Palakkad | |
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Constituency No. 56 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
![]() From top clockwise: IMA Junction, near KSRTC Bus Stand, Chandranagar roundabout, aerial view from Olavakkode, Palakkad City night view | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Palakkad |
Established | 1952 |
Total electors | 1,88,534 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent |
Palakkad State Assembly constituency, once known as Palghat constituency, is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2024 Indian general election in Kerala, the seat is vacant as former MLA Shafi Parambil of INC is elected as MP from Vadakara Lok Sabha Constituency. [2]
Palakkad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [3]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Gram panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Palakkad | Municipality | Palakkad |
2 | Kannadi | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
3 | Pirayiri | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
4 | Mathur | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Palakkad Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [4]
Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
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Madras State | |||||
1952 | 1st | K. Ramakrishnan | Independent politician | 1952 – 1957 | |
Kerala State | |||||
1957 | 1st | R. Raghava Menon | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | R. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
1977 | 5th | C. M. Sundaram | Praja Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | ||
1996 | 10th | T. K. Noushad | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
2001 | 11th | K. Sankaranarayanan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | K. K. Divakaran | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | Shafi Parambil | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | 2021 – 11-June-2024 |
Election | Votes polled | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 | Margin of victory | |||||||||||
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Year | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Percent | |||||
Kerala State | ||||||||||||||||
2021 | 142104 | Shafi Parambil | INC | 54079 | 38.06% | E. Sreedharan | BJP | 50220 | 35.34% | C. P. Pramod | CPI(M) | 36433 | 25.64% | 3859 | 2.71 % | |
2016 | 137804 (77.25%) | Shafi Parambil | INC | 57559 | 41.77% | Sobha Surendran | BJP | 40076 | 29.08% | N. N. Krishnadas | CPI(M) | 38675 | 28.07% | 17483 | 12.69% [5] | |
2011 | 112347 (72.78%) | Shafi Parambil | INC | 47641 | 42.41% | K. K. Divakaran | CPI(M) | 40238 | 35.82% | C. Udaybhaskar | BJP | 22317 | 19.86% | 7403 | 6.59% [6] | |
Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
2006 | 111346 (71.60%) | K. K. Divakaran | CPI(M) | 41166 | 36.97% | A. V. Gopinathan | INC | 39822 | 35.76% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 27667 | 24.85% | 1344 | 1.21% [7] | |
2001 | 110964 (68.05%) | K. Sankaranarayanan | INC | 53831 | 48.51% | T. K. Noushad | CPI(M) | 43026 | 38.77% | Rema Raghunandan | BJP | 12159 | 10.96% | 10805 | 9.74% [8] | |
1996 | 89872 (62.06%) | T. K. Noushad | CPI(M) | 39198 | 43.20% | C. M. Sundaram | INC | 38602 | 42.54% | S. R. Balasubramanian | BJP | 11446 | 12.61% | 596 | 0.66% [9] | |
1991 | 91895 (66.34%) | C. M. Sundaram | INC | 41432 | 45.09% | M.S. Gopalakrishnan | CPI(M) | 37925 | 41.27% | T. M. P. Iyer | BJP | 10648 | 11.59% | 3507 | 3.82% [10] | |
1987 | 87434 (76.18%) | C. M. Sundaram | Ind. | 38774 | 44.35% | Girija Surendran | CPI(M) | 32709 | 37.41% | V. S. Muthuswamy | BJP | 12489 | 14.28% | 6065 | 6.94% [11] | |
1982 | 65246 (68.47%) | C. M. Sundaram | Ind. | 29011 | 44.46% | N. A. Kareem | Ind. | 25841 | 39.61% | O. Rajagopal | BJP | 9554 | 14.64% | 3170 | 4.86% [12] | |
