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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 Indian constituency<br />
| name = Pathanapuram<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 120<br />
| map_image = File:Kollam district wise kerala assambly election 2016 constituency map.svg<br />
| map_caption = Pathanapuram within Kollam district <br />
| state = [[Kerala]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
| loksabha_cons = [[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency|Mavelikara]]<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| electors = 1,85,116 (2021)<br />
| reservation = None = <br />
| mla = [[Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala]]<br />
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Pathanapuram Assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]], India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the [[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> Since 2001, it has been represented by [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]] of the [[Kerala Congress (B)]]. In the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]], he was defeated by [[Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala]].<br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Pathanapuram Assembly 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 />
|access-date = 6 November 2019<br />
|archive-date = 1 August 2019<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><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 />
|[[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 the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all the members of the [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the Pathanapuram Assembly constituency during various legislative 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|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress (B)}}<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" width="55%" <br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| [[N. Rajagopalan Nair]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
| [[R. Balakrishna Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Raghavan]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|dab=y|rowspan=4}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[E. K. Pillai]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| A. George<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| [[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|dab=y|rowspan=3}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[K. Prakash Babu]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (B)|dab=y|rowspan=5}}<br />
|-<br />
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|-<br />
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]<br />
|[[Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala]]<br />
|{{full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<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 />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate=[[Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala]]<br />
|votes=68,275<br />
|percentage=<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Kerala Congress (B)<br />
|candidate=[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
|votes=59,965<br />
|percentage=<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party=Twenty20 Party<br />
|candidate=S. Anilkumar<br />
|votes=7,031<br />
|percentage=<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 8310<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala<br />
|swing = INC Gain from KC(B)<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2021===<br />
There were 1,85,116 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/statistical_report.pdf |title=Legislative Assembly 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260121075941/https://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/statistical_report.pdf |website=ceo.kerala.gov.in |archive-date=21 January 2026|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Kerala Congress (B)<br />
|candidate = [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]<br />
|votes = 67,276<br />
|percentage = 49.09<br />
|change = {{loss}}3.30<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = Jyothikumar Chamakkala<br />
|votes = 52,940<br />
|percentage = 38.63<br />
|change = {{gain}}3.53<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = V. S. Jithin Dev<br />
|votes = 12,398<br />
|percentage = 9.05<br />
|change = {{gain}}0.81<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Marxist Communist Party of India (United)<br />
|candidate = P. Krishnammal<br />
|votes = 2,091<br />
|percentage = 1.53<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Social Democratic Party of India<br />
|candidate = Adv. Faizy. M. Pasha<br />
|votes = 1,192<br />
|percentage = 0.87<br />
|change = {{loss}}1.84<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 474<br />
|percentage = 0.35<br />
|change = {{gain}}0.03<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Anna Democratic Human Rights Movement Party of India<br />
|candidate = Baiju Pathanapuram<br />
|votes = 411<br />
|percentage = 0.30<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Aji Kadassery<br />
|votes = 254<br />
|percentage = 0.19<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
|votes = 14,336<br />
|percentage = 10.47<br />
|change = {{loss}}6.82<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 1,37,327<br />
|percentage = 74.18<br />
|change = {{loss}}0.65<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress (B)<br />
|swing = {{loss}}3.30<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2016===<br />
There were 1,89,837 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|url= <br />
https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website<br />
= eci.gov.in|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes=74,429|percentage=52.39%|change={{loss}}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}}6.03}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Adv. 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={{loss}}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||votes = 24,562|percentage = 17.29%|change = {{gain}}1.39}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,42,058|percentage=74.83%|change={{increase}}0.60}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Kerala Congress (B)|loser = Indian National Congress|swing ={{decrease}}3.25}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url= <br />
https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=[[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes=71,421|percentage=55.64%|change={{gain}}2.16}}<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={{loss}}0.04}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Aneesh Anthony|votes=1,613|percentage=1.26%|change={{gain}}0.44}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Punalur Salim|votes=864|percentage=0.67%|change={{gain}}0.16}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=N. Sunilkumar|votes=611|percentage=0.48%|change=–}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes= 20,402|percentage = 15.90%|change={{gain}}4.53}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,367|percentage=74.23%|change={{gain}}2.10}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Kerala Congress (B)|loser = Indian National Congress|swing={{gain}}2.16}} <br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2006===<br />
There were 1,44,025 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala 2006 - Kerala - Election Commission of India |url= <br />
http://webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2006_ST_REP.pdf<br />
|url-status=live|archive-url= <br />
https://web.archive.org/web/20260109051444/http://webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2006_ST_REP.pdf<br />
|archive-date=9 January 2026}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Kerala Congress (B)|candidate = [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes = 55,554|percentage = 53.48|change = {{gain}}0.72}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Communist Party of India|candidate = K. R. Chandramohanan|votes = 43,740|percentage = 42.11|change = {{loss}}1.65}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate = Vilakkudi Chandran|votes = 2,334|percentage = 2.25|change = {{loss}}0.04}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Independent (politician)|candidate = Aneesh Antony|votes = 859|percentage = 0.82|change = –}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Independent (politician)|candidate = Madappara Muraleedharan|votes = 615|percentage = 0.59|change = –}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate = Kuzhicheyil Sunil|votes = 526|percentage = 0.51|change = –}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Independent (politician)|candidate = S. Krishnankutty|votes = 248|percentage = 0.24|change = –}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes = 11,814|percentage = 11.37|change = {{gain}}2.37}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes = 103,883|percentage = 72.13|change = {{gain}}1.10}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link||winner = Kerala Congress (B)|swing = {{gain}}0.72}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2001===<br />
There were 1,55,397 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Kerala 2001 - Kerala - Election Commission of India |url= <br />
http://webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2001_ST_REP.pdf<br />
|url-status=live|archive-url= <br />
https://web.archive.org/web/20260109060755/http://webapp.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/KLA/KL_2001_ST_REP.pdf<br />
|archive-date=9 January 2026}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Pathanapuram}}{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party = Kerala Congress (B)|candidate = [[K. B. Ganesh Kumar]]|votes = 58,224|percentage = 52.76|change = {{gain}}7.44}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Communist Party of India|candidate = [[K. Prakash Babu|Adv. K. Prakash Babu]]|votes = 48,293|percentage = 43.76|change = {{loss}}6.13}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate = A. V. Muraleedharan|votes = 2,525|percentage = 2.29|change = –}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party = Independent (politician)|candidate = Thomas Baby|votes = 1,319|percentage = 1.20|change = –}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes = 9,931|percentage = 9.00|change = {{gain}}4.43}}{{Election box turnout||votes = 110,383|percentage = 71.03|change = {{gain}}1.18}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link||winner = Kerala Congress (B)|loser = Communist Party of India|swing = {{gain}}7.44}}{{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 />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
<br />
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]</div>
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