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Jose K Mani
Jose Karingozhackal Mani (born 29 May 1965) is an Indian politician and MP (Rajya Sabha) and former MP (Lok Sabha) from Kerala. He is the son of veteran politician K. M. Mani and the Chairman of Kerala Congress (M). Political Life He unsuccessfully contested in the parliament election in 2004 from Muvattupuzha constituency, losing to P. C. Thomas. In 2007, he was elected as the General Secretary of Kerala Congress (Mani) party. He won the 2009 Lok Sabha election from the Kottayam constituency, by a margin of more than 70,000 votes over K. Suresh Kurup of CPI(M). He was re-elected in 2014 with a winning margin of 120,599 over Mathew T. Thomas of JD(S). He is also the President of Vikasana Sena, a youth association associated with Prateeksha Rotary Centre for Mentally Challenged Children. As Chairman of Kerala Congress (M) After the death of KEC(M) chairman K.M Mani, a power struggle erupted in the party between Jose K. Mani faction and P. J. Joseph faction. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament, Rajya Sabha
A Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha (abbreviated: MP) is the representative of the States and union territories of India, Indian states to the upper house of the Parliament of India which is known as "Rajya Sabha" (constitutionally "Council of States"). Rajya Sabha MPs are elected by the electoral college of the elected members of the State Assembly with a system of proportional representation by a single transferable vote. The Parliament of India is Bicameralism, bicameral with two houses; Rajya Sabha (Upper house i.e. Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (Lower house i.e. House of the People). Compared to the Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha, Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha has fewer members and its members have more restricted power. Unlike the Lok Sabha, the Rajya Sabha is a permanent body and cannot be dissolved at any time. However, every second year, one third of the members are retired and the vacancies are filled by fresh elections and Presidential nomination at the be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Democratic Front (Kerala)
The United Democratic Front (UDF) is the Indian National Congress-led alliance of centre to centre-right political parties in the Indian state of Kerala. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately since 1980 E. K. Nayanar ministry until the 2016 Legislative Assembly election in the state. The alliance currently acts as the opposition in the state legislature of Kerala. Most of the United Democratic Front constituents are members of the Indian National Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance at pan-India level. United Democratic Front was created by the Indian National Congress (then known as Congress-Indira) party leader K. Karunakaran in 1979, as a successor to the existing Congress-led alliance. The alliance first came to power in 1981 ( K. Karunakaran ministry) and has won elections to the state legislature of K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Communist Party Of India (Marxist)
The Communist Party of India (Marxist) (abbreviated as CPI(M)) is a Communism in India, communist List of political parties in India, political party in India. It is the largest communist party in India in terms of membership and electoral seats, and one of the six List of political parties in India#National parties, national parties of India. The party was founded through 1964 split in the Communist Party of India, a splitting from the Communist Party of India in 1964; it quickly became the dominant faction. The 34 years of Communist Party of India (Marxist), West Bengal, CPI(M)-led Left Front (West Bengal), Left Front rule in West Bengal was the longest-serving democratically elected communist-led government in the world. It emerged as the third largest party of the Parliament of India, parliament in 2004 Indian general election, 2004 national election. Presently, CPI(M) is a part of ruling alliances in two states - the Left Democratic Front, LDF in Kerala, which it lead ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Congress (Mani)
Kerala Congress (Mani) or KEC(M) is a state-level political party in the Indian state of Kerala, currently led by chairman Jose K. Mani. It was formed by K. M. Mani in 1979, after a split from the Kerala Congress. They are part of the LDF since October 2020. History Kerala Congress (M) was formed in 1979 after a split in Kerala Congress party. After a series of splits and mergers, Kerala Congress faction of P. J. Joseph merged with Kerala Congress(M). It split again when some leaders including Francis George, Dr. K. C. Joseph, Antony Raju and P. C. Joseph resigned from KEC(M) and formed the Janadhipathya Kerala Congress in 2016. KEC(M) quit the UDF in 2016 citing issues with in the UDF, and rejoined it in June 2018 after reconciliation. Split A power struggle erupted in the party after the death of Kerala Congress (M) chairman K. M. Mani. One faction was led by his son Jose K. Mani and another was led by senior leader P. J. Joseph. The Election Commission intervened and it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CNN-IBN
CNN News18 is an Indian English-language news television channel founded by Raghav Bahl based in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India. It is currently co-owned by Network18 Group and Warner Bros. Discovery. CNN provides international coverage for the channel, while Indian Broadcasting Network concentrates on Indian and local reports. In May 2014, Reliance Industries announced it would be taking over Network18 Group. The move was touted as "the biggest-ever deal in the Indian media space". Reliance Industries already had indirect control of the TV18 network by virtue of investments it made in Network18 starting from January 2012. History CNN International only reached the urban population in India. To reach the Indian masses Turner Broadcasting System together with an Indian company, Global Broadcast News (currently TV18 Broadcast Limited), launched the channel in India as CNN-IBN on 18 December 2005. The channel was completely run by TV18 Broadcast Limited, which only used the Cabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muvattupuzha (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Muvattupuzha was a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. Assembly segments Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments: #Kunnathunad #Piravom #Muvattupuzha #Kothamangalam #Kanjirappally #Poonjar #Palai Members of Parliament As Meenachil in Thiru-Kochi As Muvattupuzha Muvattupuzha Lok Sabha constituency is no longer in existence due to changes in constituencies made by election commission. Most parts have been merged to Kottayam, some to Idukki, Pathanamthitta and Chalakudy . See also * Muvattupuzha * List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha References External links * Election Commission of India The Election Commission of India (ECI) is a constitutional body established by Constitution of India, the Constitution of the Republic of India empowered to conduct free and fair elections in the Republic of India. It is headed by a Chief Ele ...: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/Elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in four phases between 20 April and 10 May 2004. Over 670 million people were eligible to vote, electing 543 members of the 14th Lok Sabha. Seven states also held assembly elections to elect state governments. They were the first elections fully carried out with electronic voting machines (EVMs). On 13 May the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the lead party of the National Democratic Alliance conceded a shocking mysterious defeat. The Indian National Congress, which had governed India for all but five years from independence until 1996, returned to power after a record six years out of office. It was unable to put a majority alone in 2004. It formed UPA, which had together a comfortable majority of more than 335 members out of 543 with the help of its allies. The 335 members included both the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance, the governing coalition formed after the election and external support from the Left Front, who threatened t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pala (State Assembly Constituency)
Pala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala. Local self-governed segments Pala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: Members of the Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Pala Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: *by-election Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election. 2021 There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. 2019 by-election Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. M. Mani in April 2019, Pal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 constituencies within the borders of Kerala and is referred to as Member of the Legislative Assembly (India), Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA). The present Kerala Legislative Assembly consists of 140 elected members. History In Kerala Day, 1956, the State of Kerala was formed on linguistic basis, merging Travancore, Kochi and Malabar District, Malabar regions, and the Kasaragod district, Kasaragod region of South Canara. The first 1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, assembly election in Kerala state was held in February–March 1957. The first ''Kerala Legislative Assembly'' was formed on 5 April 1957. The Assembly had 127 members including a nominated member. The current delimitation committee of 2010 reaffirmed the total ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Left Democratic Front
The Left Democratic Front (LDF) is an alliance of Left-wing politics, left-wing political parties led by Communist Party of India (Marxist) in the Indian state of Kerala. It is the current List of current Indian ruling and opposition parties, ruling political alliance of Kerala, since 2016. It is one of the two major political alliances in Kerala, the other being Indian National Congress-led United Democratic Front (Kerala), United Democratic Front, each of which has been in power alternately for the last four decades. LDF has won the elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, State Legislature of Kerala in the years 1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1980, 1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1987, 1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 1996, 2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2006, 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2016 and had a historic re-election in 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, 2021 where an incumbent government was re-ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly Election
The 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election was held in Kerala on 6 April 2021 to elect 140 members to the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly. The results were declared on 2 May. The election saw the incumbent Left Democratic Front (LDF) retaining power with 99 seats, 8 more than in the previous election, marking the first time that an alliance won consecutive terms in the state since its 1977 election. The United Democratic Front (UDF) won the remaining 41 seats, 6 less than in the previous election. The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) received a dip in vote share and lost their lone seat. Pinarayi Vijayan became the first Chief Minister of Kerala to be re-elected after completing a full, five-year term in office. Background Kerala has a unicameral house of legislation, Niyamasabha, consisting of 140 members elected from individual constituencies and one nominated member from the Anglo-Indian community. Members are elected for a period of five years, unless the assembl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in nine phases from 7 April to 12 May 2014 to elect the members of the 16th Lok Sabha. With 834 million registered voters, they were the largest-ever elections in the world until being surpassed by the 2019 election. Around 23.1 million or 2.71% of the total eligible voters were aged 18–19 years. A total of 8,251 candidates contested the 543 elected Lok Sabha seats. The average election turnout over all nine phases was around 66.40%, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections until 2019 election. The results were declared on 16 May, 15 days before the 15th Lok Sabha completed its constitutional mandate on 31 May 2014. The counting exercise was held at 989 counting centers. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) received 31% of the vote and won 282 seats, while its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a total of 336 seats. Although the Indian National Congress (INC) was defeated by a landslide, the BJP's vote share was the low ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
