Chittur election results 2026: INC candidate Sumesh Achuthan wins Chittur seat by over 6500 votes

Sumesh Achuthan of INC secures Chittur with 6510 votes, beating ISJD V Murugadas. Situated in Kerala's Palakkad district amid fertile agrarian plains, the Chittur Assembly constituency ranks 58th among the state's 140 legislative seats, anchoring the Alathur Lok Sabha (SC) region. This general seat mobilizes over 186,000 voters from a rural-heavy populace with notable SC (15per cent) and ST (2per cent) shares, delivering turnouts exceeding 79per cent, and spans Chittur town alongside grama panchayats in north Kerala's productive lowlands. It highlights JD(S)'s ironclad hold as an LDF partner, capitalizing on farming communities against UDF and BJP challengers. In the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, JD(S)'s K. Krishnankutty crushed INC's Sumesh Achuthan with 84,672 votes at 55.38per cent, securing a whopping 33,878-vote margin over 50,794 votes (33.22per cent) amid 79.03per cent turnout. The 2016 rout saw Krishnankutty poll 69,270 votes (44.90per cent), demolishing INC's K. Achuthan's 61,985 votes (40.18per cent) by 68,828 votes from nearly 173,000 voters, amplifying JD(S)'s sequential landslides. Nearing 2026, Chittur's JD(S) supremacy since the 1980s, except UDF blips, thrives on irrigation perks, crop subsidies, and LDF welfare nets. As INC eyes minority consolidation and BJP courts Hindu voters, agrarian distress and rural jobs will define the duel, establishing this LDF powerhouse as Alathur's electoral fulcrum.