Pala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Kerala Democratic Party.
Local self-governed segments Pala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)TalukRuling alliance1PalaMunicipalityMeenachilUDF 2BharananganamGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 3KadanadGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 4KaroorGrama panchayatMeenachilLDF 5KozhuvanalGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 6MeenachilGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 7MelukavuGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 8MoonilavuGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 9MutholyGrama panchayatMeenachilLDF 10RamapuramGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 11ThalanaduGrama panchayatMeenachilLDF 12ThalappalamGrama panchayatMeenachilUDF 13ElikkulamGrama panchayatKanjirappallyUDF
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Pala Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:
ElectionNameParty 1965K. M. Mani 1967 1970 1977 1980 1982 1987 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2019^ Mani C. Kappan 2021 2026
*by-election
Election results Percentage change (±) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026 There were 1, 76,726 registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election. UDF-backed candidate Mani C. Kappan contested the election as an independent candidate.
2021 There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.
2019 by-election Due to the death of the sitting MLA K. M. Mani in April 2019, Pala Assembly constituency held a by-election on 23 September 2019.
There were 1,79,107 registered voters in Pala Assembly constituency for the 2019 Kerala Assembly by-election.
2016 There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,69,192 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006 There were 1,28,184 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
2001 There were 1,30,305 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
See also Pala Kottayam district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections
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