Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency

Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

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Lok Sabha constituency
Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Pattambi Shornur Ottapalam Kongad Mannarkkad Malampuzha Palakkad
Established	1957
Total electors	13,20,680 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent V. K. Sreekandan
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
50	Pattambi	Palakkad	Muhammed Muhsin		CPI		INC
51	Shornur		P. Mammikutty		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
52	Ottapalam		K. Premkumar		CPI(M)		INC
53	Kongad (SC)		K. Shanthakumari		CPI(M)		INC
54	Mannarkkad		N. Shamsudheen		IUML		INC
55	Malampuzha		A. Prabhakaran		CPI(M)		CPI(M)
56	Palakkad		Rahul Mamkootathil		INC		INC

Members of Parliament

Year	Member	Party
1957	Vella Eacharan		Indian National Congress
1957	P. Kunhan		Communist Party of India
1962
1967	E. K. Nayanar		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1971	A. K. Gopalan
1977	A. Sunnasahib		Indian National Congress
1980	V. S. Vijayaraghavan		Indian National Congress (I)
1984			Indian National Congress
1989	Vijayaraghavan Alampadan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1991	V. S. Vijayaraghavan		Indian National Congress
1996	N. N. Krishnadas		Communist Party of India (Marxist)
1998
1999
2004
2009	M. B. Rajesh
2014
2019	V. K. Sreekandan		Indian National Congress
2024

Election results

Vote share of Winning candidates
2024			40.66%
2019			39.17%
2014			45.36%
2009			42.81%
2004			45.70%
1999			46.19%
1998			46.99%
1996			47.77%
1991			48.38%
1989			47.42%
1984			51.62%
1980			49.86%
1977			49.70%
1971			57.12%
1967			59.14%
1962			65.62%
1957			25.67%

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Palakkad^[2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Sreekandan	421,169	40.66	1.49
	CPI(M)	A. Vijayaraghavan	3,45,886	33.39	4.64
	BJP	C. Krishnakumar	2,51,778	24.31	2.87
	NOTA	None of the above	8,793	0.85	0.20
Majority			75,283	7.26	6.12
Turnout			10,38,946	74.16
Registered electors
	INC hold		Swing	1.49

General Elections 2019

2019 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. K. Sreekandan	399,274	39.17
	CPI(M)	M. B. Rajesh	3,87,637	38.03	−7.33
	BJP	C. Krishnakumar	2,18,556	21.44	6.44
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,665	0.65	−0.59
	SDPI	Thulaseedharan Pallickal	5,749	0.56	−0.81
Margin of victory			11,637	1.14	−10.43
Turnout			10,19,337	77.77	1.73
Registered electors			13,23,010		9.45
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-6.19

Assembly wise votes, 2019: Palakkad

Assembly Constituency	V. K. Sreekandan (INC)	M. B. Rajesh (CPI(M))	C. Krishnakumar (BJP)
Pattambi	67,644	50,465	20,716
Shornur	49,810	60,902	32,308
Ottapalam	54,386	60,846	35,683
Kongad	52,456	52,812	29,104
Mannarkkad	78,250	48,625	18,560
Malampuzha	47,743	69,037	41,413
Palakkad	48,425	44,086	39,963
Total votes	3,99,274	3,87,637	2,18,556
of votes	38.83	37.7	21.26

General Elections 2014

2014 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. B. Rajesh	412,897	45.36	+2.54
	SJ(D)	M. P. Veerendra Kumar	3,07,597	33.79
	BJP	Sobha Surendran	1,36,587	15.00	+6.29
	SDPI	E. S. Khaja Hussain	12,504	1.37
	NOTA	None of the Above	11,291	1.24
	WPOI	Thennilapuram Radhakrishnan	8,667	0.95
	AAP	B. Padmanabhan	4,933	0.54
Margin of victory			1,05,300	11.57	+11.34
Turnout			9,10,322	75.33	+1.84
Registered electors			12,08,726		+12.46
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.54

General Elections 2009

2009 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. B. Rajesh	338,070	42.81	−2.89
	INC	Satheeshan Pacheni	3,36,250	42.58	8.84
	BJP	C. K. Padmanabhan	68,804	8.71	−9.29
	Independent	M. R. Murali	20,896	2.65
	NCP	Abdul Razak Moulavi	8,111	1.03
	Independent	Satheesan. E.V	5,478	0.69
	Independent	A. Arokiasamy	3,776	0.48
Margin of victory			1,820	0.23	−11.73
Turnout			7,89,648	73.48	−0.27
Registered electors			10,74,818		−3.44
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-2.89

General Elections 2004

2004 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. N. Krishnadas	375,144	45.70	−0.49
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	2,76,986	33.74	−8.63
	BJP	C. Udai Bhasker	1,47,792	18.00	7.10
	Independent	Krishnadas	7,637	0.93
	BSP	M. Subramanian	5,021	0.61
	Independent	K. Kuttikrishnan	5,006	0.61
Margin of victory			98,158	11.96	8.14
Turnout			8,20,856	73.78	1.69
Registered electors			11,13,144		−1.70
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-0.49

