Ottapalam Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Ottapalam 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Premkumar of CPI(M).
| Ottapalam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 52 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Ottapalam town | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,07,723 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Ottapalam Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottapalam | Municipality | Ottapalam |
| 2 | Ambalappara | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 3 | Kadampazhipuram | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 4 | Karimpuzha | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 5 | Lakkidi-Perur | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 6 | Pookkottukavu | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 7 | Sreekrishnapuram | Grama panchayat | Ottapalam |
| 8 | Thachanattukara | Grama panchayat | Mannarkkad |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. V. Kunhunni Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. P. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | P. Balan | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | V. C. Kabeer | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | K. Sankaranarayanan | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | V. C. Kabeer | Indian Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Nationalist Congress Party | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | M. Hamsa | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | P. Unni | 2016 – 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | K. Premkumar | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Premkumar | 75362 | |||
| UDF | P. K. Sasi | 48585 | |||
| BJP | Major Ravi | 42476 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1135 | |||
| Margin of victory | 26777 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Premkumar | 74,859 | 46.45 |  1.74 | |
| INC | P. Sarin | 59,707 | 37.05 | 3.05 | |
| BJP | P. Venugopalan | 25,056 | 15.55 |  2.83 | |
| BSP | P. P. Sivan | 672 | 0.42 | 0.12 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 867 | 0.64 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 15,152 | 9.96 | 0.78 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,509 | 77.75 | 1.75 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.65 |
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2016
There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| 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 | − | |
| SS | 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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2011
There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| 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 | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | M. Narayana Kurup | 12,277 | 33.74% | ||
| INC | C. P. Madhavan Nair | 9,518 | 26.16% | 26.16% | |
| Socialist Party (India) | T. Madhavan Nair | 8,185 | 22.50% | ||
| Independent | C. Krishnan Nair | 5,571 | 15.31% | ||
| Independent | C. P. Narayaana Menon | 832 | 2.29% | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,759 | 7.58% | |||
| Turnout | 36,383 | 56.69% | |||
| Registered electors | 64,179 | ||||
| KMPP win (new seat) | |||||