Thiruvananthapuram Assembly Election Results 2026: Who won, margin, and other details
Thiruvananthapuram constituency, a key urban seat, grapples with traffic, water shortages, and unemployment. The incumbent Antony Raju of Janadhipathiya Kerala Congress won in 2021. For the 2026 elections, a list of candidates from various parties...

The seat is currently held by Antony Raju of the Janadhipathiya Kerala Congress (aligned with the LDF), who won the 2021 Assembly election with 48,748 votes (38.01%). He defeated Congress leader V.S. Sivakumar, who secured 41,659 votes (32.49%), by a margin of 7,089 votes. BJP’s G. Krishnakumar finished third with 34,996 votes (27.29%). The voter turnout stood at 61.92%.
Key concerns in the constituency include chronic traffic congestion on major roads, inadequate public transport, recurring summer water shortages, and rising unemployment among youth despite a growing service sector. Civic challenges such as overburdened hospitals, gaps in waste management, frequent power outages, escalating apartment prices, poor drainage leading to waterlogging, and environmental stress due to rapid urbanisation continue to dominate the political discourse in this LDF-held urban seat.
2026 Thiruvananthapuram Assembly Election: Candidate List
- Karamana Jayan — BJP
- Samin Sathyadas — AAAP
- Adv. Sen — BSP
- A. Saboora — SUCI(C)
- C. P. John — CMP
- Karthika Devi M — JRP
- Pradeep Kumar P — Independent
- Bindhu Menon L. R — Independent
- Manomohan — Independent
- Sudhir Karamana — Independent
- Suresh Kumar — Independent
- NOTA — None of the Above
Currently, counting is underway; results will be declared by the Election Commission soon.
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