Constituency
97. Kottayam
Community mirrorKerala · Kerala Assembly Election, 2026
KL-KOTTAYAM
INC 60.6%won by 31.6%CPM 28.9%
What changed here
DerivedIndian National Congress held the seat; the winning margin widened from 15.4% to 31.6%.
- Safe seatIndian National Congress won by more than 25 points — a stronghold, not a contest.
- Multi-cornered3 candidates cleared 5% — a genuinely multi-cornered fight.
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
1,13,747
Margin
35,986
31.64%
Candidates
7 contested · winner INC- 1THIRUVANCHOOR RADHAKRISHNANIndian National Congress · INC68,89360.6%
- 2ADV.K. ANILKUMARCommunist Party of India (Marxist) · CPM32,90728.9%
- 3P ANILKUMARBDJS · BDJS9,7268.6%
- 4DR .CELINE PHILIPAam Aadmi Party · AAP1,2021.1%
- 5NOTANOTA · NOTA7110.6%
- 6RALESH CHANDRANSUCOI · SUCOI1710.2%
- 7SHAIJU KURIANIndependent · IND1370.1%
Since 2021
Derived- Winner then
- INC
- Winner now
- INC
- INC–CPM swing
- +16.2%
- INC share
- 53.7% → 60.6%
- CPM share
- 38.3% → 28.9%
- Turnout
- 72.6% → —