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In Kozhikode, Congress planning to break two-decade-old jinx in Assembly polls

January 20, 2026

Updated - January 20, 2026 08:28 pm IST - Kozhikode The Indian National Congress has a historical link with Calicut as the pre-Independence Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) and some of its tallest leaders were based in the city, which was part of then British Malabar. The Congress party today, however, has not had an MLA from Kozhikode district after 2006. The last time the Congress had its MLAs from here was in 2001.

In Kozhikode, Congress planning to break two-decade-old jinx in Assembly polls

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P.
Sankaran (Koyilandy) and A.
Sujanapal (Kozhikode 1) represented the party in the Assembly.
They also became Ministers in the Cabinets of A. K.
Antony and Oommen Chandy, respectively.

Kerala

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In Kozhikode, Congress planning to break two-decade-old jinx in Assembly polls

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In Kozhikode, Congress planning to break two-decade-old jinx in Assembly polls

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