V. K. Prasanth is an Indian politician belonging to the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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.

[4][5] He went on to become the 44th mayor of Thiruvananthapuram, the largest corporation and capital of Kerala.

[6] 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.

[7][8] V. K. Prasanth was reelected to Kerala Legislative Assembly from Vattiyoorkavu by vote margin of 21,515.