Kundara
Constituency for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kollam Technopark in Kundara
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Established1967
Total electors2,00,163 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

Kundara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. C. Vishnunath of INC.

History

The constituency was previously named as Perinad Assembly Constituency. In 1957, it was dissolved and formed Thrikkadavoor constituency. During the election of 1960, Thrikkadavur was a two-member constituency.[2] Later in 1967, Kundara constituency was formed by dissolving Thrikkadavur. After the general assembly election held in 1967, P. K. Sukumaran of CPI(M) became the first elected member from Kundara assembly constituency.[3][4]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara assembly constituency consists of 7 panchayaths from Kollam Taluk including Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Kundara, Nedumpana, Perayam, Perinad and Thrikkovilvattom.[5][6]

Major institutions in the constituency

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC  CPI(M)

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1967 3rd P. K. Sukumaran CPI(M) 1967–1970
1970 4th A. A. Rahim INC 1970–1977
1977 5th 1977–1980
1980 6th V. V. Joseph CPI(M) 1980–1982
1982 7th Thoppil Ravi INC 1982–1984
1987 8th J. Mercykutty Amma CPI(M) 1987–1991
1991 9th Alphonsa John INC 1991–1996
1996 10th J. Mercykutty Amma CPI(M) 1996–2001
2001 11th Kadavoor Sivadasan INC 2001–2006
2006 12th M. A. Baby CPI(M) 2006–2011
2011 13th 2011–2016
2016 14th J. Mercykutty Amma 2016 - 2021
2021 15th P. C. Vishnunadh INC Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) J. Mercykutty Amma 79,047 51.81 Decrease0.67
INC Rajmohan Unnithan 48,587 31.85 Decrease9.07
BJP M. S. Shyam Kumar 20,257 13.28 Increase8.60
SDPI Sharafath Mallam 1,325 0.87
PDP Kabeer Kutty I. Puthezham 1,132 0.74 -
BSP S. M. Jaber 698 0.46 Decrease0.18
NOTA None of the above 687 0.45
Independent Vijayakumar 485 0.32
SUCI(C) V. Anthony 340 0.22 Decrease0.21
Margin of victory 30,460 19.96 Increase9.73
Turnout 1,52,558 76.22 Increase4.75
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease0.67

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. A. Baby 67,135 52.48
INC P. Jermias 52,342 40.92
BJP Vellimon Dileep 5,990 4.68
Independent Sandhya Pallimon 957 0.75
BSP Suseela Mohan 947 0.74
SUCI(C) Anthony Vincent 553 0.43
Margin of victory 14,703 11.56
Turnout 1,27,924 71.47
CPI(M) hold Swing

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ↑ "Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election – 1967". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ↑ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  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.
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