In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections N.K. Premachandran of the RSP had secured a lead of 14,439 votes over his nearest rival M.A. Baby of the LDF in the Kollam segment. However, in 2015 local body elections, the LDF emerged visotoius in the Kollam Corporation and all the three panchayats which constitute the in the Kollam assembly constituency.
While the CPIM has nominated actor Mukesh to contest the Kollam seat in 2016 elections, District Congress Committee vice president Sooraj Ravi is in the fray on behalf of the UDF. Former Kollam SN College principal K. Sasikumar is facing the electorate on behalf iof the BJP led National Democratic Alliance (NDA).
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