Kunnathur Election Results 2026: RSP’s Ullas Kovur defeats RSP (Leninist-Marxist)’s Kovoor Kunjumon by 25,314 votes

In Kerala’s Kunnathur, RSP’s Ullas Kovur emerged as the winner, defeating RSP (Leninist-Marxist)’s Kovoor Kunjumon by 25,314 votes. Ullas Kovur received 81,488 votes, while Kovoor Kunjumon secured 56,174 votes. The constituency is a Scheduled Caste (SC) reserved seat and includes panchayats such as East Kallada, Munroe Island, Kunnathur, Mynagappally, Poruvazhy, Sasthamcotta, Sooranad North, Sooranad South, West Kallada, and Pavithreswaram. The region is characterised by canal networks, wetlands, and paddy fields that shape its agrarian-based political landscape.In the 2021 assembly elections, Kovoor Kunjumon (RSP-L, LDF) won the seat with 69,436 votes, accounting for 43.13 per cent of the vote share. He defeated RSP candidate Ullas Kovoor, who secured 66,646 votes (41.40 per cent), with a narrow margin of 2,790 votes. BJP candidate Raji Prasad polled 21,760 votes, while total valid votes stood at 160,062.Kunnathur has remained a closely contested constituency, with relatively narrow victory margins reflecting its competitive political nature. The region continues to face several developmental and livelihood challenges.Key issues include canal flooding that damages paddy cultivation, poor rural road connectivity affecting transport of agricultural produce, and youth unemployment despite overseas remittances. Residents also face erratic water supply, sanitation gaps, and overburdened primary health centres lacking advanced care.Other concerns include illegal sand mining polluting waterways, monsoon-related power outages, rising land prices impacting small farmers, traffic congestion near markets, and inadequate public transport facilities.