Palakkad Assembly constituency

Palakkad Assembly constituency, formerly known as Palghat Assembly constituency, is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.

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Palakkad Assembly constituency

Palakkad Assembly constituency, formerly known as Palghat Assembly constituency, is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.

Local self-governed segments

Palakkad Assembly constituency

Palakkad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Palakkad</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Palakkad</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Kannadi</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Palakkad</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Pirayiri</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Palakkad</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Mathur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Alathur</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Palakkad Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Palakkad Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Madras State</td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td>1st</td><td>K. Ramakrishnan</td><td></td><td>Independent politician</td><td>1952 – 1957</td></tr><tr><td>Kerala State</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>R. Raghava Menon</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td></td><td>Praja Socialist Party</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>Indian National Congress</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>T. K. Noushad</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>K. Sankaranarayanan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>K. K. Divakaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</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>2021 – 11-June-2024</td></tr><tr><td>2024^</td><td>Rahul Mamkootathil</td><td>23-Nov-2024–present</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election history

Palakkad Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Votes polled</th><th>Winner</th><th>Runner-up 1</th><th>Runner-up 2</th><th>Margin of victory</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td></td><td>Name</td><td>Party</td><td>Votes</td><td>Name</td><td>Party</td><td>Votes</td><td>Name</td><td>Party</td><td>Votes</td><td>Votes</td><td>Percent</td></tr><tr><td>Kerala State</td></tr><tr><td>2024</td><td>138120 (70.93%)</td><td>Rahul Mamkootathil</td><td>  INC</td><td>58389</td><td>42.27%</td><td>C. Krishnakumar</td><td>  BJP</td><td>39549</td><td>28.63%</td><td>P. Sarin</td><td>  LDF</td><td>37293</td><td>24.52%</td><td>18,840</td><td>13.64 %</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>142104</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>  INC</td><td>54079</td><td>38.06%</td><td>E. Sreedharan</td><td>  BJP</td><td>50220</td><td>35.34%</td><td>C. P. Pramod</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>36433</td><td>25.64%</td><td>3859</td><td>2.71 %</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>137804 (77.25%)</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>  INC</td><td>57559</td><td>41.77%</td><td>Sobha Surendran</td><td>  BJP</td><td>40076</td><td>29.08%</td><td>N. N. Krishnadas</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>38675</td><td>28.07%</td><td>17483</td><td>12.69%</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>112347 (72.78%)</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>  INC</td><td>47641</td><td>42.41%</td><td>K. K. Divakaran</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>40238</td><td>35.82%</td><td>C. Udaybhaskar</td><td>  BJP</td><td>22317</td><td>19.86%</td><td>7403</td><td>6.59%</td></tr><tr><td>Major delimitation of constituency</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>111346 (71.60%)</td><td>K. K. Divakaran</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>41166</td><td>36.97%</td><td>A. V. Gopinathan</td><td>  INC</td><td>39822</td><td>35.76%</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>  BJP</td><td>27667</td><td>24.85%</td><td>1344</td><td>1.21%</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>110964 (68.05%)</td><td>K. Sankaranarayanan</td><td>  INC</td><td>53831</td><td>48.51%</td><td>T. K. Noushad</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>43026</td><td>38.77%</td><td>Rema Raghunandan</td><td>  BJP</td><td>12159</td><td>10.96%</td><td>10805</td><td>9.74%</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>89872 (62.06%)</td><td>T. K. Noushad</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>39198</td><td>43.20%</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  INC</td><td>38602</td><td>42.54%</td><td>S. R. Balasubramanian</td><td>  BJP</td><td>11446</td><td>12.61%</td><td>596</td><td>0.66%</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>91895 (66.34%)</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  INC</td><td>41432</td><td>45.09%</td><td>M.S. