Pathanapuram Assembly constituency
| Pathanapuram പത്തനാപുരം | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 The Pathanapuram College of Engineering in the Pathanapuram (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kollam |
| Party | Kerala Congress (B) |
Pathanapuram State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പത്തനാപുരം നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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]
Local self governed segments
Pathanapuram Niyama Sabha 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 |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pathanapuram Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | N. Rajagopalan Nair | CPI | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | R. Balakrishna Pillai | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | E. K. Pillai | 1977 – 1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | A. George | KEC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color"| | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Prakash Babu | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (B)/meta/color"| | 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.
Niyama Sabha Election 2016
There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 74,429 | 52.39% | ||
| INC | P. V. Jagadish Kumar | 49,867 | 35.10% | ||
| BJP | Raghu Damodharan | 11,700 | 8.24% | ||
| SDPI | Faizy M. Pasha | 3,843 | 2.71% | ||
| BSP | Perinadu Gopalakrishnan | 846 | 0.60% | ||
| 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% | |||
| KC(B) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Pathanapuram
- Kollam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "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 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.