In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, election, UDF candidate of Mavelikara parliamentary constituency Kodikunnil Suresh of the Congress had secured a lead of 4,645 votes over his nearest LDF rival Chengara Surendran of the CPI in the Kottarakkara Assembly segment. However, in 2015 local body elections, Kottarakkara municipality and all the seven panchayats were won by the Left Democratic Front (LDF).
CPIM has once again nominated its sitting MLA Aisha Potty to contest the Kottarakkara assembly seat in 2016 elections. Savin Sathyan of the Congress is in the fray on behalf of the United Democratic Front (UDF). The BJP has certain pockets of influence in the constituency.
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