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Assembly constituency 18 · Kerala · ST

Sulthanbathery is assembly constituency number 18 in Kerala, in Wayanad district, and one of the segments of the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat. In the 2026 election I C Balakrishnan of the Indian National Congress won with 44.6% of the vote, 16,597 votes ahead of M S Viswanathan (CPI(M)).

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Sulthanbathery · 2026AC 18
  1. 01
    I C Balakrishnan
    INC
    78,936
    44.61%
  2. 02
    M S Viswanathan
    CPI(M)
    62,339
    35.23%
  3. 03
    Kavitha A S
    BJP
    31,308
    17.69%
  4. 04
    Prakrithi N V
    AAP
    1,781
    1.01%
  5. 05
    Benadict
    BSP
    447
    0.25%
  6. 3 other candidates · 685 votesNOTA · 1,442 (0.81%)

Margin 16,597 votes · 9.38% of valid votes

2,25,780
Registered electors
2026 election
78.5%
Turnout
+2.5 pts vs 2021
16,597
Victory margin
9.4% of valid votes
Apr 2026 · candidate-wise result

All 8 candidates, ranked by votes. Vote share is of the 1,76,938 valid votes, NOTA included.

Sulthanbathery 2026 assembly election result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1I C BalakrishnanMale · 50 yrs · STINC78,936
44.61%
2M S ViswanathanMale · 54 yrs · STCPI(M)62,339
35.23%
3Kavitha A SFemale · 48 yrs · STBJP31,308
17.69%
4Prakrithi N VThird gender · 26 yrs · STAAP1,781
1.01%
—NOTANOTA1,442
0.81%
5BenadictMale · 59 yrs · STBSP447
0.25%
6V.a RamesanMale · 47 yrs · STSUCI275
0.16%
7Balakrishnan EdakkalMale · 58 yrs · STIndependent212
0.12%
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8Rajesh R MMale · 39 yrs · STIndependent198
0.11%
Past results

INC held the seat: it also won in 2021.

0%10%20%30%40%50%2011201620212026INC 44.6%CPI(M) 35.2%BJP 17.7%
Vote share, % of valid votes. Hover or focus a year for exact values.
2026I C BalakrishnanINC · 44.6% · margin 16,597Turnout78.5%
2021I.c BalakrishnanINC · 48.4% · margin 11,822Turnout76.0%
2016I C BalakrishnanINC · 44.0% · margin 11,198Turnout78.8%
2011I.c BalakrishnanINC · 49.1% · margin 7,583Turnout73.3%

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

Sulthanbathery result 2021

Sulthanbathery 2021 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1I.c BalakrishnanINC81,077
48.42%
2M.s ViswanathanCPI(M)69,255
41.36%
3C.k JanuBJP15,198
9.08%
—NOTANOTA1,160
0.69%
4Ondan PaniyanIndependent742
0.44%

Sulthanbathery result 2016

Sulthanbathery 2016 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1I C BalakrishnanINC75,747
44.04%
2Rugmini SubrahmanianCPI(M)64,549
37.53%
3C K JanuIndependent27,920
16.23%
—NOTANOTA1,261
0.73%
4Mukundan CheengeriBSP791
0.46%
5MadhaviCPI(M)609
0.35%
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6K K VasuSP478
0.28%
7Balakrishnan EdakkalIndependent387
0.22%
8T R SreedharanSUCI262
0.15%

Sulthanbathery result 2011

Sulthanbathery 2011 result
#CandidatePartyVotesVote share
1I.c BalakrishnanINC71,509
49.14%
2E.a .sankaranCPI(M)63,926
43.93%
3Palliyara RamanBJP8,829
6.07%
4Mukundan CheengeriBSP1,248
0.86%
Map

Sulthanbathery 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 Wayanad 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

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

  • Rahul GandhiINC84,439 52.1%
  • Annie RajaCPI40,458 25.0%
  • K SurendranBJP35,709 22.0%
  • P.r KrishnankuttyBSP400 0.2%
  • Sathyan K.pIndependent198 0.1%

In the assembly election INC won this seat. In the Lok Sabha vote, INC led here by 43,981 EVM votes.

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FAQ

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

Who won the Sulthanbathery assembly seat in 2026?

I C Balakrishnan of the Indian National Congress (INC) won Sulthanbathery in the 2026 Kerala assembly election with 78,936 votes, which was 44.61% of the valid votes polled.

What was the victory margin in Sulthanbathery?

The margin was 16,597 votes (9.38% of valid votes). The runner-up was M S Viswanathan of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) with 62,339 votes.

What was the voter turnout in Sulthanbathery in 2026?

Turnout was 78.45%: 1,77,120 of 2,25,780 registered electors voted, across 251 polling stations. That is 2.5 points higher than in 2021.

Which Lok Sabha constituency is Sulthanbathery part of?

Sulthanbathery is an assembly segment of the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala. In the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Rahul Gandhi got the most EVM votes in this segment.

Is Sulthanbathery a reserved constituency?

Yes. Sulthanbathery is reserved for scheduled tribes (st), so only candidates from that community can contest, while all registered voters in the seat can vote.

When is the next assembly election in Sulthanbathery?

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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