Pala Assembly constituency

Pala 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala.

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

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Pala	Municipality	Meenachil
2	Bharananganam	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
3	Kadanad	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
4	Karoor	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
5	Kozhuvanal	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
6	Meenachil	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
7	Melukavu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
8	Moonilavu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
9	Mutholy	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
10	Ramapuram	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
11	Thalanadu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
12	Thalappalam	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
13	Elikkulam	Grama panchayat	Kanjirappally

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	K. M. Mani		Kerala Congress	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th			Kerala Congress
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2019
2019*[4]		Mani C. Kappan		Nationalist Congress Party	2019 – 2021
2021	15th			Democratic Congress Kerala	Incumbent

*by-election

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.^[5]

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

2019 by-election

Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. M. Mani in April 2019, Pala Assembly constituency held a by-election on 23 September 2019.

There were 1,79,107 registered voters in Pala Assembly constituency for the 2019 Kerala Assembly by-election.^[6]

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

2016

There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[7]

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

2011

There were 1,69,192 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	61,239	49.14%
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	55,980	44.92%
	BJP	B. Vijayakumar	6,359	5.10%
	Independent	C. V. John	576	0.46%	−
	Independent	James Joseph	465	0.16%
Margin of victory			5,259	4.22%
Turnout			1,24,619	73.66%
	KC(M) hold		Swing

See also

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