Kottayam Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Kottayam State 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan of INC.
| Kottayam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 97 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
CMS College Kottayam, the oldest existing college in India, established in 1815. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 128,625 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Kottayam Assembly 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 the Legislative Assembly
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Bhaskaran Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | M. P. Govindan Nair | Indian National Congress | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | M. K. George | Communist Party of India | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | M. Thomas | 1970–1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | P. P. George | Communist Party of India | 1977–1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. M. Abraham | Communist Party of India | 1980–1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Srinivasan | Socialist Republican Party | 1982–1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | T. K. Ramakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | 1991–1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Mercy Ravi | Indian National Congress | 2001–2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | V. N. Vasavan | Communist Party of India | 2006–2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2011–2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016–2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | ||||
| LDF | Adv K. Anilkumar | ||||
| BDJS | P. Anilkumar | ||||
| AAP | Dr. Celine Philip | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 65,401 | 53.72 |  | |
| CPI(M) | Adv K. Anilkumar | 46658 | 38.33 |  | |
| BJP | Minerva Mohan | 8611 | 7.07 | | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 473 | 0.39 | ||
| BSP | Sreekumar Chakkala | 374 | 0.31 | | |
| SUCI(C) | M. K Shahazad | 144 | 0.12 | | |
| ABHM | Arun Mangattu | 77 | 0.06 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 18743 | 15.27 | | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
There were 164,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 73,894 | 57.46 | 10.62 | |
| CPI(M) | Reji Sakaria | 40,262 | 31.31 | 14.92 | |
| BJP | M. S. Karunakaran | 12,582 | 9.78 | 5.04 | |
| BSP | P. K. Geetha Krishnan | 651 | 0.51 | 1.00 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 483 | 0.38 | − | |
| SP | Roy Chemmanam | 403 | 0.31 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Rejitha Jayaram | 182 | 0.14 | 0.10 | |
| Independent | John Joy | 88 | 0.07 | − | |
| Independent | Payas C. P. | 58 | 0.05 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 33,632 | 26.15 | 25.54 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,603 | 78.37 | 0.85 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 10.62 |
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2011
There were 148,225 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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 | ||||