[2] The Council was allowed to introduce bills, elicit information from the Government, move resolutions and discuss and vote on the budgetary demands.
[5] This election also saw V.J Mathai become the first Indian to defeat a European for a seat in any legislative body across British India.
In the elections of 1945, the Cochin Rajya Prajamandalam, a party formed in 1941 emerged as the largest bloc in the Council but it did not lay claim to the ministership.
The four member ministry that assumed office on 9 September 1946 consisted of Panampilli Govinda Menon, C. R. Iyyunni, Sahodaran K. Ayyappan and T. K.
On 14 August 1947, the Maharaja of Cochin granted powers of a fully responsible government to the Legislative Council.
Nair used the police to put down labour struggles and popular agitations, Menon, Iyyunni and Ayyappan resigned from the Cabinet.
Govinda Menon was succeeded as prime minister by T. K. Nair and his government held office till 20 September 1948.
Ouseph were the colleagues of Warrier in this ministry which remained in office from 20 September 1948 till the integration of Travancore and Cochin on 1 July 1949.
[11] The Travancore-Cochin state had a nine-member ministry was that included the four ministers of Cochin and was headed by T. K. Narayana Pillai.