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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Ottapalam<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 52<br />
| map_image = Ottpalam town4.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Ottapalam]] town<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,07,723 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[K. Premkumar (politician)|K. Premkumar]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Ottapalam State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 9 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 3 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[K. Premkumar (politician)|K. Premkumar]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]. <br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Ottapalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District<br />
|access-date = 9 September 2019<br />
|archive-date = 3 September 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Ambalappara]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Kadampazhipuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Karimpuzha, Palakkad|Karimpuzha]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Lakkidi, Palakkad|Lakkidi-Perur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|Pookkottukavu<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Sreekrishnapuram, Palakkad|Sreekrishnapuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Ottapalam]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|Thachanattukara<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Mannarkkad]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
!Name<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| 1st <br />
| rowspan="2" | [[P. V. Kunhunni Nair]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}<br />
| 1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
| 2nd<br />
| 1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| 3rd<br />
| rowspan="2" | P. P. Krishnan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| 4th<br />
| 1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| 5th<br />
| [[P. Balan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| 6th<br />
| rowspan="2" | [[V. C. Kabeer]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}<br />
| 1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| 7th<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
| 1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| 8th<br />
|[[K. Sankaranarayanan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| 1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]] <br />
|9th<br />
| rowspan="3" | V. C. Kabeer<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}<br />
| 1991 – 1996<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| 10th<br />
| 1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| 11th <br />
| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}<br />
| 2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| 12th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[M. Hamsa]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
| 2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| 13th<br />
| 2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| 14th<br />
|[[P. Unni]]<br />
| 2016 – 2021<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| 15th<br />
|[[K. Premkumar (politician)|K. Premkumar]]<br />
|Incumbent <br />
|}<br />
{{notelist}}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ottapalam}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=[[K. Premkumar]]|votes=75362|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=United Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=[[P. K. Sasi]]|votes=48585|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=[[Major Ravi]]|votes=42476|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1135|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 26777<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = <br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ottapalam}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Premkumar|votes=74,859|percentage=46.45|change={{increase}}1.74|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. Sarin|votes=59,707|percentage=37.05|change={{increase}}3.05|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=25,056|percentage=15.55|change={{decrease}}2.83|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. P. Sivan|votes=672|percentage=0.42|change={{decrease}}0.12|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=867|percentage=0.64|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=15,152|percentage=9.96|change={{decrease}}0.78}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,61,509|percentage=77.75|change={{increase}}1.75}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.65}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ottapalam}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. Unni|votes=67,161|percentage=44.71|change={{decrease}}4.76|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Shanimol Usman|votes=51,073|percentage=34.00|change={{decrease}}5.43|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=27,605|percentage=18.38|change={{increase}}11.05|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. A. Sulfikar|votes=1,166|percentage=0.78|change={{decrease}}0.69|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,012|percentage=0.67|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. T. Padmini|votes=811|percentage=0.54|change={{decrease}}0.18|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. R. Prakash|votes=805|percentage=0.54|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=M. S. Suneesh|votes=399|percentage=0.27|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Suresh Velayudhan|votes=180|percentage=0.12|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=16,088|percentage=10.71|change={{increase}}0.67}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,50,212|percentage=76.00|change={{increase}}0.92}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}4.76}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Ottapalam}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Hamza|votes=65,023|percentage=49.47|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. K. Sreekandan|votes=51,820|percentage=39.43|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=9,631|percentage=7.33|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=E. S. Kajahussain|votes=1,933|percentage=1.47|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. Hamza|votes=1,097|percentage=0.83|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. T. Padmini|votes=947|percentage=0.72|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=N. Hamza|votes=604|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.31|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aravindan Karimpuzha|votes=379|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=13,203|percentage=10.04|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,434|percentage=75.08|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}{{notelist}}<br />
===1952=== <br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: Ottappalam<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}</ref>}} <br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Narayana Kurup |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=12,277 |percentage=33.74% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. P. Madhavan Nair |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,518 |percentage=26.16% |change=26.16% }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. Madhavan Nair |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=8,185 |percentage=22.50% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Krishnan Nair |party=Independent politician |votes=5,571 |percentage=15.31% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. P. Narayaana Menon |party=Independent politician |votes=832 |percentage=2.29% |change= }}<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,759 |percentage=7.58% |change= }} <br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=36,383 |percentage=56.69% |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 64,179 |change = }} <br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Ottapalam]]<br />
* [[Palakkad district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district]]<br />
[[Category:Ottapalam]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]</div>
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