The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a communist political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats,and one of the six national parties of India. The party was founded through a splitting from the Communist Party of India in 1964 and it quickly became the dominant faction.
Kannoth Karunakaran was an Indian politician who served as the chief minister of Kerala in 1977,from 1981 to March 1982,from May 1982 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995. He is the founder of the Indian National Congress (INC)-led United Democratic Front (UDF) coalition,which governed the state in the periods of 1982-87,1991-96,2001-06 and 2011-16;and currently is the main opposition in Kerala since 2016. He has also served as the Union Minister of Industry from 1995 to 1996 and served as the Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly for four terms- 1967 to 1969,1978 to 1979,1980 to 1981 and 1987 to 1991. He also has the distinction of being one of the longest serving Congress Legislature Party (CLP) Leaders in the country,holding that post from 1967 to 1995.
Olanchery Rajagopal is an Indian politician,former Union Minister of State,and the former MLA from Nemom and the first Bharatiya Janata Party member &its floor leader in the Legislative Assembly of Kerala. One of the major leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party from Kerala,he has held various ministerial portfolios including Defence,Parliamentary Affairs,Urban Development,Law,Justice,Company Affairs,and Railways. Rajagopal was a two-time MP in Rajya Sabha,the upper house of Indian Parliament from 1992 till 2004. O.Rajagopal was also a member of Government of Kerala's Legislative Assembly Committee on Petitions &Committee of Public Work,Transport and Communications.Rajagopal has been honored with the Padma Bhushan,the third-highest civilian honor in the country,on the eve of India’s 75th Republic Day. The award recognizes his contributions in the public sphere.
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.
Nagapattinam is a Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 29 of 39. The seat is reserved for scheduled castes. The constituency is noted for being an historically communist stronghold,having elected Communist Party of India parliamentary representative seven times.
N. K. Premachandran is an Indian politician who is a member of the Revolutionary Socialist Party. He is presently a member of Lok Sabha representing Kollam Lok Sabha constituency.
Kerala Congress (B) [Abbr. KEC(B)] is a registered political party in Kerala,formed by R. Balakrishna Pillai,a former minister of the government of Kerala. At present,the party has one MLA in the state Legislative Assembly,namely K. B. Ganesh Kumar,a well-known film actor and son of R. Balakrishna Pillai,who has been representing the Pathanapuram constituency in Kollam District since 2001. The KEC(B) is the part of LDF.
Jose Karingozhackal Mani is an Indian politician and MP and former MP from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress (M).
Kodikunnil Suresh is an Indian politician and Congress Working Committee Member. He is the working-president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC). He filed his nomination for Loksabha Speaker post as the candidate of Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance and contested the 2024 Lok Sabha Speaker Election. He is the chief Whip of Congress Parliamentary Party in Loksabha. He was a former Union Minister of State for Labour and Employment. He is a member of the Eighteenth Lok Sabha representing Mavelikara in Kerala. He has been elected as the member of Lok Sabha for the eighth time. He has also served as the Secretary of the All India Congress Committee (AICC).
P. Ramaswamy Natarajan is a member of the 17th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Coimbatore constituency of Tamil Nadu and is a member of the CPI(M). He is the parliamentary group leader of CPIM in Loksabha.
Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is a Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is a newly formed constituency in the Central Travancore region of Kerala for the election of a member of the Lok Sabha.
Anto Antony Punnathaniyil is an Indian politician and agriculturist who has been serving as Member of Parliament for Pathanamthitta,Kerala,since 2009. A member of Indian National Congress,he serves as a member of the Standing Committee on Transport,Tourism and Culture and is also a member of the Consultative Committee on Minority Affairs. He was formerly a member of the Standing Committee on External Affairs,Energy and Committee on Government Assurances.
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.
Benny Behanan is an Indian politician from Kerala. He is a member of the Indian National Congress party who serves as Member of Parliament from Chalakudy. He was the MLA of Thrikkakara Legislative Assembly Constituency from 2011 to 2016. He was the General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee for 17 years. Earlier he had won Piravom in 1982,and unsuccessfully contested the Idukki Parliament Constituency as UDF Candidate to the Lok Sabha in 2004. In 2019 Indian general election,he won the election with a margin of 1,32,274 votes against the LDF candidate Innocent (actor). In 2024 Indian general election,he won the election with a margin of 63,754 votes against the LDF candidate C. Raveendranath.
M. T. Padma was an Indian politician from the state of Kerala.
Kunnummal Surendran is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala. He currently serves as the 11th President of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the state.
Kozhikode District has four types of administrative hierarchies:
The 2019 Indian general election was held in Kerala on 23 April 2019 to constitute the 17th Lok Sabha.
T. Siddique is an Indian politician and as of 2021 was one of the three Working Presidents of Kerala PCC and a member of the Indian National Congress.
P. A. Mohammed Riyas is an Indian politician currently serving as the Minister for Public Works Department and Tourism,Government of Kerala. He is the Kerala state committee member of far left CPI(M),and the former All India President of the DYFI.
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