Ranni Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Congress candidate Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu wins the seat
THE TIMES OF INDIA | May 04, 2026, 19:02:46 IST
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Ranni Assembly Election Results 2026 Live Updates: Congress candidate Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu wins the seat

Adv. Pramod Narayan (Kerala Congress (M)), Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu (Congress), Thomas K Samuel (Blesson) (Twenty 20 Party), and Sreehari K P (Independent) — 4 candidates contesting from Ranni 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. Ranni is a General constituency. In 2021, Adv. Pramod Narayan of the Kerala Congress (m) won by a margin of 1,285 votes. The 2021 turnout was 65.97%. the final result will show which candidate has secured the most votes in Ranni in 2026.
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Ranni Election Result 2026: Adv. Pramod Narayan leads with 512-vote margin
In the Ranni constituency of Kerala, KEC(M) candidate Adv. Pramod Narayan is currently leading with 2,900 votes, holding a margin of 512 over Congress candidate Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu, who has accumulated 2,388 votes so far. The seat is currently held by KEC(M)'s Adv. Pramod Narayan, who is contesting to retain it as counting continues.
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Ranni Election Result 2026: How Ranni's 1,285-vote 2021 margin reads in 2026
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Ranni Election Results: How Ranni's 2026 margin will compare with 2021
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Ranni Election Result: No star candidate leading in Ranni, Kerala
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Ranni Election Results: May 4 result compared with the 2021 election
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Ranni Election Result 2026: Twenty 20 Party's Thomas K Samuel leads in Ranni
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Ranni Elections 2026: Early leads in Ranni — what they really mean
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Ranni Election Results: The counting hall in Ranni — round by round
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Ranni Election Results: Polling done, counting begun — Ranni's result awaited
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Ranni Election Results 2026: Meet the candidates in the Ranni count
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Ranni Elections 2026: Counting progresses in Ranni
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Ranni Election Results: When counting ends in Ranni — reading the result
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Ranni Election Results: Kerala's Assembly count and Ranni's contribution
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Ranni Election Result 2026: What each round of counting will reveal in Ranni
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Ranni Assembly Election Results 2026: How is Adv. Pramod Narayan faring? Watching the Ranni count
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Ranni Election Result 2026: Ranni is a General constituency — what it means for counting day
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Ranni Election Results: Ranni awaits the count's verdict
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Ranni Election Results: Kerala's counting day and Ranni's place in it
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Ranni Election Results: How Ranni's 2026 winner will be officially confirmed
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Ranni Election Results 2026: Counting day focus: Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu of Congress
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Ranni Election Results: How Twenty 20 Party is positioned in Ranni
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Ranni Election Results: Round-by-round: decoding the count in Ranni
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Ranni Election Results: Kerala Congress (M) in the Ranni contest
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Ranni Election Result 2026: What Ranni's 2021 turnout tells us about May 4
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Ranni Assembly Election Results 2026: Votes are being tallied — what to watch as the count unfolds
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Ranni Election Results 2026: How the vote count is taking shape in Ranni
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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.
Ranni is a General constituency in Kerala. A turnout of 65.97% was recorded in the 2021 election. 4 candidates are contesting in 2026: Adv. Pramod Narayan (Kerala Congress (M)), Adv. Pazhakulam Madhu (Congress), Thomas K Samuel (Blesson) (Twenty 20 Party), and Sreehari K P (Independent). In the 2021 Assembly Election, Adv. Pramod Narayan of the Kerala Congress (m) won Ranni with a margin of 1,285 votes. The runner-up was Rinku Cherian of the Congress. round-by-round trends from Ranni will be closely tracked. 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.