Abdul Wahab, Brittas and Sivadasan elected to RS from Kerala By IANS | 2 Views Parliament. (File Photo: IANS). Image Source: IANS News Thiruvananthapuram, April 23 : The three candidates in the fray to the three Rajya Sabha seats that fell vacant from Kerala were declared elected by Assembly Secretary S.V. Unnikrishnan Nair on Friday. The three are Indian Union Muslim League leader P.V. Abdul Wahab who was renominated by his party, while the other two, backed by the ruling CPI-M, are new faces - John Brittas, the Managing Director of of the party-backed Kairali TV channel, and V. Sivadasan. The CPI-M nominees were handpicked by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.