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09 Apr 16: Kerala Assembly Election: Both Congress and CPM have nightmares about BJP opening an account in the state - In Kerala, everybody is talking about the BJP's grand plan to "open the account" in the 140-seat state assembly. A national party's attempt to enter an assembly, where it has never won a single seat before, shouldn't really be a big deal in the normal course. But nobody said that Kerala's politics is taking the normal course in the run-up to the 16 May election. And while there is plenty of song and dance within the BJP about its account-opening, there is much moaning and fretting among the existing account-holders: the ruling Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the rival CPM-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).

24 Feb 16: LDF seat-sharing talks after poll declaration - Opposition Left Democratic Front (LDF) would begin formal discussions on seat-sharing only after the Assembly elections are declared.Top leaders of the CPI(M) and the CPI told that though LDF constituents have already begun organisational work with the elections in view, formal discussions on seat-sharing within the alliance and selection of candidates would begin only after the Election Commission announces the poll schedule, which they expect to happen by March 1 or a few days later.

24 Feb 16: Assembly election: Modi-govt may dole out sops to win over Kerala voters - Kottayam: Kerala can look forward to a poll-time bonanza as the BJP lobbies the central government to shower sops on the state in a bid to maximise its prospects in the upcoming assembly election.

15 Feb 16: Candidate selection tough ask for Kerala parties - Candidate selection for the upcoming polls for the 140-member Kerala assembly is going to be tough for most political parties with one candidate calling it quits from electoral politics.The parties in the Congress-led United Democratic Front are likely to face a tough time selecting candidates given the rebel menace.

22 Jan 16: Nadda, Javadekar BJP's poll-incharge for Kerala

16 Jan 2016: Kerala politics: Chandy says not eyeing CM post, CPM changes tack, BJP gears for saffron rush - "I am not the chief ministerial face. It is never so in Kerala, it is never decided before the elections. After the results, the party high command and the MLAs will decide on who should be the CM," Chandy told

15 Dec: Modi addressing BJP workers at Thekkinkad maidan,Kerala

15 Dec: Highlights Narendra Modi Kerala rally

14 Dec: Modi visiting Kerala today & expected to start BJP's election campaign

24 Nov: Kerala CPM leader VS Achuthanandan to decide contesting Assembly polls - Opposition leader and CPI (M) veteran V S Achuthanandan, who has turned 92 last month, said he would decide on contesting the next Assembly elections only after realizing the public pulse in this regard.“People and the party would decide whether I should contest or not,’’ Achuthanandan told the media, in a reaction to the comment of CPI state secretary Kanam Rajendran that VS should lead the LDF in the next assembly elections.

02 Nov: Kerala Civic Polls elections live voting updates. 73% voting till 5 PM. click here for updates

04 Sep: Local body polls likely on November 24, 26 - The stage is set for the conduct of election to local bodies, including the newly constituted 28 municipalities and Kannur Corporation, by November-end.

27 Aug: Will try to hold local body polls as per schedule: Chandy - Oommen Chandy has said that all efforts would be made to conduct local body polls in the State in a time-bound manner.While reiterating that the State will abide by the court's order, Chandy said that his government was in favour of holding elections as per the schedule.

17 Aug: LDF plans regional ties for local body polls

17 Aug: Local body poll to be conducted as per schedule: Mani - Kerala Finance Minister K.M. Mani on Friday said that the local body elections will be held as per schedule.

11 July 2015 : CPI Warms up for Local Body Polls, Plans Anti-Government Rallies across State

With the local body elections round the corner, the CPI has decided to take out marches at the panchayat and local levels raising region-specific development issues.

11 July 2015: Kerala parties mull online voting for expatriates
An all-party meeting here on Thursday discussed the issue of extending online voting facility to the Kerala expatriates. Online voting has been a long-standing demand of the Kerala diaspora, which is around 2.3 million though it is yet to be seen how many would be on the voters' list.

11 July 2015: Kerala Local Body Election: Final electoral lists are getting ready for elections to the three-tier local bodies in Kerala which will be held in October since newly elected members will have to assume office positively on November 1, 2015.

6 July 2015: CPI MLA playing petty politics: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Monday said strict action would be taken against those trying to prevent government officials from discharging official duties.
"The entire episode was created by CPI legislator E.S. Bijimol to play petty politics. You (CPI) please ask your own party union staff members in the revenue department about this official (Idukki Additional District Magistrate Moncy P. Alexander)," Chandy said in the Kerala assembly.

3 July 2015: In Kerala bypoll loss, BJP sniffs a victory
It’s been trying to get its toe into Kerala for years — but with little success so far. Now, BJP may finally be closer than ever to winning its first seat in the southern state following a five-fold leap in votes in an assembly by-election this week.

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2 July 2015: Increase in BJP vote share in Kerala by-poll is “ominous”, says Yechury

CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury said BJP's increased vote share in Kerala by-election is "ominous" and points to the growing "communalization of electoral process."
26-Jun-15: Campaigning for Kerala bypoll ends

Public campaigning for the Aruvikkara assembly bypoll, in which the Left Democratic Front (LDF), the United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are locked in a three-cornered contest, ended on Thursday.
26-Jun-15: Kerala election heats up with three candidates for Aruvikkara seat

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The by-election for the Aruvikkara assembly seat is turning out to be one of the most fiercely-contested electoral battles in Kerala in recent memory, with local body polls scheduled for October and assembly elections coming up less than a year from now. The by-poll was precipitated by the death of former Kerala speaker G Karthikeyan.

