Kollam Lok Sabha Constituency has the distinction of being the only constituency in Kerala where none of the candidates for current elections have criminal antecedents.

This is when as many as 13 of the 20 constituencies have all candidates belonging major fronts (UDF, LDF and NDA) having criminal antecedents, as per data published by the Election Commission of India. The crimes they are accused can vary from serious offences to those resulting from participation in various agitations.

In Alathur constituency, only one candidate (Ramya Haridas, INC) has a criminal antecedent. Kozhikode, Ponnani, Chalakkudy, and Kasaragod constituencies have two candidates each with criminal antecedent.

Candidates of major political parties with no criminal antecedent include K. Radhakrishnan (CPI-M, Alathur), Prof. C. Raveendranath (CPI, Chalakkudy) M. V. Balakrishnan (CPI-M, Kasaragod ) and M. T. Ramesh (BJP, Kozhikode).

In Kollam constituency, N. K. Premachandran (RSP) and actors M. Mukesh (CPI-M) and G. Krishnakumar (BJP) are the main contestants. There are also nine other candidates, of whom five belong to registered political parties while the others are independents.

Prominent leaders with criminal antecedents reported to the Commission include Rajiv Gandhi, Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, K. C. Venugopal, Dr. Thomas Isaac, K. K. Shylaja, K. Sudhakaran, M. V. Jayarajan, K. Muraleedharan, Benny Behnan, Dr. M. P. Abdussamad Samadani and Annie Raja. Suresh Gopi and Anil K. Antony too have criminal cases against them.

Details are available at the Website of the Election Commission of India and through its application KYC-ECI which also give other information to enable voters to know the candidates.

Constituencywise List of Candidates

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