This year unforeseen heat waves are hitting the state of Kerala as early as March that has severely impacted the election environment in the state. Over the past few days, the temperature has been noted to be over 40 degrees Celsius. As per the weather forecasts made by Weatherman, the water levels in the state has started going down fast and hence Kerala might face a severe drought this time. The poll managers have to reschedule their campaign timings as a lot of people fear heat strokes. We see the weather condition in Kerala turning the election campaign into a low-energy affair.
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Constituency | Current MP | Polling Date | Counting Date | BJP+BDJS+TLKC Candidates | Congress + IUML Candidates | CPI (M) Candidates |
Kasaragod | P. Karunakaran – CPI(M) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Raveesh Thantri Kuntar (BJP) | Rajamohan Unnithan (INC) | K P Satheesh Chandran (CPI(M)) |
Kannur | P. K. Sreemathy – CPI(M) | Apr-23 | May-23 | C K Padmanabhan (BJP) | K Sudhakaran (INC) | P K Sreemathi (CPI(M)) |
Vadakara | Mullappally Ramachandran (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | V K Sajeevan (BJP) | K Muraleedharan (INC) | P Jayarajan (CPI(M)) |
Wayanad | Vacant | Apr-23 | May-23 | Thushar Vellappally (BDJS) | Rahul Gandhi (INC) | PP Suner (CPI(M)) |
Kozhikode | M. K. Raghavan (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Adv K P Prakash Babu (BJP) | M K Raghavan (INC) | A Pradeep Kumar (CPI(M)) |
Malappuram | P. K. Kunhalikutty (IUML) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Unnikrishnan Master (BJP) | P. K. Kunhalikutty (IUML) | VP Sanu (CPI(M)) |
Ponnani | E. T. Muhammed Basheer (IUML) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Prof. V T Rema (BJP) | E. T. Muhammed Basheer (IUML) | P V Anwar (CPI(M)) |
Palakkad | M. B. Rajesh – CPI(M) | Apr-23 | May-23 | C Krishnakumar (BJP) | V K Sreekantan (INC) | M.B. Rajesh (CPI(M)) |
Alathur | P. K. Biju – CPI(M) | Apr-23 | May-23 | T.V. Babu (BDJS) | Remya Haridas (INC) | P.K. Biju (CPI(M)) |
Thrissur | C. N. Jayadevan (CPI) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Suresh Gopi (BJP) | T N Prathapan (INC) | Rajaji Mathew Thomas (CPI(M)) |
Chalakudy | Innocent Vareed Thekkethala (Independent) | Apr-23 | May-23 | A N Radhakrishnan (BJP) | Benny Bahanan (INC) | Innocent (CPI(M)) |
Ernakulam | K. V. Thomas (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Alphons Kannanthanam (BJP) | Hibi Eden (INC) | P. Rajeev (CPI(M)) |
Idukki | Joice George (Independent) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Biju Krishnan(BDJS) | Dean Kuriakose (INC) | Joice George (CPI(M)) |
Kottayam | Vacant | Apr-23 | May-23 | PC Thomas (BJP) | Thomas Chazhikkadan (INC) | V.N. Vasavan (CPI(M)) |
Alappuzha | K. C. Venugopal (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Dr K S Radhakrishnan (BJP) | Shanimol Usman (INC) | A.M. Arif (CPI(M)) |
Mavelikkara | Kodikunnil Suresh (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Thazhava Sahadevan(BDJS) | Kodikunnil Suresh (INC) | Chittayam Gopakumar (CPI(M)) |
Pathanamthitta | Anto Antony (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | K. Surendran (BJP) | Anto Antony (INC) | Veena George (CPI(M)) |
Kollam | N. K. Premachandran (RSP) | Apr-23 | May-23 | K V Sabu (BJP) | NK Premachandran (RSP) | K.N. Balagopal (CPI(M)) |
Attingal | Anirudhan Sampath (CPI(M)) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Smt. Shobha Surendran (BJP) | Adoor Prakash (INC) | A. Sampath (CPI(M)) |
Thiruvananthapuram | Shashi Tharoor (Congress) | Apr-23 | May-23 | Kummanam Rajasekharan (BJP) | Shashi Tharoor (INC) | C. Divakaran (CPI(M)) |