1> The Congress has decided to field the late Kerala speaker G Karthikeyan's son for the Aruvikkara assembly seat

2> The veteran CPI-M leader is under a lot of pressure, as his party has not been able to win a major election since 2006

3> The BJP's candidate, and a former member of Atal Bihari Vajpayee's cabinet, Rajagopal is hoping to break his unlucky streak of unsuccessfully contesting 9 Kerala elections

25-Jun-15: Both Kerala fronts confident of victory in bypoll
Thiruvananthapuram, June 24 (IANS) With just a day left for the election campaign to end at for the Aruvikara by-election in the capital district, both of Kerala's rival fronts - the ruling UDF and the LDF - are confident of victory.
Aruvikara goes to the polls on Saturday.

23-Jun-15: CPI-M believes in violence: Chandy

The CPI-M believes in the politics of violence, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has said. He was addressing a small group on Monday night ahead of the by-election in the Aruvikara assembly constituency on Saturday.
The election was necessitated after Congress leader and Speaker G. Karthikeyan died in March. His younger son, K.S. Sabarinathan, 31, quit a plum job and entered the fray.

23-Jun-15: Kerala local body elections in October
Thiruvananthapuram, The polls to the local bodies in Kerala will take place in October, a top election commission official said on Monday.
State Election Commissioner K. Sasidharan Nair told reporters here that at this point of time the exact date of polls could not be stated but the elections would be held in October.

Polls are scheduled to be held for 21,682 seats in the three-tier local body structure in the state and 50 percent of the seats are reserved for women candidates.

18-Jun-15: Aruvikara by-election: It's Chandy vs. Achuthanandan

With polling in the Aruvikara assembly by-election scheduled for June 27, it's more or less a battle between two political veterans of Kerala - 71-year-old Chief Minister Oommen Chandy and his predecessor, the 91-year-old communist leader V.S. Achuthanandan. The election was necessitated after senior Congress leader and assembly speaker G. Karthikeyan died in March.
It has now become a battle between the two because they themselves have decided to lead from the front - as they have been doing for the past 11 years, engaged in a one-to-one battle with the rest of the rival front's leaders lining up behind them.

3-Jun-15:Aruvikkara By Election 2015 - K Das, PCG’s candidate

Anti-Corruption Front led by former chief whip P C George MLA has announced K Das, former headmaster of Chala Vocational higher Secondary as their candidate in Aruvikkara. He was chosen as the candidate on the people’s referendum held in various panchayats of Aruvikkara.
“I am elated for having chosen me as the candidate of the front who is fighting against corruption. I hope the people of Aruvikkara will vote against corruption”, Das said.The Anti-Corruption Front consists of parties like Kerala Congress Secular, SDPI, and the DHRM.
2-Jun-15:BJP entry hots up Aruvikkara by-poll
The Aruvikkara by-election to the Kerala Assembly has acquired a new dimension with the BJP deciding to field 85-year-old O Rajagopal, the party’s best-ever electoral bet in Kerala, though he has so far lost all the elections he has fought.
Though the BJP has not made an official announcement, the party’s core committee took the decision as it was keen on fielding a strong candidate to take on the two rival fronts, the UDF and LDF.
By putting up Rajagopal, who was a Minister of State in the Vajpayee government, the BJP has made it very clear that it means business and that is not contended to be an also-ran as in the past by-elections.
Win or fail, it will be the best foot forward to the 2016 Assembly election at which the party promises to spring surprises and for which the Hindutva brigade has been making advance preparations ever since the Narendra Modi government came to power at the Centre.

1-Jun-15: BJP fields 85-year-old Rajagopal in Kerala assembly bypoll
Thiruvananthapuram, The BJP in Kerala, which is yet to open its account in the 140-member legislative assembly, on Sunday named 85-year-old former union minister O. Rajagopal as its candidate for the June 27 by-election for the Aruvikkara seat.
"The decision to field Rajagopal has been forwarded to the national leadership," the Bharatiya Janata Party's state president V. Muraleedharan told reporters here after a meeting of the party's top brass.
The by-election in the rural constituency in the capital district was necessitated following the death of assembly speaker G. Karthikeyan in March.

1-Jun-15: Congress to field Karthikeyan's son in Kerala bypoll

After hectic parleys at all levels in the Congress in Kerala, the party has decided to field K.S. Sabarinathan for the June 27th by-election for Aruvikara assembly constituency in the capital district. He is the younger son of late assembly speaker G. Karthikeyan, whose death in March this year necessitated the bypoll. An engineer by profession and holding an MBA degree, Sabarinathan, 31, is presently working as manager, Human Resource, Tata Trust, Mumbai.

20-May-15: UDF starts campaign rallies in Kerala

Seeking to set aside their differences on various issues, Congress led ruling UDF today kick started a massive campaign across Kerala mainly to highlight government's achievements in the last four years with a call to work unitedly to return to power in the Assembly polls next year.

19-May-15: UDF will retain power: Kerala CM
Thiruvananthapuram, On the eve of his government completing four years in office, Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said he was confident the people would again repose confidence in the United Democratic Front (UDF) administration when assembly elections are held next year.
"There will be continuity in government and we are confident that we will return to power after the assembly polls that will be held next year. I have confidence in the people," said Chandy while interacting with media persons here on Sunday evening ahead of his government completing four years in office.

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