<page_title> List of Chief Ministers of Kerala </page_title> <section_title> Chief Ministers of Kerala </section_title> <table> <cell> Pinarayi Vijayan MLA for Dharmadam Pinarayi Vijayan ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25 May 2016 – present (2 years, 340 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Fourteenth Assembly (2016–21) (2016 election) <col_header> Assembly (election) </col_header> </cell> <cell> Communist Party of India (Marxist) (Left Democratic Front) <col_header> Party (alliance) </col_header> </cell> </table>
Pinarayi Vijayan was selected by the CPI(M) as Chief Minister of Kerala in May 2016, following the 2016 Legislative Assembly election.