List of chief ministers of Kerala
Chief Minister of Kerala | |
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![]() Seal of the Government of Kerala | |
![]() Pinarayi Vijayan since 25 May 2016 | |
Style | The Honourable |
Status | Head of Government |
Member of | Kerala Legislature (Assembly Cabinet) |
Residence | Cliff House, Thiruvananthapuram |
Seat | Kerala Government Secretariat |
Appointer | Governor of Kerala |
Term length | At the Pleasure of the Governor of Kerala[1] |
Precursor | Prime Minister of Travancore Prime Minister of Kingdom of Cochin Chief Minister of Madras Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin |
Inaugural holder | E. M. S. Namboodiripad (1957–1959) |
Formation | 5 April 1957 |
Website | CMO Kerala |
![Photograph of Cliff House, a two-storey bungalow with a garden in the foreground](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Cliff_House_Trivandrum.jpg/107px-Cliff_House_Trivandrum.jpg)
The Chief Minister of Kerala is the chief executive of the Kerala state of India. In accordance with the Constitution of India, the governor is a state's de jure head, but de facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. Following elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the government. The governor appoints the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits.[2]
Following India's independence from the British Raj in 1947, the states' monarchs of Travancore and Cochin instituted a measure of representative government, headed by a Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers. On 1 July 1949 Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin state. The Malabar District and Kasaragod region of South Canara, which together constitute more than half of present state of Kerala, had their representatives in the Madras Legislative Assembly.
On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganisation Act redrew India's map along linguistic lines, and the present-day state of Kerala was born, consisting solely of Malayalam-speaking regions, by merging Cochin, Malabar, and Travancore regions, and the Kasaragod region of South Canara.[3] The first assembly election in Kerala state was held in February–March 1957.[3] The first Kerala Legislative Assembly was formed on 5 April 1957. The Assembly had 127 members including a nominated member.[3] Since then, 12 people have served as the Chief Minister of Kerala. The first was E. M. S. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India, whose tenure was cut short by the imposition of President's rule. Kerala has come under President's rule for four years over seven terms, the last of them in 1982. Since then the office has alternated between leaders of the Indian National Congress and of the Communist Party of India (Marxist). The latter party's Pinarayi Vijayan is the incumbent chief minister; his Left Democratic Front government has been in office since 25 May 2016.
Key[]
Communist Party of India
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Indian National Congress
Indian Union Muslim League
Praja Socialist Party
N/A (President's rule)
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Precursors[]
Prime Ministers of Travancore (1948-49)[]
No.[a] | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Monarch) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
1 | Pattom Thanu Pillai | ![]() |
24 March 1948 | 17 October 1948 | 210 days | Indian National Congress | Representative
Body (1948–49) |
Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma, Maharaja of Travancore |
2 | Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai | 22 October 1948 | 1 July 1949 | 253 days |
Prime Ministers of Cochin (1947-1949)[]
No.[b] | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Monarch) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
1 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | ![]() |
14 August 1947 | 22 October 1947 | 51 days | Independent | Sixth Council
(1945–48) |
Kerala Varma VII,
Maharaja of Cochin |
2 | T. K. Nair | 27 October 1947 | 20 September 1948 | 334 days | ||||
3 | E. Ikkanda Warrier | ![]() |
20 September 1948 | 30 June 1949 | 283 days | Legislative
Assembly (1948–49) |
Chief Ministers of Madras (1947-1956)[]
More than half of the present-day state of Kerala was included in the districts of Malabar and South Canara in the erstwhile state of Madras until the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.[3] These regions had their representatives in the legislative assembly of Madras.[3]
No.[c] | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Governor) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
1 | O. P. Ramaswamy Reddiyar | ![]() |
23 March 1947[4] | 6 April 1949[4] | 2 years, 14 days | Indian National Congress | 1946 Legislative Assembly | Governor |
2 | P. S. Kumaraswamy Raja | ![]() |
6 April 1949 | 9 April 1952 | 3 years, 3 days | |||
3 | C. Rajagopalachari | ![]() |
10 April 1952 | 13 April 1954 | 2 years, 3 days | 1952 Legislative Assembly | ||
4 | K. Kamaraj | ![]() |
13 April 1954 | 31 October 1956 | 2 years, 201 days |
Chief Ministers of Travancore-Cochin (1949-1956)[]
After India's independence in 1947, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin on 1 July 1949. On 1 January 1950, Travancore-Cochin was recognised as a state.
