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Puthukkad Assembly constituency

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

{{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}}

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

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| state = Kerala

| name = Puthukkad

| type = SLA

| constituency_no = 71

| map_image = File:Toll Plaza Puthukkad - ടോൾ പ്ലാസ പുതുക്കാട്.jpg

| map_caption = Paliyekkara Toll Plaza in Chittissery

| established = 2011 - present

| reservation = None

| electors = 1,95,265 (2016)

| mla = K. K. Ramachandran

| party = CPI(M)

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

| latest_election_year = 2021

| district = Thrissur

}}

Puthukkad is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the [.{{cite web

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

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

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

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

Local self governed segments

Puthukkad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

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!width="30px" |Sl no.

!width="100px" |Name

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

!width="100px" |Taluk

1

|AlagappaNagar

|Grama panchayat

|Mukundapuram

2

|Nenmanikkara

|Grama panchayat

|Mukundapuram

3

|Parappukkara

|Grama panchayat

|Mukundapuram

4

|Puthukkad

|Grama panchayat

|Mukundapuram

5

|Trikkur

|Grama panchayat

|Mukundapuram

6

|Mattathur

|Grama panchayat

|Chalakudy

7

|Varandarappilly

|Grama panchayat

|Chalakudy

8

|Vallachira

|Grama panchayat

|Thrissur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

{{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

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! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama

Sabha

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member

! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party

! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure

2011

|13th

| rowspan="2" |C. Raveendranath

| rowspan="3" |CPI(M)

| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |

|2011 – 2016

2016

|14th

| 2016 - 2021

2021

|15th

|K. K. Ramachandran

|Incumbent

{{notelist}}

Election results

= Niyamasabha Election 2021 =

There were 2,01,035 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|website=eci.gov.in}}

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

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=K. K. Ramachandran|votes=73,365|percentage=46.94|change={{decrease}}3.07|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sunil Anthikad|votes=46,012|percentage=29.44|change={{increase}}3.62|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=A. Nagesh|votes=34,893|percentage=22.33|change={{decrease}}0.25|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,069|percentage=0.68|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Rajesh Appat|votes=489|percentage=0.31|change={{increase}}0.16|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. C. Pushpakaran|votes=455|percentage=0.29|change=-}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=27,353|percentage=17.50|change={{decrease}}6.75}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,283|percentage=77.74|change={{decrease}}3.50}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}3.07|}}

{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2016 =

There were 1,95,265 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|website=eci.gov.in}}

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

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. Raveendranath|votes=79,464|percentage=50.07|change={{decrease}}2.77|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sundaran Kunnathully|votes=40,986|percentage=25.82|change={{decrease}}7.86|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=A. Nagesh|votes=35,833|percentage=22.58|change={{increase}}12.15|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=779|percentage=0.49|change=-}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Asif Niyas|votes=519|percentage=0.33|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=C. V. Vijayan|votes=431|percentage=0.27|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Santhosh Polakulath|votes=239|percentage=0.15|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist)|candidate=Jayan Konikkara|votes=237|percentage=0.15|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Santhosh Iythadan|votes=233|percentage=0,15|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=38,478|percentage=24.25|change={{increase}}5.29}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}2.77}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,721|percentage=81.28|change={{increase}}2.75}}

{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =

There were 1,76,055 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: Puthukkad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=C. Raveendranath|votes=73,047|percentage=52.84|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. P. Vishwanathan|votes=46,565|percentage=33.68|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Sobha Surendran|votes=14,425|percentage=10.43|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. J. Monsy|votes=2,084|percentage=1.51|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. C. Pushpakaran|votes=1,013|percentage=0.73|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Paulson Kalloor|votes=622|percentage=0.45|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. V. Purushottaman|votes=495|percentage=0.36|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=26,482|percentage=19.16|change=}}

{{Election box new seat win|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box turnout||votes=1,38,251|percentage=78.53|change=}}

{{Election box end}}

References

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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

Category:State assembly constituencies in Thrissur district

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala