Kottayam Assembly constituency
Kottayam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala 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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan of INC.
Kottayam | |
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Constituency No. 97 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kottayam |
Established | 1957–present |
Total electors | 128,625 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | INC |
Alliance | UDF |
Elected year | 2019Kerala Legislative Assembly election |
Local self-governed segments edit
Kottayam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Kottayam | Municipality | Kottayam |
2 | Panachikkad | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
3 | Vijayapuram | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | P. Bhaskaran Nair | CPI | 1957–1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | M. P. Govindan Nair | INC | 1960–1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | M. K. George | CPI(M) | 1967–1970 | |
1970 | 4th | M. Thomas | 1970–1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | P. P. George | CPI | 1977–1980 | |
1980 | 6th | K. M. Abraham | CPI(M) | 1980–1982 | |
1982 | 7th | N. Srinivasan | SRP | 1982–1987 | |
1987 | 8th | T. K. Ramakrishnan | CPI(M) | 1987–1991 | |
1991 | 9th | 1991–1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | 1996–2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | Mercy Ravi | INC | 2001–2006 | |
2006 | 12th | V. N. Vasavan | CPI(M) | 2006–2011 | |
2011 | 13th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | INC | 2011–2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016–2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Election results edit
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha election 2016 edit
There were 164,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 73,894 | 57.46 | 10.62 | |
CPI(M) | Reji Sakaria | 40,262 | 31.31 | 14.92 | |
BJP | M. S. Karunakaran | 12,582 | 9.78 | 5.04 | |
BSP | P. K. Geetha Krishnan | 651 | 0.51 | 1.00 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 483 | 0.38 | - | |
SP | Roy Chemmanam | 403 | 0.31 | - | |
SUCI(C) | Rejitha Jayaram | 182 | 0.14 | 0.10 | |
Independent | John Joy | 88 | 0.07 | - | |
Independent | Payas C. P. | 58 | 0.05 | - | |
Margin of victory | 33,632 | 26.15 | 25.54 | ||
Turnout | 1,28,603 | 78.37 | 0.85 | ||
INC hold | Swing | 10.62 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011 edit
There were 148,225 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 53,825 | 46.84 | ||
CPI(M) | V. N. Vasavan | 53,114 | 46.23 | - | |
BJP | Narayanan Namboothiri | 5,449 | 4.74 | - | |
BSP | V. S. Shajan | 1,737 | 1.51 | - | |
Independent | Rajeev Abraham | 387 | 0.34 | - | |
SUCI(C) | N. K. Biju | 276 | 0.24 | - | |
Independent | George P. Elias | 113 | 0.10 | ||
Margin of victory | 711 | 0.61 | |||
Turnout | 1,14,901 | 77.52 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.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.