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Kerala Elections 2026: Rajeev Chandrasekhar Wins Nemom Seat In Tight Three-Way Contest

Sanjeev Kumar | May 4, 2026 7:23 PM CST

BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar has won Nemom Assembly seat after a closely fought contest. Nemom has been a key constituency for the BJP. His main rival, V. Sivankutty of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), secured 39,147 votes. Congress's K. S. Sabarinathan finished third with 23,099 votes.

Rajeev Chandrasekhar of the Bharatiya Janata Party has won the Nemom Assembly seat by a margin of about 3,800 votes, after a closely fought contest. Nemom has been a key constituency for the BJP, as it was the first seat from where the party had earlier entered the Kerala Assembly.

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His main rival, V. Sivankutty of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), secured 39,147 votes. K. S. Sabarinathan of the Indian National Congress finished third with 23,099 votes.

The contest in Nemom turned into a three-cornered fight between the NDA, LDF and UDF candidates. The constituency includes 23 wards under the Thiruvananthapuram Corporation. The BJP entered the race with confidence after performing strongly in these wards during the 2025 local body elections, where it had built a lead of over 6,000 votes.

With the state party president himself in the fray, the BJP maintained an early lead from the start of counting and held on to it till the final result.

BJP credits development pitch on Rajeev Chandrasekhar's early lead in Nemom

The Kerala unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party said the early lead of Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Nemom reflects public support for its “development-focused politics.”

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Earlier, in a post on X, the party claimed voters rejected both Left and Congress-led fronts and backed a “corruption-free” representative. It added that Nemom is expected to see faster development aligned with the Centre’s growth agenda under Narendra Modi.