kerala assembly election 2016

Tamil Nadu, Kerala go to polls on Monday; parties locked in multi-cornered contests

Tamil Nadu and Kerala goes to polls on Monday that will decide the fate of Chief Ministers Jayalalithaa and Oommen Chandy and their arch rivals and nonagenarians M Karunanidhi and VS Achutanandan in their respective states which will witness multi-cornered contests.

May 15, 2016, 19:57 PM IST

Kerala Assembly Elections: How BJP-BDJS can make or break rival fronts in state

With Kerala set to elect a new assembly on Monday, the performance of the BJP-BDJS alliance is being keenly watched -- because it may ultimately decide who wins the electoral battle.

May 15, 2016, 15:23 PM IST

Kerala Assembly Elections 2016: Overview - Key issues, candidates, alliances and poll scenario

The stage is all set for a game changer election in Kerala. Voting for the new 140-member Kerala Assembly will take place on May 16 and counting will be done on May 19.

May 15, 2016, 10:16 AM IST

Campaigning ends in Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Campaigning ended on Saturday in Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry for May 16 Assembly polls, ringing the curtain down on the gruelling two-month-long exercise.

May 14, 2016, 16:41 PM IST

Oommen Chandy winds up campaign, says BJP will not win single seat in Kerala

Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy Chandy said that the people of Kerala would give a fitting reply to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

May 14, 2016, 16:38 PM IST

People 'twisting facts' about Modi's Somalia remark: Suresh Prabhu

Modi has great regard and respect for Malayalis. People are twisting the facts, Suresh Prabhu said.

May 14, 2016, 00:09 AM IST

Kerala polls: Parties upbeat amid last-leg campaigning

There is disenchantment in the state against the UDF government, which is corrupt, said opposition CPI-Marxist state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.

May 13, 2016, 22:24 PM IST

PM sings 'shauchalayam, shauchalayam' but toilet is needed only when one can eat: Achuthanandan

Left veteran VS Achuthanandan has attacked PM Narendra Modi over his Clean India Mission which focuses on modernizing nation and building much-needed bathrooms.

May 13, 2016, 15:19 PM IST

1,203 contenders for 140 seats in Kerala assembly

A total of 1,203 contestants are in fray for 140 Kerala assembly seats, for which elections will be held on May 16, the Election Commission (EC) said on Thursday. Of these, 109 are women.

May 12, 2016, 23:25 PM IST

BJP targets Rahul for not visiting family of raped Dalit woman

"Why Rahul Gandhi has not visited Kerala? He could visit Hyderabad two times after the unfortunate suicide of Rohit Vemula in Hyderabad University," senior BJP leader and Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu said.

May 12, 2016, 22:04 PM IST

Top Congress, BJP leaders spar in Kerala over 'Somalia' jibe

Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad said the Prime Minister's statement was not in good taste.

May 12, 2016, 21:38 PM IST

Kerala Assembly Election 2016: CPI-M assails PM Narendra Modi for his Somalia remarks

CPI-M state secretary said "Gujarat Model" development projected by the BJP was actually a false propaganda.

May 12, 2016, 14:07 PM IST

Kerala seeks apology from PM Narendra Modi, not silence: Oommen Chandy

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy said Prime Minister Narendra​ Modi`s comparison of Kerala with Somalia was absurd.

May 12, 2016, 12:39 PM IST

202 crorepatis, 311 with criminal cases in Kerala polls: ADR

In the Kerala Assembly Election this year, 104 women candidates are contesting.

May 12, 2016, 12:34 PM IST

BJP won't open account in Kerala: Chandy

Kerala Chief Minister Oommeen Chandy says the ruling Congress-led UDF will win the May 16 assembly elections and the BJP will not be able to open its account in the state.

May 11, 2016, 16:19 PM IST

Twitter trend #PoMoneModi: What does that mean?

 Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has demanded that the PM should withdraw the 'Somalia' remark.

May 11, 2016, 10:19 AM IST

WATCH: Powerful speech of PM Narendra Modi announcing RSS man as BJP candidate for Kerala polls; his legs were chopped off

PM Narendra Modi on Sunday in a high-decibel rally in Kerala's Kasargod announced C Sadanandan Master, an RSS man, to the people of the state as BJP's candidate for Kerala Assembly Elections. 

May 09, 2016, 10:04 AM IST

Adjustment politics of Congress and Left have to be understood: PM Modi in Kerala

The politics of compromise and contract between the UDF and the LDF has so far ruled Kerala whose educated electorate have been "insulted" by the two sides, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said today.

May 08, 2016, 12:49 PM IST

Kerala Assembly elections: PM Modi sounds poll bugle; will address four rallies in five days

With an aim to boost BJP's prospects in the upcoming Kerala Assembly elections, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday will launch party's election campaign in the state. 

May 08, 2016, 09:15 AM IST

No historical blunder of becoming Kerala CM again: Antony

Senior Congress leader AK Antony, whose all three terms as Kerala Chief Minister in the past were cut short, Saturday said he would not commit the "historical blunder" of becoming the CM of the state again.

May 07, 2016, 19:32 PM IST