IUML is the first party in Kerala to release a list of candidates.
Party President Panakkad Hyderali Shihab Thangal released the list of 20 candidates at a press conference here.
All five ministers of IUML in the present ministry--P K Kunhalikutty, M K Muneer, P K Abdu Rabb, V K Ebrahim Kunju and Manjalamkuzhi Ali--found a place in the list.
However, four sitting MLAs--M P Abdussamad Samadani, K N A Khader, C Moyinkutty and K Muhammedunni Haji -- are not contesting this time.