Kundara | |
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Constituency for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kollam |
Established | 1967 |
Total electors | 2,00,163 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
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.
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]
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]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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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 |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | J. Mercykutty Amma | 79,047 | 51.81 | 0.67 | |
INC | Rajmohan Unnithan | 48,587 | 31.85 | 9.07 | |
BJP | M. S. Shyam Kumar | 20,257 | 13.28 | 8.60 | |
SDPI | Sharafath Mallam | 1,325 | 0.87 | ||
PDP | Kabeer Kutty I. Puthezham | 1,132 | 0.74 | - | |
BSP | S. M. Jaber | 698 | 0.46 | 0.18 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 687 | 0.45 | ||
Independent | Vijayakumar | 485 | 0.32 | ||
SUCI(C) | V. Anthony | 340 | 0.22 | 0.21 | |
Margin of victory | 30,460 | 19.96 | 9.73 | ||
Turnout | 1,52,558 | 76.22 | 4.75 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.67 | |||
There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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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 | ||||
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