Ollur Assembly constituency
| Ollur ഒല്ലൂർ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Thrissur |
| Party | CPI |
Ollur Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the Indian state of Kerala.[1][2]
Ollur was a citadel of Indian National Congress for a long time, yet occasionally it had gone to Communist Party of India. The constituency has 84,452 male and 90,027 female voters. The voters of Ollur Constituency are mainly farmers and daily workers.
The Constituency includes Mannuthy, Thalore and the hilly regions of Western Ghats. Tile factories, Timber and wooden packing boxes, Rolled gold ornaments are the main businesses which occur in this Constituency. Peechi Dam, Kerala Agricultural University, KFRI, Sri C. Achutha Menon Government College, Kuttanellur, Government Arts and Science College, Ollur, B.Ed College, Ollur Industrial Estate are also situated in Ollur Constituency. Christian people and church play a decisive role in electoral process of the Constituency. [3][4]
As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Rajan of CPI.
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Francis | INC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. V. Aryan | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. R. Francis | INC | rowspan="4" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Raghavan Pozhakadavil | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | A. M. Paraman | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | P. P. George | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | C. N. Jayadevan | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | P. P. George | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | M. P. VIncent | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | K. Rajan | CPI | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color" | | Incumbent |
Election results
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,93,404 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Rajan | 71,666 | 47.55 |  3.08
| |
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 58,418 | 38.76 |  10.45
| |
| BDJS | P. K. Santosh | 17,694 | 11.74 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,151 | 0.76 | − | |
| PDP | Majeed Mullakara | 696 | 0.46 | − | |
| CPI(M) | Sajimon Manjamattam | 334 | 0.22 | − | |
| Independent | Vincent M. D. Marottikkal | 279 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | K. G. Rajan | 267 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | V. N. Asokhan | 214 | 0.14 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 13,248 | 8.79 | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | 3.08
|
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| Turnout | 1,50,719 | 77.93 | 3.46
| ||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 64,823 | 49.21 | ||
| CPI | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | 58,576 | 44.47 | ||
| BJP | Sundararajan | 6,761 | 5.13 | ||
| Independent | Suresh M. R. | 717 | 0.54 | ||
| BSP | Sunny K. John | 434 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Ratheesh T. Nair | 407 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,247 | 4.74 | |||
| CPI gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 1,31,718 | 74.47 | |||
References
- ^ "MLA files plea on rice scheme". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "LDF hopes rice scheme will work in its favour in Ollur". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Rice politics in Ollur". Madhyamam. Retrieved 12 October 2011.
- ^ "Ollur, Central Kerala's Garden". Madhyamam. Retrieved 11 July 2011.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
