Pala Assembly constituency

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Pala

| state = Kerala

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 93

| map_image = Pala town.jpg

| map_caption = Pala town

| established = 1965

| reservation = None

| electors = 1,84,857 (2019)

| mla = Mani C. Kappan

| party = NCK

| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|UDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Kottayam

}}

Pala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

| url = https://kottayam.nic.in/constituencies

| website = kottayam.nic.in

| title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala

}} As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala.

Local self-governed segments

Pala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

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

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

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

}}

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Pala Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:{{cite web

|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/pala-assembly-constituency-map.html

|website = www.mapsofindia.com

|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pala

}}

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!Election

!Niyama

Sabha

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

!Tenure

1967

| 3rd

| rowspan="12" |K. M. Mani

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=5|Kerala Congress}}

| 1967 – 1970

1970

| 4th

| 1970 – 1977

1977

| 5th

| 1977 – 1980

1980

| 6th

| 1980 – 1982

1982

| 7th

| 1982 – 1987

1987

| 8th

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=7|Kerala Congress (M)}}

1991

| 9th

| 1991 – 1996

1996

| 10th

| 1996 – 2001

2001

| 11th

| 2001 – 2006

2006

| 12th

| 2006 – 2011

2011

| 13th

| 2011 – 2016

2016

| rowspan="2" |14th

| 2016 – 2019

2019*{{cite news |last1=The Indian Express |date=27 September 2019 |title=Hamirpur, Dantewada, Badharghat bye-election results 2019 Highlights: BJP wins Hamirpur seat; Congress gets Dantewada |language=en |work= |url=https://indianexpress.com/elections/hamirpur-dantewada-badharghat-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-cpim-ldf-sp-bsp-6032822/ |access-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023191204/https://indianexpress.com/elections/hamirpur-dantewada-badharghat-bye-election-results-2019-live-updates-bjp-congress-cpim-ldf-sp-bsp-6032822/ |archive-date=23 October 2023}}

| rowspan="2" | Mani C. Kappan

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

| 2019 – 2021

2021

|15th

|{{Full party name with color|Democratic Congress Kerala}}

|Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

= 2021 =

There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.{{cite web

|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala

|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf

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

}}

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=United Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=Mani C. Kappan|votes=69,804|percentage=50.43|change={{increase}}7.99}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=Jose K. Mani|votes=54,426|percentage=39.32|change={{increase}}3.92}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Prameeladevi J.|votes=10,869|percentage=7.85|change={{decrease}}6.33}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Mani C. Kuriakose|votes=1,098|percentage=0.79|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=604|percentage=0.44|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Santosh Pulickal|votes=444|percentage=0.32|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Joy Thomas Vazhamattom|votes=368|percentage=0.27|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=C. V. John|votes=249|percentage=0.18|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sreejith V. S.|votes=195|percentage=0.14|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Thomas J. Nidiry|votes=160|percentage=0.12|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Albin Mathew|votes=121|percentage=0.09|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sunil Alancheril|votes=93|percentage=0.07|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 15,378

|percentage =

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,38,431|percentage=76.46|change={{increase}}5.49}}

= 2019 by-election =

Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. M. Mani in April 2019, Pala Assembly constituency held a by-election on 23 September 2019.

There were 1,79,107 registered voters in Pala Assembly constituency for the 2019 Kerala Assembly by-election.{{cite web

|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/10755-kerala-93_pala-ac-result

|website = eci.gov.in

|title = Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India

}}

{{Election box begin | title=2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pala}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nationalist Congress Party|candidate=Mani C. Kappan|votes=54,137|percentage=42.55%|change={{increase}}3.79}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party= Kerala Congress (Mani)|candidate=Jose Tom Pulikkunnel|votes=51,194|percentage=40.24%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N. Hari|votes=18,044|percentage=14.18%|change={{decrease}}3.58}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=C. J. Philip|votes=1,085|percentage=0.85%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Maju Puthenkandam|votes=1,012|percentage=0.80%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=742|percentage=0.58%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=George Pooveli|votes=565|percentage=0.44%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Tom Thomas|votes=303|percentage=0.24%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Ignatious Illimoottil|votes=233|percentage=0.18%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Joseph Jacob|votes=178|percentage=0.14%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Babu Joseph|votes=130|percentage=0.10%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Joemon Joseph Srampickal|votes=130|percentage=0.10%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Joby Thomas|votes=112|percentage=0.09%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Sunilkumar|votes=97|percentage=0.08%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 2,943

|percentage = 2.31%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,220|percentage=70.97%|change={{decrease}}6.64}}

{{Election box gain with party link|

|winner = Nationalist Congress Party

|loser = Kerala Congress (Mani)

|swing =

}}

= 2016 =

There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly 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|website=eci.gov.in}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=K. M. Mani|votes=58,884|percentage=42.13%|change={{decrease}}7.01}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nationalist Congress Party|candidate=Mani C. Kappan|votes=54,181|percentage=38.78%|change={{decrease}}6.14}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N. Hari|votes=24,821|percentage=17.76%|change={{increase}}12.66}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=907|percentage=0.65%|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jose Thomas Padiyammakkal|votes=489|percentage=0.35%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Anthony|votes=217|percentage=0.16%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Shaiju Ponkunnam|votes=103|percentage=0.07%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Hassan Kunju P. S.|votes=90|percentage=0.06%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Babu|votes=83|percentage=0.06%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 4,703

|percentage = 3.37%

|change ={{decrease}}0.85

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,775|percentage=77.61%|change={{increase}}3.95}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing={{decrease}}7.01}}{{Election box end}}

= 2011 =

There were 1,69,192 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: Pala}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=K. M. Mani|votes=61,239|percentage=49.14%|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Nationalist Congress Party|candidate=Mani C. Kappan|votes=55,980|percentage=44.92%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Vijayakumar|votes=6,359|percentage=5.10%|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=C. V. John|votes=576|percentage=0.46%|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=James Joseph|votes=465|percentage=0.16%|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory|

|votes = 5,259

|percentage = 4.22%

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,24,619|percentage=73.66%|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}