General Elections 1999

1999 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. N. Krishnadas	372,536	46.19	−0.80
	INC	M. T. Padma	3,41,769	42.37	−1.21
	BJP	C. Uday Bhaskar	87,948	10.90	2.56
Margin of victory			30,767	3.81	0.42
Turnout			8,06,543	72.05	2.58
Registered electors			11,32,416		5.20
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-1.58

General Elections 1998

1998 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. N. Krishnadas	345,963	46.99	−0.78
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	3,20,941	43.59	−0.92
	BJP	Prof. T. C. Govindan	61,419	8.34	3.16
	Independent	U. C. Kunjan	3,916	0.53
Margin of victory			25,022	3.40	0.14
Turnout			7,36,292	69.19	−0.28
Registered electors			10,76,444		1.35
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-0.78

General Elections 1996

1996 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	N. N. Krishnadas	343,264	47.77	1.67
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	3,19,841	44.51	−3.87
	BJP	M. V. Sukumaran	37,221	5.18	0.66
	JP	P. Sethumadhavan	3,289	0.46
	Independent	N. Krishna Kumar	3,274	0.46
Margin of victory			23,423	3.26	0.98
Turnout			7,18,544	69.47	−2.09
Registered electors			10,62,083		8.13
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-0.61

General Elections 1991

1991 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	334,913	48.38	1.14
	CPI(M)	A. Vijayaraghavan	3,19,145	46.10	−1.32
	BJP	Rema S. Menon	31,323	4.52	0.82
	JP	Sivanarayanan	4,146	0.60
Margin of victory			15,768	2.28	2.10
Turnout			6,92,292	71.56	−5.89
Registered electors			9,82,228		2.55
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	0.96

General Elections 1989

1989 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. Vijayaraghavan	348,401	47.42	2.65
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	3,47,115	47.24	−4.38
	BJP	T. Chandrasekharan	27,220	3.70
Margin of victory			1,286	0.18	−6.68
Turnout			7,34,778	77.45	0.36
Registered electors			9,57,847		30.93
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	-4.21

General Elections 1984

1984 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	287,170	51.62
	CPI(M)	T. Sivadasa Menon	2,49,017	44.76	−2.15
	Independent	Rohana Jayaram	11,092	1.99
Margin of victory			38,153	6.86	3.91
Turnout			5,56,296	77.09	18.13
Registered electors			7,31,568		3.74
	INC gain from INC(I)		Swing	1.76

General Elections 1980

1980 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	V. S. Vijayaraghavan	204,355	49.86
	CPI(M)	T. Sivadasa Menon	1,92,267	46.91	0.77
	Independent	K. P. R. Gopalan	6,818	1.66
	Independent	K. Veluthira	3,328	0.81
	Independent	R. Aravindakhshan	3,096	0.76
Margin of victory			12,088	2.95	−0.61
Turnout			4,09,864	58.95	−15.68
Registered electors			7,05,179		19.67
	INC(I) gain from INC		Swing	0.15

General Elections 1977

1977 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	A. Sunnasahib	207,604	49.70
	CPI(M)	T. Sivadasa Menon	1,92,733	46.14	−10.98
	Independent	Cherapadam Sivarama Krishna Iyer	17,341	4.15
Margin of victory			14,871	3.56	−12.06
Turnout			4,17,678	74.63	14.18
Registered electors			5,89,253		4.31
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	-7.42

General Elections 1971

1971 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. K. Gopalan	191,089	57.12	−2.02
	Independent	T. C. Govindan	1,38,823	41.50
	Independent	V. P. Purshothaman	4,601	1.38
Margin of victory			52,266	15.62	−9.55
Turnout			3,34,513	60.45	−0.83
Registered electors			5,64,890		21.27
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	-2.02

General Elections 1967

1967 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	E. K. Nayanar	158,230	59.14
	INC	C. S. Devan	90,872	33.97	4.39
	Independent	P. T. Kochuvarkey	18,436	6.89
Margin of victory			67,358	25.18	−10.87
Turnout			2,67,538	61.28	10.73
Registered electors			4,65,825		11.54
	CPI(M) gain from CPI		Swing	-6.47

General Elections 1962

1962 Indian general election: Palakkad^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi	131,688	65.62	39.94
	INC	V. Eacharan	59,353	29.57	9.09
	ABJS	K. Krishnankutty	9,650	4.81
Margin of victory			72,335	36.04	30.86
Turnout			2,00,691	50.55	−57.31
Registered electors			4,17,640		−50.54
	CPI hold		Swing	39.94

General Elections 1957

1957 Indian general election: Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Kunhan Patinjara Veetilpadi	233,807	25.67
	INC	Eacharan V. Iyyani	1,86,594	20.49
	CPI	K. Damodaran	1,85,662	20.39
	INC	P. Vasu Menon	1,42,053	15.60
	Independent	Chadayan Muniyadan	91,922	10.09
	Independent	T. Muhamad Ismail	70,691	7.76
Margin of victory			47,213	5.18
Turnout			9,10,729	107.86
Registered electors			8,44,346
	CPI win (new seat)

See also

• Palghat
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)