Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency

Kunnathur
Constituency No. 118 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Sasthamcotta Lake in Kunnathur Constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Established1957
Total electors2,08,541 (2021)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyRSP(L)
AllianceLDF
Elected year2021

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).

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

Election Name Party Vote Margin
1951 Aadichan Indian National Congress 5,316
1951 Madhavan Unnithan 6,247[5]
1954 P. R. Madhavan Pillai Communist Party of India 5,778
1954 K. S. Krishna Sastri Revolutionary Socialist Party 5,566[6]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election Niyama

Sabha

Name Party Tenure
1957 1st P. R. Madhavan Pillai Communist Party of India 1957–1960
R. Govindan
1960 2nd G. Chandrasekhara Pillai Indian National Congress 1960–1965
P. C. Adichan Communist Party of India
1967 3rd K. C. S. Sastri Indian National Congress 1967–1970
1970 4th Sathyapalan Revolutionary Socialist Party 1970–1977
1977 5th Kallada Narayanan 1977–1980
1980 6th 1980–1982
1982 7th M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran Indian National Congress 1982–1987
1987 8th T. Nanu Revolutionary Socialist Party 1987–1991
1991 9th 1991–1996
1996 10th 1996–2001
2001 11th Kovoor Kunjumon 2001–2006
2006 12th 2006–2011
2011 13th 2011–2016
2016 14th Independent 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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Independent Kovoor Kunjumon 75,725 47.38
RSP Ullas Kovur 55,196 34.54 Decrease15.43
BDJS Thazhava Sahadevan 21,742 13.61
SDPI Thulaseedharan Pallickal 1,698 1.06 Decrease0.55
Independent Kunjumon 1,516 0.95 −
PDP C. K. Gopi 1,422 0.89
NOTA None of the above 1,051 0.66
BSP V. Remadevi 740 0.46 Decrease0.34
Independent Manilal M. R. 718 0.45
Margin of victory 20,529 12.84
Turnout 1,59,808 76.63 Increase2.62
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Kovoor Kunjumon 71,923 49.97
INC P. K. Ravi 59,835 41.58
BJP Raji Prasad 5,949 4.13
SDPI Thulaseedharan Pallickal 2,310 1.61
Independent Vallikunnam Prasad 1,354 0.94 −
BSP Pulikuzhy Balachandran 1,145 0.80
Independent Shylaja P. 611 0.42
Independent Ravi 525 0.36
Independent V. Remadevi 266 0.18
Margin of victory 12,008 8.39
Turnout 1,43,918 74.01
RSP hold Swing

References

  1. ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. ^ Sudhish, Navamy (7 March 2021). "Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  6. ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 118. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  7. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  8. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.