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).
| Ottapalam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 52 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 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 |
Local self governed segments
editOttapalam Niyamasabha 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
editThe 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
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
editThere 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 |  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
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere 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 | 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 | − | |
| SS | 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
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere 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 | 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 | ||||
1952
edit| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.