Keralam

23 Mar 2011

Kerala Opposition leader and UDF's Chief Ministerial front runner Oommen Chandy, KPCC president Ramesh Chennithala and late leader K Karunakaran's son K Muraleedharan figure in the Congress list of 81 candidates for the April 13 assembly polls in the state. The list, drawn up after marathon discussions in Delhi tonight and endorsed by the party high command, was released tonight. Chandy will seek re-election from his home turf Puthupally in Kottayam and Chennithala will contest from Haripad in his home district of Alappuzha. Muraleedharan, who was re-admitted to Congress recently after a five year gap, has been allotted Vattiyurkkav segment in the state capital.
Lathika Subhash, a woman leader from Kottayam, was chosen to fight Chief Minister V S Achuthanandan in CPI(M) bastion Malampuzha in Palakkad district. According to party sources, the list has retained 23 sitting MLAs. It also includes several new faces, youth and women, as recommended by AICC general secretary Rahul Gandhi.

Cong list of candidates

Kasargod
Uduma: C.K. Sreedharan;
Kanhangad: M.C. Jose;
Thrikkarippur: K.V. Gangadharan.

Kannur
Thalassery: Rijil Mukkuti;
Peravur: Sunny Joseph
Payyannur: K. Brijesh Kumar;
Kalliassery: Adv, Indira;
Irikkur: K.C. Joseph;
Kannur: A.P. Abdullakutty.

Wayanad
Mananthavady (ST): P.K. Jayalakshmi;
Sulthan Bathery (ST): I.C. Balakrishnan.

Kozhikode
Koyilandy: K.P. Anil Kumar;
Balussery (SC): A. Balaram;
Nadapuram: V.M. Chandran;
Kozhikode North: P.V. Gangadharan;
Beypore: Adam Munshi

Malappuram
Ponnani: P.T. Ajay Mohan;
Thrithala: V.T. Balaram
Nilambur: Aryadan Mohammed;
Wandoor (SC): A.P. Anil Kumar;
Thavanur: V.V. Prakash.

Palakkad
Malampuzha: Lathika Subhash;
Palakkad: Shafi Parampil;
Chittur: K. Achuthan;
Pattambi: C.P. Mohammed;
Shoranur: Shanta Jayaram;
Ottappalam: V.K. Sreekandan;
Kongad (SC): P. Swaminathan.


Thrissur
Puthukkad: K.P. Viswanathan;
Chalakudy: K.T. Benny;
Kodungalloor: T.N. Prathapan;
Chelakkara (SC): K.B. Sasi Kumar;
Manalur: P.A. Madhavan;
Wadakkancherry: C.N. Balakrishnan;
Ollur: M.P. Vincent;
Thrissur: Therambil Ramakrishnan.

Ernakulam
Ernakulam: Hibi Eden;
Thrikkakara: Benny Behanan;
Kunnathunad (SC): V.P. Sajeendran;
Muvattupuzha: Joseph Vazhakkan;
Perumbavoor: Jaison Joseph;
Aluva: Anwar Sadath;
Paravur: V.D. Satheesan;
Vypeen: Ajay Tharayil;
Kochi: Dominic Presentation;
Thripunithura: K. Babu

Idukki
Devikulam (SC): A.K. Mani;
Udumbanchola: Jossy Sebastian;
Peerumade: E.M. Augusthy

Kottayam
Vaikom (SC): A. Saneesh Kumar;
Kottayam: Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan;
Puthuppally: Oommen Chandy.

Alappuzha
Haripad: Ramesh Chennithala;
Kayamkulam: M. Murali;
Chengannur: P.C. Vishnunath;
Aroor: A.A. Shukkoor;
Alappuzha: P.J. Mathew;
Ambalappuzha: M. Liju.


Pathanamthitta
Ranni: Peelipose Thomas;
Aranmula: K. Sivadasan Nair;
Konni: Adoor Prakash;
Adoor (SC): Pandalam Sudhakaran;
Kunnathur (SC): P.K. Ravi;
Punalur: Johnson Abraham,
Chadayamangalam: Shaheeda Kamal

Kollam
Kundara: P. Jermias;
Kollam: K.C. Rajan;
Chathannur: Bindu Krishna;
Varkala: Varkala Kahar.

Thiruvananthapuram
Aruvikkara: G. Karthikeyan;
Parassala: A.T. George;
Kattakada: N. Sakthan;
Kovalam: George Mercier;
Attingal ( SC): Thankamony Divakaran,
Chirayinkeezhu: K. Vidyadharan;
Nedumangad: Palode Ravi;
Vamanapuram: C. Mohanachandran;
Kazhakuttam: M.A. Waheed;
Vattiyurkavu: K. Muraleedharan;
Thiruvananthapuram: V.S. Sivakumar..