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Pala
Constituency No. 93 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pala town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,84,857 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mani C. Kappan
Party	NCK
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Pala State assembly constituency 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala.

Local self governed segments

Pala Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pala Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:

• * Byepoll

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	UDF	Mani C. Kappan	69,804	50.43	7.99
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	54,426	39.32	3.92
	BJP	Prameeladevi J.	10,869	7.85	6.33
	Independent	Mani C. Kuriakose	1,098	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	604	0.44
	Independent	Santosh Pulickal	444	0.32
	BSP	Joy Thomas Vazhamattom	368	0.27
	Independent	C. V. John	249	0.18	−
	Independent	Sreejith V. S.	195	0.14
	Independent	Thomas J. Nidiry	160	0.12
	Independent	Albin Mathew	121	0.09	−
	Independent	Sunil Alancheril	93	0.07
Margin of victory			15,378
Turnout			1,38,431	76.46	5.49

Niyamasabha by-election 2019

Due to the death of sitting MLA K. M. Mani in April 2019, Pala went to bypoll on 23 September 2019.

There were 1,79,107 registered voters in Pala Constituency for the 2019 Kerala Niyamasabha by-election.

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	54,137	42.55%	3.79
	KC(M)	Jose Tom Pulikkunnel	51,194	40.24%	−
	BJP	N. Hari	18,044	14.18%	3.58
	Independent	C. J. Philip	1,085	0.85%	−
	Independent	Maju Puthenkandam	1,012	0.80%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	742	0.58%
	Independent	George Pooveli	565	0.44%
	Independent	Tom Thomas	303	0.24%
	Independent	Ignatious Illimoottil	233	0.18%
	Independent	Joseph Jacob	178	0.14%
	Independent	Babu Joseph	130	0.10%
	Independent	Joemon Joseph Srampickal	130	0.10%
	Independent	Joby Thomas	112	0.09%
	Independent	Sunilkumar	97	0.08%
Margin of victory			2,943	2.31%
Turnout			1,27,220	70.97%	6.64
	NCP gain from KC(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	58,884	42.13%	7.01
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	54,181	38.78%	6.14
	BJP	N. Hari	24,821	17.76%	12.66
	NOTA	None of the above	907	0.65%	−
	Independent	Jose Thomas Padiyammakkal	489	0.35%	−
	Independent	Anthony	217	0.16%
	Independent	Shaiju Ponkunnam	103	0.07%
	Independent	Hassan Kunju P. S.	90	0.06%
	Independent	Babu	83	0.06%
Margin of victory			4,703	3.37%	0.85
Turnout			1,39,775	77.61%	3.95
	KC(M) hold		Swing	7.01

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,69,192 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

See also

• Pala
• Kottayam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala". kottayam.nic.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pala". www.mapsofindia.com.
4. The Indian Express (27 September 2019). "Hamirpur, Dantewada, Badharghat bye-election results 2019 Highlights: BJP wins Hamirpur seat; Congress gets Dantewada". Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
6. "Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
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.

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