Pathanapuram Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly, India
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Pathanapuram Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2001, it has been represented by K. B. Ganesh Kumar of the Kerala Congress (B). In the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, he was defeated by Jyothikumar Chamakkala of the Indian National Congress.
| Pathanapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 120 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Pathanapuram within Kollam district | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mavelikara |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,85,116 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Pathanapuram Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathanapuram | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram[3] |
| 2 | Pattazhy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 3 | Pattazhy Vadakkekara | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 4 | Piravanthoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 5 | Thalavoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 6 | Vilakkudy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 7 | Melila | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
| 8 | Vettikkavala | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the Pathanapuram Assembly constituency during various legislative assemblies.[4]
Key
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Jyothi Kumar Chamakkala | 68,275 | 49.61 |  10.58 | |
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 59,965 | 43.57 |  5.52 | |
| TTP | S. Anilkumar | 7,031 | 5.11 | 3.94 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 613 | 0.45 | 0.10 | |
| Margin of victory | 8310 | 6.03 | 4.44 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,623 | ||||
| INC gain from KC(B) | Swing | ||||
2021
There were 1,85,116 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 67,276 | 49.09 | 3.30 | |
| INC | Jyothikumar Chamakkala | 52,940 | 38.63 | 3.53 | |
| BJP | V. S. Jithin Dev | 12,398 | 9.05 | 0.81 | |
| Marxist Communist Party of India | P. Krishnammal | 2,091 | 1.53 | – | |
| SDPI | Adv. Faizy. M. Pasha | 1,192 | 0.87 | 1.84 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 474 | 0.35 | 0.03 | |
| Anna DHRM | Baiju Pathanapuram | 411 | 0.30 | – | |
| Independent | Aji Kadassery | 254 | 0.19 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 14,336 | 10.47 | 6.82 | ||
| Turnout | 1,37,327 | 74.18 | 0.65 | ||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | 3.30 |
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2016
There were 1,89,837 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 74,429 | 52.39% | 3.25 | |
| INC | P. V. Jagadish Kumar | 49,867 | 35.10% | – | |
| BJP | Raghu Damodharan | 11,700 | 8.24% | 6.03 | |
| SDPI | Adv. Faizy M. Pasha | 3,843 | 2.71% | – | |
| BSP | Perinadu Gopalakrishnan | 846 | 0.60% | 0.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 454 | 0.32% | – | |
| Independent | Rekhu P. | 366 | 0.26% | – | |
| SS | Sudheer M. G. | 254 | 0.18% | – | |
| Independent | Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G. | 194 | 0.14% | – | |
| Independent | Madhu R. | 105 | 0.07% | – | |
| Margin of victory | 24,562 | 17.29% | 1.39 | ||
| Turnout | 1,42,058 | 74.83% | 0.60 | ||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | 3.25 |
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2011
There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 71,421 | 55.64% | 2.16 | |
| CPI(M) | K. Rajagopal | 51,019 | 39.74% | – | |
| BJP | R. Subhash Pattazhy | 2,839 | 2.21% | 0.04 | |
| Independent | Aneesh Anthony | 1,613 | 1.26% | 0.44 | |
| BSP | Punalur Salim | 864 | 0.67% | 0.16 | |
| Independent | N. Sunilkumar | 611 | 0.48% | – | |
| Margin of victory | 20,402 | 15.90% | 4.53 | ||
| Turnout | 1,28,367 | 74.23% | 2.10 | ||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | 2.16 |
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2006
There were 1,44,025 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 55,554 | 53.48 | 0.72 | |
| CPI | K. R. Chandramohanan | 43,740 | 42.11 | 1.65 | |
| BJP | Vilakkudi Chandran | 2,334 | 2.25 | 0.04 | |
| Independent | Aneesh Antony | 859 | 0.82 | – | |
| Independent | Madappara Muraleedharan | 615 | 0.59 | – | |
| BSP | Kuzhicheyil Sunil | 526 | 0.51 | – | |
| Independent | S. Krishnankutty | 248 | 0.24 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 11,814 | 11.37 | 2.37 | ||
| Turnout | 103,883 | 72.13 | 1.10 | ||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | 0.72 |
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2001
There were 1,55,397 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 58,224 | 52.76 | 7.44 | |
| CPI | Adv. K. Prakash Babu | 48,293 | 43.76 | 6.13 | |
| BJP | A. V. Muraleedharan | 2,525 | 2.29 | – | |
| Independent | Thomas Baby | 1,319 | 1.20 | – | |
| Margin of victory | 9,931 | 9.00 | 4.43 | ||
| Turnout | 110,383 | 71.03 | 1.18 | ||
| KC(B) gain from CPI | Swing | 7.44 |
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