Tuesday, March 17


The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday unveiled its first list of 47 candidates for the forthcoming Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026, nominating several prominent leaders including former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state president K. Surendran.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other members of the party’s Central Election Committee.

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Chandrasekhar has been nominated from the Nemom constituency, while Surendran will contest from Manjeshwar. The list also features former national Mahila Morcha chief Sobha Surendran, who has been fielded from Palakkad.

Other notable candidates include Navya Haridas from Kozhikode North and Padmaja Venugopal from Thrissur.

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The nominees announced by the party represent constituencies across the state, including Manjeshwar, Udma, Kannur, Vadakara, Kozhikode North, Palakkad, Thrissur, Pala, Haripad, Thiruvalla, Attingal, Kazhakkoottam and Kattakkada, among others.Here’s complete BJP list of 47 candidates:

No. Constituency Candidate
1 Manjeshwar K Surendran
2 Udma Manulal Meloth
3 Kanhangad Balraj M
4 Payyannur AP Gangadharan
5 Azhikode KK Vinod Kumar
6 Kannur C Raghunath
7 Mananthavady (ST) P Shyam Raj
8 Sulthanbathery (ST) Kavitha AS
9 Vadakara Adv K Dileep
10 Kuttiadi Ramadas Manaleri
11 Nadapuram CP Vipin Chandran
12 Quilandy CR Praphul Krishnan
13 Perambra M Mohanan Master
14 Balusseri (SC) CP Satheeshan
15 Elathur T Devadas
16 Kozhikode North Navya Haridas
17 Kozhikode South T Raneesh
18 Beypore Adv KP Prakash Babu
19 Kunnamangalam VK Sajeevan
20 Shornur Sanku T Das
21 Ottappalam Major Ravi
22 Malampuzha C Krishnakumar
23 Palakkad Sobha Surendran
24 Chelakkara (SC) K Balakrishnan
25 Manalur Adv KK Aneesh Kumar
26 Thrissur Padmaja Venugopal
27 Irinjalakuda Santosh Cherakulam
28 Devikulam (SC) S Rajendran
29 Pala Shone George
30 Vaikom (SC) K Ajith
31 Kanjirappally Adv George Kurian
32 Poonjar PC George
33 Ambalappuzha Arun Anirudhan
34 Haripad Sandeep Vachaspathi
35 Chengannur MV Gopakumar
36 Thiruvalla Anoop Antony Joseph
37 Karunagappally VS Jithin Dev
38 Kunnathur (SC) Raji Prasad
39 Kottarakkara R Reshmi
40 Chathannoor BB Gopakumar
41 Attingal (SC) Adv P Sudheer
42 Nedumangad Yuvaraj Gokul
43 Kazhakkoottam V Muraleedharan
44 Vattiyoorkavu R Sreelekha
45 Nemom Rajeev Chandrasekhar
46 Parassala Adv Gireesh Neyyar
47 Kattakkada PK Krishnadas



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