

Kerala has come under President's rule for four years over seven terms, the last of them in 1982. Namboodiripad of the Communist Party of India, whose tenure was cut short by the imposition of President's rule. Since then, 12 people have served as the chief minister of Kerala. The Assembly had 127 members including a nominated member.


The first Kerala Legislative Assembly was formed on 5 April 1957. The first assembly election in Kerala state was held in February–March 1957. On 1 November 1956, the States Reorganisation Act redrew India's map along linguistic lines, and the present-day state of Kerala was born, consisting solely of Malayalam-speaking regions, by merging Cochin, Malabar, and Travancore regions, and the Kasaragod region of South Canara. The Malabar District and Kasaragod region of South Canara, which together constitute more than half of present state of Kerala, had their representatives in the Madras Legislative Assembly. On 1 July 1949 Travancore and Cochin were merged to form Travancore-Cochin state. įollowing India's independence from the British Raj in 1947, the states' monarchs of Travancore and Cochin instituted a measure of representative government, headed by a prime minister and his council of ministers. Given that he has the confidence of the assembly, the chief minister's term is for five years and is subject to no term limits. Following elections to the Kerala Legislative Assembly, the state's governor usually invites the party (or coalition) with a majority of seats to form the chief minister, whose council of ministers are collectively responsible to the assembly. De facto executive authority rests with the chief minister. The chief minister of Kerala is the chief executive of the Indian state of Kerala. Kerala Government Secretariat, ThiruvananthapuramĪt the pleasure of the governor of Kerala
