Konni Assembly constituency

Konni
Constituency No. 114 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Elephant Training Centre in Konni Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Established	1965
Total electors	2,02,728 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. U. Jenish Kumar
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2019

Konni State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is K. U. Jenish Kumar of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Konni Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Aruvappulam	Grama panchayat	Konni [3]
2	Konni	Grama panchayat	Konni
3	Malayalapuzha	Grama panchayat	Konni
4	Pramadom	Grama panchayat	Konni
5	Mylapra	Grama panchayat	Konni
6	Vallicode	Grama panchayat	Konni
7	Thannithode	Grama panchayat	Konni
8	Seethathodu	Grama panchayat	Konni
9	Kalanjoor	Grama panchayat	Konni
10	Chittar	Grama panchayat	Konni
11	Enadimangalam	Grama panchayat	Adoor

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Konni Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[4]

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	P. R. Madhavan Pillai		CPI	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. J. Thomas		INC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	V. S. Chandra Sekhar Pillai		CPI(M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Chittoor Sasankan Nair		Independent	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	A. Padmakumar		CPI(M)	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Adoor Prakash		INC
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2019
* 2019		K. U. Jenish Kumar		CPI(M)	2019 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

• *by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,02,728 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. U. Jenish Kumar	62,318	41.62	2.66
	INC	Robin Peter	53,810	35.94	4.15
	BJP	K. Surendran	32,811	21.91	6.74
	NOTA	None of the above	372	0.25
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

2019 by-election

Due to the election of the sitting MLA Adoor Prakash as the MP from Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, Konni Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,956 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for this election. ^{[6] [7]}

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Konni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. U. Jenish Kumar	54,099	38.96%	2.63
	INC	P. Mohanraj	44,146	31.79%	19.02
	BJP	K. Surendran	39,786	28.65%	16.99
	NOTA	None of the above	469	0.34%	0.01
	Independent	Joemon Joseph Srampickal	235	0.17%	N/A
	Independent	Sivanandan	124	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			9,953	7.17%	7.31
Turnout			1,38,859	70.07%	2.92
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	2.63

2016

There were 1,96,309 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[8]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adoor Prakash	72,800	50.81%	0.66
	CPI(M)	R. Sanal Kumar	52,052	36.33%	7.89
	BJP	Asoka Kumar D.	16,713	11.66%	7.09
	NOTA	None of the above	474	0.33%
	SDPI	Reyash	401	0.28%
	WPOI	Joshy Joseph	365	0.25%
	Independent	Suresh V.	249	0.17%
	Independent	Biju Elamannoor	133	0.09%
	SS	Vishnu S.	97	0.07%
Margin of victory			20,748	14.48%	8.55
Turnout			1,43,283	72.99%	1.13
	INC hold		Swing	0.66

2011

There were 1,82,384 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[9]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Adoor Prakash	65,724	50.15%
	CPI(M)	M. S. Rajendran	57,950	44.22%
	BJP	V. S. Harish Chandran	5,994	4.57%
	Independent	Sinto Stephen	655	0.50%
	Independent	Thattayil Saraswathi	276	0.21%
	SUCI(C)	Lekshmi R. Shekhar	247	0.19%
	Independent	Renjini C. T.	207	0.16%
Margin of victory			7,774	5.93%
Turnout			1,31,053	71.86%
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• Konni
• Pathanamthitta district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
• 2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
4. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Konni". www.mapsofindia.com.
5. "Kerala - Voter Turnout - 2021" (PDF).
6. "Konni Niyamasabha Constituency goes to bypoll, www.thehindu.com". The Hindu. 16 July 2019.
7. "LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS KERALA - TREND 2020". trend.kerala.gov.in. State Election Commission Kerala. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021.
8. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
9. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.