# Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency

Sulthan Bathery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is I. C. Balakrishnan of INC.

## Local self governed segments

Sulthan Bathery Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| 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 | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | K. K. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | K. K. Ramachandran | Indian National Congress | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K C Rosakutty Teacher | Indian National Congress | 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 | I. C. Balakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | I. C. Balakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2021 - 2026 |

## Election results
### 2016

There were 2,18,241 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery :
| Party | 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 |
| | Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,198 | 6.51 | 3.75 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,72,004 | 78.81 | 5.56 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 5.10 | |

### 2011

There were 1,98,645 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery :
| Party | 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 | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,583 | 10.26 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,512 | 73.25 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | 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 | GEN | K. K. Ramachandran Master | INC(I) | 31858 | P. V. Varghese Vaidyar | CPI(M) | 28623 | 3235 |
| 1987 | 8th | GEN | K. K. Ramachandran Master | 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 | ST | I. C. Balakrishnan | INC | 75747 | Rugmini Subramanian | CPI(M) | 65647 | 11198 |