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The Times Of India |
May 04, 2026 , 18:30:38 IST
Kongad Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Congress candidate Thulasi Teacher wins the seat
Thulasi Teacher of the Indian National Congress won the Kongad constituency with 62,734 votes, defeating CPI(M) candidate Adv. K. Santhakumari by a margin of 3,706 votes. Santhakumari secured 59,028 votes. BJP candidate Dr. Renu Suresh finished third with 24,925 votes.Four candidates contested from Kongad in Kerala's 2026 Assembly Election: Guruvayoorappan P E (Bahujan Samaj Party), Thulasi Teacher (Congress), Dr. Renu Suresh (Bharatiya Janata Party), and Adv. K. Santhakumari (Communist Party of India (Marxist)). Votes cast across this constituency were counted, and early trends from each round were closely watched as the day unfolded.Kongad is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved constituency under the Palakkad Lok Sabha segment, with 181,172 voters on its electoral rolls. In 2021, Adv. K. Santhakumari of CPI(M) won by a margin of 27,219 votes. The 2016 winner was K.V. Vijayadas of CPI(M). The 2021 turnout was 76.45%.The constituency's result adds to Kerala's state-wide tally across its 140 Assembly segments.
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