# Pathanapuram Assembly constituency

Pathanapuram 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. B. Ganesh Kumar of KC(B).

## Local self governed segments

Pathanapuram Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Pathanapuram | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 2 | Pattazhy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 3 | Pattazhy Vadakkekara | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 4 | Piravanthoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 5 | Thalavoor | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 6 | Vilakkudy | Grama panchayat | Pathanapuram |
| 7 | Melila | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
| 8 | Vettikkavala | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Pathanapuram Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:
Key
KC(B) CPI INC KEC
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | N. Rajagopalan Nair | | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | R. Balakrishna Pillai | | Indian National Congress | 1960–1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | | 1967–1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. K. Raghavan | CPI | | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | E. K. Pillai | CPI | | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | E. K. Pillai | CPI | | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | A. George | | Kerala Congress | 1982–1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | K. Prakash Babu | CPI | | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | K. Prakash Babu | CPI | | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | KC(B) | | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,89,837 registered voters in Pathanapuram Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 74,429 | 52.39% | 3.25 |
| | INC | P. V. Jagadish Kumar | 49,867 | 35.10% | |
| | BJP | Raghu Damodharan | 11,700 | 8.24% | 3.03 |
| | SDPI | Faizy M. Pasha | 3,843 | 2.71% | |
| | BSP | Perinadu Gopalakrishnan | 846 | 0.60% | 0.07 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 454 | 0.32% | |
| | Independent | Rekhu P. | 366 | 0.26% | |
| | SS | Sudheer M. G. | 254 | 0.18% | |
| | Independent | Chandrasekhara Pillai M. G. | 194 | 0.14% | |
| | Independent | Madhu R. | 105 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 24,562 | 17.29% | − |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,42,058 | 74.83% | 0.61 |
| | KC(B) hold | KC(B) hold | Swing | 3.25 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,72,946 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pathanapuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | KC(B) | K. B. Ganesh Kumar | 71,421 | 55.64% |
| | CPI(M) | K. Rajagopal | 51,019 | 39.74% |
| | BJP | R. Subhash Pattazhy | 2,839 | 2.21% |
| | Independent | Aneesh Anthony | 1,613 | 1.26% |
| | BSP | Punalur Salim | 864 | 0.67% |
| | Independent | N. Sunilkumar | 611 | 0.48% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,402 | 17.29% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,367 | 74.22% |
| | KC(B) hold | KC(B) hold | Swing | |