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>37925</td><td>41.27%</td><td>T. M. P. Iyer</td><td>  BJP</td><td>10648</td><td>11.59%</td><td>3507</td><td>3.82%</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>87434 (76.18%)</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>38774</td><td>44.35%</td><td>Girija Surendran</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>32709</td><td>37.41%</td><td>V. S. Muthuswamy</td><td>  BJP</td><td>12489</td><td>14.28%</td><td>6065</td><td>6.94%</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>65246 (68.47%)</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>29011</td><td>44.46%</td><td>N. A. Kareem</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>25841</td><td>39.61%</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>  BJP</td><td>9554</td><td>14.64%</td><td>3170</td><td>4.86%</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>62884 (60.57%)</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>35902</td><td>57.09%</td><td>K. A. Chandran</td><td>  INC(U)</td><td>25695</td><td>40.86%</td><td>C. K. Chinnan Master</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>1099</td><td>1.75%</td><td>10207</td><td>16.23%</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>60315 (74.92%)</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>30160</td><td>50.00%</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>27357</td><td>45.36%</td><td>V. R. Purushothaman</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>1121</td><td>1.86%</td><td>2803</td><td>4.65%</td></tr><tr><td>Major delimitation of constituency</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>57068 (69.92%)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>23113</td><td>40.50%</td><td>A. Chandran Nair</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>17653</td><td>30.93%</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>  BJS</td><td>15646</td><td>27.42%</td><td>5460</td><td>9.57%</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>45494 (68.75%)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>24627</td><td>54.13%</td><td>K. Sankaranarayanan</td><td>  INC</td><td>14996</td><td>32.96%</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>  BJS</td><td>4649</td><td>10.22%</td><td>9631</td><td>21.17%</td></tr><tr><td>1965</td><td>42804 (66.23%)</td><td>M. V. Vasu</td><td>  CPI(M)</td><td>17747</td><td>41.46%</td><td>K. Pyarijan Sunna Saheb</td><td>  INC</td><td>13260</td><td>30.98%</td><td>P. K. Krishnaswamy</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>5279</td><td>12.33%</td><td>4487</td><td>10.48%</td></tr><tr><td>Major delimitation of constituency</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>51334 (80.64%)</td><td>R. Raghava Menon</td><td>  INC</td><td>26546</td><td>51.71%</td><td>K. C. Gopalanunni</td><td>  CPI</td><td>24788</td><td>48.29%</td><td>Only two candidates contested</td><td>1758</td><td>3.42%</td></tr><tr><td>1957</td><td>35179 (59.31%)</td><td>R. Raghava Menon</td><td>  INC</td><td>14873</td><td>42.28%</td><td>M. P. Kunhiraman</td><td>  CPI</td><td>14248</td><td>40.50%</td><td>C. K. Moosath</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>6058</td><td>17.22%</td><td>625</td><td>1.78%</td></tr><tr><td>Madras State</td></tr><tr><td>1952</td><td>45555 (59.29%)</td><td>K. Ramakrishnan</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>26469</td><td>58.10%</td><td>P. Vasu Menon</td><td>  INC</td><td>14342</td><td>31.48%</td><td>V. Echara Menon</td><td>  Ind.</td><td>2484</td><td>5.45%</td><td>12127</td><td>26.62%</td></tr></tbody></table>

Detailed election results

2025

<table><thead><tr><th>SEGMENTS</th><th>LDF</th><th>NDA</th><th>UDF</th><th>IND</th><th>SDPI</th><th>WPI</th><th>AAP</th><th></th><th>LEADING ALLIANCE</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>PALAKKAD</td><td>18941</td><td>26933</td><td>26316</td><td>3685</td><td>461</td><td>1499</td><td>12</td><td>77847</td><td>NDA</td></tr><tr><td>KANNADI</td><td>7750</td><td>2986</td><td>6013</td><td>406</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>238</td><td>17393</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>PIRAYIRI</td><td>10504</td><td>5189</td><td>10936</td><td>2603</td><td>0</td><td>128</td><td>0</td><td>27510</td><td>UDF</td></tr><tr><td>MATHUR</td><td>8040</td><td>2894</td><td>6309</td><td>460</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>0</td><td>17703</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>TOTAL</td><td>43385</td><td>38002</td><td>49574</td><td>7154</td><td>461</td><td>1627</td><td>250</td><td>140453</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>%</td><td>30.88933665</td><td>27.05673784</td><td>35.2957929</td><td>5.093518828</td><td>0.3282236762</td><td>1.158394623</td><td>0.177995486</td></tr></tbody></table>

