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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Lok Sabha Constituency in Kerala, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| type = LS<br />
|name = Palakkad <Br>{{Small|KL-9}}<br />
|map_image = Palakkad Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg<br />
|map_caption = Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency<br />
|established = 1957<br />
|reservation = None<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}<br />
| alliance = {{Party index link|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}<br />
| incumbent_image = <br />
|mp = [[V. K. Sreekandan]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general elections|2024]]<br />
|state = [[Kerala]]<br />
|assembly_cons = [[Pattambi (State Assembly constituency)|Pattambi]]<br> [[Shornur (State Assembly constituency)|Shornur]]<br> [[Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)|Ottapalam]]<br> [[Kongad (State Assembly constituency)|Kongad]]<br>[[Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency)|Mannarkkad]]<br> [[Malampuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Malampuzha]]<br> [[Palakkad (State Assembly constituency)|Palakkad]]<br />
|electors = 13,20,680 (2019)<br />
}}<br />
'''Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] (parliamentary) constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].<br />
<br />
==Assembly segments==<br />
Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf<br />
|title = Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies<br />
|access-date = 2008-10-19<br />
|work = Kerala<br />
|publisher = Election Commission of India<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090304011026/http://archive.eci.gov.in/se2001/background/S11/KL_Dist_PC_AC.pdf<br />
|archive-date = 2009-03-04<br />
}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
! No<br />
! Name<br />
! District<br />
! Member<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead<br />
|-<br />
|50<br />
|[[Pattambi (State Assembly constituency)|Pattambi]]<br />
| rowspan="7" |[[Palakkad district|Palakkad]]<br />
|[[Muhammed Muhsin]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|51<br />
|[[Shornur (State Assembly constituency)|Shornur]]<br />
|[[P. Mammikutty]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|52<br />
|[[Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)|Ottapalam]]<br />
|[[K. Premkumar (politician)|K. Premkumar]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
|53<br />
|[[Kongad (State Assembly constituency)|Kongad]] (SC)<br />
|[[Thulasi Teacher|K. A. Thulasi]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|54<br />
|[[Mannarkkad (State Assembly constituency)|Mannarkkad]]<br />
|[[N. Samsudheen|N. Shamsudheen]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian Union Muslim League}}<br />
|-<br />
|55<br />
|[[Malampuzha (State Assembly constituency)|Malampuzha]]<br />
|[[A. Prabhakaran]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|56<br />
|[[Palakkad (State Assembly constituency)|Palakkad]]<br />
|[[Ramesh Pisharody]]<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Parliament ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
! Year<br />
! Member<br />
!colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1951-52 Indian general election|1957]]<br />
|[[Vella Eacharan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |P. Kunhan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]<br />
|[[E. K. Nayanar]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]<br />
|[[A. K. Gopalan]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]<br />
|A. Sunnasahib<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |V. S. Vijayaraghavan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (I)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]<br />
|[[A. Vijayaraghavan|Vijayaraghavan Alampadan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]<br />
|V. S. Vijayaraghavan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[N. N. Krishnadas]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=6|dab=yes}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[M. B. Rajesh]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]<br />
|rowspan=2|[[V. K. Sreekandan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Election results==<br />
{{bar box<br />
|float=right<br />
|title= Vote share of Winning candidates<br />
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{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2024|2024]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|40.66}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2019|2019]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|39.17}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2014|2014]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|45.36}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2009|2009]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|42.81}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 2004|2004]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|45.70}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1999|1999]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|46.19}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1998|1998]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|46.99}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1996|1996]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|47.77}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1991|1991]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|48.38}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1989|1989]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|47.42}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1984|1984]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|51.62}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1980|1980]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}|49.86}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1977|1977]]|{{party color|Indian National Congress}}|49.70}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1971|1971]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|57.12}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1967|1967]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}|59.14}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1962|1962]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|65.62}}<br />
{{bar percent|[[#General Elections 1957|1957]]|{{party color|Communist Party of India}}|25.67}}<br />
}}<br />
<br />
