Nemom Election Result Highlights: BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar defeats CPIM's Sivankutty
Nemom Assembly Election Results 2026: NDA wins in Nemom. Rajeev Chandrasekhar wins back Nemom constituency for the BJP. This is NDA's best performance in Kerala. The party has won three seats for the first time in history
Sitting on the southern edge of Thiruvananthapuram and part of the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency, Nemom has changed a lot over the years. What used to be on the city’s outskirts is now fully part of its urban spread, a mix of old neighbourhoods, new housing clusters and semi-urban pockets growing into the city.
But voters here don’t just look at what’s happening now. They remember who did what, who showed up, and who didn’t.
The Nemom seat witnessed a high-stakes, three-cornered battle in the 2026 Assembly elections. On the one side, there was V Sivankutty from the Left Democratic Front (LDF). He is the sitting MLA and a prominent face of the CPI(M) in the region.
In 2026, Sivankutty aimed to retain the seat the Left wrested in 2021 after a tightly fought electoral battle.
On the other hand, there is Rajeev Chandrasekhar who contested for the NDA, and KS Sabarinadhan, UDF candidate for the Nemom constituency.
According to latest reports, Kerala BJP president, Rajeev Chandrasekhar has won the seat after a decade.
KEY CANDIDATES TO WATCH: NEMOM 2026
| V Sivankutty | Communist Party of India - CPI (M)/ Left Democratic Front (LDF) |
| Rajeev Chandrasekhar | Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) |
| KS Sabarinadhan | Indian National Congress (INC)/ UDF |
COMPLETE CANDIDATE LIST: NEMOM 2026
| Candidate Name | Party/ Alliance |
| Sasikala | Independent |
| KV Sabarinadhan | Indian National Congress |
| Kamaleshwaram Hari | Independent |
| Karamana Prasad | SUCI (Communist) |
| Madanan S | Independent |
| Rajeev Chadrasekhar | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| Rajeev Kumar GS | Independent |
| Subi SM | The Future India Party |
| V Sivankutty | Commuist Party of India (Marxist) |
WHERE GOVERNANCE FEELS PERSONAL
Civic issues matter here, and they’re immediate. Water shortages, traffic snarls, bad roads, drainage problems... these aren’t regular abstract complaints but everyday realities. In Nemom, even a small lapse in local governance can quickly turn into a major political issue.
Margins are often tight. And that means accountability is almost always constant.
HOW DOES NEMOM VOTE
Nemom’s electorate is socially mixed, with Hindus forming the majority alongside Christian and Muslim communities. Within that, caste equations, especially among Hindu voters, have become more visible over time.
The BJP’s rise here hasn’t been sudden. It’s been built gradually through consistent groundwork and consolidation in key pockets. And this is also a constituency that values consistency. Leaders are expected to be present, not just during elections, but in between.
People notice who engages, who responds, and who stays visible. In Nemom, familiarity and organisation often matter more than last-minute campaigning.
HOW NEMOM VOTED IN 2021
Nemom holds a special place in Kerala’s political history. It was here that former union minister O Rajagopal was elected to the Kerala assembly, giving the BJP its first ever representation in the house. This happened in May 2016.
That moment changed how the seat was viewed.
In 2021, however, the contest was a tightly fought one. V Sivankutty of the CPI(M) won with 55,837 votes, defeating BJP’s Kummanam Rajasekharan by just 3,949 votes. K Muraleedharan finished third, pointing to a three-way fight but also a shifting balance.
This result said a lot about the constituency. Here, the Left can win — but the BJP is never too far behind, and recent local body results have only made this more competitive.
Nemom remains one of Kerala’s most closely watched seats because here, elections aren’t just about today. They’re about memory, organisation, and very fine margins.