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ELECTIONS AND VOTING BEHAVIOUR IN KERALA


FORMATION OF KERALA STATE



It was long cherished dream of Malayalees in the region to have a homeland based on their mother tongue. It was President’s rule in Travancore-Cochin, when the decision to re-organise the states on linguistic basis was taken by the Government of India. Some Tamil speaking taluks were separated from Travancore-Cochin and included in Madras State. Malabar and the Kasaragod taluk of South Canara were added on to Travancore-Cochin to constitute the new state of Kerala. The State of Kerala formally came into existence on November1st1956. Elections to The Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Kerala Legislative Assembly is the Supreme law making body of the state. In 1956 when the Kerala State was formed, it was under the presidential administration and there was no legislative assembly in the newly formed state. Following the general election the First Kerala Legislative assembly came into existence on 6th March 1957.The assembly is divided into the ruling party (Treasury bench) and the opposition party (opposition bench). The leader of the majority party would be the Chief Minister. The council of ministers headed by the Chief Minister is called the ministry or cabinet. The executive authority of the government is vested with them and they are responsible to the Assembly.The adoption of the Annual Budget and Finance bill is one of the primary responsibilities of the Assembly. It is the constitutional duty of the assembly to open a debate on the budget as soon as the Finance Minister presents it in the Assembly. It may accord its approval to the statement of income and expenditure for the concerned financial year and to the accompanying financial bill. The Assembly is also empowered to sanction supplementary grants whenever necessary. The Assembly is empowered to discuss any matter of importance to the State and adopt resolutions. It can vote for the election of the President of India and elect the Rajya Sabha members.