Kottarakkara (State 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.[1]
| 119 Kottarakkara കൊട്ടാരക്കര | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town | |
| Existence | 1957-present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 2,00,586 (2016) |
| Current MLA | P. Aisha Potty |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Kollam |
Structure
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consist of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 6 neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor and Ummannoor.[2][3]
- Municipalities: Kottarakara
- Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor
- 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:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | D. Damodaran Potti | PSP | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Kottara Gopalakrishnan | INC | 1970 | |
| 1970* | A. Memon | CPI | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | INC | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | KC(B) | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | P. Aisha Potty | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
* indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,00,586 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. Aisha Potty | 83,443 | 55.44 |  | |
| INC | Savin Sathyan | 40,811 | 27.11 | ||
| BJP | Rajeshwary Rajendran | 24,062 | 15.99 | | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Madhu B. | 491 | 0.33 | - | |
| BSP | R. Sukumaran | 386 | 0.26 |  | |
| SHS | Veliyam Shaji | 325 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Hariprasad | 173 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Ajaykumar Thankappan | 80 | 0.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 42,632 | 28.33 | | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,513 | 75.04 | | ||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. Aisha Potty | 74,069 | 53.89 | ||
| KC(B) | N. M. Murali | 53,477 | 38.91 | ||
| BJP | Vayakkal Madhu | 6,370 | 4.63 | ||
| Independent | Dhaneshlal Panavely | 1,063 | 0.77 | ||
| BSP | P. T. Prasanna Kumar | 911 | 0.66 | ||
| Independent | S. Solomon | 773 | 0.56 | - | |
| Independent | Prakash V. | 454 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Prakash R. | 320 | 0.23 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,592 | 14.98 | |||
| Turnout | 1,37,437 | 74.32 | |||
| CPI (M) gain from KC(B) | Swing | ||||
References
- "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- "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.