# Kottayam Assembly constituency

Kottayam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan of INC.

## Local self-governed segments

Kottayam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Kottayam | Municipality | Kottayam |
| 2 | Panachikkad | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 3 | Vijayapuram | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. Bhaskaran Nair | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | M. P. Govindan Nair | Indian National Congress | 1960–1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | M. K. George | Communist Party of India | 1967–1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | M. Thomas | Communist Party of India | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. P. George | Communist Party of India | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | K. M. Abraham | Communist Party of India | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Srinivasan | Socialist Republican Party | 1982–1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | T. K. Ramakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | T. K. Ramakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | T. K. Ramakrishnan | Communist Party of India | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Mercy Ravi | Indian National Congress | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | V. N. Vasavan | Communist Party of India | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2016–2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | Indian National Congress | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 65,401 | 53.72 | |
| | CPI(M) | Adv K. Anilkumar | 46658 | 38.33 | |
| | BJP | Minerva Mohan | 8611 | 7.07 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 473 | 0.39 | |
| | BSP | Sreekumar Chakkala | 374 | 0.31 | |
| | SUCI(C) | M. K Shahazad | 144 | 0.12 | |
| | ABHM | Arun Mangattu | 77 | 0.06 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18743 | 15.27 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | | | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha election 2016

There were 164,097 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 73,894 | 57.46 | 10.62 |
| | CPI(M) | Reji Sakaria | 40,262 | 31.31 | 14.92 |
| | BJP | M. S. Karunakaran | 12,582 | 9.78 | 5.04 |
| | BSP | P. K. Geetha Krishnan | 651 | 0.51 | 1.00 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 483 | 0.38 | − |
| | SP | Roy Chemmanam | 403 | 0.31 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Rejitha Jayaram | 182 | 0.14 | 0.10 |
| | Independent | John Joy | 88 | 0.07 | − |
| | Independent | Payas C. P. | 58 | 0.05 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,632 | 26.15 | 25.54 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,28,603 | 78.37 | 0.85 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 10.62 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 148,225 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kottayam :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Thiruvanchoor Radhakrishnan | 53,825 | 46.84 | |
| | CPI(M) | V. N. Vasavan | 53,114 | 46.23 | − |
| | BJP | Narayanan Namboothiri | 5,449 | 4.74 | − |
| | BSP | V. S. Shajan | 1,737 | 1.51 | − |
| | Independent | Rajeev Abraham | 387 | 0.34 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | N. K. Biju | 276 | 0.24 | − |
| | Independent | George P. Elias | 113 | 0.10 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 711 | 0.61 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,14,901 | 77.52 | |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |