Kerala Congress

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Kerala Congress
Abbreviation	KC
Chairman	P. J. Joseph[1]
Lok Sabha Leader	K. Francis George
Founder	K. M. George R. Balakrishna Pillai Mathachan Kuruvinakunnel
Founded	9 October 1964; 59 years ago (1964-10-09)[2]
Headquarters	State Committee Office, Near Star Theatre junction, Kottayam, Kerala
Student wing	Kerala Students Congress
Youth wing	Kerala Youth Front
Women's wing	Kerala Vanitha Congress
Labour wing	Kerala Trade Union Congress
Ideology	Welfarism
Colours	White and red web
ECI Status	State Party
Alliance	United Democratic Front (UDF)(1964-1989), (2010-Present) Left Democratic Front (Kerala)(1989-2010)
Seats in Lok Sabha	1 / 543
Seats in Rajya Sabha	0 / 245
Seats in Kerala Legislative Assembly	2 / 140
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Kerala Congress is an Indian political party founded in Kottayam, Kerala in October 1964, by a block of former Indian National Congress leaders led by K. M. George.^[3][4][5] The party is primarily active in central Kerala.^[4][6] Initially its main support came from the Syrian Christians of central Kerala and the Nair community of southern Kerala. ^[7]

The establishment of the Kerala Congress could be traced to the resignation and later death of P. T. Chacko, the Home Minister in the R. Sankar-led Congress ministry (1962–64).^[4][5] Fifteen rebel Congress Members of the Legislative Assembly subsequently supported a successful no confidence motion on the Sankar ministry.^[4] K. M. George and R. Balakrishna Pillai, backed by the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church and the Nair Service Society leader Mannathu Padmanabhan, formed the "Kerala Congress" at Kottayam on 9 October 1964.^[3][4][5]