List of Chief Ministers of Kerala

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The state of Kerala in India has an electorate of more than 20 million people[1]

The complete list of Chief Ministers of Kerala consists of the heads of government in the history of the state of Kerala in India since 1947.[2]The present-day state of Kerala was created when the Travancore-Cochin state was renamed in 1956.[3]

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[edit] List of Chief Ministers

[edit] Travancore

Travancore in the Madras Presidency in 1859
#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party
1 P. G. N. Unnithan August, 1947 March, 1948 1
2 Pattom Thanu Pillai 24 March 1948 20 October 1948 1 Indian National Congress
3 Paravur T. K. Narayana Pillai 20 October 1948 30 June 1949 1 Indian National Congress

[edit] Cochin

#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party
1 Panampilly Govinda Menon 1 September 1947 October, 1947 1
2 T. K. Nair 27 October 1947 20 September 1948 1
3 E. Ikkanda Warrier 20 September 1948 30 June 1949 1

[edit] Travancore-Cochin

After India's independence in 1947, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin on 1 July 1949. On 1 January 1950 (Republic Day), Travancore-Cochin was recognised as a state.

#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party
1 Paravur T. K. Narayana Pillai 1 July 1949 January, 1951 1 Indian National Congress
2 C. Kesavan January, 1951 12 March 1952 1 Indian National Congress
4 A. J. John, Anaparambil 12 March 1952 16 March 1954 1 Indian National Congress
5 Pattom Thanu Pillai 16 March 1954 10 February 1955 1 Indian National Congress
6 Panampilly Govinda Menon 10 February 1955 23 March 1956 1 Indian National Congress
President's rule[3] 23 March 1956 5 April 1957

[edit] Kerala

The political state of Kerala in India was created in 1956 when erstwhile Travancore-Cochin was renamed

The Government of India's 1 November 1956 States Reorganisation Act inaugurated the new Kerala state, incorporating Malabar District, Travancore-Cochin (excluding 4 southern Taluks which were merged with Tamil Nadu), and the taluk of Kasargod, South Kanara.[6] A new Legislative Assembly was also created, for which elections were held in 1957. These resulted in a communist-led government[6] — world's first democratically-elected[7] — headed by E.M.S. Namboodiripad.

#[4] Name Took office Left office Term[5] Party
1 E. M. S. Namboodiripad 5 April 1957 31 July 1959 1 Communist Party of India
2 Pattom Thanupillai 22 February 1960 26 September 1962 1 Praja Socialist Party
3 R. Sankar 26 September 1962 10 September 1964 1 Indian National Congress
4 E. M. S. Namboodiripad 6 March 1967 1 November 1969 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
5 C. Achutha Menon 1 November 1969 1 August 1970 1 Communist Party of India
6 C. Achutha Menon 4 October 1970 25 March 1977 2 Communist Party of India
7 K. Karunakaran 25 March 1977 25 April 1977 1 Indian National Congress
8 A.K. Antony 27 April 1977 27 October 1978 1 Indian National Congress
9 P. K. Vasudevan Nair 29 October 1978 7 October 1979 1 Communist Party of India
10 C. H. Mohammed Koya 12 October 1979 1 December 1979 1 Indian Union Muslim League
11 E. K. Nayanar 25 January 1980 20 October 1981 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
12 K. Karunakaran 28 December 1981 17 March 1982 2 Indian National Congress
13 K. Karunakaran 24 May 1982 25 March 1987 3 Indian National Congress
14 E. K. Nayanar 26 March 1987 17 June 1991 2 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
15 K. Karunakaran 24 June 1991 16 March 1995 4 Indian National Congress
16 A. K. Antony 22 March 1995 9 May 1996 2 Indian National Congress
17 E. K. Nayanar 20 May 1996 13 May 2001 3 Communist Party of India (Marxist)
18 A. K. Antony 17 May 2001 29 August 2004 3 Indian National Congress
19 Oommen Chandy 31 August 2004 18 May 2006 1 Indian National Congress
20 V.S. Achuthanandan 18 May 2006 incumbent 1 Communist Party of India (Marxist)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Times of India — Women electorate outnumber men in Kerala
  2. ^ Government of Kerala — CMs of Kerala
  3. ^ a b World Statesmen.org — Indian states since 1947
  4. ^ a b c d The colours indicate the political party affiliation of each Chief Minister.
  5. ^ a b c d The ordinal number of the term being served by the person specified in the row in the corresponding period
  6. ^ a b Plunkett, Cannon & Harding 2001, p. 24.
  7. ^ Jose, D (1998), "EMS Namboodiripad dead", Rediff [link accessed 30 June 2007].

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