2016 Kerala Assembly Polls
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Pinarayi Vijayan: The Leader Who Remade Kerala's Left
After he became Kerala's 12th chief minister in May 2016, Pinarayi Vijayan faced some of the hardest challenges of his political journey.
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Kerala Elections: V Sivankutty Vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar In High Stakes Nemom
It is the only Assembly seat the BJP has ever won in Kerala.
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Who Will Have The Last Laugh In Nemom, The 'Gujarat Of Kerala'
Nemom's story is really the story of a Congress bastion that got reshaped, a Left base that rose after delimitation, and a BJP that learnt to grow by feeding off Congress decline
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Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan To Contest From Dharmadam, CPM From 86 Seats
Kerala Assembly Polls Live Updates 2026: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will contest the state assembly election -- due on April 9 -- from Dharmadam. His party will contest on 86 seats. Vijayan contested from the same seat in 2016 and 2021.
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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'Metro Man' E Sreedharan To Fight On Seat Where BJP Came 2nd In 2016
'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan will fight the Kerala assembly election from Palakkad, the party has said. The BJP has only one MLA in the state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Assembly Polls: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi To Campaign In Kerala Next Week
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.
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Kerala CM-Designate Pinarayi Vijayan Talks Tough On Influence Peddling, Graft
CPI-M leader and Kerala chief minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that his government will have no place for influence peddling and graft.
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Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister
As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
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Rahul Gandhi Doesn't Have PM Modi's 'Gift Of Gab', Says Digvijaya Singh
The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.
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Assembly Elections 2016: Congress Suffers Setbacks In Bypolls Too
Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.
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In Congress Collapse, The Usual Response: Gandhis Not To Blame
The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.
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LDF Sweeps Kerala, BJP Opens Account In Assembly Elections
The unfailing pendulum-like swing of Kerala politics has delivered the state to the Left-led Left Democratic Front, or LDF, unseating the Congress-led United Democratic Front, or UDF. The LDF won 91 seats -- an upward swing of 24 seats -- to the UDF's 47.
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2016 Assembly Election Results: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry
It's a big day for J Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee - both keep their states. Assembly election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today.
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In 2016 state polls, BJP Took Assam, Jayalalithaa And Mamata Both Won Big
Sarbananda Sonowal will be the new chief minister of Assam with the BJP winning Assam, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have chosen to retain their powerful women chief ministers, Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalithaa.
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Pinarayi Vijayan: The Leader Who Remade Kerala's Left
After he became Kerala's 12th chief minister in May 2016, Pinarayi Vijayan faced some of the hardest challenges of his political journey.
-
Kerala Elections: V Sivankutty Vs Rajeev Chandrasekhar In High Stakes Nemom
It is the only Assembly seat the BJP has ever won in Kerala.
-
Who Will Have The Last Laugh In Nemom, The 'Gujarat Of Kerala'
Nemom's story is really the story of a Congress bastion that got reshaped, a Left base that rose after delimitation, and a BJP that learnt to grow by feeding off Congress decline
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Kerala's Pinarayi Vijayan To Contest From Dharmadam, CPM From 86 Seats
Kerala Assembly Polls Live Updates 2026: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will contest the state assembly election -- due on April 9 -- from Dharmadam. His party will contest on 86 seats. Vijayan contested from the same seat in 2016 and 2021.
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Election Commission Makes "Record Rs 331 Cr Seizure" In Poll-Bound States
A record Rs 331 crore in seizures of cash, liquor, drugs and other goods have been seized in the poll-bound states of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, and Kerala, and the Union Territory of Puducherry, the government said today. The seizures already surpasses the total amount caught in the assembly elections to these state and the Union Territory in...
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'Metro Man' E Sreedharan To Fight On Seat Where BJP Came 2nd In 2016
'Metro Man' and BJP's freshly minted member E Sreedharan will fight the Kerala assembly election from Palakkad, the party has said. The BJP has only one MLA in the state ruled by the Left Democratic Front, led by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.
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Assembly Polls: Sonia and Rahul Gandhi To Campaign In Kerala Next Week
Congress President Sonia Gandhi and party vice president Rahul Gandhi would campaign for the party-led ruling UDF candidates in Kerala next week as electioneering for May 16 Assembly elections in the state enters the final stretch.
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Kerala CM-Designate Pinarayi Vijayan Talks Tough On Influence Peddling, Graft
CPI-M leader and Kerala chief minister-designate Pinarayi Vijayan said on Tuesday that his government will have no place for influence peddling and graft.
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Achuthanandan Is CPM's 'Fidel Castro', Pinarayi Is Kerala Chief Minister
As it announced that Pinarayi Vijayan will be Kerala's new chief minister, the CPI-M said 92-year-old VS Achuthanandan, who it did not pick, remains an important man. The party's Fidel Castro, said general secretary Sitaram Yechury.
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Rahul Gandhi Doesn't Have PM Modi's 'Gift Of Gab', Says Digvijaya Singh
The Congress's crash in another set of state elections has led to a tough reevaluation - not by the party but by a disappointed leader.
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Assembly Elections 2016: Congress Suffers Setbacks In Bypolls Too
Adding to the owes of Congress in in Assam and Kerala assembly elections, the party suffered reverses in bypolls in Gujarat and Telangana as its candidates failed to retain a seat each in the two states and forfeiting deposits in both the seats in Uttar Pradesh.
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In Congress Collapse, The Usual Response: Gandhis Not To Blame
The Congress picked up the pace of its collapse considerably today, with huge defeats in Kerala and Assam; it now retains charge of just one major state- Karnataka.
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LDF Sweeps Kerala, BJP Opens Account In Assembly Elections
The unfailing pendulum-like swing of Kerala politics has delivered the state to the Left-led Left Democratic Front, or LDF, unseating the Congress-led United Democratic Front, or UDF. The LDF won 91 seats -- an upward swing of 24 seats -- to the UDF's 47.
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2016 Assembly Election Results: West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Assam, Kerala, Puducherry
It's a big day for J Jayalalitha and Mamata Banerjee - both keep their states. Assembly election results for West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry today.
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In 2016 state polls, BJP Took Assam, Jayalalithaa And Mamata Both Won Big
Sarbananda Sonowal will be the new chief minister of Assam with the BJP winning Assam, while West Bengal and Tamil Nadu have chosen to retain their powerful women chief ministers, Mamata Banerjee and J Jayalalithaa.
