Malampuzha_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Malampuzha Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Malampuzha State assembly constituency 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 Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. Prabhakaran of CPI(M).
| Malampuzha | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 55 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Malampuzha Dam, the largest dam and reservoir in Kerala | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 2,13,231 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Malampuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akathethara | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 2 | Elappully | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 3 | Kodumba | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 4 | Malampuzha | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 5 | Marutharode | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 6 | Mundur | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 7 | Puthupariyaram | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
| 8 | Pudussery | Grama panchayat | Palakkad |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Malampuzha Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | M. P. Kunhiraman | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1969 | |
| 1969 | V. Krishna Das | 1969 – 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | V. Krishnadas | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | P. V. Kunhikannan | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | E. K. Nayanar | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | T. Sivadasa Menon | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | V. S. Achuthanandan | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | A. Prabhakaran | Incumbent | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha election 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | A. Prabhakaran | 75,934 | 46.41 |  0.51 | |
| BJP | C. Krishnakumar | 50,200 | 30.68 | 1.78 | |
| INC | S. K. Ananthakrishnan | 35,444 | 21.66 |  0.46 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1054 | 0.64 | - | |
| Independent | Abdul Raheem S. | 418 | 0.26 | ||
| Margin of victory | 25,734 | 15.72 | 1.28 | ||
| Turnout | 1,63,605 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.51 |
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2016
There were 2,02,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. S. Achuthanandan | 73,299 | 45.90 | 11.14 | |
| BJP | C. Krishnakumar | 46,157 | 28.90 | 28.90 | |
| INC | V. S. Joy | 35,333 | 22.12 | 17.72 | |
| AIADMK | C. P. Sreedharan | 3,154 | 1.97 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 924 | 0.58 | - | |
| BSP | Ravi Pallatheri | 326 | 0.20 | 0.89 | |
| Independent | Ramesh Puduppariyaram | 297 | 0.19 | - | |
| Independent | S. Saravanan | 220 | 0.14 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 27,142 | 17.00 | 0.20 | ||
| Turnout | 1,59,710 | 78.74 | 3.28 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 11.14 |
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Niyamasabha election 2011
There were 1,80,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. S. Achuthanandan | 77,752 | 57.04 | ||
| INC | Lathika Subhash | 54,312 | 39.84 | ||
| JD(U) | P. K. Majeed Pedikkat | 2,772 | 2.03 | - | |
| BSP | Ravi Pallatheri | 1,480 | 1.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 23,440 | 17.20 | |||
| Turnout | 1,36,316 | 75.46 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha election 2006
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. S. Achuthanandan | 64,775 | 55.5% | ||
| INC | Satheesan Pacheni | 44,758 | 38.3% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,017 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha election 2001
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | V. S. Achuthanandan | 53,661 | 48.6% | ||
| INC | Satheesan Pacheni | 48,958 | 44.3% | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,703 | ||||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
- "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Malampuzha". www.mapsofindia.com.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.