Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency explained

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		5,316
1951	Madhavan Unnithan	6,247[5]
1954	P. R. Madhavan Pillai		5,778
1954	K. S. Krishna Sastri		5,566[6]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Election	NiyamaSabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. R. Madhavan Pillai		1957–1960
		R. Govindan
1960	2nd	G. Chandrasekhara Pillai		1960–1965
		P. C. Adichan
1967	3rd	K. C. S. Sastri		1967–1970
1970	4th	Sathyapalan		1970–1977
1977	5th	Kallada Narayanan	1977–1980
1980	6th		1980–1982
1982	7th	M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran		1982–1987
1987	8th	T. Nanu		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			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]

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA . Kerala Assembly . 2020-02-12.
2. Web site: ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala . Kerala Assembly . 2020-02-12.
3. Web site: Constituencies – Kollam District . Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala . 2020-02-12.
4. News: Sudhish. Navamy. 2021-03-07. Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left. en-IN. The Hindu. 2021-03-09. 0971-751X.
5. Web site: Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area. Government of Kerala. 37. 2020-02-12. 21 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b. dead.
6. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin. https://web.archive.org/web/20130127210305/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf. dead. 2013-01-27. Election Commission of India. 118. 2020-02-12.
7. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
8. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.