Kottakkal Assembly constituency

Kottakkal State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. K Abid Hussain Thangal of IUML.

Kottakkal
Constituency No. 46 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kuttippuram bridge over Bharathappuzha
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	1951 (first establishment) 2008 (second establishment)
Total electors	1,98,872 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal
Party	IUML
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Map of Kottakkal Assembly constituency

Kottakkal Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kottakkal	Municipality	Tirur
2	Valanchery	Municipality	Tirur
3	Ponmala	Grama panchayat	Tirur
4	Marakkara	Grama panchayat	Tirur
5	Edayur	Grama panchayat	Tirur
6	Irimbiliyam	Grama panchayat	Tirur
7	Kuttippuram	Grama panchayat	Tirur

Kottakkal Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Kottakkal Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	M. P. Abdussamad Samadani		IUML	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal			2016 – 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,98,872 registered voters in Kottakkal Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottakkal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	K. K. Abid Hussain Thangal	71,768	48.34%	10.57
	NCP	N. A. Mohammed Kutty	56,726	38.21%	9.64
	BJP	V. Unnikrishnan Master	13,205	8.89%	2.31
	PDP	Neyyathoor Kunhimohamed	2,763	1.86%	0.70
	SDPI	K. P. O. Rahmathullah	1,719	1.16%	1.08
	NOTA	None of the above	806	0.54%	−
	Independent	C. Muhammed Kutty	579	0.39%	−
	Independent	Villan Mohammed Kutty	429	0.29%	−
Margin of victory			15,042	10.13%	20.21
Turnout			1,48,473	74.66%	4.01
	IUML hold		Swing	10.57

2011

There were 1,67,498 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottakkal

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Abdusamad Samadani	69,717	58.91%
	NCP	C. P. K. Gurukkal	33,815	28.57%
	BJP	K. K. Surendran	7,782	6.58%
	PDP	Ali Kadampuzha	3,027	2.56%
	SDPI	K. C. Naser	2,644	2.24%
	Independent	Kadampuzha Bindhu Devarajan	894	0.76%
	BSP	Madathil Muhammad Ellias	458	0.39%
Margin of victory			35,902	30.34%
Turnout			1,18,343	70.65%
	IUML hold		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Kottakkal^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	Ahmad Kutty, Chakkeeri	14,972	41.29%
	INC	Kunjunni Nedumgadi, Ezhuthassan Kalathil	9,498	26.19%	26.19%
	CPI	Koya Kunhi Naha Kizhakkinakath	9,056	24.97%
	Socialist	Mohamed Naha Kizhakkinath	2,736	7.55%
Margin of victory			5,474	15.10%
Turnout			36,262	51.91%
Registered electors			69,856
	IUML win (new seat)

See also

• Kottakkal
• Valanchery
• Kuttippuram (State Assembly constituency)
• Kuttippuram Block Panchayat
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election