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{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Adv. Govindan Pallikappil
| image =
| caption =
| office = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
| term_start = May 2026
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)|Kanhangad]]
| predecessor = [[E. Chandrasekharan]]
| successor =
| birth_name = Govindan Pallikappil
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}}
| birth_place = [[Kanhangad]], [[Kasaragod district]], Kerala, India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Communist Party of India]]
| spouse = (Retired Teacher)
| father = Raman
| occupation = Lawyer, Politician
| education = Graduate Professional (LLB)
}}

'''Adv. Govindan Pallikappil''' (born 1966) is an Indian politician and legal professional serving as the member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for the [[Kanhangad (State Assembly constituency)|Kanhangad]] constituency since May 2026.<ref name="TOI_Kanhangad" /> A member of the [[Communist Party of India]] (CPI), he succeeded the long-serving former revenue minister [[E. Chandrasekharan]] in the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]].

== Early life and education ==
Govindan Pallikappil was born to Raman in [[Kanhangad]], [[Kasaragod district]].<ref name="MyNeta_Govindan" /> He pursued a legal education and is a practicing advocate by profession. Prior to his legislative career, he was primarily active as a socio-political activist and held leadership roles within the CPI District Council in Kasaragod.<ref name="Hindu_Profile" />

== Political career ==
Govindan has been a long-time organizational figure for the CPI in northern Kerala. He has been involved in several legal and political challenges related to local governance and delimitation processes.<ref name="Kanoon_Case" />

In the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], he was nominated by the [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]] to contest from Kanhangad, a traditional stronghold for the CPI. Despite a broader electoral setback for his party at the state level—where the CPI's total seat count was reduced—Govindan successfully retained the constituency for the LDF, polling 79,920 votes.<ref name="Hindu_Setback" /><ref name="ECI_Kanhangad" />

== Election results ==
=== 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election ===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|-
! scope="col" style="width:130px" | Party
! scope="col" style="width:220px" | Candidate
! scope="col" style="width:80px" | Votes
! scope="col" style="width:50px" | %
! scope="col" style="width:50px" | ±%
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | '''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]'''
| style="text-align:left" | '''Adv. Govindan Pallikappil'''
| '''79,920'''
| '''45.47'''
| '''-11.75'''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[Kerala Congress]]
| style="text-align:left" | Shaiji Ottapalli
| 64,604
| 36.75
| +4.04
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[BJP]]
| style="text-align:left" | M. Balraj
| 27,063
| 15.40
| +7.62
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Margin of victory
! 15,316
! 8.72
!
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Total valid votes
! 1,75,758
!
!
|-
| colspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}; text-align:left" | '''[[Communist Party of India|CPI]] hold'''
| '''[[Swing (politics)|Swing]]'''
| -7.90
|
|}
<ref name="ECI_Kanhangad" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="ECI_Kanhangad">{{cite web |title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results May-2026 - Kanhangad (S114) |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S114.htm |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="TOI_Kanhangad">{{cite news |title=Kanhangad election results 2026: CPI’s Adv. Govindan Pallikappil wins by 15,316 votes |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/kanhangad-election-results-2026/articleshow/130627600.cms |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=4 May 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Hindu_Profile">{{cite web |title=Govindan Pallikappil, KANHANGAD constituency, CPI, Kerala Assembly Election 2026: Profile & Affidavit |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/candidates/Kerala2026/govindan-pallikappil-105/ |work=[[The Hindu]] |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="MyNeta_Govindan">{{cite web |title=Govindan Pallikappil(Communist Party of India(CPI)): Constituency- KANHANGAD - Affidavit Information |url=https://www.myneta.info/Kerala2026/candidate.php?candidate_id=105 |publisher=Association for Democratic Reforms |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Hindu_Setback">{{cite news |title=Kerala Assembly Elections 2026: CPI suffers major setback, seat count halved |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/kerala-assembly/kerala-assembly-elections-2026-cpi-suffers-major-setback-seat-count-halved/article70938923.ece |work=The Hindu |date=5 May 2026}}</ref>

<ref name="Kanoon_Case">{{cite web |title=Govindan Pallikkappil vs State Of Kerala on 18 February, 2016 |url=https://indiankanoon.org/doc/163188258/ |publisher=Indian Kanoon |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>


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[[Category:1966 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Communist Party of India politicians from Kerala]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2026–2031]]
[[Category:People from Kasaragod district]]

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