No.[d] | Name | Portrait | Term of Office | Party | Assembly | Appointed
by (Rajpramukh) | ||
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Took office | Left office | Tenure | ||||||
1 | Paravoor T. K. Narayana Pillai | 1 July 1949 | 1 March 1951 | 1 year, 243 days | Indian National Congress | 1st Assembly
(1949–51) |
Sir Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma,
Maharaja of Travancore | |
2 | C. Kesavan | ![]() |
3 March 1951 | 12 March 1952 | 1 year, 11 days | |||
3 | Anaparambil Joseph John | 12 March 1952 | 16 March 1954 | 2 years, 4 days | 2nd Assembly
(1952–53) | |||
4 | Pattom Thanu Pillai | ![]() |
16 March 1954 | 10 February 1955 | 331 days | Praja Socialist Party | 3rd Assembly
(1954–56) | |
5 | Panampilly Govinda Menon | ![]() |
10 February 1955 | 23 March 1956 | 1 year, 42 days | Indian National Congress | ||
- | Vacant[e] (President's rule) |
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23 March 1956 | 31 October 1956 | 222 days | N/A | Dissolved | N/A |
List of Chief Ministers of Kerala[]
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 and Sengottai Taluk which were merged with Tamil Nadu), and the Kasaragod taluk of South Kanara district. A new Legislative Assembly was also created, for which elections were held in 1957.
No.[f] | Portrait | Name | Constituency | Tenure | Assembly (election) |
Party[g] | |||
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– | ![]() |
Vacant[h](President's rule) | N/A | 1 November 1956 | 5 April 1957 | 155 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
1 | ![]() |
E. M. S. Namboodiripad | Nileshwaram | 5 April 1957 | 31 July 1959 | 2 years, 117 days | 1st Assembly
(1957–59) |
Communist Party of India | |
– | ![]() |
Vacant[i](President's rule) | N/A | 31 July 1959 | 22 February 1960 | 206 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
2 | ![]() |
Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | Trivandrum II | 22 February 1960 | 26 September 1962 | 2 years, 216 days | 2nd Assembly
(1960–64) |
Praja Socialist Party | |
3 | ![]() |
R. Sankar | Cannanore I | 26 September 1962 | 10 September 1964 | 1 year, 350 days | Indian National Congress | ||
– | ![]() |
Vacant[j](President's rule) | N/A | 10 September 1964 | 25 March 1965 | 2 years, 177 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
25 March 1965 | 6 March 1967 | Dissolved (1965 election)[k] | |||||||
(1) | ![]() |
E. M. S. Namboodiripad | Pattambi | 6 March 1967 | 1 November 1969 | 2 years, 240 days; (total 4 years, 357 days) |
3rd Assembly
(1967–70) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
4 | ![]() |
C. Achutha Menon | Kottarakkara | 1 November 1969 | 3 August 1970 | 275 days | Communist Party of India | ||
– | ![]() |
Vacant[l](President's rule) | N/A | 4 August 1970 | 3 October 1970 | 60 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
(4) | ![]() |
C. Achutha Menon | Kodakara | 4 October 1970 | 25 March 1977 | 6 years, 172 days;
(total 7 years, 80 days) |
4th Assembly
(1970–77) |
Communist Party of India | |
5 | ![]() |
K. Karunakaran | Mala | 25 March 1977 | 26 April 1977 | 32 days | 5th Assembly
(1977–79) |
Indian National Congress | |
6 | ![]() |
A. K. Antony | Kazhakkuttom | 27 April 1977 | 28 October 1978 | 1 year, 184 days | |||
7 | ![]() |
P. K. Vasudevan Nair | Alleppey | 29 October 1978 | 11 October 1979 | 347 days | Communist Party of India | ||
8 | ![]() |
