Ettumanoor Election Result 2026: Congress Outpaces CPI(M) with Solid Margin

Nattakom Suresh secures a strong victory in Ettumanoor, polling over 64,000 votes and defeating CPI(M)’s V.N. Vasavan by a margin of nearly 20,000 votes, marking a clear mandate for Congress.


Ettumanoor Assembly constituency, numbered 96, is located in Kottayam district of Kerala and falls under the Kottayam parliamentary constituency.

Established in 1957 and redrawn in the 2008 delimitation, it encompasses Ettumanoor town, panchayats like Athirampuzha, Changanacherry, and nearby areas in Meenachil taluk, with around 170,000 electors. This general seat revolves around rubber-paddy farming, the iconic Ettumanoor Mahadeva Temple drawing millions for festivals, Syrian Christian communities, small businesses, and semi-urban growth, blending spirituality with agrarian prosperity near Kumarakom backwaters.

Indian National Congress (INC) of the UDF reclaimed dominance in 2021 with Suresh Kurup as current MLA. He secured 72,649 votes (47.82per cent), defeating CPI(M)'s Saji Manjakadambil (64,567 votes) by 8,082 votes (5.32per cent) at 76.45per cent turnout—reversing LDF's 2016 hold under Manjakadambil (10,362 margin). INC has won 8 of 15 elections, leveraging temple-town appeal against LDF labor bases and BJP's 12-15per cent surge.

Key issues include rubber price slumps hurting farmers, monsoon flooding in lowlands, traffic chaos during temple festivals, youth unemployment driving migration, water-electricity shortages, rural healthcare gaps, demands for road widening, school upgrades, and backwater tourism boosts. These faith-agriculture tensions fuel intense UDF-LDF rivalries in this vibrant central Kerala hub.
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