Once a bastion of the CPIM, which represented the seat from 1970 to 2011, Kuthuparamba went in favour of the United Democratic Front in 2011. UDF has again fielded its sitting MLA K.P. Mohanan to contest the Kuthuparamba assembly seat in 2016 assembly polls. K.P. Mohanan is in fray as a nominee of the Janata Dal (United), K.K.Shylaja, former CPIM MLA is the LDF nominee. C. Sadanandan Master has been fielded by the BJP which has a strong presence in the constituency.
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