Kottarakkara (Kerala) Assembly Constituency Election

About Kottarakkara Assembly Constituency

Kottarakkara is constituency No. 119 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Kollam district and comes under the Mavelikkara Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved seat. The corresponding Lok Sabha seat is reserved for scheduled castes (SC).

According to the Election Commission of India, Kottarakkara assembly constituency has 1,84,917 registered voters. It comprises 87,082 male and 97,835 female registered voters.

In the 2011 assembly elections, CPI(M) candidate P. Aisha Potty won this seat by securing 74,069 votes. KEC(B) candidate N.N. Murali was the nearest contender with 53,477 votes. The winning margin was 20,592. The voter turnout was 74.34 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kottarakkara Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kottarakkara assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
1957	22	Kottarakkara	(SC)	Chandrasekharan Nair E.	M	CPI	23298	Ramachandran Nair K.	M	INC	14307
1960	22	Kottarakkara	(SC)	Damodaran Pott	M	PSP	27909	Chandrasekharan Nair	M	CPI	25741
1965	111	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KC	27534	E. Chandrasekharan Nair	M	CPI	19395
1967	111	Kottarakkara	GEN	E . C . Nair	M	CPI	24672	R . B . Pillai	M	KEC	23112
1970	111	Kottarakkara	GEN	Kottara Gopalakrishnan	M	INC	32536	R. Balakrishnan Pillai	M	KEC	27859
1970	By Polls	Kottarakkara	GEN	A.Memon	M	CPI	44472	P.S.Nair	M	IND	18409
1977	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishan Pillai	M	KCP	37253	Kottara Gopalkrishan	M	INC	23098
1980	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KCP	48473	Thevannoor Sreedharan Nair	M	IND	11762
1982	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KEC	37515	E. Chandrasekharan Nair	M	CPI	29371
1987	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	P. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KEC	36813	E. Rajendran	M	CPI	34716
1991	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	IND	47122	George Mathew	M	CPM	41707
1996	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R.Balkrishna Pillai	M	KEC(B)	47433	George Mathew	M	CPM	44054
2001	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	R Balakrishna Pillai	M	KEC(B)	55691	Adv.V Raveendran Nair	M	CPM	42723
2006	117	Kottarakkara	GEN	Adv. Aisha Potti	F	CPI(M)	52243	R. Balakrishna Pillai	M	KEC(B)	40156
2011	119	Kottarakkara	GEN	Adv P.Aisha Potty	F	CPM	74069	Dr:N.N.Murali	M	KEC(B)	53477
2016	119	Kottarakkara	GEN	Adv P.Aisha Potty	F	CPM	83443	Savin Sathyan	M	INC	40811
2021	119	Kottarakkara	GEN	K.N. Balagopal	M	CPM	68770	Resmi R.	F	INC	57956