Janata Dal (United) (lit. '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,Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur. JD(U) heads the government in Bihar under Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and is also a member of the ruling government in Manipur. JD(U) won 16 seats in the 2019 Indian general election,making it the seventh largest party in the Lok Sabha.
The Janata Dal (Secular) (transl. People Party (Secular);abbr.JD(S)) is an Indian regional 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.
Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam,Kerala in October 1964,by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George. The party is primarily active in central Kerala.
Kannoth Muraleedharan is an Indian National Congress politician and 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.
Kerala Congress (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 KC(B) is the part of LDF.
The 2004 Indian general election in Kerala were held for 20 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Communist Party of India (Marxist) led Left Democratic Front (LDF) won 18 seats out of 20 seats in the state. Indian National Congress,who had won 8 seats in the 1999 elections,won none in this election. The other 5 seats were won by Kerala Congress (1),P.C. Thomas's Indian Federal Democratic Party (1),Indian Union Muslim League (1),Janata Dal (Secular) (1),and by an LDF supported Independent candidate (1).
Kerala Congress was a faction of Kerala Congress led by Skaria Thomas in Kerala. Kerala Congress was formerly a part of Left Democratic Front (LDF).
Mathew Thoompumpattu Thomas is an Indian politician and a member of legislative assembly,who was the former minister for water resources in Government of Kerala,State President and Legislature Party Leader of the Janata Dal (Secular) an ally of LDF. He was the Minister of Transport for Kerala from May 2006 to August 2009 in the LDF ministry led by V.S. Achuthanandan.
The thirteenth Kerala legislative assembly election was held on 13 April 2011 to elect members representing 140 constituencies in Kerala. Election results were released on 13 May 2011. The election,whose results were released on 13 May 2011,proved to be one of the closest ones in Kerala's history,with the United Democratic Front (UDF) beating the Left Democratic Front (LDF) by a margin of 4 seats.
V. S. Sivakumar is an Indian politician who is a member of Indian National Congress and a former Minister for Health,Family Welfare and Devaswom,Government of Kerala in the Second Oommen Chandy ministry. He has represented the Thiruvananthapuram Assembly constituency in Kerala from 2011 Assembly election in Kerala to 2021. He was a member of the 13th Lok Sabha representing Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency.
Anoop Jacob is an Indian politician and a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly and Legislative Party leader of the Kerala Congress (Jacob),a constituent of the UDF political alliance. He is the son of T. M. Jacob who founded the party in 1993. Anoop represents Piravom Constituency in Kerala Legislative Assembly. He was elected to the Assembly following a by-election at Piravom in March 2012 which was necessitated due to the demise of his father,the incumbent of the constituency. He was elected in May 2016 also. In 2021 election Anoop was elected from the same constituency with a highest majority.
Sobha Surendran is an Indian politician from the state of Kerala,allied to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Sobha is the first woman politician from Kerala BJP to hold a position at the national level. She has acted as the state president of BJP Mahila Morcha. She also serves on the board of directors of the Chennai Petroleum Corporation.
The 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held on 16 May 2016 to elect 140 MLAs to the 14th Kerala Legislative Assembly.
Kunjukutty Krishnankutty is an Indian politician who is serving as the Minister for Electricity of Kerala since 2021. He previously served as the Minister for Water Resources of Kerala from 2018 to 2021. He is a Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly representing Chittur since 2016 and previously from 1991 to 1996 and from 1980 to 1987. He is a member of the Janata Dal (Secular) Party.
The elections to the Eighth Kerala Assembly were held on March 23,1987. The UDF and the LDF were the two major political fronts in the arena. The UDF had the INC(I), IUML,KC(J),KC(M),NDP (P),SRP(S) and the RSP(S) as its constituents. The LDF consisted of the CPI(M),CPI,RSP,IC(S),Janata Party and the Lok Dal.
Elections were held on 1980 January 3 and 5 to elect members to the sixth Niyamasabha. This election saw the formation of two pre-poll alliances,viz. LDF and UDF,most of whose constituent parties were part of the erstwhile United Front. CPI(M)-led LDF to win the election,after winning 93 seats altogether. E. K. Nayanar was sworn in as the Chief Minister on 26 March 1980
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 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 K. M. Mani,KEC(B) under R. Balakrishna Pillai,and KEC(J) under TM Jacob.
