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 Lac ...

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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, the 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 the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval pe ...

and 7 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 ...

Kareepra Kareepra is a village near Edakkidom in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a given p ...

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

Mylom Mylom is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Mylom had a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country ...

, Neduvathoor,

veliyam Veliyam is a village in Kerala, India. It is situated near Kottarakara in the Kollam district of Kerala Kerala ( ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorga ...

and Ummannoor. * Municipalities:

Kottarakara Kottarakkara (IAST: Koṭṭārakkara), also transliterated as ''Kottarakara'', is a town and municipality in the Kollam district of the Kerala, India. The town is close to Kollam Port, which has a rich history linked to the early medieval ...

* Panchayaths:

, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor,

* Neighbourhood Towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom,

Odanavattam Odanavattam is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. The village is situated 22 km east from Kollam town and is under the administration of Veliyam panchayath. Odanavattom is near to Edakkidom and Kottarakkara the ...

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency: Key * indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,00,587 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,527 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha 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