| Palakkad | |
| Type: | SLA |
| State: | Kerala |
| Constituency No: | 56 |
| Established: | 1952 |
| Reservation: | None |
| Electors: | 1,88,534 (2021) |
| Mla: | Vacant |
| District: | Palakkad |
Palakkad State Assembly constituency, once known as Palghat constituency, is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2024 Indian general election in Kerala, the seat is vacant as former MLA Shafi Parambil of INC is elected as MP from Vadakara Lok Sabha Constituency.[2]
Palakkad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[3]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Gram panchayat/municipality) | Taluk | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Palakkad | Municipality | Palakkad | |
| 2 | Kannadi | Grama panchayat | Palakkad | |
| 3 | Pirayiri | Grama panchayat | Palakkad | |
| 4 | Mathur | Grama panchayat | Alathur |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Palakkad Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
| Election | NiyamaSabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Madras State | |||||
| 1952 | 1st | K. Ramakrishnan | 1952 – 1957 | ||
| Kerala State | |||||
| 1957 | 1st | R. Raghava Menon | 1957 – 1960 | ||
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | R. Krishnan | 1967 – 1970 | ||
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | C. M. Sundaram | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | T. K. Noushad | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | K. Sankaranarayanan | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | K. K. Divakaran | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | Shafi Parambil | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 – 11-June-2024 | |||
| Election | Votes polled | Winner | Runner-up 1 | Runner-up 2 | Margin of victory | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Name | Party | Votes | Votes | Percent | |||||
| Kerala State | ||||||||||||||||
| 142104 | Shafi Parambil | 54079 | 38.06% | E. Sreedharan | 50220 | 35.34% | C. P. Pramod | 36433 | 25.64% | 3859 | 2.71 % | |||||
| 2016 | 137804 (77.25%) | Shafi Parambil | 57559 | 41.77% | Sobha Surendran | 40076 | 29.08% | N. N. Krishnadas | 38675 | 28.07% | 17483 | 12.69%[5] | ||||
| 2011 | 112347 (72.78%) | Shafi Parambil | 47641 | 42.41% | K. K. Divakaran | 40238 | 35.82% | C. Udaybhaskar | 22317 | 19.86% | 7403 | 6.59%[6] | ||||
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 2006 | 111346 (71.60%) | K. K. Divakaran | 41166 | 36.97% | A. V. Gopinathan | 39822 | 35.76% | O. Rajagopal | 27667 | 24.85% | 1344 | 1.21%[7] | ||||
| 2001 | 110964 (68.05%) | K. Sankaranarayanan | 53831 | 48.51% | T. K. Noushad | 43026 | 38.77% | Rema Raghunandan | 12159 | 10.96% | 10805 | 9.74%[8] | ||||
| 1996 | 89872 (62.06%) | T. K. Noushad | 39198 | 43.20% | C. M. Sundaram | 38602 | 42.54% | S. R. Balasubramanian | 11446 | 12.61% | 596 | 0.66%[9] | ||||
| 1991 | 91895 (66.34%) | C. M. Sundaram | 41432 | 45.09% | M.S. Gopalakrishnan | 37925 | 41.27% | T. M. P. Iyer | 10648 | 11.59% | 3507 | 3.82%[10] | ||||
| 1987 | 87434 (76.18%) | C. M. Sundaram | 38774 | 44.35% | Girija Surendran | 32709 | 37.41% | V. S. Muthuswamy | 12489 | 14.28% | 6065 | 6.94%[11] | ||||
| 1982 | 65246 (68.47%) | C. M. Sundaram | 29011 | 44.46% | N. A. Kareem | 25841 | 39.61% | O. Rajagopal | 9554 | 14.64% | 3170 | 4.86%[12] | ||||
| 1980 | 62884 (60.57%) | C. M. Sundaram | 35902 | 57.09% | K. A. Chandran | 25695 | 40.86% | C. K. Chinnan Master | 1099 | 1.75% | 10207 | 16.23%[13] | ||||
| 1977 | 60315 (74.92%) | C. M. Sundaram | 30160 | 50.00% | R. Krishnan | 27357 | 45.36% | V. R. Purushothaman | 1121 | 1.86% | 2803 | 4.65%[14] | ||||
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | 57068 (69.92%) | R. Krishnan | 23113 | 40.50% | A. Chandran Nair | 17653 | 30.93% | O. Rajagopal | 15646 | 27.42% | 5460 | 9.57%[15] | ||||
| 1967 | 45494 (68.75%) | R. Krishnan | 24627 | 54.13% | K. Sankaranarayanan | 14996 | 32.96% | O. Rajagopal | 4649 | 10.22% | 9631 | 21.17%[16] | ||||
| 1965 | 42804 (66.23%) | M. V. Vasu | 17747 | 41.46% | K. Pyarijan Sunna Saheb | 13260 | 30.98% | P. K. Krishnaswamy | 5279 | 12.33% | 4487 | 10.48%[17] | ||||
| Major delimitation of constituency | ||||||||||||||||
| 1960 | 51334 (80.64%) | R. Raghava Menon | 26546 | 51.71% | K. C. Gopalanunni | 24788 | 48.29% | Only two candidates contested | 1758 | 3.42%[18] | ||||||
| 1957 | 35179 (59.31%) | R. Raghava Menon | 14873 | 42.28% | M. P. Kunhiraman | 14248 | 40.50% | C. K. Moosath | 6058 | 17.22% | 625 | 1.78%[19] | ||||
| Madras State | ||||||||||||||||
| 1952 | 45555 (59.29%) | K. Ramakrishnan | 26469 | 58.10% | P. Vasu Menon | 14342 | 31.48% | V. Echara Menon | 2484 | 5.45% | 12127 | 26.62%[20] | ||||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
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There were 1,78,387 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[21]
There were 1,54,374 eligible voters in Palakkad Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[22]