Kerala Polls

Kerala Local Body Election 2020 Date: Three-phase polling between 8 and 14 Dec; counting on 16 Dec

Adhering to COVID-19 protocols, a total of 88,26,620 electors, including 46,68,209 women and 70 transgenders, would exercise their franchise in 11,225 polling stations in the first phase, State Election Commission officials said

Kerala Assembly election 2021, Kovalam profile: Congress' M Vincent won in 2016, likely to face Jameela Prakasam from JD(S)

Reports say that both JD(S) and Congress are likely to retain their candidates from the seat but either party is yet to make an official announcement on their candidates

Kerala Assembly election 2021: Congress releases first list; ex-CM Oomen Chandy to contest from Puthuppally

Among the senior leaders, Leader of Opposition in Kerala Ramesh Chennithala will contest from Haripad while Vatakara MP K Muraleedharan will contest from Nemon constituency

Kerala Assembly polls: CPM gives up Koothuparamba, Kalpetta and Vadakara strongholds for ally LJD

While LJD's KP Mohanan will replace state health minister KK Shailaja as candidate from Koothuparamba, MV Shreyams Kumar has been named from Kalpetta, and Manayath Chandran would fight the polls from Vadakara seat

Kerala BJP chief K Surendran says no announcement on CM candidate, only central leadership will make decision

On Thursday, Surendran had commented that 'Metro man' E Sreedharan will be the BJP's CM candidate. However, on Friday he claimed that he had said the people want the technocrat to 'lead' them

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

'Metro Man' E Sreedharan set to join BJP in Kerala: A look at prominent bureaucrats who took the political plunge

An analysis of the trend noted that the "most prominent reason seems to be that after working under politicians for many years, civil servants aspire to wield power rather than just take orders"

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