Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

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Kottarakkara
Constituency No. 119 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1957–present
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]

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Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 7 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 3rd E. 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

* indicates bypolls

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 Niyamasabha 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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha 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
SHS 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

Niyamasabha Election 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

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References

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