The Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)] has announced its candidates for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections. The party is contesting in 15 seats.
CPI(M) State Secretary M.V. Govindan on Tuesday said incumbent MP A.M. Ariff will contest again from Alappuzha.
He said K. S. Hamsa, an Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) dissident contesting on the CPI(M) ticket from Ponnani, would get the hammer and sickle election symbol though he was yet to be a cardholding party member. He said CPI(M)-backed independent candidates contesting on non-party election symbols was a thing of the past.