1998 in Kerala

Events in the year 1998 in Kerala.

Incumbents
Governors of Kerala - Sukhdev Singh Kang

Chief minister of Kerala – E.K. Nayanar

Events

 * 28 February - Parliament elections for 12th Loksabha held in Kerala.
 * 3 March - United Democratic Front bagged 11 out of 20 seats in the Parliament elections.
 * 31 March - Peoples Democratic Party leader and Islamic fundamentalist Abdul Nazer Mahdani arrested from Kaloor in connection with 1998 Coimbatore bombings and Hate speech.
 * 17 May - Prime Minister of India inaugurates Kudumbashree at Malappuram district.
 * 22 May - President of India K. R. Narayanan inaugurates the new legislative assembly building Niyamasabha Mandiram of Kerala.
 * 30 July - An Indian Airlines Dornier aircraft crashed at Kochi during take-off and kills nine people which includes six passengers.
 * 14 November - Enathu Bridge inaugurated and opened for traffic by P. J. Joseph.
 * November - Former Central Reserve Police Force constable Ramachandran Nair confesses before media that deceased Naxalite Arikkad Varghese, was killed in an encounter killing in 1970.

Deaths

 * March 19 - E. M. S. Namboodiripad, former Chief Minister, 88.
 * September 9 - Chadayan Govindan, Communist leader, 69.