Pathanapuram_Assembly_constituency
Pathanapuram Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly, India
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).
| Pathanapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 120 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,84,282 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | KC(B) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Pathanapuram Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pathanapuram | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram[3] |
| 2 | Pattazhy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 3 | Pattazhy Vadakkekara | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 4 | Piravanthoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 5 | Thalavoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 6 | Vilakkudy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 7 | Melila | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
| 8 | Vettikkavala | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pathanapuram Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | N. Rajagopalan Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | R. Balakrishna Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1960–1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970–1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | E. K. Pillai | 1977–1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | A. George | Kerala Congress | 1982–1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Prakash Babu | 1991–1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | 2001–2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | 2006–2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
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]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 74,429 | 52.39% |  3.25 | |
| INC | P. V. Jagadish Kumar | 49,867 | 35.10% | ||
| BJP | Raghu Damodharan | 11,700 | 8.24% |  3.03 | |
| SDPI | Faizy M. Pasha | 3,843 | 2.71% | ||
| BSP | Perinadu Gopalakrishnan | 846 | 0.60% | 0.07 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 454 | 0.32% | ||
| Independent | Rekhu P. | 366 | 0.26% | ||
| SHS | Sudheer M. G. | 254 | 0.18% | ||
| Independent | Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G. | 194 | 0.14% | ||
| Independent | Madhu R. | 105 | 0.07% | ||
| Margin of victory | 24,562 | 17.29% | - | ||
| Turnout | 1,42,058 | 74.83% | 0.61 | ||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | 3.25 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 71,421 | 55.64% | ||
| CPI(M) | K. Rajagopal | 51,019 | 39.74% | ||
| BJP | R. Subhash Pattazhy | 2,839 | 2.21% | ||
| Independent | Aneesh Anthony | 1,613 | 1.26% | ||
| BSP | Punalur Salim | 864 | 0.67% | ||
| Independent | N. Sunilkumar | 611 | 0.48% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,402 | 17.29% | |||
| Turnout | 1,28,367 | 74.22% | |||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | ||||
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district". kollam.gov.in.
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.