Nenmara election results 2026: CPI(M) K Preman wins Nenmara seat by over 3300 votes

K Preman of CPI(M) secures Nenmara in Kerala's Palakkad district with 3305 votes, beating INC A Thankappan.Perched in Kerala's Palakkad district amid the Parambikulam Tiger Reserve foothills, the Nenmara Assembly constituency claims the 59th rank among the state's 140 legislative seats, strengthening the Alathur Lok Sabha (SC) landscape. This general seat activates over 190,000 voters from a rural tapestry blending Hindu tribals, Ezhavas, and Nairs, with turnouts nearing 79 percent, encompassing Nenmara grama panchayat and nearby hill panchayats like Puthunagaram and Pallassana in north Kerala's plantation-rubber belt. It solidifies CPI(M)'s LDF dominance, leveraging eco-tourism and agrarian roots against UDF and BJP advances. In the 2021 Kerala Assembly elections, CPI(M)'s K. Babu dominated with 80,145 votes at 52.89percent, overwhelming CMP's C.N. Vijayakrishnan's 51,441 votes (33.95per cent) by 28,704 votes amid high participation. The 2016 contest saw K. Babu secure victory with around 65,000 votes (roughly 43per cent), defeating INC challengers by over 7,000 votes from nearly 175,000 voters, extending LDF's consistent reign in this verdant terrain. As 2026 approaches, Nenmara's CPI(M) stronghold since 2016, propelled by forest rights, wildlife tourism, and rubber farmer aid, confronts UDF minority outreach and BJP's tribal Hindu plays. Water conservation and hill development will spark debates, etching this LDF bastion into Alathur's electoral saga.