Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency

Sulthan Bathery State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is I. C. Balakrishnan of INC.

Sulthan Bathery
Constituency for the
A backwater in the Sulthan Bathery (State Assembly constituency).
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictWayanad
Established1977
Total electors2,20,167 (2021)
ReservationST
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

List of MLAs from the constituency

Key

  INC   CPI(M)   INC(I)

Election Niyama
Sabha		 Member Party Tenure
1977 5th K Raghavan INC 1977 – 1980
1980 6th K. K. Ramachandran INC(I) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th INC 1987 – 1991
1991 9th K C Rosakutty Teacher INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th P. V. Varghese Vaidyar CPI(M) 1996 – 2001
2001 11th N. D. Appachan INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th P Krishna Prasad CPI(M) 2006 – 2011
2011 13th I. C. Balakrishnan INC 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

2021
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC I.C.Balakrishnan 81,077 48.42% 4.38+%
CPI(M) ms viswanathan 69,255 41.36 3.83+%
BJP C.k janu 15,198 9.08%
Majority 11,822 +
Turnout 74.29 4.54-
Registered electors 220167
INC hold Swing hold INC

2016

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC I. C. Balakrishnan 75,747 44.04 Decrease5.10
CPI(M) Rugmini Subrahmanian 64,549 37.53 Decrease6.40
JRS C. K. Janu 27,920 16.23 Increase10.16
NOTA None of the above 1,261 0.73 -
BSP Mukundan Cheengeri 791 0.46 Decrease0.01
Communist Party of India (Marxist Leninist) Madhavi 609 0.35 -
SP K. K. Vasu 478 0.28 -
Independent Balakrishnan Edakkal 387 0.22 -
SUCI(C) T. R. Sreedharan 262 0.15 -
Margin of victory 11,198 6.51 Increase3.75
Turnout 1,72,004 78.81 Increase5.56
INC hold Swing Decrease5.10

2011

There were 1,98,645 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Sulthan Bathery
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC I. C. Balakrishnan 71,540 49.14
CPI(M) E. A. Sankaran 63,926 43.93
BJP Palliyara Raman 8,829 6.07
BSP Mukundan Cheengeri 679 0.47
Margin of victory 7,583 10.26
Turnout 1,45,512 73.25
INC gain from CPI(M) Swing
Year Niyama Sabha Category Winning Candidate Winning Party Vote Runner-up Party Vote Majority
1977 5th ST K. Raghavan Master INC 29204 Nidyachery Vasu BLD 24213 4991
1980 6th GEN K. K. Ramachandran Master INC(I) 36974 P. T. Jose KEC 29580 7394
1982 7th 31858 P. V. Varghese Vaidyar CPI(M) 28623 3235
1987 8th INC 39102 Cyriac John ICS(SCS) 34976 4126
1991 9th GEN K. C. Rosakutty INC 53050 P.V Varghese Vaidyar CPM 50544 2006
1996 10th GEN P. V. Varghese Vaidyar CPI(M) 50316 K. C. Rosakutty INC 49020 1296
2001 11th GEN N. D. Appachan INC 68685 Fr. Mathai Nooranal IND 45132 23553
2006 12th GEN P. Krishna Prasad CPI(M) 63092 N D Appachan DIC 37552 25540
2011 13th ST I. C. Balakrishnan INC 71509 E. A. Shankaran CPI(M) 63926 7583
2016 14th 75747 Rugmini Subramanian CPI(M) 65647 11198

See also

References
  1. "State Assembly constituencies in Wayanad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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