SULTHANBATHERY
Assembly seat no. 18 in Kerala · reserved for Scheduled Tribes · Vidhan Sabha seat contested 4 times since 2011.
Winner, 2026
I C Balakrishnan
INC
Elections held
4
2011–2026
Most successful party
INC
won 4 of 4
Margin, 2026
16,597
9.38% of valid votes
Result, 2026
Runner-up
CPMM S Viswanathan
- Votes
- 62,339
- Vote share
- 35.23%
- Behind by
- 16,597
Electors
2,25,780
Total votes polled
1,76,938
Valid votes
1,76,938
NOTA votes
1,442
0.81% of votes polled
Turnout
78.4%
Full result, 2026
8 candidates · 1,76,938 valid votes
I C BalakrishnanINCwon
78,936
44.6%
M S ViswanathanCPM
62,339
35.2%
Kavitha A SBJP
31,308
17.7%
Prakrithi N VAAAP
1,781
1.0%
BenadictBSP
447
0.3%
V.a RamesanSUCI
275
0.2%
Balakrishnan EdakkalIND
212
0.1%
Rajesh R MIND
198
0.1%
Past results
Most recent 4 of 4 elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Votes | Vote share | Runner-up | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | I C Balakrishnan | INC | 78,936 | 44.61% | M S Viswanathan | 16,597 |
| 2021 | I.C BALAKRISHNAN | INC | 81,077 | 48.42% | M.S VISWANATHAN | 11,822 |
| 2016 | I C BALAKRISHNAN | INC | 75,747 | 44.04% | RUGMINI SUBRAHMANIAN | 11,198 |
| 2011 | I.C BALAKRISHNAN | INC | 71,509 | 49.14% | E.A .SANKARAN | 7,583 |
Who has held it
Wins by party across every election above
- INC4 wins