Congress names 55 candidates in first list; VD Satheesan, Chandy Oommen among retained sitting MLAs
VD Satheesan to contest from Paravur.
VD Satheesan to contest from Paravur.
VD Satheesan to contest from Paravur.
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee on Tuesday released the first list of its candidates for the upcoming assembly elections. The party did not name candidates for several major constituencies, including Kannur, Nemom, Aranmula and Chengannur. Former CPM MLA P Aisha Potty will contest from Kottarakkara.
Out of the 22 sitting MLAs, 19 namely - Sunny Joseph, VD Satheesan, Ramesh Chennithala, Roji M John, Aryadan Shoukath, Uma Thomas, Mathew Kuzhalnadan, Sajeev Joseph, Anwar Sadath, TJ Vinod, PC Vishnunath, Chandy Oommen, Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan, AP Anil Kumar, IC Balakrishnan, Saneesh Kumar Joseph, CR Mahesh, T Siddique and M Vincent are also in the fray. The list confirmed that Malayalam actor Ramesh Pisharody will contest from Palakkad.
The party is fielding former Lok Sabha MP Ramya Haridas in Chirayinkeezhu constituency.
The assembly elections will be held in the state on April 9 and the results will be announced on May 4.
The Congress' Central Election Committee (CEC) which met in New Delhi on Tuesday cleared names of candidates for the major chunk of seats for the Kerala elections. As per reports, CEC denied permission to field sitting MPs in the polls.
All the major allies of LDF including CPM, CPI and Kerala Congress had announced their candidates. On Monday, BJP also released first list of 47 candidates.
The Congress-led UDF is seeking to wrest back power from the LDF alliance, which has been ruling the southern state since 2016.
List of 55 Congress candidates
- Vattiyoorkavu – K Muraleedharan
- Thrithala – VT Balram
- Manalur – TN Prathapan
- Kunnathunad – VP Sajeendran
- Kollam – Bindu Krishna
- Koyilandy – K Praveen Kumar
- Kodungallur – OJ Janish
- Tarur – KC Subrahmanyan
- Ponnani – KP Noushad Ali
- Chittur – Sumesh Achuthan
- Kottarakkara – Aisha Potti
- Bathery – IC Balakrishnan
- Nadapuram – KM Abhijith
- Kozhikode North – K Jayanth
- Peravoor – Sunny Joseph
- Irikkoor – Sajeev Joseph
- Kalpetta – T Siddique
- Wandoor – AP Anilkumar
- Nilambur – Aryadan Shoukath
- Chalakudy – Saneesh Kumar Joseph
- Angamaly – Roji M John
- Aluva – Anwar Sadath
- Paravur – VD Satheesan
- Ernakulam – TJ Vinod
- Thrikkakara – Uma Thomas
- Muvattupuzha – Mathew Kuzhalnadan
- Kottayam – Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan
- Puthuppally – Chandy Oommen
- Haripad – Ramesh Chennithala
- Karunagappally – CR Mahesh
- Kundara – PC Vishnunath
- Kovalam – M Vincent
- Pathanapuram – Jyothikumar Chamakkala
- Elathur – Vidya Balakrishnan
- Palakkad – Ramesh Pisharody
- Chirayinkeezhu – Ramya Haridas
- Dharmadam – Abdul Rasheed
- Thalassery – KP Saju
- Mananthavady – Usha Vijayan
- Balussery – VT Sooraj
- Thavanur – VS Joy
- Kongad – KA Thulasi
- Malampuzha – A Suresh
- Nenmara – T Thankappan
- Alathur – KN Febin
- Ollur – Shaji J Koden kandath
- Thrissur – Rajan J Pallan
- Nattika – Sunil Laloor
- Kaipamangalam – TM Nassar
- Pudukkad – KM Babu Raj
- Vaikom – K Binimon
- Aroor – Shanimol Usman
- Cherthala – KR Rajendraprasad
- Mavelikkara – Muthara Raj
- Chathannur – Sooraj Ravi