kerala assembly election

Thiruvananthapuram, March 19 – Kerala BJP President, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, on Thursday, remarked, "You have to be a sycophant if you want to be successful in the Congress."Speaking to reporters, he said, "You can't have both. Being in the Congress and having self-respect are contradictory."...

In Thiruvananthapuram, V Muraleedharan, a former State Minister for External Affairs and a senior BJP leader, had been focusing on the Kazhakkoottam constituency – an urban area in Thiruvananthapuram with a strong presence of IT companies – even before the dates for the Kerala Assembly elections...

March 18, New Delhi – Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended a meeting of the Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party in New Delhi on Wednesday, ahead of the 2026 Assam, Puducherry, and Kerala state assembly elections.Senior leaders, including Home Minister Amit Shah and...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 – As Kerala heads towards a crucial Assembly election with just weeks to go, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan’s bid for a historic third consecutive term appears increasingly uncertain, with challenges mounting from within the Communist Party of India (Marxist)...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 Kerala Forest Minister A K Saseendran will contest in the upcoming state assembly election as a candidate for the LDF (Left Democratic Front), and the NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) announced its candidate list for three constituencies on Monday.Saseendran, representing...

Alappuzha, March 16 Rebel CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran, who announced that he would contest the assembly election from Ambalapuzha as an independent, visited former SNDP Yogam general secretary Vellappally Natesan here on Monday.Sudhakaran reached Natesan's house at Kanichukulangara and spent...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 16 – Kerala began the first full day of intense campaigning on Monday, with political parties launching a 25-day high-voltage campaign ahead of the April 9 elections for the 140-member Kerala Assembly.The opposition alliances are still finalizing their candidates, but...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 – The stage is set for a tough battle in Kerala after political parties rushed to finalize candidates following the Election Commission's announcement of the Assembly election schedule on Sunday, with Left parties being the first to release their lists.With the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 Political parties in Kerala expressed confidence about the upcoming election soon after the Election Commission announced the schedule for the Assembly polls on Sunday.The election for 140 seats in Kerala will be held on April 9.Both the CPI(M) and the CPI of the...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan and 10 of his cabinet colleagues will contest in the April 9 state assembly election, the ruling CPI(M) said here on Sunday.While Vijayan will seek his mandate from his existing seat, the Dharmadam assembly segment in northern...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 – Ahead of the announcement of the Kerala Assembly election schedule on Sunday, the contrasting levels of preparedness among the three major political fronts have come into sharp focus, with the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) appearing well ahead of its rivals in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 Senior Congress leader Ramesh Chennithala said on Sunday that the opposition UDF is fully prepared for the upcoming Kerala Assembly election and that the front will announce its candidates soon after the poll schedule is declared.Speaking to reporters here...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 15 – Kerala’s General Education Minister V. Sivankutty said on Sunday that the Bharatiya Janata Party will have no presence in the Nemom constituency, and expressed confidence that the ruling Left Democratic Front will win all 14 Assembly seats in the Thiruvananthapuram...

Kochi, March 14 Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Assembly, V D Satheesan, said on Saturday that there were no issues related to candidate selection within the Congress and refuted reports of differences with party leader K Sudhakaran, who has reportedly expressed a willingness to contest...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 – The Congress-led UDF is closely monitoring CPI(M) leader G Sudhakaran's decision to contest as an independent candidate in the upcoming Assembly election, even as leaders of the ruling LDF expressed mixed reactions on Thursday.KPCC president Sunny Joseph said he...

Alappuzha, March 12 – Two-time State Minister and four-time CPI(M) legislator, G. Sudhakaran, announced on Thursday that he would contest the next Assembly election in Kerala from the Ambalapuzha Assembly Constituency as an Independent candidate.Sudhakaran made the announcement during a press...

Kochi, March 11 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the Dheevara community has the potential to drive Kerala's economy forward and called upon young fishermen to take the lead in strengthening India's Blue Economy.Addressing the golden jubilee celebrations of the Akhila Kerala...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 5 Former CPI(M) MLA P K Sasi on Thursday lashed out at the party's district leadership while attending a convention of dissidents in Chandranagar here.Later, CPI(M) district secretary E N Suresh Babu announced that the party has decided to expel Sasi.Sasi inaugurated...

Palakkad (Kerala), March 5 Former CPI(M) MLA P K Sasi on Thursday lashed out at the party's district leadership while attending a convention of dissidents in Chandranagar here.Sasi inaugurated the convention, which was attended by hundreds of people who had distanced themselves from the party...

Thiruvananthapuram/New Delhi, March 1 Senior Congress leader V D Satheesan said on Sunday that the party would be able to announce its first list of candidates for the upcoming Assembly election before the poll notification is issued.Speaking to reporters at the Congress headquarters in New...