The Communist Party of India (Marxist), Kerala or CPI(M) Kerala is the Kerala state wing of Communist Party of India (Marxist) and a recognised State party in Kerala. Currently, it is the governing party in the Kerala Legislative Assembly and has significant representation of the state in Rajya Sabha.
History
In 1957 the Communist Party of India (CPI) was elected to rule the state government of Kerala under E. M. S. Namboodiripad only to have the government dismissed and President's Rule declared in 1959 following the Vimochana Samaram. In 1964, in conjunction with the widening rift between China and the Soviet Union, a large leftist faction of the CPI leadership, based predominantly in Kerala and West Bengal, split from the party to form the Communist Party of India (Marxist), or CPI (M). In Kerala, the CPI (M) in coalition with other parties wrested control from the Congress and its allies (frequently including the CPI) in 1967, in 1980, and in 1987. Support for the CPI (M) in Kerala in general elections has ranged from 19 percent to 26 percent, but the party has never won more than nine of Kerala's twenty seats in Parliament. But as a coalition including CPI (M), CPI and other parties as Left Democratic Front they won 19 seats out of 20.
List of state secretaries
State Secretariat
M. V. Govindan
Pinarayi Vijayan
A. K. Balan
E. P. Jayarajan
P. K. Sreemathy
T. M. Thomas Isaac
T. P. Ramakrishnan
P. Rajeeve
K. N. Balagopal
M. Swaraj
V. N. Vasavan
P. K. Biju
Saji Cherian
Anavoor Nagappan
Puthalath Dineshan
PA Muhammed Riyas
Results in Kerala elections
List of elected members
Rajya Sabha
Lok Sabha
See also
Politics in Kerala
Left Democratic Front
Communism in Kerala
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee
References
External links
Communist Party of India (Marxist)
