Kottarakara or Kottarakkara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2026 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 and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Veliyam and Ummannoor.
Municipalities: Kottarakara Panchayaths: Ezhukone, Kareepra, Kulakkada, Mylom, Neduvathoor, Ummannoor, Veliyam Neighbourhood towns: Thrikkannamangal, Kunnicode, Valakom, Odanavattam
Electoral history Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition1951Krishnan NairSocialist3,526NA1954B. B. PandarathilRSP6,586LDF
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
ElectionNiyamaSabhaMemberPartyTenure19571stE. Chandrasekharan Nair1957–196019602ndD. Damodaran Potti1960–196519673rdE. Chandrasekharan Nair1967–19701970*C. Achutha Menon197019704thKottara Gopalakrishnan1970–1977 19775thR. Balakrishna Pillai 1977–198019806th1980–198219827th1982–198719878th1987–199119919th1991–1996199610th 1996–2001200111th2001–2006200612thP. Aisha Potty 2006–2011201113th2011–2016201614th2016-2021202115thK. N. Balagopal 2021-20262026 16th2026- *by-election
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
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.
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