Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)

Ottapalam
Ottapalam
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
District	Palakkad
Party	CPI(M)

Ottapalam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Premkumar of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Ottapalam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Ottapalam(LDF)	Municipality	Ottapalam
2	Ambalappara(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
3	Kadampazhipuram(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
4	Karimpuzha(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
5	Lakkidi-Perur(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
6	Pookkottukavu(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
7	Sreekrishnapuram(LDF)	Grama panchayat	Ottapalam
8	Thachanattukara(UDF)	Grama panchayat	Mannarkkad

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

Key

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. V. Kunhunni Nair	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. V. Kunhunni Nair	CPI		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. P. Krishnan	CPI(M)		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. P. Krishnan	CPI(M)		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. Balan	INC		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	V. C. Kabeer	INC(U)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th	V. C. Kabeer	Ind.		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	K. Sankaranarayanan	INC		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	V. C. Kabeer	IC(S)	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Indian Congress (Socialist)/meta/color"\|	1991 – 1996
1996	10th		IC(S)	1996 – 2001
2001	11th		NCP		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. Hamsa	CPI(M)		2006 – 2011
2011	13th	M. Hamsa			2011 – 2016
2016	14th	P. Unni			2016 – 2021
2021	15th	K. Premkumar			Incumbent

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

There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. Premkumar	74,859	46.45	1.74
	INC	P. Sarin	59,707	37.05	3.05
	BJP	P. Venugopalan	25,056	15.55	2.83
	BSP	P. P. Sivan	672	0.42	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	867	0.64	−
Margin of victory			15,152	9.96	0.78
Turnout			1,61,509	77.75	1.75
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.65

There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Unni	67,161	44.71	4.76
	INC	Shanimol Usman	51,073	34.00	5.43
	BJP	P. Venugopalan	27,605	18.38	11.05
	SDPI	A. A. Sulfikar	1,166	0.78	0.69
	NOTA	None of the above	1,012	0.67	−
	BSP	K. T. Padmini	811	0.54	0.18
	Independent	S. R. Prakash	805	0.54	−
	SHS	M. S. Suneesh	399	0.27	−
	Independent	Suresh Velayudhan	180	0.12	−
Margin of victory			16,088	10.71	0.67
Turnout			1,50,212	76.00	0.92
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	4.76

There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Hamza	65,023	49.47	−
	INC	V. K. Sreekandan	51,820	39.43
	BJP	P. Venugopalan	9,631	7.33
	SDPI	E. S. Kajahussain	1,933	1.47
	Independent	M. Hamza	1,097	0.83	−
	BSP	K. T. Padmini	947	0.72	−
	Independent	N. Hamza	604	0.46	0.31
	Independent	Aravindan Karimpuzha	379	0.29	−
Margin of victory			13,203	10.04
Turnout			1,31,434	75.08
	CPI(M) hold		Swing