Election victories of Kerala MLAs challenged in High Court
Multiple election victories from the May 2026 Kerala Assembly polls are being challenged in the High Court over allegations of non-disclosure of assets, improper ballot handling, and criminal record omissions. The court is currently reviewing petitions against several BJP and other party candidates.
Why it matters
Concerns the integrity of the democratic process and legal accountability for elected officials.
The wins of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) State president and Nemom MLA Rajeev Chandrasekhar, BJP leader and Kazhakuttam MLA V. Muraleedharan, Manalur MLA C. Ravindranath, Guruvayur MLA N.K. Akbar, Kuttanad MLA Reji Cheriyan and Thrissur MLA Rajan J. Pallan in the May 2026 Assembly elections were challenged in the Kerala High Court on Friday.
Former Congress MLA K.S. Sabarinadhan, the UDF candidate in Nemom, alleged that Mr. Chandrashekhar had not disclosed his assets before the Election Commission. The petition was considered by the Single Bench of Justice A.A. Ziyadh Rahman. The Bench also considered the petition by former Kodungalloor MLA and Congress candidate from Manalur T.N. Prathapan, challenging the win of Mr. Ravindranath. The petition alleged that 207 of the 306 postal ballots were deliberately not attested, leading them to be rejected by the poll officers in Manalur.
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