Malampuzha Assembly constituency
| Malampuzha മലമ്പുഴ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 Malampuzha Dam, one of the most famous dams in Kerala, is located in Malampuzha. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Palakkad |
| Party | CPI(M) |
Malampuzha State assembly constituency (Malayalam: മലമ്പുഴ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. S. Achuthanandan of CPI(M).
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Malampuzha Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[2]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | M. P. Kunhiraman | CPI(M) | rowspan="13" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 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 | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,02,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| 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.[4]
| 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 | ||||
See also
- Malampuzha
- Palakkad district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Malampuzha". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.