Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency)
Ottapalam State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ഒറ്റപ്പാലം നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Unni of CPI(M).
| 52 Ottapalam ഒറ്റപ്പാലം | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 The Ottapalam town in the Ottapalam (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 1,97,646 (2016) |
| Current MLA | P. Unni |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Palakkad |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI (M) INC IC(S) NCP Independent CPI
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | Kunhunni Nayar | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. P. Krishnan | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | P. Balan | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | V. C. Kabeer | INC(U) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | IND | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. Sankaranarayanan | INC | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | V. C. Kabeer | ICS(SCS) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | IC(S) | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | NCP | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | M. Hamsa | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | P. Unni | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | P. Unni | 67,161 | 44.71 |  4.76 | |
| INC | Shanimol Usman | 51,073 | 34.00 | 5.43 | |
| BJP | P. Venugopalan | 27,605 | 18.38 |  11.05 | |
| SDPI | A. A. Sulfikar | 1,166 | 0.78 | 0.69 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,012 | 0.67 | - | |
| BSP | K. T. Padmini | 811 | 0.54 | 0.18 | |
| Independent | S. R. Prakash | 805 | 0.54 | - | |
| SHS | M. S. Suneesh | 399 | 0.27 | - | |
| Independent | Suresh Velayudhan | 180 | 0.12 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 16,088 | 10.71 | 0.67 | ||
| Turnout | 1,50,212 | 76.00 | 0.92 | ||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | 4.76 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | M. Hamza | 65,023 | 49.47 | - | |
| INC | V. K. Sreekandan | 51,820 | 39.43 | ||
| BJP | P. Venugopalan | 9,631 | 7.33 | ||
| SDPI | E. S. Kajahussain | 1,933 | 1.47 | ||
| Independent | M. Hamza | 1,097 | 0.83 | - | |
| BSP | K. T. Padmini | 947 | 0.72 | - | |
| Independent | N. Hamza | 604 | 0.46 | 0.31 | |
| Independent | Aravindan Karimpuzha | 379 | 0.29 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 13,203 | 10.04 | |||
| Turnout | 1,31,434 | 75.08 | |||
| CPI (M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
- "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.