Kottakkal is an Assembly constituency in the Malappuram district, in the Malabar region of Kerala. The Kottakkal constituency went to the polls on April 6, 2021. The assembly seat is reserved for the General category.

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In the 2016 Assembly elections, Kottakkal was won by Abid Hussain Thangal of NCP. Before that, in the 2011 elections, the seat was held by Abdussamad Samadani of MUL. In the 2016 assembly polls, Abid Hussain Thangal garnered 71768 votes, securing over 48.34 percent of the vote share, and winning the seat by a margin of 15042 votes. In percentage terms, the victory margin was 10.13 percent.

The constituency polled 148478 votes in the 2016 Kerala assembly polls with a voter turnout of 74.66 percent. The Kottakkal constituency has a literacy level of 93.55 percent. A total of 11 candidates stood in the 2016 elections.

(Edited by : Jomy)