Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
| Kunnathur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Sasthamcotta Lake in Kunnathur Assembly 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 |
Kunnathur is the only legislative assembly constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon of RSP(L).
Structure
[edit]As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Kunnathur Assembly constituency consists of East Kallada, Munroe Island, Kunnathur, Mynagappally, Poruvazhy, Sasthamcotta, Sooranad North, Sooranad South, West Kallada and Pavithreswaram panchayats in Kollam district.[2][3]
Electoral history
[edit]Kunnathur Assembly constituency was a two-member constituency until 1965. It officially became an constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the 1967 Kerala State Assembly election.[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
[edit]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
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
[edit]There were 2,08,541 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP(L) | 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 | ||||
2011
[edit]There 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. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. 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.