Kottarakkara Assembly 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).

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Kottarakkara Assembly 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).

Structure

Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

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.

• Municipalities: Kottarakara • Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,Veliyam • Neighbourhood towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th><th>Vote Margin</th><th>Coalition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>Krishnan Nair</td><td>Socialist</td><td>3,526</td><td>NA</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>B. B. Pandarathil</td><td>RSP</td><td>6,586</td><td>LDF</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>E. Chandrasekharan Nair</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1957–1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>D. Damodaran Potti</td><td></td><td>PSP</td><td>1960–1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>E. Chandrasekharan Nair</td><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>1967–1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>C. Achutha Menon</td><td>1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>Kottara Gopalakrishnan</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1970–1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>R. Balakrishna Pillai</td><td></td><td>KEC</td><td>1977–1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>1980–1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>1982–1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>1987–1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td></td><td>INC</td><td>1991–1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td></td><td>KC(B)</td><td>1996–2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>2001–2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>P. Aisha Potty</td><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>2006–2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>2011–2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>2016-2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>K. N. Balagopal</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. N. Balagopal</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Aisha Potty</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>R Reshmi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Mamachan Daniel</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Wilfred Zacharias</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Equality Party of India</td><td>Suresh G</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. N. Balagopal</td><td>68,770</td><td>45.98</td><td>9.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>R. Resmi</td><td>57,956</td><td>38.75</td><td>11.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Vayakkal Soman</td><td>21,223</td><td>14.19</td><td>1.80</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>574</td><td>0.38</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mathews K. Lukose</td><td>136</td><td>0.09</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Lal Viswan</td><td>103</td><td>0.07</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,814</td><td>7.23</td><td>21.10</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,49,552</td><td>74.56</td><td>0.48</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>9.46</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. Aisha Potty</td><td>83,443</td><td>55.44</td><td>1.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Savin Sathyan</td><td>40,811</td><td>27.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rajeshwary Rajendran</td><td>24,062</td><td>15.99</td><td>11.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>742</td><td>0.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Madhu B.</td><td>491</td><td>0.33</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>R. Sukumaran</td><td>386</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.40</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SS</td><td>Veliyam Shaji</td><td>325</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hariprasad</td><td>173</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ajaykumar Thankappan</td><td>80</td><td>0.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>42,632</td><td>28.33</td><td>13.35</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,50,513</td><td>75.04</td><td>0.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.55</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. Aisha Potty</td><td>74,069</td><td>53.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KC(B)</td><td>N. M. Murali</td><td>53,477</td><td>38.91</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Vayakkal Madhu</td><td>6,370</td><td>4.63</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dhaneshlal Panavely</td><td>1,063</td><td>0.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. T. Prasanna Kumar</td><td>911</td><td>0.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Solomon</td><td>773</td><td>0.56</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prakash V.</td><td>454</td><td>0.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Prakash R.</td><td>320</td><td>0.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,592</td><td>14.98</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,37,437</td><td>74.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from KC(B)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>