod Assembly constituency since 1980

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Manjeshwaram profile: Despite 2019 bypoll win, IUML faces stiff challenge from BJP

The BJP, which has been trying to wrest control of the seat for decades is likely to up the ante in the 2021 Assembly election

Kerala Assembly Election 2021, Neyyattinkara profile: CPM's KA Ansalan had wrested seat from Congress' R Selvaraja in 2016 polls

The seat is currently represented by KA Ansalan of the CP(M), a first time MLA, who defeated R Selvaraja, a two-time MLA in 2016 Assembly Election with 9,543 votes

Kerala Assembly rejects resolution moved by UDF against Speaker; Opposition stages walkout during discussion

The UDF had moved the resolution against Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan in the wake of allegations against him in the dollar smuggling case and over the alleged extravagance in the various construction activities carried out in the Assembly complex