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{{Short description|Indian politician}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2026}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = V. K. Sanoj
| image =
| caption =
| office = Member of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
| term_start = May 2026
| term_end =
| constituency = [[Mattannur (State Assembly constituency)|Mattannur]]
| predecessor = [[K. K. Shailaja]]
| successor =
| birth_name = V. K. Sanoj
| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1983}}
| birth_place = [[Kuthuparamba]], [[Kannur district]], [[Kerala]], India
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| spouse = (Senior Sub Editor, Deshabhimani)
| father = Padmanabhan M.
| occupation = Politician, Social Worker
| education = Graduate
}}

'''V. K. Sanoj''' (born 1983) is an Indian politician serving as the member of the legislative assembly (MLA) for the [[Mattannur (State Assembly constituency)|Mattannur]] constituency.<ref name="ECI_Mattannur" /> A leader of the [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]], he is the state secretary of the [[Democratic Youth Federation of India]] (DYFI) Kerala State Committee.

== Personal life ==
V. K. Sanoj was born to Padmanabhan M. and is a resident of Kuthuparamba in Kannur district. He is married; his spouse works as a Senior Sub Editor at ''Deshabhimani'' in Kannur.<ref name="MyNeta_Sanoj" />

== Political career ==
Sanoj rose through the ranks of the [[Student Federation of India]] (SFI) and later became a prominent leader of the DYFI. In the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], he was selected by the CPI(M) to contest from the Mattannur seat, a major party stronghold previously represented by former health minister [[K. K. Shailaja]].

== Election results ==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:right"
|+ 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mattannur
|-
! 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 (Marxist)}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | '''[[CPI(M)]]'''
| style="text-align:left" | '''V. K. Sanoj'''
| '''81,456'''
| '''52.61'''
| '''-18.36'''
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| style="text-align:left" | Chandran Thillankeri
| 67,288
| 43.46
| +19.38
|-
| style="background-color: {{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}" |
| scope="row" style="text-align:left" | [[BJP]]
| style="text-align:left" | Biju Elakkuzhi
| 17,815
| 11.51
| +4.10
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Margin of victory
! 14,168
! 9.15
!
|-
! colspan="2" style="text-align:left" | Total valid votes
! 1,54,821
!
!
|}
<ref name="ECI_Mattannur" />

== References ==
{{reflist|refs=
<ref name="ECI_Mattannur">{{cite web |title=General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results May-2026 - Mattannur |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/ResultAcGenMay2026/candidateswise-S1115.htm |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>
<ref name="MyNeta_Sanoj">{{cite web |title=V. K. Sanoj (CPI-M): Affidavit Information |url=https://www.myneta.info/Kerala2026/candidate.php?candidate_id=178 |publisher=Association for Democratic Reforms |access-date=6 May 2026}}</ref>
}}

[[Category:Indian politicians]]
[[Category:Kerala MLAs 2026–2031]]
[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]

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