ELECTION 2001 NEWS

A K Antony sworn-in as Kerala chief minister

Senior Congress leader A K Antony was on Thursday sworn-in as the 18th chief minister of Kerala. He will head a Congress-led United Democratic Front government.

Governor S S Kang administered the oath of office and secrecy to Antony at a simple ceremony at Raj Bhavan in Thiruvananthapuram.

Along with Antony, nominees of seven UDF partners were also sworn-in as ministers. They are: Indian Union Muslim League leader P K Kunhalikutty, Kerala Congress (M) leader K M Mani, Kerala Congress (Jacob) leader T M Jacob, Kerala Congress (B) chief whip K B Ganesh Kumar, Janathipathiya Samrakashana Samithi leader K R Gowri, Communist Marxist Party leader M V Raghavan and Revolutionary Socialist Party leader Babu Divakaran.

K.Muraleedharan is new KPCC chief

K Muraleedharan, son of veteran Congress leader K Karunakaran, was on Thursday appointed president of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Commitee by Congress president Sonia Gandhi, party sources in Thiruvananthapuram said.

 



District-wise position
Sl.no.
District
Total seats
UDF
LDF
Others
1.
Kasargod
5
2
3
-
2.
Kannur
10
3
7
-

3.

Wayanad
3
3
-
-

4.

Kozhikode
12
6
6
-

5.

Malappuram
12
11
1
-

6.

Palakkad
11
5
6
-

7.

Thrissur
14
12
2
-

8.

Ernakulam
14
13
1
-

9.

Idukki
5
4
1
-

10.

Kottayam
10
8
2
-

11.

Alappuzha
11
8
3
-

12.

Pathanamthitta
7
6
1
-

13.

Kollam
12
9
3
-

14.

Thiruvananthapuram
14
9
4
1

Total
140
99
40
1