Vamanapuram election results 2026: INC's Muhammed Sudheersha S defeats CPI(M)'s Muraleedharan Nair DK by 12,185 votes

In Kerala's Vamanapuram, INC's Muhammed Sudheersha S received 73,590 votes to defeat CPI(M)'s Muraleedharan Nair DK by 12,185 votes. Muraleedharan Nair DK got 61,405 votes.Vamanapuram Assembly constituency is a general seat in Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, encompassing rural panchayats around Vamanapuram village with paddy fields, rubber plantations, and hill agriculture shaping its politics. The current MLA is D.K. Murali from CPI(M), elected in 2021 with 73,137 votes (49.91 per cent), defeating INC's Anad Jayan (62,895 votes, 42.92 per cent) by 10,242 votes, while BDJS's Thazhava Sahadevan got 5,603 votes (3.82 per cent) amid 70.9 per cent turnout. For the 2026 elections, the participating candidates are D. K. Murali (CPI(M)), Muhammed Sudheersha S. (INC), and Venu (BDJS). Key issues include Vamanapuram River flooding damaging crops; poor rural road connectivity hindering farm exports; youth unemployment despite Gulf remittances; erratic water supply and sanitation gaps; overburdened PHCs; illegal sand mining polluting rivers; monsoon power outages; rising land prices squeezing small farmers; traffic near markets; and inadequate public transport challenging this LDF stronghold's rural economy.