Kottayam Assembly constituency

Kottayam
Constituency No. 97 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
CMS College Kottayam, the oldest existing college in India, established in 1815.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKottayam
Established1957–present
Total electors128,625 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2019Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Kottayam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan of INC.

Local self-governed segments[edit]

Kottayam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Kottayam Municipality Kottayam
2 Panachikkad Grama panchayat Kottayam
3 Vijayapuram Grama panchayat Kottayam

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]

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

Key

  CPI(M)  INC  Independent  CPI

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. Bhaskaran Nair CPI 1957–1960
1960 2nd M. P. Govindan Nair INC 1960–1965
1967 3rd M. K. George CPI(M) 1967–1970
1970 4th M. Thomas 1970–1977
1977 5th P. P. George CPI 1977–1980
1980 6th K. M. Abraham CPI(M) 1980–1982
1982 7th N. Srinivasan SRP 1982–1987
1987 8th T. K. Ramakrishnan CPI(M) 1987–1991
1991 9th 1991–1996
1996 10th 1996–2001
2001 11th Mercy Ravi INC 2001–2006
2006 12th V. N. Vasavan CPI(M) 2006–2011
2011 13th Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan INC 2011–2016
2016 14th 2016–2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results[edit]

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

Niyamasabha election 2016[edit]

There were 164,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kottayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan 73,894 57.46 Increase10.62
CPI(M) Reji Sakaria 40,262 31.31 Decrease14.92
BJP M. S. Karunakaran 12,582 9.78 Increase5.04
BSP P. K. Geetha Krishnan 651 0.51 Decrease1.00
NOTA None of the above 483 0.38 -
SP Roy Chemmanam 403 0.31 -
SUCI(C) Rejitha Jayaram 182 0.14 Decrease0.10
Independent John Joy 88 0.07 -
Independent Payas C. P. 58 0.05 -
Margin of victory 33,632 26.15 Increase25.54
Turnout 1,28,603 78.37 Increase0.85
INC hold Swing Increase10.62

Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]

There were 148,225 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kottayam
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan 53,825 46.84
CPI(M) V. N. Vasavan 53,114 46.23 -
BJP Narayanan Namboothiri 5,449 4.74 -
BSP V. S. Shajan 1,737 1.51 -
Independent Rajeev Abraham 387 0.34 -
SUCI(C) N. K. Biju 276 0.24 -
Independent George P. Elias 113 0.10
Margin of victory 711 0.61
Turnout 1,14,901 77.52
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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