Chathannoor Assembly constituency

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Chathannoor
Constituency No. 126 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
One of the high streets in Paravur.jpg
Paravur Town in Chathannoor constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1965
Total electors1,84,661 (2021) [1]
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2016

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

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History

The constituency was previously known as Paravur Assembly Constituency. It was temporarily merged with Varkala constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, the Varkala constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960. [2] [3] Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and is named as Chathannoor assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency. [4] [5]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and 6 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Chirakkara, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally. [6] [7]

Major institutions in the constituency

Electoral history

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition
1951 P. Ravindran Independent7,790Left [8]
1954 P. Ravindran CPI 3,878Left [9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC   CPI   Independent

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyMarginTenureSource
1965 2ndThankappan Pillai Independent 7681965 – 1967 [10]
1967 3rd P. Ravindran CPI 11,2091967 – 1970 [11]
1970 4th13,9481970 – 1977 [12]
1977 5th J. Chitharanjan 18,7711977 – 1980 [13]
1980 6th5,3671980 – 1982 [14]
1982 7th C. V. Padmarajan INC 5,8021982 – 1984
1987 8thP. Ravindran CPI 2,4561987 – 1991 [15]
1991 9thC. V. Padmarajan INC 4,5111991 – 1996 [16]
1996 10thP. Ravindran CPI 2,1151996 – 1998 [17]
1998* N. Anirudhan 3,9381998 – 2001 [18]
2001 11thG. Prathapavarma Thampan INC 5472001 – 2006 [19]
2006 12th N. Anirudhan CPI 23,1802006 – 2011 [20]
2011 13th G. S. Jayalal 12,5892011 – 2016 [21]
2016 14th34,4072016 - 2021 [22]
2021 15th17,206Incumbent [23]

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [24]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 59,296 43.12 Decrease2.svg7.64
BJP B. B. Gopakumar42,09030.61Increase2.svg5.69
INC N. Peethambara Kurup34,28024.93Increase2.svg2.30
NOTA None of the above6420.47
BSP Sunu Bhaskaran3640.26Decrease2.svg0.11
Independent Sethu1720.13
Independent Varinjam Rajeev1350.10
Margin of victory17,20612.51Decrease2.svg13.33
Turnout 1,37,50374.46Increase2.svg0.43
CPI hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.64

2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [25]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 67,606 50.76 Decrease2.svg1.9
BJP B. B. Gopakumar33,19924.92Increase2.svg21.56
INC Soorand Rajasekharan30,13922.63Decrease2.svg19.01
Independent Raju6580.49
NOTA None of the above6040.45
BSP Salimraj A.4910.37Decrease2.svg0.06
SHS Velayudhan Pillai2900.22Decrease2.svg0.03
API Jayakala L.2120.16
Margin of victory34,40725.84Increase2.svg14.82
Turnout 1,33,19974.03Increase2.svg2.90
CPI hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.90

2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [26]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 60,187 52.66
INC Bindu Krishna47,59841.64
BJP Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran3,8393.36
Independent A. Sasi1,1340.99
Independent Jayalal7630.67
BSP Maliode Sudhan4900.43
SHS Sasikumar2870.25
Margin of victory12,58911.02
Turnout 1,14,29871.13
CPI hold Swing

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