Constituency
15. Mattannur
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2026
KL-MATTANNUR
CPM 48.0%won by 8.3%INC 39.6%
What changed here
DerivedCommunist Party of India (Marxist) held the seat; the winning margin narrowed from 39.3% to 8.3%.
- Won on a lower shareIts own vote share fell 14.0% — it held because the rest of the vote was more divided.
- New challengerIndian National Congress (INC) finished second with 39.6% — it did not contest here in 2021.
Written from the constituency figures by a fixed set of rules — no language model.
Electorate
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Turnout
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Valid votes
1,69,858
Margin
14,168
8.34%
Candidates
7 contested · winner CPM- 1V K SANOJCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM81,45648.0%
- 2CHANDRAN THILLANKERIIndian National Congress · INC67,28839.6%
- 3BIJU ELAKKUZHIBharatiya Janata Party · BJP17,81510.5%
- 4BASHEER PUNNADSDPOI · SDPOI2,1711.3%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA7710.5%
- 6SANOJ S/O KUNHIRAMAN KIndependent · IND2100.1%
- 7CHANDRAN THENGALATHIndependent · IND1470.1%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- CPM
- Winner now
- CPM
- CPM–INC swing
- −53.6%
- CPM share
- 62.0% → 48.0%
- INC share
- 0.0% → 39.6%
- Turnout
- 79.5% → —