Both the CPIM led LDF and Congress led UDF are equally poised to win the Kayamkulam Assembly constituency in the 2016 assembly polls to the Kerala state assembly. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, CPIM candidate C.B. Chandrababu from Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency had secured a lead over his nearest rival K.C. Venugopal of Congress by 3,286 votes in this Assembly segment. The BJP which had polled just 3,083 votes in 2011, had doubled its tally in the 2014 Lok Sabha election is all set to improve its performance. Prathibha Hari is the candidate for the LDF in place of its sitting MLA.
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