Pathanapuram Assembly constituency

Pathanapuram
Constituency No. 120 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Pathanapuram within Kollam district
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Lok Sabha constituencyMavelikara
Established1957
Total electors1,85,116 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  KC(B)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Pathanapuram Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Since 2001, it has been represented by K. B. Ganesh Kumar of the Kerala Congress (B).

Local self-governed segments

Pathanapuram Assembly 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 the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all the members of the Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the Pathanapuram Assembly constituency during various legislative assemblies.[4]

Key

  CPI   INC   KEC   KC(B)

Election Member Party
1957 N. Rajagopalan Nair Communist Party of India
1960 R. Balakrishna Pillai Indian National Congress
1967 P. K. Raghavan Communist Party of India
1970
1977 E. K. Pillai
1980
1982 A. George Kerala Congress
1987 E. Chandrasekharan Nair Communist Party of India
1991 K. Prakash Babu
1996
2001 K. B. Ganesh Kumar Kerala Congress (B)
2006
2011
2016
2021

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar
INC Jyothikumar Chamakkala
TTP S. Anilkumar
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

There were 1,85,116 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 67,276 49.09 3.30
INC Jyothikumar Chamakkala 52,940 38.63 3.53
BJP V. S. Jithin Dev 12,398 9.05 0.81
Marxist Communist Party of India P. Krishnammal 2,091 1.53
SDPI Adv. Faizy. M. Pasha 1,192 0.87 1.84
NOTA None of the above 474 0.35 0.03
Anna DHRM Baiju Pathanapuram 411 0.30
Independent Aji Kadassery 254 0.19
Margin of victory 14,336 10.47 6.82
Turnout 1,37,327 74.18 0.65
KC(B) hold Swing 3.30

2016

There were 1,89,837 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 74,429 52.39% 3.25
INC P. V. Jagadish Kumar 49,867 35.10%
BJP Raghu Damodharan 11,700 8.24% 6.03
SDPI Adv. Faizy M. Pasha 3,843 2.71%
BSP Perinadu Gopalakrishnan 846 0.60% 0.07
NOTA None of the above 454 0.32%
Independent Rekhu P. 366 0.26%
SS 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% 1.39
Turnout 1,42,058 74.83% 0.60
KC(B) hold Swing 3.25

2011

There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 71,421 55.64% 2.16
CPI(M) K. Rajagopal 51,019 39.74%
BJP R. Subhash Pattazhy 2,839 2.21% 0.04
Independent Aneesh Anthony 1,613 1.26% 0.44
BSP Punalur Salim 864 0.67% 0.16
Independent N. Sunilkumar 611 0.48%
Margin of victory 20,402 15.90% 4.53
Turnout 1,28,367 74.23% 2.10
KC(B) hold Swing 2.16

2006

There were 1,44,025 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.[8]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 55,554 53.48 0.72
CPI K. R. Chandramohanan 43,740 42.11 1.65
BJP Vilakkudi Chandran 2,334 2.25 0.04
Independent Aneesh Antony 859 0.82
Independent Madappara Muraleedharan 615 0.59
BSP Kuzhicheyil Sunil 526 0.51
Independent S. Krishnankutty 248 0.24
Margin of victory 11,814 11.37 2.37
Turnout 103,883 72.13 1.10
KC(B) hold Swing 0.72

2001

There were 1,55,397 registered voters in the Pathanapuram constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.[9]

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(B) K. B. Ganesh Kumar 58,224 52.76 7.44
CPI Adv. K. Prakash Babu 48,293 43.76 6.13
BJP A. V. Muraleedharan 2,525 2.29
Independent Thomas Baby 1,319 1.20
Margin of victory 9,931 9.00 4.43
Turnout 110,383 71.03 1.18
KC(B) gain from CPI Swing 7.44

See also

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kollam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  3. ^ "Taluks and Villages in the Kollam district". kollam.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pathanapuram". www.mapsofindia.com.
  5. ^ "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
  6. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ^ "Kerala 2006 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.
  9. ^ "Kerala 2001 - Kerala - Election Commission of India" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 January 2026.