Chathannoor election results 2026: BJP's BB Gopakumar defeats CPI's R Rajendran by 4.398 votes

In Kerala's Chathannoor, BB Gopakumar received 51,923 votes, defeating CPI's Adv. R. Rajendran by 4,398 votes. Rajendran got 47,525 votes.

Chathannoor Assembly constituency is a general seat in Kollam district, Kerala, encompassing Chathannoor town and rural panchayats with rubber plantations and coastal communities shaping its politics.

The current MLA is G.S. Jayalal from CPI, elected in 2021 with 59,296 votes (43.15 per cent), defeating BJP's B.B. Gopakumar (42,090 votes, 30.64 per cent) by 17,206 votes amid 74.46 per cent turnout.

For the 2026 elections, the participating candidates are R Rajendran (CPI), B B Gopakumar (BJP) and Sooraj Ravi (INC).

Key issues include Kallada 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 quarrying 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.
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