===General Election 2024 ===<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Palakkad<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Palakkad">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Palakkad |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S118.htm |access-date=1 August 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240801162246/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S118.htm |archive-date=1 August 2024}}</ref>}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[V. K. Sreekandan]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=4,21,169|percentage=40.66|change={{gain}}1.49}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[A. Vijayaraghavan]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=3,45,886|percentage=33.39|change={{loss}}4.64}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=C. Krishnakumar|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=2,51,778|percentage=24.31|change={{gain}}2.87}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=8,793|percentage=0.85|change={{gain}}0.20}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=75,283|percentage=7.26|change={{gain}}6.12}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=10,38,946|percentage=74.16|change=}}<br />
{{Election box registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = <br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = <br />
|swing = {{gain}} 1.49<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 2019===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2019 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[V. K. Sreekandan]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,99,274 |percentage=39.17 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. B. Rajesh]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,87,637 |percentage=38.03 |change=-7.33 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Krishnakumar |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=2,18,556 |percentage=21.44 |change=6.44 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=6,665 |percentage=0.65 |change=-0.59 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Thulaseedharan Pallickal |party=Social Democratic Party of India |votes=5,749 |percentage=0.56 |change=-0.81 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=11,637 |percentage=1.14 |change=-10.43 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=10,19,337 |percentage=77.77 |change= 1.73 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 13,23,010 |change =9.45 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -6.19 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|+Assembly wise votes, 2019: Palakkad<br />
!Assembly Constituency<br />
![[V. K. Sreekandan]] (INC)<br />
![[M. B. Rajesh]] (CPI(M))<br />
!C. Krishnakumar (BJP)<br />
|-<br />
|Pattambi<br />
|'''67,644'''<br />
|50,465<br />
|20,716<br />
|-<br />
|Shornur<br />
|49,810<br />
|'''60,902'''<br />
|32,308<br />
|-<br />
|Ottapalam<br />
|54,386<br />
|'''60,846'''<br />
|35,683<br />
|-<br />
|Kongad<br />
|52,456<br />
|'''52,812'''<br />
|29,104<br />
|-<br />
|Mannarkkad<br />
|'''78,250'''<br />
|48,625<br />
|18,560<br />
|-<br />
|Malampuzha<br />
|47,743<br />
|'''69,037'''<br />
|41,413<br />
|-<br />
|Palakkad<br />
|'''48,425'''<br />
|44,086<br />
|39,963<br />
|-<br />
|'''Total votes'''<br />
|'''3,99,274'''<br />
|3,87,637<br />
|2,18,556<br />
|-<br />
|''' of votes'''<br />
|'''38.83'''<br />
|37.7<br />
|21.26<br />
|}<br />
<br />
===General Elections 2014===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2014 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. B. Rajesh]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=4,12,897 |percentage=45.36 |change=+2.54 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. P. Veerendra Kumar]] |party=Socialist Janata (Democratic) |votes=3,07,597 |percentage=33.79 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Sobha Surendran]] |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=1,36,587 |percentage=15.00 |change=+6.29 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=E. S. Khaja Hussain |party=Social Democratic Party of India |votes=12,504 |percentage=1.37 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=None of the Above |party=None of the above |votes=11,291 |percentage=1.24 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Thennilapuram Radhakrishnan |party=Welfare Party of India |votes=8,667 |percentage=0.95 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=B. Padmanabhan |party=Aam Aadmi Party |votes=4,933 |percentage=0.54 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,05,300 |percentage=11.57 |change=+11.34 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=9,10,322 |percentage=75.33 |change= +1.84 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 12,08,726 |change =+12.46 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= 2.54 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 2009===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2009 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[M. B. Rajesh]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,38,070 |percentage=42.81 |change=-2.89 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[Satheeshan Pacheni]] |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,36,250 |percentage=42.58 |change=8.84 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. K. Padmanabhan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=68,804 |percentage=8.71 |change=-9.29 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. R. Murali |party=Independent politician |votes=20,896 |percentage=2.65 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Abdul Razak Moulavi |party=Nationalist Congress Party |votes=8,111 |percentage=1.03 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Satheesan. E.V |party=Independent politician |votes=5,478 |percentage=0.69 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Arokiasamy |party=Independent politician |votes=3,776 |percentage=0.48 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,820 |percentage=0.23 |change=-11.73 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=7,89,648 |percentage=73.48 |change= -0.27 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 10,74,818 |change =-3.44 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -2.89 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 2004===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[2004 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[N. N. Krishnadas]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,75,144 |percentage=45.70 |change=-0.49 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=2,76,986 |percentage=33.74 |change=-8.63 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Udai Bhasker |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=1,47,792 |percentage=18.00 |change=7.10 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Krishnadas |party=Independent politician |votes=7,637 |percentage=0.93 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Subramanian |party=Bahujan Samaj Party |votes=5,021 |percentage=0.61 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Kuttikrishnan |party=Independent politician |votes=5,006 |percentage=0.61 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=98,158 |percentage=11.96 |change=8.14 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=8,20,856 |percentage=73.78 |change= 1.69 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 11,13,144 |change =-1.70 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -0.49 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 1999===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1999 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[N. N. Krishnadas]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,72,536 |percentage=46.19 |change=-0.80 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. T. Padma |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,41,769 |percentage=42.37 |change=-1.21 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Uday Bhaskar |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=87,948 |percentage=10.90 |change=2.56 }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=30,767 |percentage=3.81 |change=0.42 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=8,06,543 |percentage=72.05 |change= 2.58 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 11,32,416 |change =5.20 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -1.58 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 1998===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1998 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[N. N. Krishnadas]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,45,963 |percentage=46.99 |change=-0.78 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,20,941 |percentage=43.59 |change=-0.92 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Prof. T. C. Govindan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=61,419 |percentage=8.34 |change=3.16 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=U. C. Kunjan |party=Independent politician |votes=3,916 |percentage=0.53 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=25,022 |percentage=3.40 |change=0.14 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=7,36,292 |percentage=69.19 |change= -0.28 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 10,76,444 |change =1.35 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -0.78 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 1996===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1996 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[N. N. Krishnadas]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,43,264 |percentage=47.77 |change=1.67 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,19,841 |percentage=44.51 |change=-3.87 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=M. V. Sukumaran |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=37,221 |percentage=5.18 |change=0.66 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Sethumadhavan |party=Janata Party |votes=3,289 |percentage=0.46 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=N. Krishna Kumar |party=Independent politician |votes=3,274 |percentage=0.46 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=23,423 |percentage=3.26 |change=0.98 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=7,18,544 |percentage=69.47 |change= -2.09 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 10,62,083 |change =8.13 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= -0.61 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 1991===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1991 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,34,913 |percentage=48.38 |change=1.14 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Vijayaraghavan |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,19,145 |percentage=46.10 |change=-1.32 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rema S. Menon |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=31,323 |percentage=4.52 |change=0.82 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Sivanarayanan |party=Janata Party |votes=4,146 |percentage=0.60 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=15,768 |percentage=2.28 |change=2.10 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=6,92,292 |percentage=71.56 |change= -5.89 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 9,82,228 |change =2.55 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= 0.96 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== General Elections 1989===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1989 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[A. Vijayaraghavan]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=3,48,401 |percentage=47.42 |change=2.65 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=3,47,115 |percentage=47.24 |change=-4.38 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. Chandrasekharan |party=Bharatiya Janata Party |votes=27,220 |percentage=3.70 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=1,286 |percentage=0.18 |change=-6.68 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=7,34,778 |percentage=77.45 |change= 0.36 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 9,57,847 |change =30.93 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= -4.21 }}<br />
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=== General Elections 1984===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1984 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=2,87,170 |percentage=51.62 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[T. Sivadasa Menon]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=2,49,017 |percentage=44.76 |change=-2.15 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Rohana Jayaram |party=Independent politician |votes=11,092 |percentage=1.99 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=38,153 |percentage=6.86 |change=3.91 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=5,56,296 |percentage=77.09 |change= 18.13 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 7,31,568 |change =3.74 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Indian National Congress (I) |swing= 1.76 }}<br />