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS

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>INC</td><td>Ramesh Pisharody</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LDF</td><td>N.M.R. Razaq</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Udayan Sukumaran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sobha Surendran</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>

2024 by-election

There were 1,94,706 eligible voters in Palakkad Assembly constituency for the 2024 by-election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Rahul Mamkootathil</td><td>58,389</td><td>44.27</td><td>6.21</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Krishnakumar</td><td>39,549</td><td>28.63</td><td>6.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LDF</td><td>P. Sarin</td><td>37,156</td><td>25.44</td><td>1.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,262</td><td>0.91</td><td>0.54</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>18,840</td><td>13.64</td><td>10.93</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,38,120</td><td>70.93</td><td>4.51</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.21</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)</th><th>Votes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>UDF</td><td>NDA</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>Palakkad</td><td>31,787</td><td>27,197</td><td>16,719</td></tr><tr><td>Pirayiri</td><td>13,464</td><td>5,342</td><td>6,846</td></tr><tr><td>Mathur</td><td>6,529</td><td>3,089</td><td>6,926</td></tr><tr><td>Kannadi</td><td>6,272</td><td>3,618</td><td>6,665</td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 1,88,789 eligible voters in Palakkad Assembly 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>INC</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>54,079</td><td>38.06</td><td>3.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>E. Sreedharan</td><td>50,220</td><td>35.34</td><td>6.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>C. P. Pramod</td><td>36,433</td><td>25.64</td><td>2.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>528</td><td>0.37</td><td>0.15</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,859</td><td>2.71</td><td>12</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,42,104</td><td>75.44</td><td>1.81</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>3.71</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

<table><thead><tr><th>Status (Gram panchayat/municipality)</th><th>Votes</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>UDF</td><td>NDA</td><td>LDF</td></tr><tr><td>Palakkad</td><td>27,905</td><td>34,143</td><td>16,455</td></tr><tr><td>Pirayiri</td><td>12,815</td><td>6,355</td><td>6,614</td></tr><tr><td>Mathur</td><td>6,445</td><td>3,960</td><td>6,475</td></tr><tr><td>Kannadi</td><td>5,965</td><td>4,697</td><td>6,078</td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,78,387 eligible voters in Palakkad Assembly 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>INC</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>57,559</td><td>41.77</td><td>0.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Sobha Surendran</td><td>40,076</td><td>29.08</td><td>9.22</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>N. N. Krishnadas</td><td>38,675</td><td>28.07</td><td>7.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>719</td><td>0.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Hari Arumbil</td><td>411</td><td>0.30</td><td>0.14</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Dr. M. N. Anwarudheen</td><td>364</td><td>0.26</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,483</td><td>12.69</td><td>6.10</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,37,804</td><td>77.25</td><td>4.47</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.64</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,54,374 eligible voters in Palakkad Assembly constituency for the 2011 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>INC</td><td>Shafi Parambil</td><td>47,641</td><td>42.41</td><td>6.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>K. K. Divakaran</td><td>40,238</td><td>35.82</td><td>1.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>C. Udaybhaskar</td><td>22,317</td><td>19.86</td><td>4.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shaji Abraham</td><td>637</td><td>0.57</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Hari Arumbil</td><td>490</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Muhammed Shafi</td><td>377</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AIADMK</td><td>C. Sampath</td><td>337</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Divakaran</td><td>310</td><td>0.28</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>7,403</td><td>6.59</td><td>5.38</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,12,347</td><td>72.78</td><td>1.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>6.65</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

