Palakkad election results 2026: Ramesh Pisharody wins against Sobha Surendran by a margin of 13147 votes

Congress Ramesh Pisharody emerged as the winner with 62,199 votes in the 2026 Palakkad assembly elections. By a margin of 13,147 votes, he defeated Sobha Surendran (BJP).Dominating the heart of Kerala's Palakkad district as its eponymous urban hub, the Palakkad Assembly constituency ranks 56th among the state's 140 legislative seats, central to the Palakkad Lok Sabha region. This general seat energizes nearly 190,000 voters from a cosmopolitan Hindu-majority mix with urban professionals and traders, boasting turnouts around 75per cent, spanning Palakkad municipality and peri-urban areas in north Kerala's strategic gap country. It symbolizes INC's gritty hold within UDF against BJP's aggressive thrusts and LDF's leftist anchors. In the 2024 bypoll triggered by Shafi Parambil's resignation, INC's Rahul Mamkootathil romped home with 58,389 votes at 42.27per cent, thumping BJP's C. Krishnakumar's 39,549 votes (28.63per cent) by a commanding 18,840-vote margin. The 2021 showdown had witnessed INC's Shafi Parambil edge BJP's E. Sreedharan 54,079 to 50,220 votes (38.06per cent vs 35.34per cent) by just 3,859 votes, while 2016 saw Parambil's 57,559 votes (41.77per cent) bury Sobha Surendran's 40,076 (29.08per cent) by 17,483, chronicling BJP's meteoric rise in this swing hotspot. Towards 2026, Palakkad's seesawing fortunes since INC's 2011 recapture, propelled by developmental planks and minority consolidation, pit UDF against BJP's saffron wave and CPI(M) revivals. Infrastructure like rail gaps and trade hubs will ignite the clash, crowning this urban crucible as Kerala's north political bellwether.