Thiruvananthapuram Vidhan Sabha — MLA & election results
MLA · 2026
C P John
Kerala Assembly Election 2026 — results
Winner
C P John
votes
45,586
Margin
9,863(8.2%)
Winner vs Runner-up
- 1C P John✓ WinnerCommunist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee45,58637.83%
- 2Sudhir KaramanaIND35,72329.65%
- 3Karamana JayanBJP35,12529.15%
- 4NOTA9090.75%
- 5Suresh KumarINDDeposit lost7690.64%
- 6Samin SathyadasAAPDeposit lost5560.46%
See all candidates (+6)−
- 7Pradeep Kumar PINDDeposit lost5060.42%
- 8Adv. SenBSPDeposit lost4630.38%
- 9ManomohanINDDeposit lost2370.2%
- 10A SabooraSocialist Unity Centre Of India (communist)Deposit lost2270.19%
- 11Karthika Devi MJanam Rashtriya PartyDeposit lost2100.17%
- 12Bindhu Menon L RINDDeposit lost1770.15%
Deposit lost: 8 of 11 candidates — those not elected who polled no more than one-sixth of the valid votes of all candidates, NOTA excluded (Representation of the People Act 1951, s.158).
Electors & turnout — Assembly election 2026
From the Election Commission of India's statistical report
- Electors
- 1,58,826
- Votes cast
- 1,20,648
- Turnout
- 75.96%
- Polling stations
- 230
incl. service voters
incl. 1,916 postal
Turnout of men and women
Women75.2%
61,924 of 82,332 voted on EVMs
Men74.3%
56,801 of 76,480 voted on EVMs
Third-gender electors: 14; 7 voted.
- Candidates11 (3 women)
- Lost deposit8
- NOTA909
- Valid votes1,19,579
Women candidates: A Saboora, Karthika Devi M, Bindhu Menon L R
Frequently asked questions
Who is the MLA of Thiruvananthapuram?
C P John (Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee) won Thiruvananthapuram in the Kerala Assembly Election 2026 with 45,586 votes.
What was the winning margin in Thiruvananthapuram?
C P John defeated Sudhir Karamana (IND) by 9,863 votes.
What was the turnout in Thiruvananthapuram in 2026?
75.96% — 1,20,648 of 1,58,826 electors voted (postal votes included). Women's turnout was 75.2%, men's 74.3%.
How many voters does Thiruvananthapuram have?
1,58,826 electors at the 2026 election — 76,480 men, 82,332 women, 14 third gender (service voters included), and 230 polling stations.
When is the next assembly election in Thiruvananthapuram?
The last general election was completed in May 2026. An assembly's term is five years, so the next general election is due in 2031; the Election Commission of India announces the dates.
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