Sulthan Bathery 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is I. C. Balakrishnan of INC who is the longest serving MLA of the constituency.

Local self-governed segments Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1Sulthan BatheryMunicipalitySulthan Bathery2AmbalavayalGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery3MeenangadiGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery4MullenkollyGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery5NenmeniGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery6NoolpuzhaGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery7PoothadiGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery8PulpallyGrama panchayatSulthan Bathery

Members of the Legislative Assembly ElectionNiyama SabhaNamePartyTenure 1977 5th K Raghavan 1977 – 1980 1980 6thK. K. Ramachandran 1980 – 1982 1982 7th 1982 – 1987 1987 8th 1987 – 1991 1991 9thK. C. Rosakutty 1991 – 1996 1996 10thP. V. Varghese Vaidyar 1996 – 2001 2001 11th N. D. Appachan 2001 – 2006 2006 12th P. Krishna Prasad 2006 – 2011 2011 13thI. C. Balakrishnan 2011 – 2016 201614th2016 - 2021202115th2021 - 2026202616th2026 - 2031

Election results

2026

2021

There were 2,20,167 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 There were 2,18,241 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2011 There were 1,98,645 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

YearNiyama SabhaCategoryWinning CandidateWinning PartyVoteRunner-up PartyVoteMajority 1977 5th STK. Raghavan MasterINC29204Nidyachery VasuBLD242134991 1980 6thGENK. K. Ramachandran MasterINC(I)36974P. T. JoseKEC29580739419827th 31858 P. V. Varghese Vaidyar CPI(M) 28623 3235 1987 8thINC39102P. Cyriac JohnICS(SCS)349764126 1991 9thGENK. C. RosakuttyINC53050P.V Varghese VaidyarCPM505442006 1996 10thGENP. V. Varghese VaidyarCPI(M)50316K. C. RosakuttyINC490201296 2001 11th GENN. D. AppachanINC 68685 Fr. Mathai Nooranal IND 45132 23553 2006 12th GENP. Krishna Prasad CPI(M) 63092 N D Appachan DIC 37552 255402011 13th STI. C. Balakrishnan INC 71509 E. A. Shankaran CPI(M) 639267583 2016 14th 75747 Rugmini SubramanianCPI(M) 6564711198

See also Sulthan Bathery Wayanad district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

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