Ottapalam Assembly constituency
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| Ottapalam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 52 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| File:Ottpalam town4.jpg Ottapalam town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,07,723 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ottapalam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Premkumar of CPI(M).
Local self-governed segments
[edit | edit source]Ottapalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottapalam | Municipality | Ottapalam |
| 2 | Ambalappara | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 3 | Kadampazhipuram | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 4 | Karimpuzha | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 5 | Lakkidi-Perur | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 6 | Pookkottukavu | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 7 | Sreekrishnapuram | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 8 | Thachanattukara | Grama panchayat | Mannarkkad |
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. V. Kunhunni Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. P. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | P. Balan | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | V. C. Kabeer | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. Sankaranarayanan | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | V. C. Kabeer | Indian Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Nationalist Congress Party | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | M. Hamsa | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | P. Unni | 2016 – 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | K. Premkumar | Incumbent | ||
Election results
[edit | edit source]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit | edit source]There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Premkumar | 74,859 | 46.45 | Increase1.74 | |
| INC | P. Sarin | 59,707 | 37.05 | Increase3.05 | |
| BJP | P. Venugopalan | 25,056 | 15.55 | Decrease2.83 | |
| BSP | P. P. Sivan | 672 | 0.42 | Decrease0.12 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 867 | 0.64 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 15,152 | 9.96 | Decrease0.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,509 | 77.75 | Increase1.75 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Increase1.65 | |||
2016
[edit | edit source]There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | P. Unni | 67,161 | 44.71 | Decrease4.76 | |
| INC | Shanimol Usman | 51,073 | 34.00 | Decrease5.43 | |
| BJP | P. Venugopalan | 27,605 | 18.38 | Increase11.05 | |
| SDPI | A. A. Sulfikar | 1,166 | 0.78 | Decrease0.69 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,012 | 0.67 | − | |
| BSP | K. T. Padmini | 811 | 0.54 | Decrease0.18 | |
| Independent | S. R. Prakash | 805 | 0.54 | − | |
| SS | M. S. Suneesh | 399 | 0.27 | − | |
| Independent | Suresh Velayudhan | 180 | 0.12 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 16,088 | 10.71 | Increase0.67 | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,212 | 76.00 | Increase0.92 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | Decrease4.76 | |||
2011
[edit | edit source]There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | Decrease0.31 | |
| Independent | Aravindan Karimpuzha | 379 | 0.29 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 13,203 | 10.04 | |||
| Turnout | 1,31,434 | 75.08 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
1952
[edit | edit source]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | M. Narayana Kurup | 12,277 | 33.74% | ||
| INC | C. P. Madhavan Nair | 9,518 | 26.16% | 26.16% | |
| Socialist | T. Madhavan Nair | 8,185 | 22.50% | ||
| Independent | C. Krishnan Nair | 5,571 | 15.31% | ||
| Independent | C. P. Narayaana Menon | 832 | 2.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,759 | 7.58% | |||
| Turnout | 36,383 | 56.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 64,179 | ||||
| KMPP win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit | edit source]- Ottapalam
- Palakkad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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