| Ollur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 66 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kerala Agricultural University entrance | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thrissur |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,07,881(2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Ollur State assembly constituency is one of the 140state legislative assembly constituencies inKerala. It is also one of the sevenstate legislative assembly constituencies included inThrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1][2] As of the2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA isK. Rajan ofCPI.
Ollur was a citadel ofIndian National Congress for a long time, yet occasionally it had gone toCommunist Party of India. The constituency has 1,00,750 male and 1,07,128 female voters. Ollur has been abellwether constituency since 1982. Every MLA since 1982 has been part of the ruling party or alliance in Kerala.
Ollur Assembly constituency is composed of the following 14 wards of theThrissur Municipal Corporation (Ollur zone,Mannuthy zone andKoorkenchery zone), and fourGram Panchayats inThrissurtaluk:[3]
| Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 | Mullakkara | 18 | Mannuthy | 24 | Valarkavu |
| 25 | Kuriachira | 26 | Ancheri | 28 | Patavarad |
| 29 | Edakkunni | 30 | Thaikkattussery | 31 | Ollur |
| 32 | Chiyyaram South | 41 | Koorkenchery | 42 | Kanimangalam |
| 43 | Panamukku | 44 | Nedupuzha |
| Sl no. | Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Madakkathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 2 | Nadathara | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 3 | Pananchery | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
| 4 | Puthur | Grama panchayat | Thrissur |
The following list contains all members ofKerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | A. V. Aryan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | P. R. Francis | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | Raghavan Pozhakadavil | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | A. M. Paraman | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | C. N. Jayadevan | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | P. P. George | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | M. P. Vincent | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | K. Rajan | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
| SEGMENT | LDF | NDA | UDF | IND | AAP | PDP | WPI | LEADING ALLIANCE | |
| THRISSUR CORPORATION | 15198 | 7267 | 18342 | 3557 | 149 | 25 | 158 | 44696 | UDF |
| MADAKKATHARA | 9951 | 3564 | 5450 | 487 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19452 | LDF |
| NADATHARA | 9226 | 3611 | 8045 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20890 | LDF |
| PANANCHERY | 12387 | 3799 | 12485 | 832 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29503 | UDF |
| PUTHUR | 12552 | 6263 | 12099 | 95 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 31009 | LDF |
| TOTAL | 59314 | 24504 | 56421 | 4979 | 149 | 25 | 158 | 145550 | |
| % | 40.75163174 | 16.83545173 | 38.76399863 | 3.420817588 | 0.1023703195 | 0.0171762281 | 0.1085537616 |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | |||||
| UDF | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Rajan | 76,657 | 49.09 | ||
| INC | Jose Valloor | 55,151 | 35.31 | ||
| BJP | Adv. B.Gopalakrishnan | 22,295 | 14.28 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 827 | 0.51 | − | |
| BSP | P K Subramanian | 282 | 0.18 | − | |
| Independent | {{{candidate}}} | 628 | 0.4 | − | |
| Independent | Benny Kodiyatil | 331 | 0.21 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 21,506 | 13.78 | |||
| CPIhold | Swing | 1.54 | |||
| Turnout | 1,56,171 | {{{percentage}}} | |||
There were 1,93,404 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Rajan | 71,666 | 47.55 | ||
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 58,418 | 38.76 | ||
| BDJS | P. K. Santosh | 17,694 | 11.74 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,151 | 0.76 | − | |
| PDP | Majeed Mullakara | 696 | 0.46 | − | |
| CPI(ML) Red Star | Sajimon Manjamattam | 334 | 0.22 | − | |
| Independent | Vincent M. D. Marottikkal | 279 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | K. G. Rajan | 267 | 0.18 | ||
| Independent | V. N. Asokhan | 214 | 0.14 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 13,248 | 8.79 | |||
| CPIgain fromINC | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 1,50,719 | 77.93 | |||
There were 1,76,875 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | M. P. Vincent | 64,823 | 49.21 | ||
| CPI | Rajaji Mathew Thomas | 58,576 | 44.47 | ||
| BJP | Sundararajan | 6,761 | 5.13 | ||
| Independent | Suresh M. R. | 717 | 0.54 | ||
| BSP | Sunny K. John | 434 | 0.33 | ||
| Independent | Ratheesh T. Nair | 407 | 0.31 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,247 | 4.74 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI | Swing | ||||
| Turnout | 1,31,718 | 74.47 | |||