C. H. Mohammed Koya | Malappuram | 12 October 1979 | 4 December 1979 | 53 days | Indian Union Muslim League | ||
– | ![]() |
Vacant[m](President's rule) | N/A | 5 December 1979 | 25 January 1980 | 51 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
9 | ![]() |
E. K. Nayanar | Malampuzha | 25 January 1980 | 20 October 1981 | 1 year, 268 days | 6th Assembly
(1980–82) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
– | ![]() |
Vacant[e](President's rule) | N/A | 21 October 1981 | 28 December 1981 | 68 days | N/A | ||
(5) | ![]() |
K. Karunakaran | Mala | 28 December 1981 | 17 March 1982 | 79 days | Indian National Congress | ||
– | ![]() |
Vacant[e](President's rule) | N/A | 17 March 1982 | 23 May 1982 | 67 days | Dissolved | N/A | |
(5) | ![]() |
K. Karunakaran | Mala | 24 May 1982 | 25 March 1987 | 4 years, 305 days | 7th Assembly
(1982–87) |
Indian National Congress | |
(9) | ![]() |
E. K. Nayanar | Trikaripur | 26 March 1987 | 23 June 1991 | 4 years, 89 days | 8th Assembly
(1987–91) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
(5) | ![]() |
K. Karunakaran | Mala | 24 June 1991 | 21 March 1995 | 3 years, 270 days; (total 8 years, 315 days) |
9th Assembly
(1991–96) |
Indian National Congress | |
(6) | ![]() |
A. K. Antony | Thirurangadi | 22 March 1995 | 19 May 1996 | 1 year, 58 days | |||
(9) | ![]() |
E. K. Nayanar | Thalassery | 20 May 1996 | 16 May 2001 | 4 years, 361 days; (total 10 years, 353 days) |
10th Assembly
(1996–2001) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
(6) | ![]() |
A. K. Antony | Cherthala | 17 May 2001 | 30 August 2004 | 3 years, 105 days; (total 5 years, 347 days) |
11th Assembly
(2001–06) |
Indian National Congress | |
10 | ![]() |
Oommen Chandy | Puthuppally | 31 August 2004 | 17 May 2006 | 1 year, 259 days | |||
11 | ![]() |
V. S. Achuthanandan | Malampuzha | 18 May 2006 | 17 May 2011 | 4 years, 364 days | 12th Assembly
(2006–11) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
(10) | ![]() |
Oommen Chandy | Puthuppally | 18 May 2011 | 24 May 2016 | 5 years, 6 days; (total 6 years, 256 days) |
13th Assembly
(2011–16) |
Indian National Congress | |
12 | ![]() |
Pinarayi Vijayan | Dharmadam | 25 May 2016 | 19 May 2021 | 5 years, 252 days | 14th Assembly
(2016–21) |
Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
20 May 2021 | Incumbent | 15th Assembly
(2021- ) |
Statistics[]
- List of Chief Ministers by length of term
No. | Name | Party | Length of term | ||
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Longest continuous term | Total years of premiership | ||||
1 | E. K. Nayanar | CPI(M) | 4 years, 361 days | 10 years, 353 days | |
2 | K. Karunakaran | INC | 4 years, 305 days | 8 years, 315 days | |
3 | C. Achutha Menon | CPI | 6 years, 172 days | 7 years, 80 days | |
4 | Oommen Chandy | INC | 5 years, 6 days | 6 years, 256 days | |
5 | A. K. Antony | INC | 3 years, 105 days | 5 years, 347 days | |
6 | Pinarayi Vijayan | CPI(M) | 5 years, 252 days | 5 years, 252 days | |
7 | V. S. Achuthanandan | CPI(M) | 4 years, 364 days | 4 years, 364 days | |
8 | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPI(M)/CPI | 2 years 240 days | 4 years 357 days | |
9 | Pattom A. Thanu Pillai | PSP | 2 years 216 days | 2 years 216 days | |
10 | R. Sankar | INC | 1 year 350 days | 1 year 350 days | |
11 | P. K. Vasudevan Nair | CPI | 347 days | 347 days | |
12 | C. H. Mohammed Koya | IUML | 53 days | 53 days |
Timeline[]