There were 155,550 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 2006 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. K. Divakaran</td><td>41,166</td><td>36.97</td><td>1.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>A. V. Gopinathan</td><td>39,822</td><td>35.76</td><td>12.75</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>27,667</td><td>24.84</td><td>13.88</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Adv. Vijaya Sarathy</td><td>765</td><td>0.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>A. K. Saleem Aamayur</td><td>490</td><td>0.44</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Gopinathan</td><td>442</td><td>0.39</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ravi Ezhavan</td><td>409</td><td>0.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. V. Gopinath</td><td>329</td><td>0.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. J. Joseph</td><td>256</td><td>0.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,344</td><td>1.21</td><td>8.53</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>111,346</td><td>71.58</td><td>3.53</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.8</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

There were 163,131 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 2001 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>INC</td><td>K. Sankara Narayanan</td><td>53,831</td><td>48.51</td><td>5.97</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>T. K. Noushad</td><td>43,026</td><td>38.77</td><td>4.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. Rema Regunandan</td><td>12,159</td><td>10.96</td><td>1.65</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. Balu</td><td>847</td><td>0.76</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Aruchamy</td><td>765</td><td>0.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. J. Joseph</td><td>336</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,805</td><td>9.74</td><td>9.08</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>110,964</td><td>68.05</td><td>6.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.97</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

There were 149,171 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1996 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>T. K. Noushad</td><td>39,198</td><td>43.20</td><td>1.93</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>38,602</td><td>42.54</td><td>2.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. R. Balasubramanian</td><td>11,446</td><td>12.61</td><td>1.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>C. G. Mani</td><td>400</td><td>0.44</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. V. Iyer</td><td>414</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>JP</td><td>M. Sivanarayanan</td><td>296</td><td>0.33</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. P. Memon</td><td>229</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>G. P. Ganapathi Tharakan</td><td>157</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. V. Chidambareswaran</td><td>75</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>596</td><td>0.66</td><td>3.16</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>90,735</td><td>61.48</td><td>4.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.93</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

There were 140,683 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1991 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>INC</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>41,432</td><td>45.09</td><td>0.74</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. S. Gopalakrishnan</td><td>37,925</td><td>41.27</td><td>3.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>T. M. P. Iyer</td><td>10,648</td><td>11.59</td><td>2.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. K. Ponnan</td><td>846</td><td>0.92</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. V. Iyer</td><td>414</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Sivanarayanan</td><td>278</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Appukuttan</td><td>193</td><td>0.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. P. Memon</td><td>159</td><td>0.17</td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,507</td><td>3.82</td><td>3.12</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>91,895</td><td>66.34</td><td>9.84</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.74</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1987

There were 115,949 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1987 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>Independent</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>38,774</td><td>44.35</td><td>0.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Girija Sundaram</td><td>32,709</td><td>37.41</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>V. S. Muthuswamy</td><td>12,489</td><td>14.28</td><td>0.36</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Krishnadas</td><td>2,530</td><td>2.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Ramakrishnan Nair</td><td>304</td><td>0.35</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Velayudhan</td><td>233</td><td>0.27</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. K. T. Kuttan</td><td>171</td><td>0.20</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. P. Memon</td><td>76</td><td>0.09</td><td>0.10</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Raveendran Pillai</td><td>71</td><td>0.08</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Anpunathan</td><td>40</td><td>0.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. M. Abdul Rahiman</td><td>37</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,065</td><td>6.94</td><td>2.08</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>87,433</td><td>76.18</td><td>7.71</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1982

There were 96,367 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1982 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>Independent</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>29,011</td><td>44.46</td><td>12.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>N. A. Kareem</td><td>25,841</td><td>39.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>O. Rajagopal</td><td>9,554</td><td>14.64</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Narayanakutty</td><td>147</td><td>0.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. P. Menon</td><td>121</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. K. A. Razack</td><td>118</td><td>0.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mani</td><td>112</td><td>0.17</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sivanandan Panickar</td><td>100</td><td>0.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. T. Antony Thoma</td><td>97</td><td>0.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manikkath Krishna Menoon</td><td>75</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. Parvathy Subbaraman</td><td>70</td><td>0.11</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,170</td><td>4.86</td><td>11.37</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>65,246</td><td>68.47</td><td>7.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.63</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1980

