Pala (State Assembly constituency)
Template:Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency Pala 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala.
Local self governed segmentsEdit
Pala Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pala | Municipality | Meenachil |
| 2 | Bharananganam | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 3 | Kadanad | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 4 | Karoor | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 5 | Kozhuvanal | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 6 | Meenachil | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 7 | Melukavu | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 8 | Moonilavu | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 9 | Mutholy | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 10 | Ramapuram | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 11 | Thalanadu | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 12 | Thalappalam | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 13 | Elikkulam | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
Members of Legislative AssemblyEdit
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pala Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
NCP [[Kerala Congress (Mani)|Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/shortname]] [[Kerala Congress|Template:Kerala Congress/meta/shortname]]
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | K. M. Mani | KEC | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | KC(M) | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2019 | |||
| 2019* | Mani C. Kappan | NCP | 2019 – 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | NCK | Incumbent | ||
- * Byepoll
Election resultsEdit
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021Edit
There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Mani C. Kappan | 69,804 | 50.43 |  7.99
| |
| [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]] | Jose K. Mani | 54,426 | 39.32 | 3.92
| |
| BJP | Prameeladevi J. | 10,869 | 7.85 |  6.33
| |
| Independent | Mani C. Kuriakose | 1,098 | 0.79 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 604 | 0.44 | ||
| Independent | Santosh Pulickal | 444 | 0.32 | ||
| BSP | Joy Thomas Vazhamattom | 368 | 0.27 | ||
| Independent | C. V. John | 249 | 0.18 | - | |
| Independent | Sreejith V. S. | 195 | 0.14 | ||
| Independent | Thomas J. Nidiry | 160 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Albin Mathew | 121 | 0.09 | - | |
| Independent | Sunil Alancheril | 93 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 15,378 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,38,431 | 76.46 | 5.49
| ||
Niyamasabha by-election 2019Edit
Due to the death of sitting MLA K. M. Mani on April 2019, Pala went to bypoll on 23 September 2019.
There were 1,79,107 registered voters in Pala Constituency for the 2019 Kerala Niyamasabha by-election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCP | Mani C. Kappan | 54,137 | 42.55% | 3.79
| |
| [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]] | Jose Tom Pulikkunnel | 51,194 | 40.24% | - | |
| BJP | N. Hari | 18,044 | 14.18% | 3.58
| |
| Independent | C. J. Philip | 1,085 | 0.85% | - | |
| Independent | Maju Puthenkandam | 1,012 | 0.80% | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.58% | ||
| Independent | George Pooveli | 565 | 0.44% | ||
| Independent | Tom Thomas | 303 | 0.24% | ||
| Independent | Ignatious Illimoottil | 233 | 0.18% | ||
| Independent | Joseph Jacob | 178 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | Babu Joseph | 130 | 0.10% | ||
| Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 130 | 0.10% | ||
| Independent | Joby Thomas | 112 | 0.09% | ||
| Independent | Sunilkumar | 97 | 0.08% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,943 | 2.31% | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,220 | 70.97% | 6.64
| ||
| NCP gain from Kerala Congress (Mani) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016Edit
There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]] | K. M. Mani | 58,884 | 42.13% | 7.01
| |
| NCP | Mani C. Kappan | 54,181 | 38.78% | 6.14
| |
| BJP | N. Hari | 24,821 | 17.76% | 12.66
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 907 | 0.65% | - | |
| Independent | Jose Thomas Padiyammakkal | 489 | 0.35% | - | |
| Independent | Anthony | 217 | 0.16% | ||
| Independent | Shaiju Ponkunnam | 103 | 0.07% | ||
| Independent | Hassan Kunju P. S. | 90 | 0.06% | ||
| Independent | Babu | 83 | 0.06% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,703 | 3.37% | 0.85
| ||
| Turnout | 1,39,775 | 77.61% | 3.95
| ||
| [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | 7.01
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011Edit
There were 1,69,192 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]] | K. M. Mani | 61,239 | 49.14% | ||
| NCP | Mani C. Kappan | 55,980 | 44.92% | ||
| BJP | B. Vijayakumar | 6,359 | 5.10% | ||
| Independent | C. V. John | 576 | 0.46% | - | |
| Independent | James Joseph | 465 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 5,259 | 4.22% | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,619 | 73.66% | |||
| [[Kerala Congress (M)|Template:Kerala Congress (M)/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala". kottayam.nic.in.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pala". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ "Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.