Kannur Assembly constituency is a bastion of the United Democratic Front (UDF). In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections even though Congress candidate K. Sudhakaran lost the elections he had secured a lead of 8,057 votes over his nearest CPIM rival P.K. Sreemathy in the Kannur Assembly segment. The BJP is all set to improve its performance. The party had polled 10,480 in the last local body election, a significant rise from 4568 votes received by the party in 2011.
While General Secretary of the Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC), Satheeshan Pacheni, has been fielded by the Congress to contest the Kannur assembly seat in 2016 assembly election, Ramachandran Kadannappalli of Congress (S) is the nominee of the LDF.
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