Punalur Assembly constituency
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| Punalur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 121 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Punalur KSRTC Bus Station | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,46251 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1] The current MLA is P.S Supal of CPI.
Structure
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur Taluk.[2][3]
Electoral history
Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | P. Gopalan | CPI | 3,417 | Left[4] |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Gopalan | CPI | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. Krishna Pillai | 1960–1965 | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | M. N. Govindan Nair | 1967–1970 | ||
| 1970 | 4th | K. Krishna Pillai | 1970–1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Sreenivasan | 1977–1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | M. Sam Oommen | KC(J) | 1982–1984 | |
| 1984* | V. Surendran Pillai | 1984 –1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | J. Chitharanjan | CPI | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Punalur Madhu | INC | 1991–1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | P. K. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1996 | |
| 1996* | P. S. Supal | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001–2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. Raju | 2006–2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. S. Supal | Incumbent | ||
* indicates bypolls
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. S. Supal | 80,428 | 54.99 |  1.86
| |
| IUML | Abdurahman Randathani | 43,371 | 29.66 | 3.95
| |
| BJP | Ayoor Murali | 20,069 | 13.72 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 688 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Shibu M. Scaria | 617 | 0.42 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | K. Mahesh | 407 | 0.28 | 0.49
| |
| Independent | Thenmala Nagarajan | 264 | 0.18 | ||
| Margin of victory | 37,057 | 25.33 |  2.09
| ||
| Turnout | 1,46,251 | 71.05 | 0.45
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 1.86
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Raju | 82,136 | 56.85 | 2.33
| |
| IUML | A. Younus Kunju | 48,554 | 33.61 | ||
| KEC | Sisil Fernandes | 10,558 | 7.31 | ||
| SUCI(C) | K. Sasankan | 1,117 | 0.77 | 0.40
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 888 | 0.61 | ||
| Independent | Nettayam Suji | 639 | 0.44 | − | |
| SS | Satheeshkumar B. | 415 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Navas M. | 164 | 0.11 | ||
| Margin of victory | 33,582 | 23.24 | 9.73
| ||
| Turnout | 1,44,471 | 70.60 | 0.47
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 2.33
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Raju | 72,648 | 54.52 | ||
| INC | Johnson Abraham | 54,643 | 41.01 | ||
| BJP | B. Radhamani | 4,155 | 3.12 | ||
| Independent | S. Jayakumar | 699 | 0.52 | ||
| BSP | Kuzhichayil Sunil | 606 | 0.45 | ||
| SUCI(C) | S. Shailaja | 494 | 0.37 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 18,005 | 13.51 | |||
| Turnout | 1,33,245 | 70.13 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
- ^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "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.