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Assembly constituency 132 · Kerala

Kazhakoottam is assembly constituency number 132 in Kerala, in Thiruvananthapuram district, and one of the segments of the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election V. Muraleedharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party won with 35.4% of the vote, 428 votes ahead of Kadakampally Surendran (CPI(M)).

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Kazhakoottam · 2026AC 132
  1. 01
    V. Muraleedharan
    BJP
    46,564
    35.39%
  2. 02
    Kadakampally Surendran
    CPI(M)
    46,136
    35.06%
  3. 03
    Advocate T. Sarathchandra Prasad
    INC
    37,183
    28.26%
  4. 04
    T. S. Rajan
    BSP
    298
    0.23%
  5. 05
    Deebika Karimanal
    DHRMP
    260
    0.20%
  6. 2 other candidates · 165 votesNOTA · 981 (0.75%)

Margin 428 votes · 0.33% of valid votes

1,64,917
Registered electors
2026 election
79.9%
Turnout
+8.6 pts vs 2021
428
Victory margin
0.3% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 7 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,31,587 valid votes, NOTA included.

Kazhakoottam 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1V. MuraleedharanMale · 67 yrsBJP46,564
35.39%
2Kadakampally SurendranMale · 73 yrsCPI(M)46,136
35.06%
3Advocate T. Sarathchandra PrasadMale · 68 yrsINC37,183
28.26%
—NOTANOTA981
0.75%
4T. S. RajanMale · 62 yrsBSP298
0.23%
5Deebika KarimanalFemale · 28 yrs · SCDHRMP260
0.20%
6K. SurendranMale · 70 yrsIndependent97
0.07%
7Sreekantan Nair V.Male · 56 yrsIndependent68
0.05%
Past results

The seat changed hands: CPI(M) won in 2021, BJP in 2026.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026BJP 35.4%CPI(M) 35.1%INC 28.3%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026V. MuraleedharanBJP · 35.4% · margin 428Turnout79.9%
2021Kadakampally SurendranCPI(M) · 46.0% · margin 23,497Turnout71.4%
2016Kadakampally SurendranCPI(M) · 37.4% · margin 7,347Turnout73.7%
2011Adv. M. A. VaheedINC · 46.4% · margin 2,196Turnout67.1%

General elections since the 2008 delimitation. Results from before the current boundaries are not compared.

Kazhakoottam result 2021

Kazhakoottam 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kadakampally SurendranCPI(M)63,690
46.04%
2Sobha SurendranBJP40,193
29.06%
3Dr. S. S. LalINC32,995
23.85%
—NOTANOTA668
0.48%
4KochumaniBSP377
0.27%
5V. Sasikumaran NairIndependent129
0.09%
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6LalumonIndependent112
0.08%
7SyamlalIndependent85
0.06%
8Adv. Sen A. G.Independent76
0.05%

Kazhakoottam result 2016

Kazhakoottam 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Kadakampally SurendranCPI(M)50,079
37.38%
2V.muraleedharanBJP42,732
31.90%
3M.a.vaheedINC38,602
28.82%
—NOTANOTA822
0.61%
4KochumaniBSP496
0.37%
5N.a.vahidIndependent412
0.31%
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6AneeshIndependent370
0.28%
7Surendran PillaiIndependent108
0.08%
8ManimekhalaIndependent84
0.06%
9SasikalaIndependent83
0.06%
10Murukan.aIndependent59
0.04%
11MuraleedharanIndependent58
0.04%
12Prasad.pIndependent54
0.04%

Kazhakoottam result 2011

Kazhakoottam 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1Adv. M. A. VaheedINC50,787
46.38%
2C AjayakumarCPI(M)48,591
44.38%
3Adv. PadmakumarBJP7,508
6.86%
4M WahidIndependent986
0.90%
5K Bhuvanendran ChettiarBSP678
0.62%
6M.A. JaleelSDPI418
0.38%
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7Sudarshanan SIndependent325
0.30%
8K AjithkumarIndependent205
0.19%
Map

Kazhakoottam outlined in orange among the other Kerala seats, coloured by the party that won each in 2026. Click any seat to open its page.

Other seats in Thiruvananthapuram district

Boundaries are approximate (DataMeet, from ECI polling-station maps) and are for orientation only.

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Lok Sabha 2024 in this segment

Kazhakoottam is one of the assembly segments of Thiruvananthapuram. These are the EVM votes counted in this segment for the leading Thiruvananthapuram candidates.

  • Rajeev ChandrasekharBJP50,444 40.2%
  • Shashi TharoorINC39,602 31.6%
  • Pannian RavindranCPI34,382 27.4%
  • Adv RajendranBSP317 0.3%
  • Adv Shine Lal M PIndependent117 0.1%

In the assembly election BJP won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, BJP led here by 10,842 EVM votes.

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FAQ

Answers use the official Election Commission of India results for Kazhakoottam.

Who won the Kazhakoottam assembly seat in 2026?

V. Muraleedharan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won Kazhakoottam in the 2026 Kerala assembly election with 46,564 votes, which was 35.39% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Kazhakoottam?

The margin was 428 votes (0.33% of valid votes). The runner-up was Kadakampally Surendran of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with 46,136 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Kazhakoottam in 2026?

Turnout was 79.93%: 1,31,814 of 1,64,917 registered electors voted, across 216 polling stations. That is 8.6 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Kazhakoottam part of?

Kazhakoottam is an assembly segment of the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Rajeev Chandrasekhar got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Kazhakoottam a reserved constituency?

No. Kazhakoottam is a general (unreserved) seat, so any eligible candidate can contest.

When is the next assembly election in Kazhakoottam?

The Kerala assembly elected in 2026 completes its five-year term in 2031, so the next general election is due by then unless the assembly is dissolved early. The Election Commission of India announces the exact schedule.

Source: Election Commission of India, statistical reports for the Kerala assembly elections of 2026 and 2021 and 2016 and 2011 (2026 report) — detailed results and constituency data summary. Lok Sabha figures: ECI 2024 report 34, assembly segment details. Vote share is of valid votes including NOTA. Party names as listed by ECI. Candidate names are shown as filed; spelling follows ECI.

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