Kottayam Assembly constituency

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Kottayam
Constituency No. 97 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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CMS College Kottayam, the oldest existing college in India, established in 1815.
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kottayam
Established1957
Total electors128,625 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Indian National Congress hand logo.svg INC
Alliance   UDF
Elected year 2021

Kottayam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan of INC.

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Local self-governed segments

Kottayam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kottayam Municipality Kottayam
2 Panachikkad Grama panchayat Kottayam
3VijayapuramGrama panchayat Kottayam

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
1957 1stP. Bhaskaran Nair Communist Party of India 1957–1960
1960 2ndM. P. Govindan Nair Indian National Congress 1960–1965
1967 3rdM. K. George Communist Party of India 1967–1970
1970 4thM. Thomas1970–1977
1977 5th P. P. George Communist Party of India 1977–1980
1980 6th K. M. Abraham Communist Party of India 1980–1982
1982 7thN. Srinivasan Socialist Republican Party 1982–1987
1987 8th T. K. Ramakrishnan Communist Party of India 1987–1991
1991 9th1991–1996
1996 10th1996–2001
2001 11th Mercy Ravi Indian National Congress 2001–2006
2006 12th V. N. Vasavan Communist Party of India 2006–2011
2011 13th Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan Indian National Congress 2011–2016
2016 14th2016–2021
2021 15thIncumbent

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan 65,401 53.72 Decrease2.svg
CPI(M) Adv K. Anilkumar4665838.33Increase2.svg
BJP Minerva Mohan86117.07Decrease2.svg
NOTA None of the above4730.39
BSP Sreekumar Chakkala3740.31Decrease2.svg
SUCI(C) M. K Shahazad1440.12Decrease2.svg
ABHMArun Mangattu770.06
Margin of victory1874315.27Decrease2.svg
Turnout
INC hold Swing

2016

There were 164,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan 73,894 57.46 Increase2.svg10.62
CPI(M) Reji Sakaria40,26231.31Decrease2.svg14.92
BJP M. S. Karunakaran12,5829.78Increase2.svg5.04
BSP P. K. Geetha Krishnan6510.51Decrease2.svg1.00
NOTA None of the above4830.38
SP Roy Chemmanam4030.31
SUCI(C) Rejitha Jayaram1820.14Decrease2.svg0.10
Independent John Joy880.07
Independent Payas C. P.580.05
Margin of victory33,63226.15Increase2.svg25.54
Turnout 1,28,60378.37Increase2.svg0.85
INC hold Swing Increase2.svg10.62

2011

There were 148,225 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan53,82546.84
CPI(M) V. N. Vasavan53,11446.23
BJP Narayanan Namboothiri5,4494.74
BSP V. S. Shajan1,7371.51
Independent Rajeev Abraham3870.34
SUCI(C) N. K. Biju2760.24
Independent George P. Elias1130.10
Margin of victory7110.61
Turnout 1,14,90177.52
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.