page_title: List of Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidates in the 2014 Indian general election
section_title: Kerala
hierarchical_section_title: List of Communist Party of India (Marxist) candidates in the 2014 Indian general election / States / Kerala
caption_attribution_description: English: A.Vijayaraghavan, former Loksabha and Rajyasabha member from Kerala
context_page_description: In the 9 March 2013 issue of People's Democracy, the central organ of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), lists of candidates of the Left Fronts of West Bengal and Tripura for the 2014 Indian general election were announced. In Tripura both Left Front nominees were CPI leaders. In West Bengal, 32 out of the 42 Left Front candidates came from CPI. The newspaper also issued a 'first list' of 25 candidates of the party in other states. The list was finalised at a meeting of the Central Committee of the party in Delhi. The meeting also tasked the Politburo of the party to finalise the election manifesto of the party, to be released at a later date.
  The 15 candidates of the party in Kerala, where it forms part of the Left Democratic Front, were decided at a CPI state committee meeting held on 12 March 2014.
  On 19 March 2014 the party released its third list of candidates, with names of candidates in Tamil Nadu, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Rajasthan. On 3 April 2014 the party published its fourth list of candidates, with names of candidates in Bihar, Punjab and Maharashtra. On 12 April 2014 three candidates in Andhra Pradesh were named.
context_section_description: In Kerala CPI(M) contests elections as a constituent of the Left Democratic Front. In the list of the 15 CPI(M) candidates in Kerala released in mid-March were four incumbent Lok Sabha members and five independents. The CPI(M)-backed independents included the actor Innocent, former All India Congress Committee member Peelipose Thomas, the church-backed High Range Protection Committee leader Joice George and former Gujarat cadre IAS officer Christy Fernandez and V. Abdurahman.
  The Kollam seat was allocated to former state minister and senior CPI(M) leader M.A. Baby, after the Revolutionary Socialist Party deserted the LDF and joined the United Democratic Front.
caption: A. Vijayaraghavan, CPI(M) candidate in Kozhikode
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