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=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
There were 2,00,586 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottarakkara}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. Aisha Potty|votes=83,443|percentage=55.44|change={{increase}}1.55|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. Aisha Potty|votes=83,443|percentage=55.44|change={{increase}}1.55|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Savin Sathyan|votes=40,811|percentage=27.11|change={{decrease}}11.80|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Savin Sathyan|votes=40,811|percentage=27.11|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rajeshwary Rajendran|votes=24,062|percentage=15.99|change={{increase}}11.36|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rajeshwary Rajendran|votes=24,062|percentage=15.99|change={{increase}}11.36|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=742|percentage=0.49|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Madhu B.|votes=491|percentage=0.33|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=742|percentage=0.49|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Madhu B.|votes=491|percentage=0.33|change=-|}}

Latest revision as of 17:57, 8 December 2021

Kottarakkara
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictKollam
PartyCPI(M)

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[edit | edit source]

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consist of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoorveliyam and Ummannoor.[2][3]

Electoral history[edit | edit source]

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI    CPI (M)    INC     [[Kerala Congress|Template:Kerala Congress/meta/shortname]]    [[Praja Socialist Party|Template:Praja Socialist Party/meta/shortname]]    [[Kerala Congress (B)|Template:Kerala Congress (B)/meta/shortname]]  

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 CPI 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

* indicates bypolls

Election results[edit | edit source]

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit | edit source]

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) K. N. Balagopal 68,770 45.98 Decrease9.46
INC R. Resmi 57,956 38.75 Increase11.64
BJP Vayakkal Soman 21,223 14.19 Decrease1.80
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 Decrease21.10
Turnout 1,49,552 74.56 Decrease0.48
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease9.46

Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit | edit source]

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) P. Aisha Potty 83,443 55.44 Increase1.55
INC Savin Sathyan 40,811 27.11
BJP Rajeshwary Rajendran 24,062 15.99 Increase11.36
NOTA None of the above 742 0.49
Independent Madhu B. 491 0.33 −
BSP R. Sukumaran 386 0.26 Decrease0.40
SHS Veliyam Shaji 325 0.22
Independent Hariprasad 173 0.11
Independent Ajaykumar Thankappan 80 0.05
Margin of victory 42,632 28.33 Increase13.35
Turnout 1,50,513 75.04 Increase0.72
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase1.55

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit | edit source]

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara
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 Kerala Congress (B) Swing

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  8. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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