Malampuzha Assembly constituency

{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox Indian constituency | state = Kerala | name = Malampuzha | type= SLA | constituency_no = 55 | map_image = MALAMPUZHA DAM OUTLET WATER CANAL.jpg | map_caption = Malampuzha Dam, the largest dam and reservoir in Kerala | established = 1965 | reservation = None | electors = 2,13,231 (2021) | mla = A. Prabhakaran | party = CPI(M) | alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''LDF'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}} | latest_election_year = 2026 | district = Palakkad }} '''Malampuzha State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Palakkad Lok Sabha constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html |website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in |title = State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala. |access-date = 9 September 2019 |archive-date = 3 September 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html |url-status = dead }}</ref> As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is A. Prabhakaran of CPI(M).

==Local self-governed segments== Malampuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web |url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html |website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in |title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District |access-date = 9 September 2019 |archive-date = 3 September 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190903213246/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/palakkad.html |url-status = dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;" !width="30px" |Sl no. !width="100px" |Name !width="130px" |Status (grama panchayat/municipality) !width="100px" |Taluk |- |1 |Akathethara |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |2 |Elappully |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |3 |Kodumba |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |4 |Malampuzha |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |5 |Marutharode |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |6 |Mundur |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |7 |Puthupariyaram |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |- |8 |Pudussery |Grama panchayat |Palakkad |}

==Members of Legislative Assembly== The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Malampuzha Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web |url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/malampuzha-assembly-constituency-map.html |website = www.mapsofindia.com |title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Malampuzha }}</ref>

'''Key'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" !Election !Niyama Sabha !Name ! colspan=2 |Party ! Tenure |- | 1967 | rowspan="2" | 3rd | M. P. Kunhiraman | {{Full party name with color|rowspan=15|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|dab=y}} | 1967 – 1969 |- |1969 |V. Krishna Das |1969 – 1970 |- | 1970 | 4th | V. Krishnadas | 1970 – 1977 |- | 1977 | 5th | P. V. Kunhikannan | 1977 – 1980 |- | 1980 | 6th | rowspan="2" |E. K. Nayanar | 1980 – 1982 |- | 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 |- | 1987 | 8th | rowspan="3" |T. Sivadasa Menon | 1987 – 1991 |- | 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 |- | 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 |- | 2001 | 11th | rowspan="4" |V. S. Achuthanandan | 2001 – 2006 |- | 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 |- | 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 |- | 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 |- |2021 |15th | rowspan="2" |A. Prabhakaran |2021-2026 |- |2026 |16th |Incumbent |} {{notelist}}

== Election results == ===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=CPI(M)|candidate=A. Prabhakaran|votes=68,629|percentage=42.28|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=C. Krishnakumar|votes=48,908|percentage=30.13|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=A. Suresh|votes=42,262|percentage=26.04|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Saji P. J.|votes=197|percentage=0.12|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1506|percentage=0.93|change=}} {{Election box margin of victory| |votes = 19,721 |percentage = |change = }} {{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link| |winner = CPI(M) |swing = }} {{Election box end}}

=== 2021 === {{Election box begin| title=2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=A. Prabhakaran|votes=75,934|percentage=46.41|change={{increase}}0.51}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=C. Krishnakumar|votes=50,200|percentage=30.68|change={{increase}}1.78|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=S. K. Ananthakrishnan|votes=35,444|percentage=21.66|change={{decrease}}0.46|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1054|percentage=0.64|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Abdul Raheem S.|votes=418|percentage=0.26|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=25,734|percentage=15.72|change={{decrease}}1.28}} {{Election box turnout||votes=1,63,605|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}0.51}} {{Election box end}}

=== 2016 === There were 2,02,828 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}} {{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. S. Achuthanandan|votes=73,299|percentage=45.90|change={{decrease}}11.14}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=C. Krishnakumar|votes=46,157|percentage=28.90|change={{increase}}28.90|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. S. Joy|votes=35,333|percentage=22.12|change={{decrease}}17.72|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=C. P. Sreedharan|votes=3,154|percentage=1.97|change=-|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=924|percentage=0.58|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ravi Pallatheri|votes=326|percentage=0.20|change={{decrease}}0.89}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ramesh Puduppariyaram|votes=297|percentage=0.19|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Saravanan|votes=220|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=27,142|percentage=17.00|change={{decrease}}0.20}} {{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,710|percentage=78.74|change={{increase}}3.28}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}11.14}} {{Election box end}}

=== 2011 === There were 1,80,648 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. S. Achuthanandan|votes=77,752|percentage=57.04|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Lathika Subhash|votes=54,312|percentage=39.84|change=|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janata Dal (United)|candidate=P. K. Majeed Pedikkat|votes=2,772|percentage=2.03|change=-|}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ravi Pallatheri|votes=1,480|percentage=1.09|change=}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=23,440|percentage=17.20|change=}} {{Election box turnout||votes=1,36,316|percentage=75.46|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}} {{Election box end}}

=== 2006 === {{Election box begin|title=2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. S. Achuthanandan|votes=64,775|percentage=55.5%|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Satheesan Pacheni|votes=44,758|percentage=38.3%|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,017|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}} {{Election box end}}

=== 2001 === {{Election box begin|title=2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Malampuzha}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=V. S. Achuthanandan|votes=53,661|percentage=48.6%|change=}} {{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Satheesan Pacheni|votes= 48,958|percentage=44.3%|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,703|percentage=|change=}} {{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}} {{Election box end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala Category:State assembly constituencies in Palakkad district Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1965 Category:1965 establishments in Kerala