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. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is I. C. Balakrishnan of INC.
Sulthan Bathery Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sulthan Bathery | Municipality | Sulthan Bathery |
| 2 | Ambalavayal | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 3 | Meenangadi | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 4 | Mullenkolly | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 5 | Nenmeni | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 6 | Noolpuzha | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 7 | Poothadi | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| 8 | Pulpally | Grama panchayat | Sulthan Bathery |
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | K Raghavan | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. K. Ramachandran | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | K. C. Rosakutty | 1991 – 1996 | ||
| 1996 | 10th | P. V. Varghese Vaidyar | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | N. D. Appachan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | P. Krishna Prasad | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | I. C. Balakrishnan | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 - 2026 | |||
There were 2,18,241 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | I. C. Balakrishnan | 75,747 | 44.04 |  5.10
| |
| CPI(M) | Rugmini Subrahmanian | 64,549 | 37.53 | 6.40
| |
| JRS | C. K. Janu | 27,920 | 16.23 |  10.16
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,261 | 0.73 | − | |
| BSP | Mukundan Cheengeri | 791 | 0.46 | 0.01
| |
| CPI(ML)L | 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 | 3.75
| ||
| Turnout | 1,72,004 | 78.81 | 5.56
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.10
|
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There were 1,98,645 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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 | P. 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 |
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