Janata Dal (United) ("People's Party (United)"),abbreviated as JD(U),is an Indian political party with political presence mainly in eastern and north-eastern India. JD(U) is recognised as a state party in the states of Bihar and Manipur and is a part of government in both the states. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar and is part of the NDA government in Manipur. JD(U) won 12 seats in the 2024 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha. JD(U) states that they believe in promoting social justice and lifting up marginalized peoples.
Janata Dal was an Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Janata Party factions,the Lok Dal,Indian National Congress (Jagjivan),and the Jan Morcha united on 11 October 1988 on the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Narayan under the leadership of V. P. Singh.
Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan,popularly known by his initials V. S.,is an Indian politician who was the Chief Minister of Kerala from 2006 to 2011. At 82,he was the oldest person to have assumed the office. He is affiliated to the Communist Party of India (Marxist). He served as the chairman of Administrative reforms in Kerala with state cabinet rank from 2016 to 2021. He has served as Leader of the Opposition for 15 years which makes him the longest serving Leader of the Opposition in Kerala Legislative Assembly.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People's Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian political party recognised as a state party in the Indian states of Karnataka,Kerala and Arunachal Pradesh. It was founded by the former prime minister of India H. D. Deve Gowda in July 1999 as a breakaway faction from the Janata Dal.
Payyanur,is a municipal town and a taluk,a sub-district administrative unit,in the Kannur district of Kerala,India. Payyanur is the first municipality in Kerala to establish libraries in all its wards. On 10 March 2018,Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan inaugurated Payyanur as the fifth taluk in the district. Payyanur taluk comprises 22 villages including 16 de-linked from the Taliparamba taluk and six from the Kannur taluk. The town is situated on the banks of the Perumba River.
Panoor is a Municipality in the district of Kannur in the state of Kerala,India. The town is the main market place for the farmer communities in the surrounding regions. Panoor is one of the main suburbs of the City of Thalassery. Panoor got municipal status when the Government of Kerala decided to upgrade Panoor Grama Panchayat and added with other Panchayats,as Panoor Municipality in 2015.
Kannoth Muraleedharan is an Indian National Congress politician. He was the MP from Vatakara,Kerala. He is the son of Congress leader K. Karunakaran. He was elected as an MP from Kozhikode constituency and from Vatakara constituency (2019). He was elected as an MLA from Vattiyoorkkavu constituency. He lost the 2024 Lok Sabha election from Thrissur constituency.
Kumbakudi Sudhakaran is an Indian politician and president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He was also the former Cabinet Minister in the Government of Kerala. He is currently serving as Member of Parliament (MP),Lok Sabha from Kannur,Kerala and member of Parliamentary Standing Committees on Rural Development and Welfare of OBCs. He represents the Indian National Congress Party. He was also a four-term member in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and represented the Kannur constituency from 1996 to 2009. He was elected as MP of Kannur constituency in 2019 Indian general election and 2024 Indian general election.
Socialist Janata (Democratic) Party broke away from Janata Dal (Secular). It merged with Janata Dal (United) on 29 December 2014.
V. Surendran Pillai was the former minister for Ports and Youth Affairs in the government of Kerala,India. He is a vice president of Loktantrik Janata Dal Kerala State Committee.
A. Neelalohithadasan Nadar is a politician from Kerala state of India and has been minister of various departments throughout his career.
Puthanpurayil Ramunni Kurup was an Indian socialist leader and former minister of Kerala state. Born as the son of Govindan Nambiar and Kunjunjamma at Puthur near Panoor in present-day Kerala state,he was initiated into politics through Indian National Congress in 1935. He got attracted to the ideals of the socialist faction later and worked closely with various socialist parties such as Praja Socialist Party,Samyukta Socialist Party,Janata Party and Janata Dal. In 1967,he became cooperative,irrigation,and Devaswam minister in the EMS ministry. In 1996,he became minister for forests and transport in the E. K. Nayanar ministry. He resigned on 11 January 1999 after age-related ailments. He died on 17 January 2001. He was married to (late) K. P. Leelavathi and had four sons and four daughters,including former Kerala state agricultural minister K. P. Mohanan.
Kozhikode District has four types of administrative hierarchies:
A. K. Saseendran is an Indian politician who has served as the Minister for Forests and Wildlife Protection of Kerala since 2021. He previously served as the Minister for Transport of Kerala from 2018 to 2021 and from 2016 to 2017. He is a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Elathur since 2011. He previously represented Peringalam from 1980 to 1982,Edakkad from 1982 to 1987 and Balussery from 2006 to 2011 in the Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Nationalist Congress Party.
K. K. Shailaja is an Indian politician and former Health Minister of Kerala who hails from Kannur district.
The Socialist Republican Party (SRP) was an Indian political party from the state of Kerala.
Kuthuparamba State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is K. P Mohanan of Loktantrik Janata Dal.
Peringalam State assembly constituency was one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India,before the 2008 delimitation of constituencies. It was one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Vatakara Lok Sabha constituency until the 2008 delimitation. The last election to the constituency was conducted in 2006,and the MLA was K. P. Mohanan of JD(S).
The Kerala Congress (KEC) has suffered severe divisions and several factions,and a number of parties have emerged over the years,all claiming the name Kerala Congress in various times in its history. Factions include KEC under P. J. Joseph,KEC(M) under Jose K. Mani,KEC(B) under K. B. Ganesh Kumar,and KEC(J) under Anoop Jacob.
K. P. Gopalan (1908-1977) was a Communist Party of India politician,minister,freedom fighter and a trade unionist from Kerala,India. He was first elected to the Madras Legislative Assembly in 1952. During his term as a member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly,he was appointed the first Minister for Industries and Community Development of the state.
