Malampuzha Assembly constituency

Malampuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. Prabhakaran of CPI(M).

Malampuzha
Constituency No. 55 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Malampuzha Dam, the largest dam and reservoir in Kerala
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Established	1965
Total electors	2,13,231 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. Prabhakaran
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (grama panchayat/municipality)	Taluk
1	Akathethara	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
2	Elappully	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
3	Kodumba	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
4	Malampuzha	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
5	Marutharode	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
6	Mundur	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
7	Puthupariyaram	Grama panchayat	Palakkad
8	Pudussery	Grama panchayat	Palakkad

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	M. P. Kunhiraman		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1969
1969		V. Krishna Das			1969 – 1970
1970	4th	V. Krishnadas			1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. V. Kunhikannan			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	E. K. Nayanar			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	T. Sivadasa Menon			1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	V. S. Achuthanandan			2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th	A. Prabhakaran			Incumbent

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Prabhakaran	75,934	46.41	0.51
	BJP	C. Krishnakumar	50,200	30.68	1.78
	INC	S. K. Ananthakrishnan	35,444	21.66	0.46
	NOTA	None of the above	1054	0.64	−
	Independent	Abdul Raheem S.	418	0.26
Margin of victory			25,734	15.72	1.28
Turnout			1,63,605
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.51

2016

There were 2,02,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. S. Achuthanandan	73,299	45.90	11.14
	BJP	C. Krishnakumar	46,157	28.90	28.90
	INC	V. S. Joy	35,333	22.12	17.72
	AIADMK	C. P. Sreedharan	3,154	1.97	−
	NOTA	None of the above	924	0.58	−
	BSP	Ravi Pallatheri	326	0.20	0.89
	Independent	Ramesh Puduppariyaram	297	0.19	−
	Independent	S. Saravanan	220	0.14	−
Margin of victory			27,142	17.00	0.20
Turnout			1,59,710	78.74	3.28
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	11.14

2011

There were 1,80,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. S. Achuthanandan	77,752	57.04
	INC	Lathika Subhash	54,312	39.84
	JD(U)	P. K. Majeed Pedikkat	2,772	2.03	−
	BSP	Ravi Pallatheri	1,480	1.09
Margin of victory			23,440	17.20
Turnout			1,36,316	75.46
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2006

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. S. Achuthanandan	64,775	55.5%
	INC	Satheesan Pacheni	44,758	38.3%
Margin of victory			20,017
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2001

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	V. S. Achuthanandan	53,661	48.6%
	INC	Satheesan Pacheni	48,958	44.3%
Margin of victory			4,703
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Malampuzha
• Palakkad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election