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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kottarakkara<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 119<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| map_image = File:Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara,.jpg<br />
| map_caption = Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,00,586 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[K. N. Balagopal]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kottarakara''' or '''Kottarakkara''' is a [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in [[Kollam district]]. As of the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 assembly elections]], the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><br />
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==Structure==<br />
As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Kottarakara Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of [[Kottarakkara]] and seven neighbouring panchayaths including [[Ezhukone]], [[Kareepra]], [[Kulakkada]], [[Mylom]], [[Neduvathoor]], [[Veliyam]] and [[Ummannoor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies – Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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* '''Municipalities:''' [[Kottarakara]]<br />
* '''Panchayaths:''' [[Ezhukone]], [[Kareepra]], [[Kulakkada]], [[Mylom]], [[Neduvathoor]], [[Ummannoor]],[[Veliyam]]<br />
* '''Neighbourhood towns:''' [[Thrikkannamangal]], [[Kunnicode]], [[Valakom, Kottarakara|Valakom]], [[Odanavattam]]<br />
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==Electoral history==<br />
===Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Year<br />
!Winner<br />
!Party<br />
!Vote Margin<br />
!Coalition<br />
|-<br />
|1951<br />
|Krishnan Nair<br />
|Socialist<br />
|3,526<br />
|NA<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2018-10-17 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|1954<br />
|B. B. Pandarathil<br />
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]<br />
|6,586<br />
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2018-10-17}}</ref><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br>Sabha<br />
!Member<br />
!colspan="2"|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
|[[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]<br />
|{{Party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|1957–1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|D. Damodaran Potti<br />
|{{Party name with color|Praja Socialist Party}}<br />
|1960–1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |3rd<br />
|E. Chandrasekharan Nair<br />
|{{Party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}<br />
|1967–1970<br />
|-<br />
|1970*<br />
|[[C. Achutha Menon]]<br />
|1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|Kottara Gopalakrishnan<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1970–1977 <br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="7" |[[R. Balakrishna Pillai]]<br />
| {{Party name with color|rowspan=4|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|1977–1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|1980–1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|1982–1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
|1987–1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
|{{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1991–1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|10th<br />
| {{Party name with color|rowspan=2|Kerala Congress (B)}}<br />
|1996–2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
|2001–2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[P. Aisha Potty]]<br />
| {{Party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|2006–2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
|2011–2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|2016-2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
||[[K. N. Balagopal]]<br />
|Incumbent<br />
|}<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>by-election<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
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===2026===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottarakkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Indian National Congress|candidate=[[P. Aisha Potty]]|votes=62,914|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=[[K. N. Balagopal]]|votes=63,926|percentage=|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= BJP|candidate=R. Reshmi|votes=20,664|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate= Mamachan Daniel|votes=386|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Wilfred Zacharias|votes=236|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party= Equality Party of India|candidate=Suresh G|votes=117|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes611=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = <br />
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{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottarakkara}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. N. Balagopal]]|votes=68,770|percentage=45.98|change={{decrease}}9.46|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=R. Resmi|votes=57,956|percentage=38.75|change={{increase}}11.64|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vayakkal Soman|votes=21,223|percentage=14.19|change={{decrease}}1.80|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=574|percentage=0.38|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Mathews K. Lukose|votes=136|percentage=0.09|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Lal Viswan|votes=103|percentage=0.07|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=10,814|percentage=7.23|change={{decrease}}21.10}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,49,552|percentage=74.56|change={{decrease}}0.48}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}9.46|}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottarakkara}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. Aisha Potty]]|votes=83,443|percentage=55.44|change={{increase}}1.55|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Savin Sathyan|votes=40,811|percentage=27.11|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Rajeshwary Rajendran|votes=24,062|percentage=15.99|change={{increase}}11.36|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=742|percentage=0.49|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Madhu B.|votes=491|percentage=0.33|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=R. Sukumaran|votes=386|percentage=0.26|change={{decrease}}0.40|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Veliyam Shaji|votes=325|percentage=0.22|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Hariprasad|votes=173|percentage=0.11|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ajaykumar Thankappan|votes=80|percentage=0.05|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=42,632|percentage=28.33|change={{increase}}13.35}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,50,513|percentage=75.04|change={{increase}}0.72}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.55}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,84,97 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><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kottarakkara}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. Aisha Potty|votes=74,069|percentage=53.89|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=N. M. Murali|votes=53,477|percentage=38.91|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vayakkal Madhu|votes=6,370|percentage=4.63|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Dhaneshlal Panavely|votes=1,063|percentage=0.77|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. T. Prasanna Kumar|votes=911|percentage=0.66|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Solomon|votes=773|percentage=0.56|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Prakash V.|votes=454|percentage=0.33|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Prakash R.|votes=320|percentage=0.23|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,592|percentage=14.98|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,437|percentage=74.32|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|loser=Kerala Congress (B)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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