1980 | 62884 (60.57%) | C. M. Sundaram | Ind. | 35902 | 57.09% | K. A. Chandran | INC(U) | 25695 | 40.86% | C. K. Chinnan Master | Ind. | 1099 | 1.75% | 10207 | 16.23% [13] | |
1977 | 60315 (74.92%) | C. M. Sundaram | Ind. | 30160 | 50.00% | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 27357 | 45.36% | V. R. Purushothaman | Ind. | 1121 | 1.86% | 2803 | 4.65% [14] | |
Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
1970 | 57068 (69.92%) | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 23113 | 40.50% | A. Chandran Nair | Ind. | 17653 | 30.93% | O. Rajagopal | BJS | 15646 | 27.42% | 5460 | 9.57% [15] | |
1967 | 45494 (68.75%) | R. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 24627 | 54.13% | K. Sankaranarayanan | INC | 14996 | 32.96% | O. Rajagopal | BJS | 4649 | 10.22% | 9631 | 21.17% [16] | |
1965 | 42804 (66.23%) | M. V. Vasu | CPI(M) | 17747 | 41.46% | K. Pyarijan Sunna Saheb | INC | 13260 | 30.98% | P. K. Krishnaswamy | Ind. | 5279 | 12.33% | 4487 | 10.48% [17] | |
Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
1960 | 51334 (80.64%) | R. Raghava Menon | INC | 26546 | 51.71% | K. C. Gopalanunni | CPI | 24788 | 48.29% | Only two candidates contested | 1758 | 3.42% [18] | ||||
1957 | 35179 (59.31%) | R. Raghava Menon | INC | 14873 | 42.28% | M. P. Kunhiraman | CPI | 14248 | 40.50% | C. K. Moosath | Ind. | 6058 | 17.22% | 625 | 1.78% [19] | |
Madras State | ||||||||||||||||
1952 | 45555 (59.29%) | K. Ramakrishnan | Ind. | 26469 | 58.10% | P. Vasu Menon | INC | 14342 | 31.48% | V. Echara Menon | Ind. | 2484 | 5.45% | 12127 | 26.62% [20] |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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BJP | |||||
INC | |||||
CPI(M) | |||||
NOTA | None of the above | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Shafi Parambil | 54,079 | 38.06 | ![]() | |
BJP | E. Sreedharan | 50,220 | 35.34 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | C. P. Pramod | 36,433 | 25.64 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 528 | 0.37 | − | |
Margin of victory | 3,859 | 2.71 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,42,104 | 75.44 | |||
INC hold | Swing | -3.71 |
There were 1,78,387 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election. [21]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Shafi Parambil | 57,559 | 41.77 | ![]() | |
BJP | Sobha Surendran | 40,076 | 29.08 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | N. N. Krishnadas | 38,675 | 28.07 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 719 | 0.52 | – | |
BSP | Hari Arumbil | 411 | 0.30 | ![]() | |
Independent | Dr. M. N. Anwarudheen | 364 | 0.26 | – | |
Margin of victory | 17,483 | 12.69 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,37,804 | 77.25 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | -0.64 |
There were 1,54,374 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyamasabha election. [22]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Shafi Parambil | 47,641 | 42.41 | ||
CPI(M) | K. K. Divakaran | 40,238 | 35.82 | ||
BJP | C. Udaybhaskar | 22,317 | 19.86 | ||
Independent | Shaji Abraham | 637 | 0.57 | ||
BSP | Hari Arumbil | 490 | 0.44 | ||
Independent | Muhammed Shafi | 377 | 0.34 | ||
AIADMK | C. Sampath | 337 | 0.30 | ||
Independent | Divakaran | 310 | 0.28 | ||
Margin of victory | 7,403 | 6.59 | |||
Turnout | 1,12,347 | 72.78 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Independent | K. Ramakrishnan | 26,469 | 58.10% | ||
INC | P. Vasu Menon | 14,342 | 31.48% | 31.48% | |
Independent | M. Echara Menon | 2,484 | 5.45% | ||
Independent | R. V. Sarma | 2,260 | 4.96% | ||
Margin of victory | 12,127 | 26.62% | |||
Turnout | 45,555 | 59.29% | |||
Registered electors | 76,828 | ||||
Independent win (new seat) |
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