THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: CPM state committee has take a final decision regarding their candidates for 15 Lok Sabha constituencies. Central Committee member P K Sreemathy (Kannur), state secretariat members P Rajeev (Ernakulam) and K N Balagopal (Kollam), Kannur district secretary P Jayarajan (Vadakara) and Kottayam district secretary V N Vasavan (Kottayam) will contest in the elections.

Party has instructed Ponnani loksabha constituency committee to suggest a candidate for the elections after holding further discussions. State secretariat will take a decision on Friday. The candidate list will be released with permission from polit bureau on Saturday. There are only two women in the list, P K Sreemathy (Kannur) and Veena George (Pathanamthitta).

There are six sitting MPs and three MLAs in the list. Sreemathy (Kannur), A Sampath (Attingal), P K Biju (Alathur), M B Rajesh (Palakkad), Innocent (Chalakkudi) and Joyce George (Idukki) are the sitting MPs. A Pradeep Kumar (Kozhikode), A M Arif (Alappuzha) and Veena George (Pathanamthitta) are the sitting MLAs.

Former MLA K P Satheesh Chandran will contest in Kasargod. SFI national president V P Sanu will contest in Malappuram. He is the youngest candidate.
Though there was a serious resentment among party workers in Chalakkudi against the candidature of Innocent, they were not able to find an alternate candidate. Nilambur MLA P V Anvar's name was suggested for Ponnani, however, it was later deduced that it was impossible to find a candidate for the by-elections if Anvar wins in the lok sabha constituency.