In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate Kodikunnil Suresh had secured a lead of 14,919 votes over his nearest Left Democratic Front (UDF) rival Chengara Surendran in the Pathanapuram assembly segment. However, in the 2015 local body polls, the LDF went on to win the seven of the eight grama panchayats.
All the nominees of the three major political fronts contesting the Pathanapuram assembly seat in Kerala are popular film starts. Actor K.B. Ganesh Kumar of the Kerala Congress (B) is contesting for his fourth consecutive win in 2016 assembly elections on behalf of the Left Democratic Front (LDF). Taking on him are Jagadesh of the Congress and Bheeman Reghu of the BJP.
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