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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly, India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency<br />
| constituency number= 120<br />
| name = Pathanapuram<br />
| image = File:Peccolg.jpg<br />
| caption = [[College of Engineering, Pathanapuram]].<br />
| existence = 1957 – present<br />
| reserved = General<br />
| current mla = [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
| party = [[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]]<br />
| front = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| electedbyyear = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
| electorate = 1,84,282 (2021)<br />
| self governed segments= {{Collapsible list|bullets=yes<br />
| title = <br />
| 1 = '''[[Gram panchayat|Grama Panchayaths]]'''<br />[[Pathanapuram]]<br />[[Pattazhy]]<br />[[Pattazhy Vadakkekara]]<br />[[Piravanthoor]]<br />[[Thalavoor]]<br />[[Vilakkudy]]<br />[[Melila, Kollam|Melila]]<br />[[Vettikkavala]]<br />
}}<br />
}} <br />
'''Pathanapuram State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in the [[Mavelikara (Lok Sabha constituency)|Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://kollam.gov.in/constituencies/<br />
|website = kollam.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] of [[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]].<br />
<br />
==Local self governed segments==<br />
Pathanapuram Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District<br />
}}</ref><br />
{|class="sortable" border="2" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;" <br />
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"<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 />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://kollam.gov.in/tehsil/<br />
|website = kollam.gov.in<br />
|title = Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district.<br />
}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Pattazhy]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Pattazhy Vadakkekara]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Piravanthoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Thalavoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Vilakkudy]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Pathanapuram]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Melila, Kollam|Melila]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kottarakkara#Towns and villages in Kottarakara Taluk|Kottarakkara]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Vettikkavala]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kottarakkara#Towns and villages in Kottarakara Taluk|Kottarakkara]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
==Members of Legislative Assembly==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented Pathanapuram Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/pathanapuram-assembly-constituency-map.html<br />
|website = www.mapsofindia.com<br />
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
'''Key'''<br />
<br />
{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (B)}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}}<br />
<br />
{| class="sortable" width="55%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br />Sabha<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| 1st<br />
| N. Rajagopalan Nair<br />
| [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|<br />
| 1957–1960<br />
|-<br />
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
| 2nd<br />
| [[R. Balakrishna Pillai]]<br />
| [[Indian National Congress|INC]]<br />
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|<br />
| 1960–1965<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| 3rd<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Raghavan]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|<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 />
| rowspan="2" |E. K. Pillai<br />
| 1977–1980<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| 6th<br />
| 1980–1982<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| 7th<br />
| A. George<br />
| [[Kerala Congress|KEC]]<br />
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress}}"|<br />
| 1982–1987<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| 8th<br />
| [[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"|<br />
| 1987–1991<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| 9th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Prekash Babu]]<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 />
| rowspan="5" |[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Kerala Congress (B)|KC(B)]]<br />
| rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}"|<br />
| 2001–2006<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| 12th<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 />
| 2016 – 2021<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| 15th<br />
|Incumbent<br />
|-<br />
<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 />
===Niyamasabha Election 2016===<br />
There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016<br />
|website = eci.gov.in<br />
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India<br />
}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : [[Pathanapuram]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes=74,429|percentage=52.39%|change={{decrease}}3.25}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Jagadish|P. V. Jagadish Kumar]]|votes=49,867|percentage=35.10%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[Bheeman Raghu|Raghu Damodharan]]|votes=11,700|percentage=8.24%|change={{increase}}3.03}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Faizy M. Pasha|votes=3,843|percentage=2.71%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Perinadu Gopalakrishnan|votes=846|percentage=0.60%|change={{decrease}}0.07}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=454|percentage=0.32%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Rekhu P.|votes=366|percentage=0.26%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Sudheer M. G.|votes=254|percentage=0.18%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G.|votes=194|percentage=0.14%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Madhu R.|votes=105|percentage=0.07%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 24,562<br />
|percentage = 17.29%<br />
|change =- <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,42,058|percentage=74.83%|change={{increase}}0.61}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress (B)<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing ={{decrease}}3.25 <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://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]] : [[Pathanapuram]]}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes=71,421|percentage=55.64%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Rajagopal|votes=51,019|percentage=39.74%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=R. Subhash Pattazhy|votes=2,839|percentage=2.21%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Aneesh Anthony|votes=1,613|percentage=1.26%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Punalur Salim|votes=864|percentage=0.67%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=N. Sunilkumar|votes=611|percentage=0.48%|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 20,402<br />
|percentage = 17.29%<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,367|percentage=74.22%|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress (B)<br />
|loser = Indian National Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Pathanapuram]]<br />
* [[Kollam district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
<br />
== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
<br />
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
<br />
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1957]]</div>
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