Palakkad (Lok Sabha constituency)

Palakkad is a Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

Assembly segments

Palghat Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

1. Kongad
2. Mannarkkad
3. Malampuzha
4. Palghat
5. Ottapalam
6. Shoranur
7. Pattambi

Members of Parliament

• 1957: P. Kunhan, Communist Party of India
• 1962: P. Kunhan, Communist Party of India
• 1967: E.K. Nayanar, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1971: A.K. Gopalan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1977: A. Sunnasahib, Indian National Congress
• 1980: V.S. Vijayaraghavan, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1984: V.S. Vijayaraghavan, Indian National Congress
• 1989: Vijayaraghavan Alampadan, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1991: V.S. Vijayaraghavan, Indian National Congress
• 1996: N.N. Krishnadas, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1998: N.N. Krishnadas, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 1999: N.N. Krishnadas, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2004: N.N. Krishnadas, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2009: M B Rajesh, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2014: M B Rajesh, Communist Party of India (Marxist)

Indian general election results

Indian general election, 2014 : Palakkad

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M B Rajesh	412,897	45.36%	+2.55%
	SJ(D)	M P Veerendra Kumar	307,597	33.79%	-8.79%
	BJP	Sobha Surendran	136,541	15.00%	+6.29%
	NOTA	None of the above	11,291	1.24%	---
Margin of victory			105,300	11.57%	11.34%
Turnout			910,322	75.39
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Palghat
• Malappuram district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)

External links

• Election Commission of India: http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp

• http://picasaweb.google.com/krishnadas.pkd/Palakkad#