Ministers Kodiyeri Balakrishnan, Thomas Isaac, M A Baby, Elamaram Karim, G Sudhakaran, A K Balan, P K Gurudasan and S Sharma will contest from their sitting seats.
The 91-member list of CPM candidates, including seven independents, was released by party secretary Pinarayi Vijayan here on Friday. Three ministers in the present cabinet have not been given ticket while outgoing Speaker K Radhakrishnan has also been renominated from Chelakkara in Thrissur.
The dropped ministers are PWD Minister M Vijayakumar, Health Minister P K Sreemathi and Local Administration Minister Paloli Muhammedkutty. Party Central Committee member E P Jayarajan will contest from Mattannur.
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