Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
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).
| Kunnathur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Sasthamcotta Lake in Kunnathur Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,08,541 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | RSP(L) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Structure
editAs 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
editThe 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
edit| 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
editThe 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
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
editThere were 2,08,541 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kovoor Kunjumon | 75,725 | 47.38 | ||
| RSP | Ullas Kovur | 55,196 | 34.54 |  15.43
| |
| BDJS | Thazhava Sahadevan | 21,742 | 13.61 | ||
| SDPI | Thulaseedharan Pallickal | 1,698 | 1.06 | 0.55
| |
| 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 | 0.34
| |
| Independent | Manilal M. R. | 718 | 0.45 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,529 | 12.84 | |||
| Turnout | 1,59,808 | 76.63 |  2.62
| ||
| LDF hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere were 1,94,463 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| 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
edit- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ Sudhish, Navamy (7 March 2021). "Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 9 March 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.