List of Chief Ministers of Kerala (1957-2022): First CM of Kerala, Tenure – Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad was the first Chief Minister of Kerala from 5 April 1957 to 31 July 1959. Let’s highlight the list of all chief ministers of Kerala from 1957 to 2022. Pinarayi Vijayan was sworn in as the Chief Minister of Kerala for the 15th Assembly (2019-24) on May 20, 2021, we are giving below the list of all chief ministers of Kerala from 1957 to 2022.
List of Chief Ministers of Kerala (1957-2022): First CM of Kerala, Tenure
SL. No | Name of CM | Period | Party |
1. | Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad | 5 April 1957 to 31 July 1959 | Communist Party of India |
2. | Pattom Thanu Pillai | 22 February 1960 to 26 September 1962 | Praja Socialist Party |
3. | Raman Sankar | 26 September 1962 to 10 September 1964 | Indian National Congress |
4. | Elamkulam Manakkal Sankaran Namboodiripad | 6 March 1967 to 1 November 1969 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Saptakakshi Munnani) |
5. | Chelat Achutha Menon | 1 November 1969 to 3 August 19704 October 1970 to 25 March 1977 | Communist Party of India |
6. | Kannoth Karunakaran | 25 March 1977 to 26 April 1977 | Indian National Congress |
7. | Arackaparambil Kurien Antony | 27 April 1977 to 28 October 1978 | Indian National Congress |
8. | Padayatt Kesavapillai Vasudevan Nair | 29 October 1978 to 11 October 1979 | Communist Party of India(United Front) |
9. | Cheriyan Kandi Muhammad Koya | 12 October 1979 to 4 December 1979 | Indian Union Muslim League(United Front) |
10. | Erambala Krishnan Nayanar | 25 January 1980 to 20 October 1981 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Left Democratic Front) |
11. | Kannoth Karunakaran | 28 December 1981 to 17 March 198224 May 1982 to 25 March 1987 | Indian National Congress (I)(United Democratic Front) |
12. | Erambala Krishnan Nayanar | 26 March 1987 to 23 June 1991 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Left Democratic Front) |
13. | Kannoth Karunakaran | 24 June 1991 to 21 March 1995 | Indian National Congress(United Democratic Front) |
14. | Arackaparambil Kurien Antony | 22 March 1995 to 19 May 1996 | Indian National Congress(United Democratic Front) |
15. | Erambala Krishnan Nayanar | 20 May 1996 to 16 May 2001 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Left Democratic Front) |
16. | Arackaparambil Kurien Antony | 17 May 2001 to 30 August 2004 | Indian National Congress(United Democratic Front) |
17. | Oommen Chandy | 31 August 2004 to 17 May 2006 | Indian National Congress(United Democratic Front) |
18. | Velikkakathu Sankaran Achuthanandan | 18 May 2006 to 17 May 2011 | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Left Democratic Front) |
19. | Oommen Chandy | 18 May 2011 to 24 May 2016 | Indian National Congress(United Democratic Front) |
20. | Pinarayi Vijayan | 25 May 2016 to 19 May 2021 20 May 2021 to Incumbent | Communist Party of India (Marxist)(Left Democratic Front) |
- In 1947, after India’s independence from the British Raj, the kings of the states of Travancore and Cochin established a representative government headed by a Prime Minister and his Council of Ministers.
- On July 1, 1949, Travancore and Cochin were merged to form the State of Travancore-Cochin.
- Malabar district of South Canara and the Kasargod region, which constitute more than half of the present-day State of Kerala, were his representatives in the Madras Legislative Assembly.
- On November 1, 1956, with the implementation of the States Reorganisation Act, the present-day Kerala was created by merging the Cochin, Malabar and Travancore regions and the Kasargod region of South Canara.
- Since then, the state has been ruled by twelve Chief Ministers.
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