Wayanad is a district in the north-east of the Indian state of Kerala,with administrative headquarters at the municipality of Kalpetta. It is the only plateau in Kerala. The Wayanad Plateau forms a continuation of the Mysore Plateau,the southern portion of Deccan Plateau which links the Western Ghats with the Eastern Ghats. It is set high in the Western Ghats with altitudes ranging from 700 to 2,100 meters. Vellari Mala,a 2,240 m (7,349 ft) high peak situated on the trijunction of Wayanad,Malappuram,and Kozhikode districts,is the highest point in Wayanad district. The district was formed on 1 November 1980 as the 12th district in Kerala,by carving out areas from Kozhikode and Kannur districts. An area of 885.92 km2 in the district is forested. Wayanad has three municipal towns—Kalpetta,Mananthavady and Sulthan Bathery. There are many indigenous tribes in this area. The Kabini River,a tributary of Kaveri River,originates at Wayanad. Wayanad district,along with the Chaliyar valley in the neighbouring Nilambur in Malappuram district,is known for natural gold fields,which are also seen in other parts of the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve. Chaliyar river,which is the fourth longest river of Kerala,originates on the Wayanad plateau. The historically important Edakkal Caves are located in Wayanad district.
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of left-wing political parties in the state of Kerala,India. It is the current ruling political alliance of Kerala,since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala,the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front,each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades. LDF has won the elections to the State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980,1987,1996,2006,2016 and had a historic re-election in 2021 where an incumbent government was re-elected for first time in 40 years. LDF has won 6 out of 10 elections since the formation of the alliance in 1980. The alliance consists of CPI(M),CPI and various smaller parties.
Peravoor is a town and Grama Panchayat in Kannur district of Kerala state in India. It is located 50 km (31 mi) east of Kannur and 40 km (25 mi) north east of Thalassery. And Iritty,the nearest municipality is 14 km (8.7 mi) north of Peravoor. Peravoor is situated in the Western Ghats mountain range.
Pinarayi Vijayan is an Indian politician who is the current Chief Minister of Kerala,since 25 May 2016. A member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of India (Marxist),he is the longest-serving secretary of the Kerala State Committee of the CPI(M) (1998–2015). He also served in the government of Kerala as Minister of Electric Power and Co-operatives from 1996 to 1998. Vijayan won a seat in the May 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election as the CPI(M) candidate for Dharmadom constituency and was selected as the leader of the Left Democratic Front (LDF) and became the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala. He is the first chief minister from Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full term in office. In 2022,he also became the longest-continuous serving chief minister of Kerala surpassing C. Achutha Menon who had been the first to remain in office for 2364 consecutive days.
Pinarayi is a census town in Kannur district in the Indian state of Kerala.
Ramesh Chennithala,,,is an Indian politician,and Working Committee Member of the Indian National Congress. He was the Leader of the Opposition in the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He also served as the state Home Minister in the Government of Kerala for two years. He holds the record of the youngest minister in Kerala at the age of 28.
K. Radhakrishnan is an Indian politician. He was former Minister for Welfare of Scheduled Castes,Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes,Devaswoms,Parliamentary Affairs of Government of Kerala in second Pinarayi Vijayan ministry and Central Committee Member of the CPI(M). He was elected to 18th Lok Sabha from Alathur.
K. T. Jaleel is an Indian politician from Kerala and a Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Thavanur and has served as Minister of Higher Education,Welfare of Minorities,Waqf and Hajj in the Left Democratic Front (LDF) -led ministry. He was first elected to Kerala Legislative Assembly in 2006. He was an Associate Professor of History at P. S. M. O. College,Tirurangadi. He previously served as Minister of Local Administration,Government of Kerala.
Kadakampally Surendran,born 12 October 1954,is an Indian politician,who served as the Minister for Co-Operation,Tourism,and Devaswom in the first Pinarayi Vijayan ministry (2016–2021) of the Government of Kerala. He was the Thiruvananthapuram District Committee Secretary of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) for nearly a decade (2007–2016).
Wayanad District has four types of administrative hierarchies:
Anwar Sadath is an Indian politician and a member of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is a member of Indian National Congress and represents Aluva Constituency.
C. K. Saseendran is an Indian politician,social worker,dairy farmer,agriculturist and the former MLA of Kalpetta in 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly. He is a member of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).
A. C. Moideen is an Indian politician. He is the current member of the 15th Kerala Legislature from Kunnamkulam constituency. He was the Minister for Local Self Government in the Pinarayi Vijayan ministry.
Saji Cherian is an Indian politician from Kerala. He currently serves as the minister for fisheries,culture &youth affairs in the second Pinarayi Vijayan government and as the Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) from Chengannur constituency. He was also the former Minister for Fisheries,Culture and Youth Affairs in the Second Vijayan ministry.Following a controversial speech in Mallappally in 2022 in which he spoke derisively of the Indian constitution,he resigned on July 6 amid mounting pressure from the opposition. He returned as the minister again on 4 January 2023 after the high court of Kerala rejected petition against him.
Mananthavady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections,the current MLA is O. R. Kelu of CPI(M).
The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May.
Elections to local bodies in Kerala were held in two phrases,on 2 and 5 November 2015. The Left Democratic Front (LDF) won more than half of all gram panchayats and municipalities,and both they and the United Democratic Front (UDF) won majorities in seven out of fourteen district panchayats each. The LDF also won mayorship in four corporations and the UDF in two.
Elections to local bodies in Kerala were held in December 2020. Polling took place over 3 days;on 8,10 and 14 December,with the votes counted and results announced on 16 December.
The current Legislative Assembly is the 15th Assembly since the formation of Kerala. It was elected in the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. The Speaker is MA. N. Shamseer of CPI(M). The Deputy Speaker is Chittayam Gopakumar of CPI. The leader of the Assembly is Pinarayi Vijayan from CPI(M).The leader of opposition is V. D Satheesan. The Government Chief Whip is Dr. N Jayaraj of KCM.
Events in the year 2023 in Kerala.
