Pathanapuram Assembly constituency
{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly, India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Pathanapuram
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 120
| map_image = File:Peccolg.jpg
| map_caption = College of Engineering, Pathanapuram.
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| district = Kollam
| mla = K. B. Ganesh Kumar
| party = KC(B)
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|LDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| 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.{{cite web
|url = https://kollam.gov.in/constituencies/
|website = kollam.gov.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala
}} 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:{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District
}}
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!width="30px" |Sl no. !width="100px" |Name !width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) !width="100px" |Taluk |
| 1
|Grama panchayat |url = https://kollam.gov.in/tehsil/ |website = kollam.gov.in |title = Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district. }} |
| 2
|Grama panchayat |
| 3
|Grama panchayat |
| 4
|Grama panchayat |
| 5
|Grama panchayat |
| 6
|Grama panchayat |
| 7
|Grama panchayat |
| 8
|Grama panchayat |
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:{{cite web
|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/pathanapuram-assembly-constituency-map.html
|website = www.mapsofindia.com
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram
}}
Key
{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (B)}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}}
| class="wikitable sortable" width="55%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party ! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure |
| 1957
| 1st | {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}} | 1957–1960 |
| 1960
| 2nd | {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}} | 1960–1965 |
| 1967
| 3rd | rowspan="2" |P. K. Raghavan | rowspan="4" |CPI | rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"| | 1967–1970 |
| 1970
| 4th | 1970–1977 |
| 1977
| 5th | rowspan="2" |E. K. Pillai | 1977–1980 |
| 1980
| 6th | 1980–1982 |
| 1982
| 7th | A. George | {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}} | 1982–1987 |
| 1987
| 8th | rowspan="3" |CPI | rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}"| | 1987–1991 |
| 1991
| 9th | rowspan="2" |K. Prakash Babu | 1991–1996 |
| 1996
| 10th | 1996–2001 |
| 2001
| 11th | rowspan="5" |K. B. Ganesh Kumar | rowspan="5" |KC(B) | rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (B)}}"| | 2001–2006 |
| 2006
| 12th | 2006–2011 |
| 2011
| 13th | 2011–2016 |
| 2016
| 14th | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021
| 15th |Incumbent |
{{notelist}}
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.{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|website = eci.gov.in
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}
{{Election box begin | title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=K. B. Ganesh Kumar|votes=74,429|percentage=52.39%|change={{decrease}}3.25}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. V. Jagadish Kumar|votes=49,867|percentage=35.10%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Raghu Damodharan|votes=11,700|percentage=8.24%|change={{increase}}3.03}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Faizy M. Pasha|votes=3,843|percentage=2.71%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Perinadu Gopalakrishnan|votes=846|percentage=0.60%|change={{decrease}}0.07}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=454|percentage=0.32%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Rekhu P.|votes=366|percentage=0.26%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Sudheer M. G.|votes=254|percentage=0.18%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G.|votes=194|percentage=0.14%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Madhu R.|votes=105|percentage=0.07%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 24,562
|percentage = 17.29%
|change =-
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,42,058|percentage=74.83%|change={{increase}}0.61}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress (B)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing ={{decrease}}3.25
}}
{{Election box end}}
= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =
There were 1,72,946 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: Pathanapuram}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Kerala Congress (B)|candidate=K. B. Ganesh Kumar|votes=71,421|percentage=55.64%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. Rajagopal|votes=51,019|percentage=39.74%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=R. Subhash Pattazhy|votes=2,839|percentage=2.21%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=Aneesh Anthony|votes=1,613|percentage=1.26%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Punalur Salim|votes=864|percentage=0.67%|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent politician|candidate=N. Sunilkumar|votes=611|percentage=0.48%|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 20,402
|percentage = 17.29%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,367|percentage=74.22%|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Kerala Congress (B)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala
Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district