BJP’s first Kerala list features Rajeev Chandrasekhar among 47 candidates

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Monday unveiled its first list of 47 candidates for the forthcoming Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026, nominating several prominent leaders including former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state president K. Surendran.

The meeting was attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Home Minister Amit Shah, and other members of the party’s Central Election Committee.

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Chandrasekhar has been nominated from the Nemom constituency, while Surendran will contest from Manjeshwar. The list also features former national Mahila Morcha chief Sobha Surendran, who has been fielded from Palakkad.

Other notable candidates include Navya Haridas from Kozhikode North and Padmaja Venugopal from Thrissur.

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The nominees announced by the party represent constituencies across the state, including Manjeshwar, Udma, Kannur, Vadakara, Kozhikode North, Palakkad, Thrissur, Pala, Haripad, Thiruvalla, Attingal, Kazhakkoottam and Kattakkada, among others.

Here's complete BJP list of 47 candidates:

No.	Constituency	Candidate
1	Manjeshwar	K Surendran
2	Udma	Manulal Meloth
3	Kanhangad	Balraj M
4	Payyannur	AP Gangadharan
5	Azhikode	KK Vinod Kumar
6	Kannur	C Raghunath
7	Mananthavady (ST)	P Shyam Raj
8	Sulthanbathery (ST)	Kavitha AS
9	Vadakara	Adv K Dileep
10	Kuttiadi	Ramadas Manaleri
11	Nadapuram	CP Vipin Chandran
12	Quilandy	CR Praphul Krishnan
13	Perambra	M Mohanan Master
14	Balusseri (SC)	CP Satheeshan
15	Elathur	T Devadas
16	Kozhikode North	Navya Haridas
17	Kozhikode South	T Raneesh
18	Beypore	Adv KP Prakash Babu
19	Kunnamangalam	VK Sajeevan
20	Shornur	Sanku T Das
21	Ottappalam	Major Ravi
22	Malampuzha	C Krishnakumar
23	Palakkad	Sobha Surendran
24	Chelakkara (SC)	K Balakrishnan
25	Manalur	Adv KK Aneesh Kumar
26	Thrissur	Padmaja Venugopal
27	Irinjalakuda	Santosh Cherakulam
28	Devikulam (SC)	S Rajendran
29	Pala	Shone George
30	Vaikom (SC)	K Ajith
31	Kanjirappally	Adv George Kurian
32	Poonjar	PC George
33	Ambalappuzha	Arun Anirudhan
34	Haripad	Sandeep Vachaspathi
35	Chengannur	MV Gopakumar
36	Thiruvalla	Anoop Antony Joseph
37	Karunagappally	VS Jithin Dev
38	Kunnathur (SC)	Raji Prasad
39	Kottarakkara	R Reshmi
40	Chathannoor	BB Gopakumar
41	Attingal (SC)	Adv P Sudheer
42	Nedumangad	Yuvaraj Gokul
43	Kazhakkoottam	V Muraleedharan
44	Vattiyoorkavu	R Sreelekha
45	Nemom	Rajeev Chandrasekhar
46	Parassala	Adv Gireesh Neyyar
47	Kattakkada	PK Krishnadas