Thiruvananthapuram was the only Lok Sabha seat in Kerala where the BJP finished second in the 2014 polls, when O.Rajagopal gave Tharoor hiccups before the diplomat-turned-politician won by a margin of around 15,000 votes.

Speaking to the media in Delhi, Alphons, presently a Rajya Sabha member from Rajasthan, expressed happiness as he said Ernakulam is his second home as he has a house there and lived there when he was practicing as an advocate at the Kerala High Court. NDA fielded six BJP candidates. Mavelikkara — Thazhava Sahadevan is vice-president of the BDJS. Chief minister Pema Khandu will contest the elections from the Mukto Vidhan Sabha constituency. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday evening finally announced their candidates from Kerala for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. In Kerala, the BJP has pitted Kummanam Rajasekharan against Congress veteran Shashi Tharoor from Thiruvananthapuram. This website stores cookies on your computer. The polling will be held on April 11, April 18, April 23, April 29, May 6, May 12 and May 19 for 543 Lok Sabha seats across the country in which nearly 90 crore voters would be eligible to vote. Register to read and get full access to gulfnews.com, By clicking below to sign up, you're agreeing to our As per the pact in the state between the parties of the NDA, the party has allotted 5 seats in the state for Bharat Dharma Jena Sena (BDJS) and one seat for Kerala Congress (PC Thomas). Interestingly, senior leader and five-time MP KV Thomas did not make it to the list of 12 candidates announced by the Congress for Kerala. BI India Bureau. Vadakara — VK Sajeevan is state secretary of the BJP. In 2016 Assembly polls, he contested from Kasargode - the district that shares its border with Karnataka, and lost. The BJP is contesting from 14 seats, BDJS from 5 and Kerala Congress from one. In the party’s second list, one candidate (Lalubhai Patel) has been announced for the seat from Daman and Diu. I represent (Prime Minister Narendra) Modiji who has led the country admirably and that's my strength," he said. In the days that followed, the state witnessed unprecedented protests organised by the BJP and other right-wing outfits. He is also vice-president of the powerful community organisation Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana Yogam (SNDP). While announcing the first list, Union Minister JP Nadda said Home Minister Rajnath Singh will contest from Lucknow while Union Road Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari will seek re-election from Nagpur. BJP’s list of candidates without K Surendran, Shobha Surendran and M T Ramesh?, Kerala | Loksabha ELection | 2019 | Election | Mathrubhumi English Alphons and new party entrant K.S. It is their maiden election after young women prayed at the Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta. Show us some love! All rights reserved.For reprint rights. Senior leaders of the party like CK Padmanabhan, V Muralidharan, the incumbent state President PS Sreedharan Pillai and PK Krishna Das have fought several elections but ended up on the losing side. Amethi will again see a contest between Union Minister Smriti Irani and Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, who defeated the BJP leader in the 2014 polls by a margin of 1.07 lakh votes. This is the most crucial election for the BJP since it has pinned high hopes based on the controversy surrounding the entry of young women into Sabarimala temple in Pathanamthitta. Support our journalism by becoming a TNM Member - Click here. The UT votes in the third phase of the polls on April 23. The Bharatiya Janata Party has released six lists of candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the BJP achieved an absolute majority, winning 282 seats out of 543. Alphons Kannanthanam is to contest for NDA from Ernakulam. Click here to join our channel (@indianexpress) and stay updated with the latest headlines. Kummanam Rajashekaran, senior BJP leader and former governor of Mizoram, as expected has bagged a ticket to contest from the Thiruvananthapuram constituency.

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