Aruvikkara election results 2026: CPI(M)'s G Stephen defeats INC's VS Sivakumar by 2,843 votes

In Kerala's Aruvikkara, CPI(M)'s G Stephen received 61,907 votes to defeat INC's VS Sivakumar by 2,843 votes. Sivakumar got 59,064 votes.Aruvikkara Assembly constituency is a general seat in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, encompassing rural panchayats around Aruvikkara with rubber plantations, paddy fields, and forested hills shaping its politics. The current MLA is G. Stephen from CPI(M), elected in 2021 with 66,776 votes (45.83per cent), defeating INC's K.S. Sabarinadhan (61,730 votes, 42.37per cent) by 5,046 votes, while BJP's C. Sivankutty got 15,379 votes (10.55per cent). Key issues include Vamanapuram River flooding damaging crops; poor rural road connectivity hindering farm exports; youth unemployment despite Gulf remittances; erratic water supply and sanitation gaps; overburdened PHCs; illegal sand mining polluting rivers; monsoon power outages; rising land prices squeezing small farmers; traffic near markets; and inadequate public transport challenging this LDF stronghold's rural economy.