Ottapalam Assembly constituency

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
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictPalakkad
Established1957
Total electors2,07,723 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Local self governed segments

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Ottapalam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1OttapalamMunicipalityOttapalam
2AmbalapparaGrama panchayatOttapalam
3KadampazhipuramGrama panchayatOttapalam
4KarimpuzhaGrama panchayatOttapalam
5Lakkidi-PerurGrama panchayatOttapalam
6PookkottukavuGrama panchayatOttapalam
7SreekrishnapuramGrama panchayatOttapalam
8ThachanattukaraGrama panchayatMannarkkad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
19571stP. V. Kunhunni NairCommunist Party of India1957 – 1960
19602nd1960 – 1965
19673rdP. P. KrishnanCommunist Party of India1967 – 1970
19704th1970 – 1977
19775thP. BalanIndian National Congress1977 – 1980
19806thV. C. KabeerIndian National Congress1980 – 1982
19827thIndependent1982 – 1987
19878thK. SankaranarayananIndian National Congress1987 – 1991
19919thV. C. KabeerIndian Congress1991 – 1996
199610th1996 – 2001
200111thNationalist Congress Party2001 – 2006
200612thM. HamsaCommunist Party of India2006 – 2011
201113th2011 – 2016
201614thP. Unni2016 – 2021
202115thK. PremkumarIncumbent

Election results

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Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2021

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There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)K. Premkumar74,85946.45 1.74
INCP. Sarin59,70737.05 3.05
BJPP. Venugopalan25,05615.55 2.83
BSPP. P. Sivan6720.42 0.12
NOTANone of the above8670.64-
Margin of victory15,1529.96 0.78
Turnout1,61,50977.75 1.75
CPI(M) holdSwing 1.65

Niyamasabha Election 2016

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There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)P. Unni67,16144.71 4.76
INCShanimol Usman51,07334.00 5.43
BJPP. Venugopalan27,60518.38 11.05
SDPIA. A. Sulfikar1,1660.78 0.69
NOTANone of the above1,0120.67-
BSPK. T. Padmini8110.54 0.18
IndependentS. R. Prakash8050.54-
SHSM. S. Suneesh3990.27-
IndependentSuresh Velayudhan1800.12-
Margin of victory16,08810.71 0.67
Turnout1,50,21276.00 0.92
CPI(M) holdSwing 4.76

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ottapalam
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)M. Hamza65,02349.47-
INCV. K. Sreekandan51,82039.43
BJPP. Venugopalan9,6317.33
SDPIE. S. Kajahussain1,9331.47
IndependentM. Hamza1,0970.83-
BSPK. T. Padmini9470.72-
IndependentN. Hamza6040.46 0.31
IndependentAravindan Karimpuzha3790.29-
Margin of victory13,20310.04
Turnout1,31,43475.08
CPI(M) holdSwing

1952

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1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election : Ottappalam[6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KMPPM. Narayana Kurup 12,277 33.74%
INCC. P. Madhavan Nair9,51826.16%26.16%
SocialistT. Madhavan Nair8,18522.50%
IndependentC. Krishnan Nair5,57115.31%
IndependentC. P. Narayaana Menon8322.29%
Margin of victory2,7597.58%
Turnout36,38356.69%
Registered electors64,179
KMPP win (new seat)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
  5. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ^ "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.