Ottapalam Assembly constituency

Ottapalam
Constituency No. 52 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Ottapalam town
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

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).

Local self governed segments

Ottapalam 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

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

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

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

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam
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

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ottappalam[6]
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

References

  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.