Alathur election results 2026: TM Sasi of CPI(M) wins Alathur seat by over 8500 votes

TM Sasi of CPI(M) secures Alathur Assembly constituency in Kerala's Palakkad district with 8553 votes, beating INC KM Febin.Centered in Kerala's Palakkad district amid expansive paddy fields and coconut groves, the Alathur Assembly constituency occupies the 60th position among the state's 140 legislative seats, spearheading its namesake Lok Sabha (SC) region. This general seat summons over 210,000 voters from a rural heartland rich in Hindu-Ezhava farming communities, with turnouts consistently above 77 percent, encompassing Alathur grama panchayat and surrounding panchayats in north Kerala's verdant lowlands. It exemplifies CPI(M)'s unyielding LDF dominance, rooted in agricultural reforms against sporadic UDF challenges in this breadbasket terrain. In the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, CPI(M)'s K.D. Prasenan romped home with 74,653 votes at 55.15 percent, demolishing INC's Palayam Predeep's 40,535 votes (29.94per cent) by a massive 34,118-vote margin amid 77.54 percent turnout. The 2016 landslide saw Prasenan poll 71,206 votes (55.35per cent), crushing KEC(M)'s Adv. K. Kusalakumar's 35,146 votes (27.32per cent) by 36,060 votes from nearly 190,000 voters, perpetuating LDF's iron grip. Gearing for 2026, Alathur's decades-spanning CPI(M) legacy since the 1970s, except a 1991 INC blip, thrives on crop procurement, flood relief, and rural electrification drives.