Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency

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Kunnathur
Constituency No. 118 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Sasthamcotta Lake in Kunnathur Constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1957
Total electors2,08,541 (2021)
Reservation SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party RSP(L)
Alliance LDF
Elected year 2021

Kunnathur is the only Scheduled Caste reserved legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon of RSP(L).

Contents

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of East Kallada, Munroe Island, Kunnathur, Mynagappally, Poruvazhy, Sasthamcotta, Sooranad North, Sooranad South, West Kallada, Pavithreswaram Panchayats in Kollam district. [2] [3]

Electoral history

The Kunnathur constituency was a two-member constituency till 1965. It officially became an SC reserved constituency since Kerala State Assembly Election 1967. [4]

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

YearWinnerPartyVote Margin
1951Aadichan Indian National Congress 5,316
1951Madhavan Unnithan Indian National Congress 6,247 [5]
1954 P. R. Madhavan Pillai CPI 5,778
1954K. S. Krishna Sastri RSP 5,566 [6]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI   INC   Independent   RSP

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st P. R. Madhavan Pillai CPI1957–1960
R. Govindan
1960 2ndG. Chandrasekhara PillaiINC1960–1965
P. C. Adichan CPI
1967 3rdK. C. S. SastriINC1967–1970
1970 4thSathyapalanRSP1970–1977
1977 5thKallada Narayanan1977–1980
1980 6th1980–1982
1982 7thM. Kottarakuzhi SukumaranINC1982–1987
1987 8thT. NanuRSP1987–1991
1991 9th1991–1996
1996 10th1996–2001
2001 11th Kovoor Kunjumon 2001–2006
2006 12th2006–2011
2011 13th2011–2016
2016 14thRSP(L)2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 2,08,541 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Independent Kovoor Kunjumon 75,725 47.38
RSP Ullas Kovur55,19634.54Decrease2.svg15.43
BDJS Thazhava Sahadevan21,74213.61
SDPI Thulaseedharan Pallickal1,6981.06Decrease2.svg0.55
Independent Kunjumon1,5160.95-
PDP C. K. Gopi1,4220.89
NOTA None of the above1,0510.66
BSP V. Remadevi7400.46Decrease2.svg0.34
Independent Manilal M. R.7180.45
Margin of victory20,52912.84
Turnout 1,59,80876.63Increase2.svg2.62
LDF hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,94,463 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnathur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
RSP Kovoor Kunjumon71,92349.97
INC P. K. Ravi59,83541.58
BJP Raji Prasad5,9494.13
SDPI Thulaseedharan Pallickal2,3101.61
Independent Vallikunnam Prasad1,3540.94-
BSP Pulikuzhy Balachandran1,1450.80
Independent Shylaja P.6110.42
Independent Ravi5250.36
Independent V. Remadevi2660.18
Margin of victory12,0088.39
Turnout 1,43,91874.01
RSP hold Swing

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