Pala Assembly constituency

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. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mani C. Kappan of Nationalist Congress Kerala.

Local self-governed segments

Pala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

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

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:

Election	Name	Party
1967	K. M. Mani		Kerala Congress
1970
1977
1980
1982
1987		Kerala Congress
1991
1996
2001
2006
2011
2016
2019^	Mani C. Kappan		Nationalist Congress Party
2021		Democratic Congress Kerala

*by-election

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Pala
Party	Candidate	Votes
	Independent	Mani C. Kappan
	KC(M)	Jose K. Mani
	BJP	Adv. Shone George
	AAP	Rony Jose Nedumpallil
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
		Swing

2021

There were 1,84,857 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.

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.

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.

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.

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