Election in Kerala

Kerala is a state that is situated in the south western coast of the country. The official language of the state is Malayalam. A large number of NRI votes that have been registered comes from Kerala. General elections in Kerala will be conducted on 10th April, 2014.

 

Kerala General Elections – 2014

The date and schedule for the general elections in Kerala are below:

Phase 3A
No of PCs going to poll 20 (PC no. 1 to 20)
Issue of Notification 15 Mar 14 (Sat)
Last Date for filing Nominations 22 Mar 14 (Sat)
Scrutiny of Nominations 24 Mar 14 (Mon)
Last date for withdrawal of Candidature 26 Mar 14 (Wed)
Date of Poll 10 Apr 14 (Thu)
Counting of Votes 16 May 14 (Fri)
Date before which the election shall be Completed 28 May 14 (Wed)

 

List of parliamentary Constituencies in Kerala

PC No. PC Name PC No. PC Name PC No. PC Name
1 Kasaragod 8 Palakkad 15 Alappuzha
2 Kannur 9 Alathur 16 Mavelikkara
3 Vatakara 10 Thrissur 17 Pathanamthitta
4 Wayanad 11 Chalakudy 18 Kollam
5 Kozhikode 12 Ernakulam 19 Attingal
6 Malappuram 13 Idukki 20 Thiruvananthapuram
7 Ponnani 14 Kottayam

 

Political parties of Kerala

When we talk about Kerala politics, the major two parties in Kerala are left Democratic Front (LDF) and united Democratic Front (UDF). The political parties in Kerala are:

  • Communist Party of India
  • Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  • Kerala Congress
  • Indian National Congress
  • Indian Union Muslim League

 

Administration Process

Kerala has a unicameral Legislature with only Legislative Assembly containing 141 seats. The state has a Governor appointed by the President of India and his term consists of five years. The administration of the state is carried out by the Chief minister and his council of ministers. The capital of the state is Thiruvananthapuram. The High court is the apex court of the state.

 

List of Chief Ministers of Kerala

Sr.No. Name of Chief Ministers From To Party
1 Shri E. M. S. Namboodiripad Apr 5, 1957 Jul 31, 1959 CPI
President’s Rule Jul 31, 1959 Feb 22, 1960
2 Shri Pattom Thanupillai Feb 22, 1960 Sep 26, 1962 PSP
3 Shri R. Sankar Sep 26, 1962 Sep 10, 1964 INC
President’s Rule Sep 10, 1964 Mar 6, 1967
4 Shri E. M. S. Namboodiripad Mar 6, 1967 Nov 1, 1969 CPM
5 Shri C. Achutha Menon Nov 1, 1969 Aug 1, 1970 CPI
President’s Rule Aug 1, 1970 Oct 4, 1970
6 Shri C. Achutha Menon Oct 4, 1970 Mar 25, 1977 CPI
7 Shri K. Karunakaran Mar 25, 1977 Apr 25, 1977 INC
8 Shri A.K. Antony Apr 27, 1977 Oct 27, 1978 INC
9 Shri P. K. Vasudevan Nair Oct 29, 1978 Oct 7, 1979 CPI
10 Shri C. H. Mohammed Koya Oct 12, 1979 Dec 1, 1979 MUL
President’s Rule Dec 1, 1979 Jan 25, 1980
11 Shri E. K. Nayanar Jan 25, 1980 Oct 20, 1981 CPM
12 Shri K. Karunakaran Dec 28, 1981 Mar 17, 1982 INC
13 Shri K. Karunakaran May 24, 1982 Mar 25, 1987 INC
14 Shri E. K. Nayanar Mar 26, 1987 Jun 17, 1991 CPM
15 Shri K. Karunakaran Jun 24, 1991 Mar 16, 1995 INC
16 Shri A. K. Antony Mar 22, 1995 May 9, 1996 INC
17 Shri E. K. Nayanar May 20, 1996 May 13, 2001 CPM
18 Shri A. K. Antony May 17, 2001 Aug 29, 2004 INC
19 Shri Oommen Chandy Aug 31, 2004 May 18, 2006 INC
20 Shri V.S. Achuthanandan May 18, 2006 May 14, 2011 CPM
21 Shri Oommen Chandy May 18, 2011 Present INC

 

List of Governors of Kerala

Sr.No. Name of Governor From To
1 Shri Burgula Ramakrishna Rao Nov 22, 1956 Jul 1, 1960
2 Shri V. V. Giri Jul 1, 1960 Apr 2, 1965
3 Shri Ajith Prasad Jain Apr 2, 1965 Feb 6, 1966
4 Shri Bhagwan Sahay Feb 6, 1966 May 15, 1967
5 Shri V. Viswanathan May 15, 1967 Apr 1, 1973
6 Shri N. N. Wanchoo Apr 1, 1973 Oct 10, 1977
7 Shri Jothi Venkatachalam Oct 14, 1977 Oct 27, 1982
8 Shri P. Ramachandran Oct 27, 1982 Feb 23, 1988
9 Shri Ram Dulari Sinha Feb 23, 1988 Feb 12, 1990
10 Shri Swaroop Singh Feb 12, 1990 Dec 20, 1990
11 Shri B. Rachaiah Dec 20, 1990 Nov 9, 1994
12 Shri P. Shiv Shankar Nov 12, 1995 May 1, 1996
13 Shri Khurshid Alam Khan May 5, 1996 Jan 25, 1997
14 Shri Sukhdev Singh Kang Jan 25, 1997 Apr 18, 2002
15 Shri Sikander Bakht Apr 18, 2002 Feb 23, 2004
16 Shri T. N. Chaturvedi Feb 25, 2004 Jun 23, 2004
17 Shri R. L. Bhatia Jun 23, 2004 Jul 10, 2008
18 Shri R. S. Gavai Jul 11, 2008 Sep 7, 2011
19 Shri M. O. H. Farook Sep 8, 2011 Jan 26, 2012
20 Shri Hansraj Bhardwaj (additional charge after death of M.O.H Farook) Jan 26, 2012 Mar 22, 2013
21 Shri Nikhil Kumar Mar 23, 2013 Mar 4, 2014
22 Smt. Sheila Dikshit Mar 4, 2014 Present