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BJP releases first list of its candidates for Kerala Assembly elections 2026 (Kerala BJP Candidates List 2026) Has been issued. Names of a total of 47 candidates have been announced in the first list. Former Union Minister and State President Rajiv Chandrashekhar will contest elections from Nemom. Former Minister of State for External Affairs V Muraleedharan has been fielded from Kazhakkoottam.
BJP has fielded well-known Malayalam writer R Sreelekha as its candidate from Vattiyoorkavu. Former state president K Surendran has been given ticket from Manjeshwar and PK Krishnadas has been given ticket from Kattakada. Former Union Minister V Muraleedharan has been made the candidate from Kazhakootam assembly constituency, while PC George has been made the candidate from Poonjar assembly seat.
C Raghunath from Kannur, Manu Lal Meloth from Udama, Vipin Chandran from Nandapuram, M Mohanan Master from Perambara have been made candidates. Apart from this, Shobha Surendran from Palakkad, KK Vinod Kumar from Azhikode, C Raghunath from Kannur, P Shyam Raj from Mananthavady, Kavita A from Sultanbathery. S, Advocate K Dilip from Vadakara, Ramdas Manleri from Kuttiady, CP Vipin Chandran from Nadapuram, CR Praful Krishnan from Koyilandy have been given tickets.
Apart from this, CP Satheesan from Balussery, T Devadas from Elathur, Navya Haridas from Kozhikode North, T Ranish from Kozhikode South, KP Prakash Babu from Beypore, VK Sanjeevan from Kunnamangalam, Shoranur Shanku T Das, Major Ravi from Ottapalam, C Krishnakumar from Malampuzha, K Balakrishnan from Chelakkara, Thrissur Padmaja Venugopal, Santosh Cherakkulam from Irinjalakuda, S Rajendran from Devikulam, Sean George from Pala, K Ajith from Vaikom, George Kurien from Kanjirapally, PC George from Poonjoor have been given tickets.
Arun Anirudhan from Ambalapuzha, Sandeep Vachaspathy from Haripad, MV Gopakumar from Chengannur, Anup Antony Joseph from Tiruvalla, Raji Prasad from Kunnathur, R Rashmi from Kottarakkara, BB Gopakumar from Chathannur, P Sudheer from Attingal, V Muraleedharan from Kazhakoottam, Girish Neyyar from Parasala, PK from Kattakada. Haridas has got the ticket.
When will elections be held in Kerala?
Voting will be held in Kerala in one phase. Election notification will be issued on March 16. Candidates can nominate till 23 March 2026. The nominations will be scrutinized on March 24. Candidates can withdraw their names till 26 March. Voting will be held in Kerala on 9 April. Meanwhile, the election results will be declared on May 4.
What were the results of Kerala 2021?
In the year 2021 also, voting took place in one phase in Kerala. In this state with 140 assembly seats, the Left formed the government by winning 99 seats. At the same time, Congress had won 40 seats. BJP was able to win only one seat in Kerala. The ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF) is led by CPI(M) while the opposition United Democratic Front (UDF) is led by the Congress. This is the only state in the country where the Left is in power.