Kerala BJP candidate list: Party releases second list of 39 candidates for Assembly elections

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released the second list of 39 candidates for Kerala assembly elections for key constituencies such as Kasaragod, Kongad and Ernakulam.

Assembly elections in Kerala are scheduled for April 9 with results to be declared on May 4, as per the poll schedule released by the Election Commission of India.

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


This follows Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan filing his nomination as the LDF candidate from the Dharmadam assembly constituency.

The Central Election Committee of the Bharatiya Janata Party met on Wednesday under the Presidentship of Nitin Nabin to decide on the candidate list of Kerala Legislative Assembly Elections 2026.

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

Check the second list of BJP candidates for Kerala Assembly elections:

Sl.	Assembly Name	Name of the Candidate
1.	Kasaragod	Ashwini M.L.
2.	Kalliasseri	A.V. Sanil Kumar
3.	Taliparamba	N. Haridas
4.	Dharmadam	K. Ranjith
5.	Thalassery	O. Nidheesh
6.	Kuthuparamba	Shijilal
7.	Mattannur	Biju Elakkuzhi
8.	Kalpetta	Prasanth Malavayal
9.	Kondotty	P. Subrahmanian
10.	Ernad	N. Sreeprakash
11.	Manjeri	Pathmasree M.
12.	Perinthalmanna	K.P. Baburaj
13.	Mankada	Lijoy Paul
14.	Malappuram	Ashwathy Gupatha Kumar
15.	Vengara	Jayakrishnan V.N.
16.	Vallikkunnu	M. Preman Master
17.	Tirurangadi	Riju C. Raghav
18.	Tanur	Deepa Puzhakkal
19.	Tirur	K. Narayanan Master
20.	Thavanur	Ravi Thelath
21.	Thrithala	V. Unnikrishnan Master
22.	Pattambi	P. Manoj
23.	Kongad (SC)	Renu Suresh
24.	Tarur (SC)	Suresh Babu
25.	Chittur	Pranesh Rajendran
26.	Alathur	K.V. Prasanna Kumar
27.	Guruvayoor	B. Gopalakrishnan
28.	Wadakkanchery	T.S. Ullas Babu
29.	Ollur	Bijoy Thomas
30.	Nattika (SC)	C.C. Mukundan
31.	Pudukkad	A. Nagesh
32.	Aluva	M.A. Brahmaraj
33.	Paravur	Vathsala Prasanna Kumar
34.	Ernakulam	P.R. Sivasankar
35.	Changanassery	B. Radhakrishna Menon
36.	Alappuzha	M.J. Job
37.	Aranmula	Kummanam Rajasekharan
38.	Kundara	Dr. Robin Radhakrishnan (Robin RB)
39.	Kollam	Dr. N. Prathap Kumar

The party released its first list of candidates earlier, featuring former Union minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar and former state president K. Surendran.

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