Pathanapuram Assembly constituency
Pathanapuram State assembly constituency 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. B. Ganesh Kumar of KC(B).
| Pathanapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 120 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 – present |
| Total electors | 1,84,282 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | KC(B) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self governed segments edit
Pathanapuram Niyamasabha 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 Legislative Assembly edit
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pathanapuram Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | N. Rajagopalan Nair | CPI | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | R. Balakrishna Pillai | INC | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970–1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | E. K. Pillai | 1977–1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | A. George | KEC | 1982–1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Prakash Babu | 1991–1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | 2001–2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | 2006–2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results edit
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016 edit
There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| 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% |  3.03
| |
| SDPI | 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% | ||
| SHS | 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% | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,42,058 | 74.83% | 0.61
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| KC(B) hold | Swing | 3.25
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Niyamasabha Election 2011 edit
There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 71,421 | 55.64% | ||
| CPI(M) | K. Rajagopal | 51,019 | 39.74% | ||
| BJP | R. Subhash Pattazhy | 2,839 | 2.21% | ||
| Independent | Aneesh Anthony | 1,613 | 1.26% | ||
| BSP | Punalur Salim | 864 | 0.67% | ||
| Independent | N. Sunilkumar | 611 | 0.48% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,402 | 17.29% | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,367 | 74.22% | |||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | ||||
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district". kollam.gov.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "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.