Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palakkad
Palakkad
Lok Sabha Constituency
	Map of Palakkad Parliament Constituency
Incumbent	V. K. Sreekandan
Parliamentary Party	INC
Elected Year	2019
Constituency Details
Established	1957
Reservation	None
State	Kerala
Total Electors	13,20,680 (2019)
Most Successful Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist) (9 times)
Assembly Constituencies	Pattambi; Shornur; Ottapalam; Kongad; Mannarkkad; Malampuzha; Palakkad

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Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency, once knows as Palghat constituency, is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Kerala.

Assembly segments[edit]

Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

Constituency number	Name	Reserved for (SC/ST/None)	District
50	Pattambi	None	Palakkad
51	Shornur	None	Palakkad
52	Ottapalam	None	Palakkad
53	Kongad	SC	Palakkad
54	Mannarkkad	None	Palakkad
55	Malampuzha	None	Palakkad
56	Palakkad	None	Palakkad

Members of Parliament[edit]

Madras State

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1952	1st	Vella Eacharan	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
After the Formation of Kerala
1957	2nd	P. Kunhan	Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	P. Kunhan	Communist Party of India	1962-1967
1967	4th	E. K. Nayanar	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1967-1971
1971	5th	A. K. Gopalan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1971-1977
1977	6th	A. Sunnasahib	Indian National Congress	1977-1980
1980	7th	V. S. Vijayaraghavan		1980-84
1984	8th	V. S. Vijayaraghavan		1984-89
1989	9th	Vijayaraghavan Alampadan	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1989-1991
1991	10th	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	Indian National Congress	1991-1996
1996	11th	N. N. Krishnadas	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1996-1998
1998	12th			1998-1999
1999	13th			1999-2004
2004	14th			2004-2009
2009	15th	M. B. Rajesh		2009-2014
2014	16th	M. B. Rajesh		2014-2019
2019	17th	V. K. Sreekandan	Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results[edit]

General election 2019[edit]

2019 Indian general election : Palakkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Sreekandan	3,99,274	38.8
	CPI (M)	M. B. Rajesh	3,87,637	37.7	-7.65
	BJP	C. Krishnakumar	2,18,556	21.3	+6.3
	SDPI	Tulasidaran Pallikal	5,749	0.6	-0.77
	Independent	C. Chandran	2,624	0.3
	BSP	Hari Arumbil	2,408	0.2
Margin of victory			11,637	1.13
Turnout			10,28,874	77.77
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing

Assembly wise votes, 2019 : Palakkad
Assembly Constituency	V. K. Sreekandan (INC)	M. B. Rajesh (CPI(M))	C. Krishnakumar (BJP)
Pattambi	67,644	50,465	20,716
Shornur	49,810	60,902	32,308
Ottapalam	54,386	60,846	35,683
Kongad	52,456	52,812	29,104
Mannarkkad	78,250	48,625	18,560
Malampuzha	47,743	69,037	41,413
Palakkad	48,425	44,086	39,963
Total votes	3,99,274	3,87,637	2,18,556
% of votes	38.83	37.7	21.26

General election 2014[edit]

2014 Indian general election : Palakkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	M.B. Rajesh	412,897	45.35	+2.54
	[[Socialist Janata (Democratic)\|Template:Socialist Janata (Democratic)/meta/shortname]]	M.P. Veerendrakumar	307,597	33.78	N/A
	BJP	Sobhasurendran	136,587	15.00	+6.29
	SDPI	E.S. Khaja Hussain	12,504	1.37	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	11,291	1.24	---
Margin of victory			105,300	11.57	+11.34
Turnout			910,322	75.39
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 2009[edit]

2009 Indian general election : Palakkad
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI (M)	M B Rajesh	338,070	42.89	+2.55
	INC	Satheesan Pacheni	336,250	42.66	-8.79
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	68,804	8.73	+6.29
style="background-color: Template:Socialist Unity Centre of India/meta/color; width: 5px;" \|	[[Socialist Unity Centre of India\|Template:Socialist Unity Centre of India/meta/shortname]]	M. R. Murali	11,291	2.65	---
	NCP	Abdul Rassaq Moulavi	8111	1.24	---
	Independent	E. V. Satheesan	5478	1.24	---
	Independent	A. Arokiasamy	3776	1.24	---
	Independent	N. V. Rajesh	3124	1.24	---
	BSP	Vijayan Ambalakkad	2460	1.24	---
Margin of victory			1,820	0.20	+11.34
Turnout			910,322	75.39
	CPI (M) hold		Swing

General election 1962[edit]

Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi (CPI) : 131,688 votes^[2]
V. Eacharan (Congress) : 59,353

References[edit]

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
↑ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

External links[edit]

Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

Template:Lok Sabha constituencies of Kerala

http://picasaweb.google.com/krishnadas.pkd/Palakkad#^{[permanent dead link]}

[1] "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.

[2] "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 1 January 2021.

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