New Delhi: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday (March 14) launched the list of candidates for 112 seats for the upcoming meeting elections in Kerala.
“Metroman” E Sreedharan, who lately joined the BJP, will contest from Palakkad constituency, whereas the state occasion chief Okay Surendran will contest from Manjeshwar in Kasaragod and Konni in Pathanamthitta.
The occasion will contest a complete of 115 seats within the 140-seat meeting, mentioned BJP nationwide basic secretary Arun Singh The remaining 25 seats have been left for the allies.
“In Kerala, BJP will be contesting 115 seats and the rest of 25 seats will be left for four parties. State BJP chief K Surendran will contest from two constituencies – from Manjeshwar in Kasaragod and Konni in Pathanamthitta,” Singh was quoted as saying by ANI.
Former state president Kummanam Rajasekharan will contest from Nemom, whereas actor Suresh Gopi has been fielded from Thrissur.
Former DGP Jacob Thomas will contest from Irinjalakuda and former union minister KJ Alphons will contest from Kanjirappally meeting seat, Singh mentioned.Â
The elections within the state might be held in a single part on April 6. The counting of votes will happen on May 2.
Earlier this week, the Kerala Congress (Joseph) group, an ally of the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) introduced the candidate list for the upcoming elections. The occasion will contest 10 seats.
The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) has been allotted 27 seats, out of which it has launched the list of 25 candidates.
The Left Democratic Front(LDF) has additionally launched the partial candidate list for the upcoming elections. Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan will contest from Dharmadam, KK Shailaja from Mattannur, Kadakampally Surendran from Kazhakkoottam, and KT Jaleel to contest from Thavanoor.
