Palakkad Assembly constituency

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Palakkad
Constituency No. 56 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Palakkad
Established1952
Total electors1,88,534 (2021)
ReservationNone
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]

Contents

Local self governed segments

Palakkad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments: [3]

Sl no.NameStatus (Gram panchayat/municipality) Taluk
1 Palakkad MunicipalityPalakkad
2 Kannadi Grama panchayatPalakkad
3 Pirayiri Grama panchayatPalakkad
4 Mathur Grama panchayatAlathur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Palakkad Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies: [4]

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
Madras State
1952 1stK. Ramakrishnan Independent politician 1952 – 1957
Kerala State
1957 1stR. Raghava Menon Indian National Congress 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd1960 – 1965
1967 3rdR. Krishnan Communist Party of India 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977
1977 5th C. M. Sundaram Praja Socialist Party 1977 – 1980
1980 6th1980 – 1982
1982 7th1982 – 1987
1987 8th1987 – 1991
1991 9th Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10thT. K. Noushad Communist Party of India 1996 – 2001
2001 11th K. Sankaranarayanan Indian National Congress 2001 – 2006
2006 12thK. K. Divakaran Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Shafi Parambil Indian National Congress 2011 – 2016
2016 14th2016 – 2021
2021 15th2021 – 11-June-2024

    Election history

    ElectionVotes polledWinnerRunner-up 1Runner-up 2Margin of victory
    YearNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesVotesPercent
    Kerala State
    2021 142104 Shafi Parambil    INC 5407938.06% E. Sreedharan    BJP 5022035.34%C. P. Pramod   CPI(M) 3643325.64%38592.71 %
    2016 137804 (77.25%) Shafi Parambil    INC 5755941.77% Sobha Surendran    BJP 4007629.08% N. N. Krishnadas    CPI(M) 3867528.07%1748312.69% [5]
    2011 112347 (72.78%) Shafi Parambil    INC 4764142.41%K. K. Divakaran   CPI(M) 4023835.82%C. Udaybhaskar   BJP 2231719.86%74036.59% [6]
    Major delimitation of constituency
    2006 111346 (71.60%)K. K. Divakaran   CPI(M) 4116636.97%A. V. Gopinathan   INC 3982235.76% O. Rajagopal    BJP 2766724.85%13441.21% [7]
    2001 110964 (68.05%) K. Sankaranarayanan    INC 5383148.51%T. K. Noushad   CPI(M) 4302638.77%Rema Raghunandan   BJP 1215910.96%108059.74% [8]
    1996 89872 (62.06%)T. K. Noushad   CPI(M) 3919843.20% C. M. Sundaram    INC 3860242.54%S. R. Balasubramanian   BJP 1144612.61%5960.66% [9]
    1991 91895 (66.34%) C. M. Sundaram    INC 4143245.09%M.S. Gopalakrishnan   CPI(M) 3792541.27%T. M. P. Iyer   BJP 1064811.59%35073.82% [10]
    1987 87434 (76.18%) C. M. Sundaram    Ind. 3877444.35%Girija Surendran   CPI(M) 3270937.41%V. S. Muthuswamy   BJP 1248914.28%60656.94% [11]
    1982 65246 (68.47%) C. M. Sundaram    Ind. 2901144.46%N. A. Kareem   Ind. 2584139.61% O. Rajagopal    BJP 955414.64%31704.86% [12]
    1980 62884 (60.57%) C. M. Sundaram    Ind. 3590257.09%K. A. Chandran   INC(U) 2569540.86%C. K. Chinnan Master   Ind. 10991.75%1020716.23% [13]
    1977 60315 (74.92%) C. M. Sundaram    Ind. 3016050.00%R. Krishnan   CPI(M) 2735745.36%V. R. Purushothaman   Ind. 11211.86%28034.65% [14]
    Major delimitation of constituency
    1970 57068 (69.92%)R. Krishnan   CPI(M) 2311340.50%A. Chandran Nair   Ind. 1765330.93% O. Rajagopal    BJS 1564627.42%54609.57% [15]
    1967 45494 (68.75%)R. Krishnan   CPI(M) 2462754.13% K. Sankaranarayanan    INC 1499632.96% O. Rajagopal    BJS 464910.22%963121.17% [16]
    1965 42804 (66.23%)M. V. Vasu   CPI(M) 1774741.46%K. Pyarijan Sunna Saheb   INC 1326030.98%P. K. Krishnaswamy   Ind. 527912.33%448710.48% [17]
    Major delimitation of constituency
    1960 51334 (80.64%)R. Raghava Menon   INC 2654651.71%K. C. Gopalanunni   CPI 2478848.29%Only two candidates contested17583.42% [18]
    1957 35179 (59.31%)R. Raghava Menon   INC 1487342.28%M. P. Kunhiraman   CPI 1424840.50%C. K. Moosath   Ind. 605817.22%6251.78% [19]
    Madras State
    1952 45555 (59.29%)K. Ramakrishnan   Ind. 2646958.10%P. Vasu Menon   INC 1434231.48%V. Echara Menon   Ind. 24845.45%1212726.62% [20]

    Detailed election results

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

    2024 by-election

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    Kerala Assembly by-election, 2024  : Palakkad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    BJP
    INC
    CPI(M)
    NOTA None of the above
    Majority
    Turnout

    Niyamasabha election 2021

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Palakkad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Shafi Parambil 54,079 38.06 Decrease2.svg3.71
    BJP E. Sreedharan 50,22035.34Increase2.svg6.26
    CPI(M) C. P. Pramod36,43325.64Decrease2.svg2.43
    NOTA None of the above5280.37−
    Margin of victory3,8592.71Decrease2.svg12
    Turnout 1,42,10475.44
    INC hold Swing -3.71

    Niyamasabha election 2016

    There were 1,78,387 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election. [21]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Palakkad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Shafi Parambil 57,55941.77Decrease2.svg0.64
    BJP Sobha Surendran 40,07629.08Increase2.svg9.22
    CPI(M) N. N. Krishnadas 38,67528.07Decrease2.svg7.75
    NOTA None of the above7190.52 –
    BSP Hari Arumbil4110.30Decrease2.svg0.14
    Independent Dr. M. N. Anwarudheen3640.26 –
    Margin of victory17,48312.69Increase2.svg6.10
    Turnout 1,37,80477.25Increase2.svg4.47
    INC hold Swing -0.64

    Niyamasabha election 2011

    There were 1,54,374 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyamasabha election. [22]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Palakkad
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    INC Shafi Parambil 47,64142.41
    CPI(M) K. K. Divakaran40,23835.82
    BJP C. Udaybhaskar22,31719.86
    Independent Shaji Abraham6370.57
    BSP Hari Arumbil4900.44
    Independent Muhammed Shafi3770.34
    AIADMK C. Sampath3370.30
    Independent Divakaran3100.28
    Margin of victory7,4036.59
    Turnout 1,12,34772.78
    INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

    Niyamasabha election 1957

    1952

    1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Palghat [24]
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    Independent K. Ramakrishnan 26,469 58.10%
    INC P. Vasu Menon14,34231.48%31.48%
    Independent M. Echara Menon2,4845.45%
    Independent R. V. Sarma2,2604.96%
    Margin of victory12,12726.62%
    Turnout 45,55559.29%
    Registered electors 76,828
    Independent win (new seat)

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