Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 List of districts in Kerala, districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major La ...

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. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in

. 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, Kottarakara Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of

Kottarakkara Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. Kottarakkara lies to the east of Kollam city centre. History Kottarakkara, also known in the ...

and seven neighbouring panchayaths including

Ezhukone Ezhukone is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India between Kottarakara and Kundara. Transportation * Ezhukone railway station on Kollam–Sengottai branch line is very close to the town. * Ezhukone is situated along Ko ...

, Kareepra,

Kulakkada Kulakkada is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Kulakkada is also a panchayat headquartered in Mavadi. The main towns in Kulakkada panchayath are Kulakkada, Puthoor, and Poovattoor. The Thiruvananthapuram–Angamaly ...

Mylom Mylom is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Mylom had a population Population is a set of humans or other organisms in a given region or area. Governments conduct a census to quantify ...

, Neduvathoor,

Veliyam Veliyam is a village in Kerala, India. It is situated near Kottarakara in the Kollam district of Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, foll ...

and Ummannoor. * Municipalities:

Kottarakara Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. Kottarakkara lies to the east of Kollam city centre. History Kottarakkara, also known in the ...

* Panchayaths:

, Kareepra,

, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,

* Neighbourhood towns:

Thrikkannamangal Thrikkannamangal is a village located in the tehsil of Kottarakara in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. Etymology The town derives its name from the direction in which the kings of old, standing in their palace, would face in the morning. ...

Kunnicode Kunnicode is a town on NH 744 (Kollam- Thirumangalam highway) in the Kollam District. Location It is located from Kottarakkara, from Pathanapuram and from Punalur. Politics Kunnicode is a part of Pathanapuram Assembly in Mavelikara (Lok ...

, Valakom, Odanavattam

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

who have represented the constituency: *by-election

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 Assembly election.

2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2011

There were 1,84,97 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

References

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies Assembly constituencies of Kerala Government of Kollam Politics of Kollam district Assembly constituencies in Kollam district 1957 establishments in Kerala Constituencies established in 1957