Assembly elections in Kerala are scheduled for April 9 with results to be declared on May 4, as per the poll schedule released by the Election Commission of India.
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This follows Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filing his nomination as the LDF candidate from the Dharmadam assembly constituency.
The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met on Wednesday under the Presidentship of Nitin Nabin to decide on the candidate list of Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections 2026.
The key meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and all other members of the Central Election Committee of the BJP.
Check the second list of BJP candidates for Kerala Assembly elections:
| Sl. | Assembly Name | Name of the Candidate |
| 1. | Kasaragod | Ashwini M.L. |
| 2. | Kalliasseri | A.V. Sanil Kumar |
| 3. | Taliparamba | N. Haridas |
| 4. | Dharmadam | K. Ranjith |
| 5. | Thalassery | O. Nidheesh |
| 6. | Kuthuparamba | Shijilal |
| 7. | Mattannur | Biju Elakkuzhi |
| 8. | Kalpetta | Prasanth Malavayal |
| 9. | Kondotty | P. Subrahmanian |
| 10. | Ernad | N. Sreeprakash |
| 11. | Manjeri | Pathmasree M. |
| 12. | Perinthalmanna | K.P. Baburaj |
| 13. | Mankada | Lijoy Paul |
| 14. | Malappuram | Ashwathy Gupatha Kumar |
| 15. | Vengara | Jayakrishnan V.N. |
| 16. | Vallikkunnu | M. Preman Master |
| 17. | Tirurangadi | Riju C. Raghav |
| 18. | Tanur | Deepa Puzhakkal |
| 19. | Tirur | K. Narayanan Master |
| 20. | Thavanur | Ravi Thelath |
| 21. | Thrithala | V. Unnikrishnan Master |
| 22. | Pattambi | P. Manoj |
| 23. | Kongad (SC) | Renu Suresh |
| 24. | Tarur (SC) | Suresh Babu |
| 25. | Chittur | Pranesh Rajendran |
| 26. | Alathur | K.V. Prasanna Kumar |
| 27. | Guruvayoor | B. Gopalakrishnan |
| 28. | Wadakkanchery | T.S. Ullas Babu |
| 29. | Ollur | Bijoy Thomas |
| 30. | Nattika (SC) | C.C. Mukundan |
| 31. | Pudukkad | A. Nagesh |
| 32. | Aluva | M.A. Brahmaraj |
| 33. | Paravur | Vathsala Prasanna Kumar |
| 34. | Ernakulam | P.R. Sivasankar |
| 35. | Changanassery | B. Radhakrishna Menon |
| 36. | Alappuzha | M.J. Job |
| 37. | Aranmula | Kummanam Rajasekharan |
| 38. | Kundara | Dr. Robin Radhakrishnan (Robin RB) |
| 39. | Kollam | Dr. N. Prathap Kumar |
The party released its first list of candidates earlier, featuring former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state president K. Surendran.
BJP has fielded Chandrasekhar from the Nemom constituency, while Surendran will contest from Manjeshwar. The list also featured former national Mahila Morcha chief Sobha Surendran, who has been fielded from Palakkad.
