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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| state = Kerala
| name = Kottakkal
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 46
| map_image = File:Kuttippuram Bridge.jpg
| map_caption = [[Kuttippuram bridge]] over [[Bharathappuzha]]
| established = 1951 (first establishment)<br>2008 (second establishment)
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,98,872 (2016)
| mla = [[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal]]
| party = {{Party index link|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| alliance = {{legend2|#0087BD |'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Malappuram district|Malappuram]]
}}
'''[[Kottakkal]] State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://malappuram.nic.in/constituencies
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala
}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal|K. K Abid Hussain Thangal]] of [[Indian Union Muslim League|IUML]].

==Local self-governed segments==
[[File:Kottakkal Niyamasabha constituency.png|thumb|Map of Kottakkal Assembly constituency]]
Kottakkal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/malappuram.html
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District
|access-date = 20 August 2019
|archive-date = 20 August 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190820130501/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/malappuram.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Kottakkal]]
|Municipality
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|2
|[[Valanchery]]
|Municipality
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|3
|[[Ponmala]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|4
|[[Marakkara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|5
|[[Edayoor|Edayur]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|6
|[[Irimbiliyam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|-
|7
|[[Kuttippuram]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Tirur Taluk|Tirur]]
|}
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==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Kottakkal Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/kottakkal-assembly-constituency-map.html
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Kottakkal
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama<br>Sabha
!Member
!colspan="2"|Party
!Tenure
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| [[M. P. Abdussamad Samadani]]
| {{Party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian Union Muslim League}}
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
|rowspan=2|[[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal]]
| 2016 – 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| [[Incumbent]]
|}
{{notelist}}

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottakkal}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
|candidate = Preethi Konchath
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate = [[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal]]
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{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
|candidate = Subramanian Chungappally
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|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
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=== 2021 ===
There were 2,05,405 registered voters in Kottakkal Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1146.htm?ac=46
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kottakkal]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Indian Union Muslim League
|candidate=[[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal]]
|votes=81,700
|percentage=51.3%
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Nationalist Congress Party
|candidate=N. A. Mohammed Kutty
|votes=65,112
|percentage=40.9%
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate=P. P. Ganesan
|votes=10,796
|percentage=6.8%
|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party=None of the above
|candidate=None of the above
|votes=668
|percentage=0.42%
|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 16,588
|percentage = 10.4%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,265|percentage=77.9%|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian Union Muslim League
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,98,872 registered voters in Kottakkal Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kottakkal]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=[[K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal]]|votes=71,768|percentage=48.34%|change={{decrease}}10.57}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nationalist Congress Party|candidate=N. A. Mohammed Kutty|votes=56,726|percentage=38.21%|change={{increase}}9.64}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=V. Unnikrishnan Master|votes=13,205|percentage=8.89%|change={{increase}}2.31}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Neyyathoor Kunhimohamed|votes=2,763|percentage=1.86%|change={{decrease}}0.70}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=K. P. O. Rahmathullah|votes=1,719|percentage=1.16%|change={{decrease}}1.08}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=806|percentage=0.54%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=C. Muhammed Kutty|votes=579|percentage=0.39%|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Villan Mohammed Kutty|votes=429|percentage=0.29%|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 15,042
|percentage = 10.13%
|change ={{decrease}}20.21
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,473|percentage=74.66%|change={{increase}}4.01}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian Union Muslim League
|loser =
|swing ={{decrease}}10.57
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,67,498 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kottakkal]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=Abdusamad Samadani|votes=69,717|percentage=58.91%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nationalist Congress Party|candidate=C. P. K. Gurukkal|votes=33,815|percentage=28.57%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. K. Surendran|votes=7,782|percentage=6.58%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Ali Kadampuzha|votes=3,027|percentage=2.56%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=K. C. Naser|votes=2,644|percentage=2.24%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Kadampuzha Bindhu Devarajan|votes=894|percentage=0.76%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Madathil Muhammad Ellias|votes=458|percentage=0.39%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 35,902
|percentage = 30.34%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,18,343|percentage=70.65%|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian Union Muslim League
|loser =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1952===
{{Election box begin|title= [[1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Kottakkal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=Ahmad Kutty, Chakkeeri |party=Indian Union Muslim League |votes=14,972 |percentage=41.29% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Kunjunni Nedumgadi, Ezhuthassan Kalathil |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,498 |percentage=26.19% |change=26.19% }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Koya Kunhi Naha Kizhakkinakath |party=Communist Party of India |votes=9,056 |percentage=24.97% |change= }}
{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=Mohamed Naha Kizhakkinath |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=2,736 |percentage=7.55% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=5,474 |percentage=15.10% |change= }}
{{Election box turnout |votes=36,262 |percentage=51.91% |change= }}
{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 69,856 |change = }}
{{Election box new seat win |winner=Indian Union Muslim League|loser= |swing= }}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kottakkal]]
* [[Valanchery]]
* [[Kuttippuram (State Assembly constituency)]]
* [[Kuttippuram Block Panchayat]]
* [[Malappuram district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==

{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Malappuram district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Madras State]]
[[Category:Kottakkal area]]

Kottakkal Assembly constituency - Revision history

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