Pala Assembly constituency

Pala
Pala
Constituency No. 93 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,84,857 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Mani C. Kappan
Party	KDP
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

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.^[1] 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:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk	Ruling alliance
1	Pala	Municipality	Meenachil	UDF
2	Bharananganam	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
3	Kadanad	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	LDF
4	Karoor	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	LDF
5	Kozhuvanal	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
6	Meenachil	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
7	Melukavu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	LDF
8	Moonilavu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
9	Mutholy	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	LDF
10	Ramapuram	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
11	Thalanadu	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	LDF
12	Thalappalam	Grama panchayat	Meenachil	UDF
13	Elikkulam	Grama panchayat	Kanjirappally	UDF

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:^[3]

Election	Name
1967	K. M. Mani	Kerala Congress
1970
1977
1980
1982
1987		Kerala Congress (M)
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016
2019^^[4]	Mani C. Kappan	Nationalist Congress Party
2021		Democratic Congress Kerala
2026		Independent politician

*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.^[5]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Mani C. Kappan	50,799	37.39	13.04
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	47,808	35.19	4.13
	BJP	Adv. Shone George	35,304	25.99	18.14
	NOTA	None of the above	583	0.43	0.01
	AAP	Adv. Rony Nedumpallil	506	0.37	−
	Independent	C G Babu	325	0.24	−
	BSP	Santhosh Nadoopparampil	254	0.19	0.08
	Independent	Santhosh Pulickal	272	0.20	0.12
Margin of victory			2,991	2.30	8.81
Turnout			1,35,851	76.87	0.41
	Independent hold		Swing

2021

There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[6]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	DCK	Mani C. Kappan	69,804	50.43	10.19
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani	54,426	39.32	3.23
	BJP	Prameeladevi J.	10,869	7.85	6.33
	Independent	Mani C. Kuriakose	1,098	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	604	0.44
	Independent	Santosh Pulickal	444	0.32
	BSP	Joy Thomas Vazhamattom	368	0.27
	Independent	C. V. John	249	0.18	−
	Independent	Sreejith V. S.	195	0.14
	Independent	Thomas J. Nidiry	160	0.12
	Independent	Albin Mathew	121	0.09	−
	Independent	Sunil Alancheril	93	0.07
Margin of victory			15,378	11.11	8.80
Turnout			1,38,431	76.46	5.49
	DCK gain from NCP		Swing	10.19

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.^[7]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	54,137	42.55	3.79
	KC(M)	Jose Tom Pulikkunnel	51,194	40.24	1.89
	BJP	N. Hari	18,044	14.18	3.58
	Independent	C. J. Philip	1,085	0.85	−
	Independent	Maju Puthenkandam	1,012	0.80	−
	NOTA	None of the above	742	0.58
	Independent	George Pooveli	565	0.44
	Independent	Tom Thomas	303	0.24
	Independent	Ignatious Illimoottil	233	0.18
	Independent	Joseph Jacob	178	0.14
	Independent	Babu Joseph	130	0.10
	Independent	Joemon Joseph Srampickal	130	0.10
	Independent	Joby Thomas	112	0.09
	Independent	Sunilkumar	97	0.08
Margin of victory			2,943	2.31	1.06
Turnout			1,27,220	70.97	6.64
	NCP gain from KC(M)		Swing	3.79

2016

There were 1,80,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[8]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	58,884	42.13	7.01
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	54,181	38.78	6.14
	BJP	N. Hari	24,821	17.76	12.66
	NOTA	None of the above	907	0.65	−
	Independent	Jose Thomas Padiyammakkal	489	0.35	−
	Independent	Anthony	217	0.16
	Independent	Shaiju Ponkunnam	103	0.07
	Independent	Hassan Kunju P. S.	90	0.06
	Independent	Babu	83	0.06
Margin of victory			4,703	3.37	0.85
Turnout			1,39,775	77.61	3.95
	KC(M) hold		Swing	7.01

2011

There were 1,69,192 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[9]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	61,239	49.14	2.40
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	55,980	44.92	1.96
	BJP	B. Vijayakumar	6,359	5.10	1.16
	Independent	C. V. John	576	0.46	−
	Independent	James Joseph	465	0.16
Margin of victory			5,259	4.22	4.36
Turnout			1,24,619	73.66	3.10
	KC(M) hold		Swing	2.40

2006

There were 1,28,184 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	46,608	51.54	11.83
	NCP	Mani C. Kappan	38,849	42.96	6.33
	BJP	S. Jayasooryan	3,566	3.94
	BSP	P. I. Thankachan	362	0.40
	Independent	Shiby M. Aikkara	319	0.35
	Independent	K. T. Mathew	310	0.34
	Independent	Paul	230	0.25
	Independent	V. A. Sunny	191	0.21
	Rejected	Rejected & Missing Votes	18
Margin of victory			7,759	8.58	18.16
Turnout			90,453	70.56	6.54
	KC(M) hold		Swing	11.83

2001

There were 1,30,305 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	KC(M)	K. M. Mani	52,838	63.37
	NCP	Uzhavoor Vijayan	30,537	36.63
	Rejected	Rejected & Missing Votes	50
Margin of victory			22,301	26.74
Turnout			83,425	64.02
	KC(M) hold		Swing

References

↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala". kottayam.nic.in.
↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pala". www.mapsofindia.com.
↑ The Indian Express (27 September 2019). "Hamirpur, Dantewada, Badharghat bye-election results 2019 Highlights: BJP wins Hamirpur seat; Congress gets Dantewada". Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.
↑ "General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results May-2026 – Assembly Constituency 93 - PALA (Kerala)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2026.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
↑ "Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala". kottayam.nic.in.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 13 March 2011. Retrieved 11 September 2015.

[3] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Pala". www.mapsofindia.com.

[Hamirpur,_Dantewada,_Badharghat_bye-election_results_2019_Highlights:_BJP_wins_Hamirpur_seat;_Congress_gets_Dantewada-4] The Indian Express (27 September 2019). "Hamirpur, Dantewada, Badharghat bye-election results 2019 Highlights: BJP wins Hamirpur seat; Congress gets Dantewada". Archived from the original on 23 October 2023. Retrieved 23 October 2023.

[5] "General Election to Assembly Constituencies: Trends & Results May-2026 – Assembly Constituency 93 - PALA (Kerala)". Election Commission of India. Retrieved 18 May 2026.

[turnout_2021-6] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[7] "Pala Niyamasabha By-election Results 2019, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[8] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[9] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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