Kunnathunad | |
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Constituency No. 84 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Established | 1965 |
Total electors | 1,51,003 (2021) |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kunnathunad 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 Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. V. Srinijin of the CPI(M).
Kunnathunad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Aikaranad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
2 | Kizhakkambalam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
3 | Kunnathunad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
4 | Mazhuvannoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
5 | Poothrikka | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
6 | Thiruvaniyoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
7 | Vadavucode-Puthencruz | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
8 | Vazhakulam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
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1967 | 3rd | M. K. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | T. A. Paraman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | P. R. Esthose | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | M. P. Varghese | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
2001 | 11th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | M. M. Monayi | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | V. P. Sajeendran | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | P. V. Srinijin | Communist Party of India | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Adv. P.V.Sreenijin | 51,180 | 33.77 | ![]() | |
INC | V. P. Sajendran | 48463 | 31.98 | ![]() | |
Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam | Dr. Sujith.P.Surendran | 41890 | 27.64 | New | |
BJP | Renu Suresh | 7056 | 4.66 | ![]() | |
SDPI | Krishnan Eranhikal | 1289 | 0.85 | − | |
BSP | Manikuttan.A.T | 197 | 0.13 | − | |
Independent | Sujith.K.Surendran | 761 | 0.50 | − | |
Independent | Velayudhan.V.K | 165 | 0.11 | − | |
Margin of victory | 2717 | 1.81 | ![]() |
There were 1,72,595 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | V. P. Sajendran | 65,445 | 44.13 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Shiji Sivaji | 62,766 | 42.32 | ![]() | |
BJP | Thuravoor Suresh | 16,459 | 11.10 | ![]() | |
SP | N. O. Kuttapan | 1,263 | 0.85 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,179 | 0.79 | − | |
PDP | Orna Krishnankutty | 653 | 0.44 | − | |
Independent | Sajeendran Parappurath | 436 | 0.29 | − | |
CPI(ML)L | Manoj | 116 | 0.08 | − | |
Margin of victory | 2,679 | 1.81 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,48,317 | 85.93 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
There were 1,53,102 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | V. P. Sajendran | 63,624 | 49.72 | ||
CPI(M) | M .A. Surendran | 54,892 | 42.89 | ||
BJP | M. Ravi | 5,862 | 4.58 | ||
SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 2,969 | 2.32 | ||
BSP | Rajeev P. T. | 625 | 0.49 | − | |
Margin of victory | 8,372 | 6.83 | |||
Turnout | 1,27,972 | 83.59 | |||
INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | {{{swing}}} |