Ollur Assembly constituency
| Ollur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 66 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:KeralaAgriculturalUniversity-entrance.JPG Kerala Agricultural University entrance | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,07,881(2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ollur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Rajan of CPI.
Ollur was a citadel of Indian National Congress for a long time, yet occasionally it had gone to Communist Party of India. The constituency has 1,00,750 male and 1,07,128 female voters. Ollur has been a bellwether constituency since 1982. Every MLA since 1982 has been part of the ruling party or alliance in Kerala.
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Ollur Assembly constituency is composed of the following 14 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation (Ollur zone, Mannuthy zone and Koorkenchery zone), and four Gram Panchayats in Thrissur taluk:[3]
| Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Mullakkara | 18 | Mannuthy | 24 | Valarkavu |
| 25 | Kuriachira | 26 | Ancheri | 28 | Patavarad |
| 29 | Edakkunni | 30 | Thaikkattussery | 31 | Ollur |
| 32 | Chiyyaram South | 41 | Koorkenchery | 42 | Kanimangalam |
| 43 | Panamukku | 44 | Nedupuzha |
| Sl no. | Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madakkathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 2 | Nadathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 3 | Pananchery | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 4 | Puthur | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit | edit source]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. V. Aryan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Raghavan Pozhakadavil | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | A. M. Paraman | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | C. N. Jayadevan | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | M. P. Vincent | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
[edit | edit source]2021
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Rajan | 76,657 | 49.09 | Increase1.54 | |
| INC | Jose Valloor | 55,151 | 35.31 | Decrease3.45 | |
| BJP | Adv. B.Gopalakrishnan | 22,295 | 14.28 | Increase2.54 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 827 | 0.51 | − | |
| BSP | P K Subramanian | 282 | 0.18 | − | |
| Independent | {{{candidate}}} | 628 | 0.4 | − | |
| Independent | Benny Kodiyatil | 331 | 0.21 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 21,506 | 13.78 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | 1.54 | |||
| Turnout | 1,56,171 | {{{percentage}}} | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,93,404 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Rajan | 71,666 | 47.55 | Increase3.08 | |
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 58,418 | 38.76 | Decrease10.45 | |
| BDJS | P. K. Santosh | 17,694 | 11.74 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,151 | 0.76 | − | |
| PDP | Majeed Mullakara | 696 | 0.46 | − | |
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Sajimon Manjamattam | 334 | 0.22 | − | |
| Independent | Vincent M. D. Marottikkal | 279 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | K. G. Rajan | 267 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | V. N. Asokhan | 214 | 0.14 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 13,248 | 8.79 | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | Increase3.08 | |||
| Turnout | 1,50,719 | 77.93 | Increase3.46 | ||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 64,823 | 49.21 | ||
| CPI | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | 58,576 | 44.47 | ||
| BJP | Sundararajan | 6,761 | 5.13 | ||
| Independent | Suresh M. R. | 717 | 0.54 | ||
| BSP | Sunny K. John | 434 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Ratheesh T. Nair | 407 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,247 | 4.74 | |||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 1,31,718 | 74.47 | |||
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