<page_title> List of Chief Ministers of Kerala </page_title> <section_title> Chief Ministers of Kerala </section_title> <table> <cell> K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala First K. Karunakaran ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 25 March – 25 April 1977 (31 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala Second K. Karunakaran ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 28 December 1981 – 17 March 1982 (79 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala Third K. Karunakaran ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 24 May 1982 – 25 March 1987 (4 years, 305 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> <cell> K. Karunakaran MLA for Mala Fourth K. Karunakaran ministry <col_header> Name Constituency Ministry </col_header> </cell> <cell> 24 June 1991 – 16 March 1995 (3 years, 265 days; total 8 years, 315 days) <col_header> Term (tenure length) </col_header> </cell> </table>
K. Karunakaran served as the Chief Minister of Kerala four times: for a brief period from March 1977 to April 1977, another short term from December 1981 to March 1982, followed by a brief period of president's rule from May 1982 to March 1987, and from June to March 1995.