In 2014 Lok Sabha elections BJP candidate O Rajagopal had garnered 41,829 votes in the Kazhakkottam assembly segment, a sharp rise from 7,508 which the party secured in 2011 assembly elections. while former State BJP president V Muraleedharan has been fielded by the party to contest the Kazhakkottam seat in 2016 assembly elections, the sitting Congress MLA M.A. Wahid is the in the fray on behalf of the UDF. Kadakampally Surendran of CPIM is facing the voters under the banner of the LDF.
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