Kottarakkara Assembly constituency explained

Kottarakkara
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	119
State:	Kerala
Established:	1957–present
Reservation:	None
Electors:	2,00,586 (2016)
Mla:	K. N. Balagopal
Party:	CPI(M)
Latest Election Year:	2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
District:	Kollam

Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).^[1]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, veliyam and Ummannoor.^{[2] [3]}

• Municipalities: Kottarakara
• Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,veliyam
• Neighbourhood Towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1951	Krishnan Nair	Socialist	3,526	NA^[4]
1954	B. B. Pandarathil	RSP	6,586	LDF^[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	E. Chandrasekharan Nair		1957–1960
1960	2nd	D. Damodaran Potti		1960–1965
1967	3rd	E. Chandrasekharan Nair		1967–1970
1970*		C. Achutha Menon	1970
1970	4th	Kottara Gopalakrishnan		1970–1977
1977	5th	R. Balakrishna Pillai		1977–1980
1980	6th		1980–1982
1982	7th		1982–1987
1987	8th		1987–1991
1991	9th			1991–1996
1996	10th			1996–2001
2001	11th		2001–2006
2006	12th	P. Aisha Potty		2006–2011
2011	13th		2011–2016
2016	14th		2016-2021
2021	15th	K. N. Balagopal	Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[6]

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[7]

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA . Kerala Assembly . 2018-04-18.
2. Web site: ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala . Kerala Assembly . 2018-04-18.
3. Web site: Constituencies – Kollam District . Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala . 2018-04-18.
4. Web site: Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area . 37 . Government of Kerala . 2018-10-17 . 21 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b . dead .
5. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin . 37 . Election Commission of India . 2018-10-17.
6. Web site: ceo.kerala.gov.in.
7. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
8. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.