Pinarayi Vijayan election result Highlights: Kerala CM retains Dharmadam for third time, wins by over 19000 votes

Pinarayi Vijayan election result Highlights: Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, a CPI(M) candidate who trailed in the initial stages of counting, won the Dharmadam constituency this year, according to the Election Commission website. While being the face of the LDF in the Assembly election, Vijayan sought the mandate from Dharmadom for the third time.

He defeated Adv. VP Abdul Rasheed from Indian National Congress showed the Election Commission website.

Who won Dharmadam assembly constituency in 2021 and 2016?

In 2021 Kerala assembly elections, Vijayan won against INC's C. Raghunathan by over 50,000 votes from the Dharmadam constituency.

Vijayan won over Congress' Mambaram Divakaran by 36,905 votes from Dharmadam constituency in 2016.

Dharmadam State Assembly constituency in Kerala

Established in 2008, the Dharmadam State Assembly constituency is a vital political segment among Kerala's 140 legislative seats. It was primarily formed by merging significant portions of the former Edakkad constituency.

It serves as one of the seven segments making up the Kannur Lok Sabha constituency. Since 2016, the seat has been held by Pinarayi Vijayan, representing the Communist Party of India (Marxist). As the representative for Dharmadam, Vijayan also serves as the 12th Chief Minister of Kerala.

The results were declared today.

Pinarayi Vijayan election result LIVE Updates

5:30 pm

Kerala CM Vijayan wins Dharmadam constituency by 19247 votes, the EC website showed. He received a total of 85,614 votes.

4:14 pm

Vijayan leads by over 18000 votes in Dharmadam State Assembly constituency as of 4:15 pm, according to the Election Commission website.

4:02 pm

Vijayan leads by over 12000 votes in Dharmadam State Assembly constituency as of 4:02 pm, according to the Election Commission website.

3:20 pm

Vijayan leads by 11800 seats in Dharmadam State Assembly constituency as of 3:22 pm, early trends show as per the EC.

2:55 pm

Vijayan continues to maintain lead, showed the Election Commission website.

2:32 pm

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan leads by over 11000 votes as of 2:17 pm, as per the EC website.

2:17 pm

Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan leads by over 8000 votes as of 2:17 pm, according to the Election Commission website.

2:00 pm

Pinarayi Vijayan also faces BJP’s K. Ranjith, Independent candidates Vadi Hareendran and Vijayan AM, as well as Congress’s VP Abdul Rasheed in Dharmadam.

1:53 pm

Pinarayi Vijayan secured several electoral victories over the years, demonstrating a steady rise in political influence.

In 1970, he won from Kuthuparamba, defeating PSP candidate Thayath Raghavan by a margin of 743 votes. He retained the same constituency in 1977, this time overcoming RSP’s Abdulkadar with a significantly larger margin of 4,401 votes.

After a gap, Vijayan returned to win again in 1991 from Kuthuparamba, defeating INC candidate P. Ramakrishnan by 12,960 votes. He further strengthened his position in 1996 by contesting from Payyannur, where he defeated INC’s KN Kannoth with an impressive margin of 28,078 votes.

1:38 pm

Kerala CM Vijayan leads by over 7000 votes, as per trends, showed the EC website.

1:20 pm

CPI (M)'s Pinarayi Vijayan leads against INC's Adv. VP Abdul Rasheed from Indian National Congress as of 1:20 pm, showed the Election Commission website.