Ollur Assembly constituency
Ollur | |
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Constituency No. 66 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kerala Agricultural University entrance | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur |
Established | 1957 |
Total electors | 2,07,881(2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Ollur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Rajan of CPI.
Ollur was a citadel of Indian National Congress for a long time, yet occasionally it had gone to Communist Party of India. The constituency has 1,00,750 male and 1,07,128 female voters. Ollur has been a bellwether constituency since 1982. Every MLA since 1982 has been part of the ruling party or alliance in Kerala.
Local self governed segments
[edit]Ollur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 14 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation (Ollur zone, Mannuthy zone and Koorkenchery zone), and 4 Gram Panchayats in Thrissur Taluk:[3]
Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
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17 | Mullakkara | 18 | Mannuthy | 24 | Valarkavu |
25 | Kuriachira | 26 | Ancheri | 28 | Patavarad |
29 | Edakkunni | 30 | Thaikkattussery | 31 | Ollur |
32 | Chiyyaram South | 41 | Koorkenchery | 42 | Kanimangalam |
43 | Panamukku | 44 | Nedupuzha |
Sl no. | Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
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1 | Madakkathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
2 | Nadathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
3 | Pananchery | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
4 | Puthur | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | A. V. Aryan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
1980 | 6th | Raghavan Pozhakadavil | 1980 – 1982 | ||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | A. M. Paraman | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | C. N. Jayadevan | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
2001 | 11th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | M. P. Vincent | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Election results
[edit]2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | K. Rajan | 76,657 | 49.09 | ![]() | |
INC | Jose Valloor | 55,151 | 35.31 | ![]() | |
BJP | Adv. B.Gopalakrishnan | 22,295 | 14.28 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 827 | 0.51 | − | |
BSP | P K Subramanian | 282 | 0.18 | − | |
Independent | (({candidate))} | 628 | 0.4 | − | |
Independent | Benny Kodiyatil | 331 | 0.21 | − | |
Margin of victory | 21,506 | 13.78 | |||
CPI hold | Swing | 1.54 | |||
Turnout | 1,56,171 | (({percentage))} |
2016
[edit]There were 1,93,404 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | K. Rajan | 71,666 | 47.55 | ![]() | |
INC | M. P. Vincent | 58,418 | 38.76 | ![]() | |
BDJS | P. K. Santosh | 17,694 | 11.74 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,151 | 0.76 | − | |
PDP | Majeed Mullakara | 696 | 0.46 | − | |
CPI(ML) Red Star | Sajimon Manjamattam | 334 | 0.22 | − | |
Independent | Vincent M. D. Marottikkal | 279 | 0.19 | − | |
Independent | K. G. Rajan | 267 | 0.18 | ||
Independent | V. N. Asokhan | 214 | 0.14 | − | |
Margin of victory | 13,248 | 8.79 | |||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
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Turnout | 1,50,719 | 77.93 | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | M. P. Vincent | 64,823 | 49.21 | ||
CPI | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | 58,576 | 44.47 | ||
BJP | Sundararajan | 6,761 | 5.13 | ||
Independent | Suresh M. R. | 717 | 0.54 | ||
BSP | Sunny K. John | 434 | 0.33 | ||
Independent | Ratheesh T. Nair | 407 | 0.31 | ||
Margin of victory | 6,247 | 4.74 | |||
INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,31,718 | 74.47 |
References
[edit]- ^ "MLA files plea on rice scheme". The Hindu. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "LDF hopes rice scheme will work in its favour in Ollur". The Hindu. 4 April 2011. Archived from the original on 10 November 2012. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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