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Kottarakkara
Constituency No. 119 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pulamon Junction in Kottarakara town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1957–present
Total electors	2,00,586 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. N. Balagopal
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, veliyam and Ummannoor.

• Municipalities: Kottarakara
• Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,veliyam
• Neighbourhood Towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

* indicates bypolls

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. N. Balagopal	68,770	45.98	9.46
	INC	R. Resmi	57,956	38.75	11.64
	BJP	Vayakkal Soman	21,223	14.19	1.80
	NOTA	None of the above	574	0.38
	Independent	Mathews K. Lukose	136	0.09	−
	Independent	Lal Viswan	103	0.07
Margin of victory			10,814	7.23	21.10
Turnout			1,49,552	74.56	0.48
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	9.46

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Aisha Potty	83,443	55.44	1.55
	INC	Savin Sathyan	40,811	27.11
	BJP	Rajeshwary Rajendran	24,062	15.99	11.36
	NOTA	None of the above	742	0.49
	Independent	Madhu B.	491	0.33	−
	BSP	R. Sukumaran	386	0.26	0.40
	SS	Veliyam Shaji	325	0.22
	Independent	Hariprasad	173	0.11
	Independent	Ajaykumar Thankappan	80	0.05
Margin of victory			42,632	28.33	13.35
Turnout			1,50,513	75.04	0.72
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.55

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
4. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
6. "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
8. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• Government of Kollam
• Politics of Kollam district
• Assembly constituencies in Kollam district
• 1957 establishments in Kerala
• Constituencies established in 1957