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Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data
Shibu Baby John

🗓 Polling: 2026-04-09📊 Counting: 2026-05-04🏛 140 seats
Polling: 9 April 2026Counting: 4 May 2026140 seats ·Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates Data

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election 2026 — Candidates DataCandidate profile

Contesting fromChavara·Kollam District

Shibu Baby
John

Shibu Baby John

Labour Minister in the Oommen Chandy government.

3
Elections listed
1
Won
Entered politics

Political affiliation

partyRevolutionary Socialist Party
state unitRSP Kerala (Baby John faction merged into RSP)
allianceUnited Democratic Front (UDF)
ideologySocialist, left-of-centre
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Electoral record

WL1W · 1L · 2011–2026
YearBodyConstituencyResultNotes
2011AssemblyChavara WonServed as MLA and Labour Minister.
2016AssemblyChavara Lost
2026AssemblyChavaraCandidate (election pending)

Political entry

RSP youth and student politics in Chavara, continuing his father Baby John’s legacy.

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Ministerial & key roles

Minister for Labour

2011–2016

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Organisational career

State

General Secretary

RSP (Baby John)

National

National Committee Member

RSP

State

State Secretary

RSP Kerala

Elected State Committee Secretary in 2023.

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Personal

date of birth1963-07-27
place of birthKollam, Kerala, India
nationalityIndian
professionBusinessman, politician and former minister
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Education

Schooling:

B.Tech.

Mechanical Engineering

Highest qualification: B.Tech. (Mechanical)

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Family

Father

Baby John

Mother

Annamma John

Marital status

Married

Spouse

Simi Shibu

Businesswoman and social worker

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Known for

Labour Minister in the Oommen Chandy government.Key RSP strategist and Baby John’s political heir in Chavara.
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Sources

Last compiled: 2026-04-02

  • Wikipedia and Niyamasabha profiles of Shibu Baby John
  • MyNeta affidavit for Chavara
  • BallotView Chavara 2026 listing

Data compiled from publicly available sources with the assistance of AI. View constituency list.