Kottakkal Municipality is the Municipality that administers the city of Kottakkal in Malappuram district, Kerala. Established in 2010, it is in the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency & Kottakkal Assembly constituency. The first chairperson was T.V. Sulaikhabi. Its one assembly constituencies are Kottakkal Assembly constituency, of the city of Kottakkal, with a population of about 44,382 within that area. Kottakkal Municipality has been formed with functions to improve the infrastructure of town. On November 1, 2010, Kottakkal was elevated as a municipality.
Kottakkal Municipality is divided into 32 wards for ease of administration from which a member is elected from each for a duration of five years.
2010 seat distribution: UDF - 24,LDF - 4, BJP- 2