Pathanapuram Assembly constituency explained

Pathanapuram
Type:SLA
State:Kerala
Constituency No:120
Established:1957
Reservation:None
District:Kollam
Mla:K. B. Ganesh Kumar
Party:KC(B)
Electors:1,84,282 (2021)
Latest Election Year:2021

Pathanapuram 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).

Local self governed segments

Pathanapuram Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1PathanapuramGrama panchayatPathanapuram[3]
2PattazhyGrama panchayatPathanapuram
3Pattazhy VadakkekaraGrama panchayatPathanapuram
4PiravanthoorGrama panchayatPathanapuram
5ThalavoorGrama panchayatPathanapuram
6VilakkudyGrama panchayatPathanapuram
7MelilaGrama panchayatKottarakkara
8VettikkavalaGrama panchayatKottarakkara

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pathanapuram Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]

Key

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
19571stN. Rajagopalan Nair1957–1960
19602ndR. Balakrishna Pillai1960–1965
19673rdP. K. RaghavanCPI1967–1970
19704th1970–1977
19775thE. K. Pillai1977–1980
19806th1980–1982
19827thA. George1982–1987
19878thE. Chandrasekharan NairCPI1987–1991
19919thK. Prakash Babu1991–1996
199610th1996–2001
200111th K. B. Ganesh KumarKC(B)2001–2006
200612th2006–2011
201113th2011–2016
201614th2016 – 2021
202115thIncumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala. kollam.gov.in .
  2. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District. www.ceo.kerala.gov.in .
  3. Web site: Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district.. kollam.gov.in .
  4. Web site: Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram. www.mapsofindia.com .
  5. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in .
  6. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.