Pathanapuram Assembly constituency

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Pathanapuram
Constituency No. 120 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1957
Total electors1,84,282 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party KC(B)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Pathanapuram 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. B. Ganesh Kumar of KC(B).

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Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Pathanapuram Grama panchayat Pathanapuram [3]
2 Pattazhy Grama panchayat Pathanapuram
3 Pattazhy Vadakkekara Grama panchayat Pathanapuram
4 Piravanthoor Grama panchayat Pathanapuram
5 Thalavoor Grama panchayat Pathanapuram
6 Vilakkudy Grama panchayat Pathanapuram
7 Melila Grama panchayat Kottarakkara
8 Vettikkavala Grama panchayat Kottarakkara

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains names of all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency: [4]

Key

  KC(B)   CPI   INC   KEC

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st N. Rajagopalan Nair Communist Party of India 1957–1960
1960 2nd R. Balakrishna Pillai Indian National Congress 1960–1965
1967 3rd P. K. Raghavan CPI 1967–1970
1970 4th1970–1977
1977 5th E. K. Pillai 1977–1980
1980 6th1980–1982
1982 7thA. George Kerala Congress 1982–1987
1987 8th E. Chandrasekharan Nair CPI 1987–1991
1991 9th K. Prakash Babu 1991–1996
1996 10th1996–2001
2001 11th K. B. Ganesh Kumar KC(B) 2001–2006
2006 12th2006–2011
2011 13th2011–2016
2016 14th2016 – 2021
2021 15thIncumbent

    Election results

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

    2016

    There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [5]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 74,429 52.39% Decrease2.svg3.25
    INC P. V. Jagadish Kumar 49,86735.10%
    BJP Raghu Damodharan 11,7008.24%Increase2.svg3.03
    SDPI Faizy M. Pasha3,8432.71%
    BSP Perinadu Gopalakrishnan8460.60%Decrease2.svg0.07
    NOTA None of the above4540.32%
    Independent Rekhu P.3660.26%
    SS Sudheer M. G.2540.18%
    Independent Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G.1940.14%
    Independent Madhu R.1050.07%
    Margin of victory24,56217.29%
    Turnout 1,42,05874.83%Increase2.svg0.61
    KC(B) hold Swing Decrease2.svg3.25

    2011

    There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 71,42155.64%
    CPI(M) K. Rajagopal51,01939.74%
    BJP R. Subhash Pattazhy2,8392.21%
    Independent Aneesh Anthony1,6131.26%
    BSP Punalur Salim8640.67%
    Independent N. Sunilkumar6110.48%
    Margin of victory20,40217.29%
    Turnout 1,28,36774.22%
    KC(B) hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
    3. "Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district". kollam.gov.in.
    4. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
    5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.