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Kottarakkara Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: CPM's Balagopal wins by narrow margin

THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 04, 2026, 19:03:02 IST

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Kottarakkara Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: CPM's Balagopal wins by narrow margin

Adv.P. Aisha Potty (Congress), K.N. Balagopal (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Mamachan Daniel (Aam Aadmi Party), R. Resmi (Bharatiya Janata Party), Wilfred Zacharias (Bahujan Samaj Party), and Suresh. G (Equality Party of India) — 6 candidates contesting from Kottarakkara in Kerala's 2026 Assembly Election. Votes cast across this constituency are now being counted, and early trends from each round will be closely watched as the day unfolds. Kottarakkara is a General constituency. In 2021, K N Balagopal of the Communist Party Of India (marxist) won by a margin of 10,814 votes. The 2021 turnout was 72.23%. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Kottarakkara in 2026.

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Kottarakkara Election Results 2026: CPM's Balagopal leads by 629 votes

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Kottarakkara Election Result 2026: Voter participation in Kottarakkara — context for the count

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Disclaimer: This Data is provided by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) | MyNeta and sourced from election affidavits available in the public domain of the Election Commission of India.

Kottarakkara is a General constituency in Kerala. A turnout of 72.23% was recorded in the 2021 election. 6 candidates are contesting in 2026: Adv.P. Aisha Potty (Congress), K.N. Balagopal (Communist Party of India (Marxist)), Mamachan Daniel (Aam Aadmi Party), R. Resmi (Bharatiya Janata Party), Wilfred Zacharias (Bahujan Samaj Party), and Suresh. G (Equality Party of India). In the 2021 Assembly Election, K N Balagopal of the Communist Party Of India (marxist) won Kottarakkara with a margin of 10,814 votes. The runner-up was R. Resmi of the Congress. The constituency's result will add to Kerala's state-wide tally across its 140 Assembly segments. This Live Blog is AI-assisted using data from Pvalue.

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