Chathannoor Assembly constituency

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

Chathannoor
Constituency No. 126 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Paravur Town in Chathannoor constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Established1965
Total electors1,84,661 (2021)[1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

History

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The constituency was previously known as Paravur Assembly Constituency. It was temporarily merged with Varkala constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, the Varkala constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960.[2][3] Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and is named as Chathannoor assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.[4][5]

Structure

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As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and 6 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Chirakkara, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.[6][7]

Major institutions in the constituency

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Electoral history

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Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

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Year Winner Party Vote Margin Coalition
1951 P. Ravindran Independent 7,790 Left[8]
1954 P. Ravindran CPI 3,878 Left[9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC  CPI   Independent

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Margin Tenure Source
1965 2nd Thankappan Pillai Independent 768 1965 – 1967 [10]
1967 3rd P. Ravindran CPI 11,209 1967 – 1970 [11]
1970 4th 13,948 1970 – 1977 [12]
1977 5th J. Chitharanjan 18,771 1977 – 1980 [13]
1980 6th 5,367 1980 – 1982 [14]
1982 7th C. V. Padmarajan INC 5,802 1982 – 1984
1987 8th P. Ravindran CPI 2,456 1987 – 1991 [15]
1991 9th C. V. Padmarajan INC 4,511 1991 – 1996 [16]
1996 10th P. Ravindran CPI 2,115 1996 – 1998 [17]
1998* N. Anirudhan 3,938 1998 – 2001 [18]
2001 11th G. Prathapavarma Thampan INC 547 2001 – 2006 [19]
2006 12th N. Anirudhan CPI 23,180 2006 – 2011 [20]
2011 13th G. S. Jayalal 12,589 2011 – 2016 [21]
2016 14th 34,407 2016 - 2021 [22]
2021 15th 17,206 Incumbent [23]

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

2021

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There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[24]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 59,296 43.12  7.64
BJP B. B. Gopakumar 42,090 30.61  5.69
INC N. Peethambara Kurup 34,280 24.93  2.30
NOTA None of the above 642 0.47
BSP Sunu Bhaskaran 364 0.26  0.11
Independent Sethu 172 0.13
Independent Varinjam Rajeev 135 0.10
Margin of victory 17,206 12.51  13.33
Turnout 1,37,503 74.46  0.43
CPI hold Swing  7.64

2016

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There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[25]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 67,606 50.76  1.9
BJP B. B. Gopakumar 33,199 24.92  21.56
INC Soorand Rajasekharan 30,139 22.63  19.01
Independent Raju 658 0.49
NOTA None of the above 604 0.45
BSP Salimraj A. 491 0.37  0.06
SS Velayudhan Pillai 290 0.22  0.03
API Jayakala L. 212 0.16
Margin of victory 34,407 25.84  14.82
Turnout 1,33,199 74.03  2.90
CPI hold Swing  1.90

2011

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There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[26]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 60,187 52.66
INC Bindu Krishna 47,598 41.64
BJP Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran 3,839 3.36
Independent A. Sasi 1,134 0.99
Independent Jayalal 763 0.67
BSP Maliode Sudhan 490 0.43
SS Sasikumar 287 0.25
Margin of victory 12,589 11.02
Turnout 1,14,298 71.13
CPI hold Swing

References

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