Kottarakkara Assembly constituency
| Kottarakkara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 119 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,00,586 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election |
Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).[1]
Structure
As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Kottarakara Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Veliyam and Ummannoor.[2][3]
- Municipalities: Kottarakara
- Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,Veliyam
- Neighbourhood towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam
Electoral history
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Krishnan Nair | Socialist | 3,526 | NA[4] |
| 1954 | B. B. Pandarathil | RSP | 6,586 | LDF[5] |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | D. Damodaran Potti | PSP | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970* | C. Achutha Menon | 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | Kottara Gopalakrishnan | INC | 1970–1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1977–1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987–1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | INC | 1991–1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | KC(B) | 1996–2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001–2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. Aisha Potty | CPI(M) | 2006–2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Balagopal | Incumbent | ||
*by-election
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. N. Balagopal | 68,770 | 45.98 | 9.46 | |
| INC | R. Resmi | 57,956 | 38.75 | 11.64 | |
| BJP | Vayakkal Soman | 21,223 | 14.19 | 1.80 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 574 | 0.38 | ||
| Independent | Mathews K. Lukose | 136 | 0.09 | − | |
| Independent | Lal Viswan | 103 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,814 | 7.23 | 21.10 | ||
| Turnout | 1,49,552 | 74.56 | 0.48 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 9.46 | |||
2016
There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Aisha Potty | 83,443 | 55.44 | 1.55 | |
| INC | Savin Sathyan | 40,811 | 27.11 | ||
| BJP | Rajeshwary Rajendran | 24,062 | 15.99 | 11.36 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Madhu B. | 491 | 0.33 | − | |
| BSP | R. Sukumaran | 386 | 0.26 | 0.40 | |
| SS | Veliyam Shaji | 325 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Hariprasad | 173 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Ajaykumar Thankappan | 80 | 0.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 42,632 | 28.33 | 13.35 | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,513 | 75.04 | 0.72 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.55 | |||
2011
There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Aisha Potty | 74,069 | 53.89 | ||
| KC(B) | N. M. Murali | 53,477 | 38.91 | ||
| BJP | Vayakkal Madhu | 6,370 | 4.63 | ||
| Independent | Dhaneshlal Panavely | 1,063 | 0.77 | ||
| BSP | P. T. Prasanna Kumar | 911 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | S. Solomon | 773 | 0.56 | − | |
| Independent | Prakash V. | 454 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Prakash R. | 320 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,592 | 14.98 | |||
| Turnout | 1,37,437 | 74.32 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from KC(B) | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.