Kundara Assembly constituency

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Kundara
Constituency for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1967
Total electors2,00,163 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party INC
Alliance   UDF
Elected year 2021

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.

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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)

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1967 3rdP. K. SukumaranCPI(M)1967–1970
1970 4th A. A. Rahim INC1970–1977
1977 5th1977–1980
1980 6thV. V. JosephCPI(M)1980–1982
1982 7thThoppil RaviINC1982–1984
1987 8th J. Mercykutty Amma CPI(M)1987–1991
1991 9thAlphonsa JohnINC1991–1996
1996 10th J. Mercykutty Amma CPI(M)1996–2001
2001 11th Kadavoor Sivadasan INC2001–2006
2006 12th M. A. Baby CPI(M)2006–2011
2011 13th2011–2016
2016 14th J. Mercykutty Amma 2016 - 2021
2021 15th P. C. Vishnunadh INCIncumbent

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
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) J. Mercykutty Amma 79,047 51.81 Decrease2.svg0.67
INC Rajmohan Unnithan48,58731.85Decrease2.svg9.07
BJP M. S. Shyam Kumar20,25713.28Increase2.svg8.60
SDPI Sharafath Mallam1,3250.87
PDP Kabeer Kutty I. Puthezham1,1320.74-
BSP S. M. Jaber6980.46Decrease2.svg0.18
NOTA None of the above6870.45
Independent Vijayakumar4850.32
SUCI(C) V. Anthony3400.22Decrease2.svg0.21
Margin of victory30,46019.96Increase2.svg9.73
Turnout 1,52,55876.22Increase2.svg4.75
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease2.svg0.67

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) M. A. Baby67,13552.48
INC P. Jermias52,34240.92
BJP Vellimon Dileep5,9904.68
Independent Sandhya Pallimon9570.75
BSP Suseela Mohan9470.74
SUCI(C) Anthony Vincent5530.43
Margin of victory14,70311.56
Turnout 1,27,92471.47
CPI(M) hold Swing

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