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. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Aisha Potty of CPI(M)[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 |  1.55 | |
| INC | Savin Sathyan | 40,811 | 27.11 |  11.80 | |
| BJP | Rajeshwary Rajendran | 24,062 | 15.99 | 11.36 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.49 | ||
| Independent | Madhu B. | 491 | 0.33 | - | |
| BSP | R. Sukumaran | 386 | 0.26 | 0.40 | |
| SHS | Veliyam Shaji | 325 | 0.22 | ||
| Independent | Hariprasad | 173 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Ajaykumar Thankappan | 80 | 0.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 42,632 | 28.33 | 13.35 | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,513 | 75.04 | 0.72 | ||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | 1.55 |
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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.