Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency

Sulthan Bathery 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is I. C. Balakrishnan of INC.

Sulthan Bathery
Constituency No. 18 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Wayanad
Lok Sabha constituency	Wayanad
Established	1977
Total electors	2,20,167 (2021)
Reservation	ST
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent I. C. Balakrishnan
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Sulthan Bathery	Municipality	Sulthan Bathery
2	Ambalavayal	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
3	Meenangadi	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
4	Mullenkolly	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
5	Nenmeni	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
6	Noolpuzha	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
7	Poothadi	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery
8	Pulpally	Grama panchayat	Sulthan Bathery

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	K Raghavan		Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. K. Ramachandran			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. C. Rosakutty			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. V. Varghese Vaidyar		Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	N. D. Appachan		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. Krishna Prasad		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	I. C. Balakrishnan		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th				2021 - 2026

Election results

2016

There were 2,18,241 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. C. Balakrishnan	75,747	44.04	5.10
	CPI(M)	Rugmini Subrahmanian	64,549	37.53	6.40
	JRS	C. K. Janu	27,920	16.23	10.16
	NOTA	None of the above	1,261	0.73	−
	BSP	Mukundan Cheengeri	791	0.46	0.01
	CPI(ML)L	Madhavi	609	0.35	−
	SP	K. K. Vasu	478	0.28	−
	Independent	Balakrishnan Edakkal	387	0.22	−
	SUCI(C)	T. R. Sreedharan	262	0.15	−
Margin of victory			11,198	6.51	3.75
Turnout			1,72,004	78.81	5.56
	INC hold		Swing	5.10

2011

There were 1,98,645 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	I. C. Balakrishnan	71,540	49.14
	CPI(M)	E. A. Sankaran	63,926	43.93
	BJP	Palliyara Raman	8,829	6.07
	BSP	Mukundan Cheengeri	679	0.47
Margin of victory			7,583	10.26
Turnout			1,45,512	73.25
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Year	Niyama Sabha	Category	Winning Candidate	Winning Party	Vote	Runner-up	Party	Vote	Majority
1977	5th	ST	K. Raghavan Master	INC	29204	Nidyachery Vasu	BLD	24213	4991
1980	6th	GEN	K. K. Ramachandran Master	INC(I)	36974	P. T. Jose	KEC	29580	7394
1982	7th				31858	P. V. Varghese Vaidyar	CPI(M)	28623	3235
1987	8th			INC	39102	P. Cyriac John	ICS(SCS)	34976	4126
1991	9th	GEN	K. C. Rosakutty	INC	53050	P.V Varghese Vaidyar	CPM	50544	2006
1996	10th	GEN	P. V. Varghese Vaidyar	CPI(M)	50316	K. C. Rosakutty	INC	49020	1296
2001	11th	GEN	N. D. Appachan	INC	68685	Fr. Mathai Nooranal	IND	45132	23553
2006	12th	GEN	P. Krishna Prasad	CPI(M)	63092	N D Appachan	DIC	37552	25540
2011	13th	ST	I. C. Balakrishnan	INC	71509	E. A. Shankaran	CPI(M)	63926	7583
2016	14th				75747	Rugmini Subramanian	CPI(M)	65647	11198

See also

• Sulthan Bathery
• Wayanad district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election