Though Kanjirappally assembly constituency had elected the UDF candidate by a margin of 12,206 votes in the last assembly election in 2011, the lead of the UDF candidate from the Pathanamthita Lok Sabha constituency was reduced to 9,717 votes in the 2014 Lok Sabha election in the Kanjirappally assembly segment. The BJP had also increased its votes from 8,037 votes in 2011 to 20,840 votes. The BJP continued to increase its votes in the 2015 local bodies elections by securing more than 29,000 votes from the Kanjirappally assembly segment which will witness a keen contest in 2016 assembly elections.
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