# Kottarakkara Assembly constituency

Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K N Balagopal of CPI(M).

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kottarakara assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Kottarakkara and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, veliyam and Ummannoor.
* Municipalities: Kottarakara
* Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,veliyam
* Neighbourhood Towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam

## Electoral history
### Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
| 1951 | Krishnan Nair | Socialist | 3,526 | NA |
| 1954 | B. B. Pandarathil | RSP | 6,586 | LDF |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1957–1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | D. Damodaran Potti | PSP | 1960–1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1967–1970 |
| 1970* | 3rd | C. Achutha Menon | CPI | 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Kottara Gopalakrishnan | INC | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1982–1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KEC | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | INC | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KC(B) | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | R. Balakrishna Pillai | KC(B) | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | P. Aisha Potty | CPI(M) | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | P. Aisha Potty | CPI(M) | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | P. Aisha Potty | CPI(M) | 2016-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | K. N. Balagopal | CPI(M) | Incumbent |
* indicates bypolls

## Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

### 2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. N. Balagopal | 68,770 | 45.98 | 9.46 |
| | INC | R. Resmi | 57,956 | 38.75 | 11.64 |
| | BJP | Vayakkal Soman | 21,223 | 14.19 | 1.80 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 574 | 0.38 | |
| | Independent | Mathews K. Lukose | 136 | 0.09 | − |
| | Independent | Lal Viswan | 103 | 0.07 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,814 | 7.23 | 21.10 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,552 | 74.56 | 0.48 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 9.46 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | P. Aisha Potty | 83,443 | 55.44 | 1.55 |
| | INC | Savin Sathyan | 40,811 | 27.11 | |
| | BJP | Rajeshwary Rajendran | 24,062 | 15.99 | 11.36 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 742 | 0.49 | |
| | Independent | Madhu B. | 491 | 0.33 | − |
| | BSP | R. Sukumaran | 386 | 0.26 | 0.40 |
| | SS | Veliyam Shaji | 325 | 0.22 | |
| | Independent | Hariprasad | 173 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | Ajaykumar Thankappan | 80 | 0.05 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 42,632 | 28.33 | 13.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,50,513 | 75.04 | 0.72 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.55 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottarakkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | P. Aisha Potty | 74,069 | 53.89 | |
| | KC(B) | N. M. Murali | 53,477 | 38.91 | |
| | BJP | Vayakkal Madhu | 6,370 | 4.63 | |
| | Independent | Dhaneshlal Panavely | 1,063 | 0.77 | |
| | BSP | P. T. Prasanna Kumar | 911 | 0.66 | |
| | Independent | S. Solomon | 773 | 0.56 | − |
| | Independent | Prakash V. | 454 | 0.33 | |
| | Independent | Prakash R. | 320 | 0.23 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,592 | 14.98 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,37,437 | 74.32 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from KC(B) | CPI(M) gain from KC(B) | Swing | | |