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=== General Elections 1980===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1980 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=V. S. Vijayaraghavan |party=Indian National Congress (I) |votes=2,04,355 |percentage=49.86 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[T. Sivadasa Menon]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=1,92,267 |percentage=46.91 |change=0.77 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. P. R. Gopalan |party=Independent politician |votes=6,818 |percentage=1.66 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Veluthira |party=Independent politician |votes=3,328 |percentage=0.81 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=R. Aravindakhshan |party=Independent politician |votes=3,096 |percentage=0.76 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=12,088 |percentage=2.95 |change=-0.61 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=4,09,864 |percentage=58.95 |change= -15.68 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 7,05,179 |change =19.67 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress (I) |loser=Indian National Congress |swing= 0.15 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== General Elections 1977===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1977 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=A. Sunnasahib |party=Indian National Congress |votes=2,07,604 |percentage=49.70 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=[[T. Sivadasa Menon]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=1,92,733 |percentage=46.14 |change=-10.98 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Cherapadam Sivarama Krishna Iyer |party=Independent politician |votes=17,341 |percentage=4.15 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=14,871 |percentage=3.56 |change=-12.06 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=4,17,678 |percentage=74.63 |change= 14.18 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 5,89,253 |change =4.31 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Indian National Congress |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -7.42 }}<br />
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=== General Elections 1971===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1971 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=A. K. Gopalan |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=1,91,089 |percentage=57.12 |change=-2.02 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. C. Govindan |party=Independent politician |votes=1,38,823 |percentage=41.50 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. P. Purshothaman |party=Independent politician |votes=4,601 |percentage=1.38 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=52,266 |percentage=15.62 |change=-9.55 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=3,34,513 |percentage=60.45 |change= -0.83 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 5,64,890 |change =21.27 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |swing= -2.02 }}<br />
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=== General Elections 1967===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1967 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=[[E. K. Nayanar]] |party=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |votes=1,58,230 |percentage=59.14 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. S. Devan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=90,872 |percentage=33.97 |change=4.39 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. T. Kochuvarkey |party=Independent politician |votes=18,436 |percentage=6.89 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=67,358 |percentage=25.18 |change=-10.87 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=2,67,538 |percentage=61.28 |change= 10.73 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 4,65,825 |change =11.54 }}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link |winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist) |loser=Communist Party of India |swing= -6.47 }}<br />
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=== General Elections 1962===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1962 Indian general election]]: Palakkad<ref>{{cite web |title=1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results |url=https://www.elections.in/parliamentary-constituencies/1962-election-results.html |website=www.elections.in |access-date=1 January 2021}}</ref>}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi |party=Communist Party of India |votes=1,31,688 |percentage=65.62 |change=39.94 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=V. Eacharan |party=Indian National Congress |votes=59,353 |percentage=29.57 |change=9.09 }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Krishnankutty |party=Bharatiya Jana Sangh |votes=9,650 |percentage=4.81 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=72,335 |percentage=36.04 |change=30.86 }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=2,00,691 |percentage=50.55 |change= -57.31 }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 4,17,640 |change =-50.54 }}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link |winner=Communist Party of India |loser=Communist Party of India |swing= 39.94 }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== General Elections 1957===<br />
{{Election box begin|title= [[1957 Indian general election]]: Palakkad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi |party=Communist Party of India |votes=2,33,807 |percentage=25.67 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Eacharan V. Iyyani |party=Indian National Congress |votes=1,86,594 |percentage=20.49 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=K. Damodaran |party=Communist Party of India |votes=1,85,662 |percentage=20.39 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=P. Vasu Menon |party=Indian National Congress |votes=1,42,053 |percentage=15.60 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Chadayan Muniyadan |party=Independent politician |votes=91,922 |percentage=10.09 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. Muhamad Ismail |party=Independent politician |votes=70,691 |percentage=7.76 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory |votes=47,213 |percentage=5.18 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box turnout |votes=9,10,729 |percentage=107.86 |change= }}<br />
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 8,44,346 |change = }}<br />
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Communist Party of India |loser= |swing= }}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Palghat]]<br />
* [[Malappuram district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]<br />
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp<br />
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