BJP unveils first list of 47 candidates for Kerala Assembly election; Rajeev Chandrasekhar to contest from Nemom | Check full list

Chandrasekhar will contest from the Nemom Assembly constituency, a key seat for the party in the southern state.

• BJP announces first 47 candidates for Kerala Assembly elections
• Kerala BJP chief Rajeev Chandrasekhar to contest from Nemom
• Seven women feature among BJP nominees for upcoming elections

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The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday released its first list of 47 candidates for the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala, with seven women featuring among the nominees.

Among some notable names in this list was Kerala BJP president Rajeev Chandrasekhar, who has been fielded from the Nemom Assembly seat, former union minister V Muraleedharan from Kazhakoottam and George Kurian, fielded from Kanjirappally.

Chandrasekhar will contest from Nemom, key seat in the southern state.

The candidates announced cover constituencies across the state, including Manjeshwar, Udma, Kannur, Vadakara, Kozhikode North, Palakkad, Thrissur, Pala, Haripad, Thiruvalla, Attingal, Kazhakkoottam and Kattakkada, among others

The announcement marks the BJP’s first tranche of candidates as it gears up for the Kerala Assembly polls, where the contest has traditionally been between the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front and the Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front.

Here is the full list.

•K Surendran - Manjeshwar

•Manulal Meloth - Udma

•Balraj M - Kanhangad

•AP Gangadharan - Payyannur

•KK Vinod Kumar - Azhikode

•C Raghunath - Kannur

•P Shyam Raj - Mananthavady

•Kavitha AS - Sulthanbathery

•K Dileep - Vadakara

•Ramadas Manaleri - Kuttiadi

•CP Vipin Chandran - Nadapuram

•CR Praphul Krishnan - Quilandy

•M Mohanan Master - Perambra

•CP Satheeshan - Balusseri

•T Devadas - Elathur

•Navya Haridas - Kozhikode North

•T Raneesh - Kozhikode South

•KP Prakash Babu - Beypore

•VK Sajeevan - Kunnamangalam

•Sanku T Das - Shornur

•Major Ravi - Ottappalam

•C Krishnakumar - Malampuzha

•Sobha Surendran - Palakkad

•K Balakrishnan - Chelakkara

•KK Aneesh Kumar - Manalur

•Padmaja Venugopal - Thrissur

•Santosh Cherakulam - Irinjalakuda

•S Rajendran - Devikulam

•Shone George - Pala

•K Ajith - Vaikom

•George Kurian - Kanjirappally

•PC George - Poonjar

•Arun Anirudhan - Ambalappuzha

•Sandeep Vachaspathi - Haripad

•MV Gopakumar - Chengannur

•Anoop Antony Joseph - Thiruvalla

•Jithin Dev - Karunagappally

•Raji Prasad - Kunnathur

•R Reshmi - Kottarakkara

•BB Gopakumar - Chathannoor

P Sudheer - Attingal

•Yuvaraj Gokul - Nedumangad

•V Muraleedharan - Kazhakoottam

•R Sreelekha - Vattiyoorkavu

•Rajeev Chandrasekhar - Nemom

•Gireesh Neyyar - Parassala

•PK Krishnadas - Kattakkada

Kerala will go to polls in a single phase on April 9 and results will be announced on May 4. The term of the current Kerala Assembly will end on May 23.