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Political parties by total time-span of their member holding CMO (1 February 2022)[]
No. | Political party | Number of Chief ministers | Total days of holding CMO | |
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1 | CPI(M) | 4 | 9155 days | |
2 | INC | 4 | 8,592 days | |
3 | CPI | 3 | 3,558 days | |
4 | PSP | 1 | 946 days | |
5 | IUML | 1 | 53 days |
Living former chief ministers[]
As of 1 February 2022, there are three living former chief ministers of Kerala:
- Living former chief ministers
A. K. Antony
(1977–78, 1995–96, 2001–2004)
28 December 1940Oommen Chandy
(2004–2006, 2011–2016)
31 October 1943V. S. Achuthanandan
(2006–2011)
20 October 1923
The most recent death of a former chief minister was that of K. Karunakaran on 23 December 2010, aged 92.[7]
See also[]
- Kerala Council of Ministers
- Deputy Chief Ministers of Kerala
Notes[]
Footnotes[]
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ A parenthetical number indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ a b c When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[5]
- ^ A number in parentheses indicates that the incumbent has previously held office.
- ^ This column only names the chief minister's party. The state government he heads may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; these are not listed here.
- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[6]
- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[6]
- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[6]
- ^ As the 1965 election did not deliver a clear mandate in favour of any party or coalition, no assembly was convened, and President's rule was re-imposed.
- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[6]
- ^ When President's rule is in force in a state, its council of ministers stands dissolved. The office of chief minister thus lies vacant. At times, the legislative assembly also stands dissolved.[6]
References[]
- ^ "Article 164 in constitution of India".
- ^ Durga Das Basu. Introduction to the Constitution of India. 1960. 20th Edition, 2011 Reprint. pp. 241, 245. LexisNexis Butterworths Wadhwa Nagpur. ISBN 978-81-8038-559-9. Note: although the text talks about Indian state governments in general, it applies for the specific case of Kerala as well.
- ^ a b c d e Sreedhara Menon, A. (January 2007). Kerala Charitram (2007 ed.). Kottayam: DC Books. ISBN 978-81-264-1588-5.
- ^ a b Express News Service (25 January 2018). "Tamil Nadu's first CM Omandur P Ramaswamy Reddiyar's birth anniversary to be celebrated on February 1". The New Indian Express.
- ^ Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005.
- ^ a b c d e Amberish K. Diwanji. "A dummy's guide to President's rule". Rediff.com. 15 March 2005. Retrieved on 3 March 2013.
- ^ Joe A Scaria (23 December 2010). "Karunakaran passes away, bringing curtains down on era in Kerala politics". The Economic Times. Retrieved 20 May 2021.
Further reading[]
- Chief Ministers, Ministers, and Leaders of Opposition of Kerala (PDF), Thiruvananthapuram: Secratriat of Kerala Legislature, 2018
- Chandran, VP (2018). Mathrubhumi Yearbook Plus - 2019 (Malayalam Edition). Kozhikode: P. V. Chandran, Managing Editor, Mathrubhumi Printing & Publishing Company Limited, Kozhikode.
- Menon, A. Sreedhara (2007). A Survey of Kerala History. DC Books. ISBN 9788126415786.
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