Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency
Appearance
Palakkad | |
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Indian electoral constituency | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency, once knows as Palghat constituency, is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the Indian state of Kerala.
Assembly segments
Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:[1]
50. Pattambi
51. Shoranur
52. Ottapalam
53. Kongad
54. Mannarkkad
55. Malampuzha
56. Palakkad
Members of Parliament
Year | Winner | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1957 | Vella Eacharan | Indian National Congress | |
1957 | P. Kunhan | Communist Party of India | |
1962 | P. Kunhan | Communist Party of India | |
1967 | E.K. Nayanar | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1971 | A.K. Gopalan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1977 | A. Sunnasahib | Indian National Congress | |
1980 | V.S. Vijayaraghavan | Indian National Congress (I) | |
1984 | V.S. Vijayaraghavan | Indian National Congress | |
1989 | Vijayaraghavan Alampadan | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1991 | V.S. Vijayaraghavan | Indian National Congress | |
1996 | N.N. Krishnadas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1998 | N.N. Krishnadas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
1999 | N.N. Krishnadas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
2004 | N.N. Krishnadas | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
2009 | M B Rajesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
2014 | M B Rajesh | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | |
2019 | V.K Sreekandan | Indian National Congress |
Election results
General election 2019
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | V. K Sreekantan | 3,99,274 | 38.8 | ||
CPI(M) | M. B. Rajesh | 3,87,637 | 37.7 | -7.65 | |
BJP | C Krishnakumar | 2,18,556 | 21.3 | +6.3 | |
SDPI | Tulasidaran Pallikal | 5,749 | 0.6 | -0.77 | |
Independent | C Chandran | 2,624 | 0.3 | ||
BSP | Hari Arumbil | 2,408 | 0.2 | ||
Margin of victory | 11,637 | ||||
Turnout | 10,28,874 | 77.77 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing |
Assembly Constituency | V K Sreekantan (INC) | M B Rajesh (CPM) | C Krishnakumar (BJP) |
---|---|---|---|
Pattambi | 67,644 | 50,465 | 20,716 |
Shornur | 49,810 | 60,902 | 32,308 |
Ottapalam | 54,386 | 60,846 | 35,683 |
Kongad | 52,456 | 52,812 | 29,104 |
Mannarkkad | 78,250 | 48,625 | 18,560 |
Malampuzha | 47,743 | 69,037 | 41,413 |
Palakkad | 48,425 | 44,086 | 39,963 |
Total votes | 3,99,274 | 3,87,637 | 2,18,556 |
% of votes | 38.83 | 37.7 | 21.26 |
General election 2014
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | M.B. Rajesh | 412,897 | 45.35 | +2.54 | |
SJ(D) | M.P. Veerendrakumar | 307,597 | 33.78 | N/A | |
BJP | Sobhasurendran | 136,587 | 15.00 | +6.29 | |
SDPI | E.S. Khaja Hussain | 12,504 | 1.37 | N/A | |
NOTA | None of the above | 11,291 | 1.24 | --- | |
Margin of victory | 105,300 | 11.57 | +11.34 | ||
Turnout | 910,322 | 75.39 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General election 2009
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | M B Rajesh | 338,070 | 42.89 | +2.55 | |
INC | Satheesan Pacheni | 336,250 | 42.66 | -8.79 | |
BJP | C. K. Padmanabhan | 68,804 | 8.73 | +6.29 | |
SUCI | M. R. Murali | 11,291 | 2.65 | --- | |
NCP | Abdul Rassaq Moulavi | 8111 | 1.24 | --- | |
Independent | E. V. Satheesan | 5478 | 1.24 | --- | |
Independent | A. Arokiasamy | 3776 | 1.24 | --- | |
Independent | N. V. Rajesh | 3124 | 1.24 | --- | |
BSP | Vijayan Ambalakkad | 2460 | 1.24 | --- | |
Margin of victory | 1,820 | 0.20 | +11.34 | ||
Turnout | 910,322 | 75.39 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
General election 1962
- Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi (CPI) : 131,688 votes[2]
- V. Eacharan (Congress) : 59,353
See also
- Palghat
- Malappuram district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
References
- ^ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 19 October 2008.
- ^ "1962 India General (3rd Lok Sabha) Elections Results". www.elections.in. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
External links
- Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp