Events in the year 1998 in the Indian state of Kerala.
Incumbents
Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang
Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar
Events
28 February - Parliament elections for 12th Loksabha held in Kerala. 3 March - United Democratic Front bagged 11 out of 20 seats in the Parliament elections. 31 March - Peoples Democratic Party leader and Islamic fundamentalist Abdul Nazer Mahdani arrested from Kaloor in connection with 1998 Coimbatore bombings and Hate speech. 17 May - Prime Minister of India inaugurates Kudumbashree at Malappuram district. 22 May - President of India K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the new legislative assembly building Niyamasabha Mandiram of Kerala. 30 July - An Indian Airlines Dornier aircraft crashed at Kochi during take-off and kills nine people which includes six passengers. November - Former Central Reserve Police Force constable Ramachandran Nair confesses before media that deceased Naxalite Arikkad Varghese, was killed in an encounter killing in 1970.
Deaths
March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88. September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.