There were 104,428 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1980 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>Independent</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>35,902</td><td>57.09</td><td>7.09</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC(U)</td><td>K. A. Chandran</td><td>25,695</td><td>40.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. K. Chinnan Master</td><td>1,099</td><td>1.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>K. Appukuttan</td><td>118</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>10,207</td><td>16.23</td><td>11.58</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>62,884</td><td>60.57</td><td>15.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.09</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1977

There were 84,546 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1977 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>Independent</td><td>C. M. Sundaram</td><td>30,160</td><td>50.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>R. Krishnan</td><td>27,357</td><td>45.36</td><td>4.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. P. Purushothaman</td><td>1,121</td><td>1.86</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Josepaul</td><td>739</td><td>1.23</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,803</td><td>4.65</td><td>4.92</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>60,315</td><td>75.70</td><td>5.78</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1970

There were 83,098 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1970 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>R. Krishnan</td><td>22,113</td><td>40.50</td><td>13.63</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Chandran Nair</td><td>17,653</td><td>30.93</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>O. Rajagopalan</td><td>15,646</td><td>27.42</td><td>17.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. P. Narayana Menon</td><td>656</td><td>1.15</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,460</td><td>9.57</td><td>11.6</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>57,068</td><td>69.92</td><td>1.17</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>13.63</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1967

There were 69,273 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1967 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>R. Krishnan</td><td>24,627</td><td>54.13</td><td>12.67</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Sankaranarayanan</td><td>14,996</td><td>32.96</td><td>1.98</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ABJS</td><td>O. Rajagopalan</td><td>4,649</td><td>10.22</td><td>3.49</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SWA</td><td>A. R. Rajagopalan</td><td>1,222</td><td>2.69</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>9,631</td><td>21.17</td><td>10.69</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>45,494</td><td>68.75</td><td>2.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>12.67</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1965

There were 65,960 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1965 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>M. V. Vasu</td><td>17,747</td><td>41.46</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>K. Pyarijan Sunna Sahib</td><td>13,260</td><td>30.98</td><td>20.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. K. Krishnaswamy</td><td>5,279</td><td>12.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>O. Rajagopalan</td><td>2,879</td><td>6.73</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>C. K. Gopalanunni</td><td>2,251</td><td>5.26</td><td>43.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. G. Narayana Iyer</td><td>1,388</td><td>3.24</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,487</td><td>10.48</td><td>7.06</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>42,804</td><td>66.23</td><td>14.41</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1960

There were 64,542 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1960 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>INC</td><td>R. Raghava Menon</td><td>26,546</td><td>51.71</td><td>9.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>C. K. Gopalanunni</td><td>24,788</td><td>48.29</td><td>7.79</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,758</td><td>3.42</td><td>1.64</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>51,334</td><td>80.64</td><td>21.33</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>+9.43</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1957

There were 59,314 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1957 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>INC</td><td>R. Raghava Menon</td><td>14,873</td><td>42.28</td><td>10.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>M. P Kunhiraman</td><td>14,248</td><td>40.50</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>C. K Moosath</td><td>6,058</td><td>17.22</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>625</td><td>1.78</td><td>24.84</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>35,179</td><td>59.31</td><td>0.02</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from Independent</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.8</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1952

There were 76,828 eligible voters in Palghat Assembly constituency for the 1952 Madras Legislative 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>Independent</td><td>K. Ramakrishnan</td><td>26,469</td><td>58.10</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. Vasu Menon</td><td>14,342</td><td>31.48</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>M. Echara Menon</td><td>2,484</td><td>5.45</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>R. V. Sarma</td><td>2,260</td><td>4.96</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,127</td><td>26.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>45,555</td><td>59.29</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>