Ottapalam Assembly constituency

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Ottapalam
Constituency No. 52 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Ottapalam town
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Palakkad
Established1957
Total electors2,07,723 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI(M)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Ottapalam 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Premkumar of CPI(M).

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Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Ottapalam Municipality Ottapalam
2 Ambalappara Grama panchayat Ottapalam
3 Kadampazhipuram Grama panchayat Ottapalam
4 Karimpuzha Grama panchayat Ottapalam
5 Lakkidi-Perur Grama panchayat Ottapalam
6PookkottukavuGrama panchayat Ottapalam
7 Sreekrishnapuram Grama panchayat Ottapalam
8ThachanattukaraGrama panchayat Mannarkkad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
1957 1st P. V. Kunhunni Nair Communist Party of India 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdP. P. Krishnan Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5th P. Balan Indian National Congress 1977 – 1980
1980 6th V. C. Kabeer Indian National Congress 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Independent 1982 – 1987
1987 8th K. Sankaranarayanan Indian National Congress 1987 – 1991
1991 9thV. C. Kabeer Indian Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th1996 – 2001
2001 11th Nationalist Congress Party 2001 – 2006
2006 12th M. Hamsa Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th P. Unni 2016 – 2021
2021 15th K. Premkumar Incumbent

    Election results

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

    2021

    There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election. [3]

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) K. Premkumar74,85946.45Increase2.svg1.74
    INC P. Sarin59,70737.05Increase2.svg3.05
    BJP P. Venugopalan25,05615.55Decrease2.svg2.83
    BSP P. P. Sivan6720.42Decrease2.svg0.12
    NOTA None of the above8670.64
    Margin of victory15,1529.96Decrease2.svg0.78
    Turnout 1,61,50977.75Increase2.svg1.75
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg1.65

    2016

    There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [4]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) P. Unni67,16144.71Decrease2.svg4.76
    INC Shanimol Usman51,07334.00Decrease2.svg5.43
    BJP P. Venugopalan27,60518.38Increase2.svg11.05
    SDPI A. A. Sulfikar1,1660.78Decrease2.svg0.69
    NOTA None of the above1,0120.67
    BSP K. T. Padmini8110.54Decrease2.svg0.18
    Independent S. R. Prakash8050.54
    SS M. S. Suneesh3990.27
    Independent Suresh Velayudhan1800.12
    Margin of victory16,08810.71Increase2.svg0.67
    Turnout 1,50,21276.00Increase2.svg0.92
    CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg4.76

    2011

    There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) M. Hamza65,02349.47
    INC V. K. Sreekandan51,82039.43
    BJP P. Venugopalan9,6317.33
    SDPI E. S. Kajahussain1,9331.47
    Independent M. Hamza1,0970.83
    BSP K. T. Padmini9470.72
    Independent N. Hamza6040.46Decrease2.svg0.31
    Independent Aravindan Karimpuzha3790.29
    Margin of victory13,20310.04
    Turnout 1,31,43475.08
    CPI(M) hold Swing

      1952

      1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ottappalam [6]
      PartyCandidateVotes%±%
      KMPP M. Narayana Kurup 12,277 33.74%
      INC C. P. Madhavan Nair9,51826.16%26.16%
      Socialist T. Madhavan Nair8,18522.50%
      Independent C. Krishnan Nair5,57115.31%
      Independent C. P. Narayaana Menon8322.29%
      Margin of victory2,7597.58%
      Turnout 36,38356.69%
      Registered electors 64,179
      KMPP win (new seat)

      See also

      References

      1. "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
      2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
      3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
      4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
      5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
      6. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.