V. K. Prasanth
Indian politician
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V. K. Prasanth is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).[2] He was born and raised at Kazhakoottam, Thiruvananthapuram. In 2015, aged 34, he was elected to the Kazhakoottam ward of the city, with a margin of 3,272 votes, the highest majority secured by a candidate in the corporation's history.[3][4] He went on to become the 44th mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, the largest corporation and capital of Kerala.[5]
V. K. Prasanth | |
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| Member of Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Assumed office 28 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | K. Muraleedharan |
| Constituency | Vattiyoorkavu |
| Mayor of Thiruvananthapuram Corporation | |
| In office 19 November 2015 – 28 October 2019 | |
| Preceded by | K. Chandrika |
| Succeeded by | K. Sreekumar |
| Constituency | Kazhakootam |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 April 1981 |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Education | BA, LLB[1] |
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2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election
The Left Democratic Front fielded V. K. Prasanth in Vattiyoorkavu constituency for the 2019 Kerala legislative assembly by-election necessitated after sitting MLA K. Muraleedharan was elected to the Lok Sabha in the 2019 Indian general election.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| CPI(M) | V. K. Prasanth | 54,830 | 44.25% |  14.46 | |
| INC | K. Mohankumar | 40,365 | 32.58% |  5.23 | |
| BJP | S. Suresh | 27,453 | 22.16% | 10.03 | |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 820 | 0.66% | 0.06 | |
| Independent | A.Mohanakumar | 135 | 0.11% | N/A | |
| Independent | Nagaraj G. | 100 | 0.08% | N/A | |
| Independent | Suresh S. S. | 93 | 0.08% | N/A | |
| Independent | Murukan A. | 76 | 0.06% | N/A | |
| Independent | Mithran G. | 38 | 0.03% | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,465 | 11.67% | 6.06 | ||
| Turnout | 1,23,910 | 62.72% | 7.11 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 14.46 |
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2021 Kerala legislative assembly election
V. K. Prasanth was reelected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Vattiyoorkavu by vote margin of 21,515.
V. K. Prasanth | CPI(M) | LDF |61,111 - VOTES |41.44 |V. V. Rajesh | BJP | NDA |39,596 - VOTES |28.77