Congress has won eight out of the 14 Assembly elections to Aranmula seat. BJP, on the other hand has been increasing its vote share with the passage of time. From 7,438 in 2011, the party polled 18,531 votes from the constituency in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. The party won 23,948 votes from the constituency limits in the 2015 local body elections. The BJP has nominated its Kerala general secretary M.T. Ramesh to contest the seat in 2016 assembly elections.
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