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Ottapalam Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Use Indian English|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Ottapalam

| type = SLA

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 52

| map_image = Ottpalam town4.jpg

| map_caption = Ottapalam town

| established = 1957

| reservation = None

| electors = 2,07,723 (2021)

| mla = K. Premkumar

| party = CPI(M)

| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Palakkad

}}

Ottapalam 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala.

}} As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Premkumar of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Ottapalam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"

!width="30px" |Sl no.

!width="100px" |Name

!width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)

!width="100px" |Taluk

1

|Ottapalam

|Municipality

|Ottapalam

2

|Ambalappara

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

3

|Kadampazhipuram

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

4

|Karimpuzha

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

5

|Lakkidi-Perur

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

6

|Pookkottukavu

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

7

|Sreekrishnapuram

|Grama panchayat

|Ottapalam

8

|Thachanattukara

|Grama panchayat

|Mannarkkad

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Niyama

Sabha

!Name

!colspan=2|Party

!Tenure

1957

| 1st

| rowspan="2" | P. V. Kunhunni Nair

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India}}

| 1957 – 1960

1960

| 2nd

| 1960 – 1965

1967

| 3rd

| rowspan="2" | P. P. Krishnan

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| 1967 – 1970

1970

| 4th

| 1970 – 1977

1977

| 5th

| P. Balan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 1977 – 1980

1980

| 6th

| rowspan="2" | V. C. Kabeer

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)}}

| 1980 – 1982

1982

| 7th

| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

| 1982 – 1987

1987

| 8th

|K. Sankaranarayanan

| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}

| 1987 – 1991

1991

|9th

| rowspan="3" | V. C. Kabeer

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian Congress (Socialist)}}

| 1991 – 1996

1996

| 10th

| 1996 – 2001

2001

| 11th

| {{Full party name with color|Nationalist Congress Party}}

| 2001 – 2006

2006

| 12th

| rowspan="2" |M. Hamsa

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

| 2006 – 2011

2011

| 13th

| 2011 – 2016

2016

| 14th

|P. Unni

| 2016 – 2021

2021

| 15th

|K. Premkumar

|Incumbent

{{notelist}}

Election results

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

= Niyamasabha Election 2021 =

There were 2,07,723 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021}}

{{Election box begin|title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Premkumar|votes=74,859|percentage=46.45|change={{increase}}1.74|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. Sarin|votes=59,707|percentage=37.05|change={{increase}}3.05|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=25,056|percentage=15.55|change={{decrease}}2.83|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. P. Sivan|votes=672|percentage=0.42|change={{decrease}}0.12|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=867|percentage=0.64|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=15,152|percentage=9.96|change={{decrease}}0.78}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,61,509|percentage=77.75|change={{increase}}1.75}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}1.65}}{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2016 =

There were 1,97,646 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016}}

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=P. Unni|votes=67,161|percentage=44.71|change={{decrease}}4.76|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Shanimol Usman|votes=51,073|percentage=34.00|change={{decrease}}5.43|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=27,605|percentage=18.38|change={{increase}}11.05|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. A. Sulfikar|votes=1,166|percentage=0.78|change={{decrease}}0.69|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,012|percentage=0.67|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. T. Padmini|votes=811|percentage=0.54|change={{decrease}}0.18|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. R. Prakash|votes=805|percentage=0.54|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=M. S. Suneesh|votes=399|percentage=0.27|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Suresh Velayudhan|votes=180|percentage=0.12|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=16,088|percentage=10.71|change={{increase}}0.67}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,50,212|percentage=76.00|change={{increase}}0.92}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}4.76}}{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =

There were 1,75,066 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Ottapalam}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. Hamza|votes=65,023|percentage=49.47|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. K. Sreekandan|votes=51,820|percentage=39.43|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Venugopalan|votes=9,631|percentage=7.33|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=E. S. Kajahussain|votes=1,933|percentage=1.47|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. Hamza|votes=1,097|percentage=0.83|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. T. Padmini|votes=947|percentage=0.72|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=N. Hamza|votes=604|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.31|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Aravindan Karimpuzha|votes=379|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=13,203|percentage=10.04|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,434|percentage=75.08|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}{{notelist}}

===1952===

{{Election box begin|title= 1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Ottappalam{{cite web | url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf | title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras | publisher=Election Commission of India | access-date=2014-10-14 |archive-date=27 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127201450/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_MADRAS.pdf}}}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link| |candidate=M. Narayana Kurup |party=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |votes=12,277 |percentage=33.74% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. P. Madhavan Nair |party=Indian National Congress |votes=9,518 |percentage=26.16% |change=26.16% }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=T. Madhavan Nair |party=Socialist Party (India) |votes=8,185 |percentage=22.50% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. Krishnan Nair |party=Independent politician |votes=5,571 |percentage=15.31% |change= }}

{{Election box candidate with party link| |candidate=C. P. Narayaana Menon |party=Independent politician |votes=832 |percentage=2.29% |change= }}

{{Election box margin of victory |votes=2,759 |percentage=7.58% |change= }}

{{Election box turnout |votes=36,383 |percentage=56.69% |change= }}

{{Election box registered electors |reg. electors = 64,179 |change = }}

{{Election box new seat win |winner=Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party |loser= |swing= }}

{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala

Category:State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district