Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

Last updated

Kottarakkara
Constituency No. 119 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara,.jpg
Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1957
Total electors2,00,586 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M). [1]

Contents

Structure

As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Kottarakara Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Veliyam and Ummannoor. [2] [3]

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition
1951Krishnan NairSocialist3,526NA [4]
1954B. B. Pandarathil RSP 6,586 LDF [5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyama
Sabha		MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st E. Chandrasekharan Nair CPI 1957–1960
1960 2ndD. Damodaran Potti PSP 1960–1965
1967 3rdE. Chandrasekharan Nair CPI 1967–1970
1970* C. Achutha Menon 1970
1970 4thKottara Gopalakrishnan INC 1970–1977
1977 5th R. Balakrishna Pillai KEC 1977–1980
1980 6th1980–1982
1982 7th1982–1987
1987 8th1987–1991
1991 9th INC 1991–1996
1996 10th KC(B) 1996–2001
2001 11th2001–2006
2006 12th P. Aisha Potty CPI(M) 2006–2011
2011 13th2011–2016
2016 14th2016-2021
2021 15th K. N. Balagopal Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. [6]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) K. N. Balagopal 68,770 45.98 Decrease2.svg9.46
INC R. Resmi57,95638.75Increase2.svg11.64
BJP Vayakkal Soman21,22314.19Decrease2.svg1.80
NOTA None of the above5740.38
Independent Mathews K. Lukose1360.09−
Independent Lal Viswan1030.07
Margin of victory10,8147.23Decrease2.svg21.10
Turnout 1,49,55274.56Decrease2.svg0.48
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg9.46

2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) P. Aisha Potty83,44355.44Increase2.svg1.55
INC Savin Sathyan40,81127.11
BJP Rajeshwary Rajendran24,06215.99Increase2.svg11.36
NOTA None of the above7420.49
Independent Madhu B.4910.33−
BSP R. Sukumaran3860.26Decrease2.svg0.40
SS Veliyam Shaji3250.22
Independent Hariprasad1730.11
Independent Ajaykumar Thankappan800.05
Margin of victory42,63228.33Increase2.svg13.35
Turnout 1,50,51375.04Increase2.svg0.72
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg1.55

2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) P. Aisha Potty74,06953.89
KC(B) N. M. Murali53,47738.91
BJP Vayakkal Madhu6,3704.63
Independent Dhaneshlal Panavely1,0630.77
BSP P. T. Prasanna Kumar9110.66
Independent S. Solomon7730.56−
Independent Prakash V.4540.33
Independent Prakash R.3200.23
Margin of victory20,59214.98
Turnout 1,37,43774.32
CPI(M) gain from KC(B) Swing

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
  7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  8. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.