Kazhakkoottam election results 2026: BJP's V Muraleedharan defeats CPI(M)'s Kadakampally Surendran by 428 votes

In kerala's Kazhakoottam, BJP's V Muraleedharan recieved 46,564 votes to defeat CPI(M)'s Kadakampally Surendran by 428 votes. Surendran got 46,136 votes.Kazhakkoottam Assembly constituency is a general seat in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, encompassing urban areas around Kazhakkoottam with IT parks, Technopark, residential colonies, and peri-urban growth shaping its politics. The current MLA is Kadakampally Surendran from CPI(M), elected in 2021 with 63,690 votes (46.04 per cent), defeating BJP's Shobha Surendran (40,193 votes, 29.06 per cent) by 23,497 votes, while INC's S.S. Lal got 32,995 votes (23.85 per cent) amid 69.63 per cent turnout. For the 2026 elections, the participating candidates are Kadakampally Surendran (CPI(M)), T. Sharath Chandra Prasad (INC), and V. Muraleedharan (BJP). Key issues include traffic congestion near IT hubs; poor public transport for tech workers; water scarcity despite urban expansion; youth unemployment amid IT job fluctuations; overburdened hospitals; waste management gaps; power outages during peak demand; rising land prices squeezing housing; inadequate drainage causing waterlogging; and environmental concerns from rapid urbanization challenging this LDF stronghold's tech-urban economy.