Template:Infobox Indian constituency Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).[1]
Structure
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.[2][3]
- Municipalities: Kottarakara
- Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,Veliyam
- Neighbourhood towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam
Electoral history
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Krishnan Nair | Socialist | 3,526 | NA[4] |
| 1954 | B. B. Pandarathil | RSP | 6,586 | LDF[5] |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | Template:Party name with color | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | D. Damodaran Potti | Template:Party name with color | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | Template:Party name with color | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970* | C. Achutha Menon | 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | Kottara Gopalakrishnan | Template:Party name with color | 1970–1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | Template:Party name with color | 1977–1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982–1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987–1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | Template:Party name with color | 1991–1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | Template:Party name with color | 1996–2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001–2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. Aisha Potty | Template:Party name with color | 2006–2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Balagopal | Incumbent | ||
*by-election
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
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2021
There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[6] Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link
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2016
There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[7] Template:Election box begin Template:Election box winning candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party link Template:Election box candidate with party linkTemplate:Election box candidate with party link
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2011
There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
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References
- ↑ CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA. Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ↑ ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala. Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ↑ Constituencies – Kollam District. Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
- ↑ Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area. Government of Kerala. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ↑ Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 2018-10-17.
- ↑ 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.