Punalur Assembly constituency

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Punalur
Constituency No. 121 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kollam
Established1957
Total electors1,46251 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party CPI
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. [1] The current MLA is P. S. Supal of CPI.

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Structure

As per the recent changes[ when? ] in Assembly constituency delimitations, Punalur Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur taluk. [2] [3]

Electoral history

Punalur Assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram Assembly constituency in 1954.

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition
1954P. Gopalan CPI 3,417Left [4]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st P. Gopalan CPI1957–1960
1960 2nd K. Krishna Pillai 1960–1965
1967 3rd M. N. Govindan Nair 1967–1970
1970 4thK. Krishna Pillai1970–1977
1977 5th P. K. Sreenivasan 1977–1980
1980 6th1980–1982
1982 7thM. Sam OommenKC(J)1982–1984
1984* V. Surendran Pillai 1984 –1987
1987 8th J. Chitharanjan CPI1987–1991
1991 9thPunalur MadhuINC1991–1996
1996 10th P. K. Sreenivasan CPI1996
1996* P. S. Supal 1996–2001
2001 11th2001–2006
2006 12th K. Raju 2006–2011
2011 13th2011–2016
2016 14th2016-2021
202115thP. S. SupalIncumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. [5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI P. S. Supal 80,428 54.99 Decrease2.svg1.86
IUML Abdurahman Randathani43,37129.66Decrease2.svg3.95
BJP Ayoor Murali20,06913.72
NOTA None of the above6880.47
Independent Shibu M. Scaria6170.42
SUCI(C) K. Mahesh4070.28Decrease2.svg0.49
Independent Thenmala Nagarajan2640.18
Margin of victory37,05725.33Increase2.svg2.09
Turnout 1,46,25171.05Increase2.svg0.45
CPI hold Swing Decrease2.svg1.86

2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI K. Raju82,13656.85Increase2.svg2.33
IUML A. Younus Kunju48,55433.61
KEC Sisil Fernandes10,5587.31
SUCI(C) K. Sasankan1,1170.77Increase2.svg0.40
NOTA None of the above8880.61
Independent Nettayam Suji6390.44
SS Satheeshkumar B.4150.29
Independent Navas M.1640.11
Margin of victory33,58223.24Increase2.svg9.73
Turnout 1,44,47170.60Increase2.svg0.47
CPI hold Swing Increase2.svg2.33

2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI K. Raju72,64854.52
INC Johnson Abraham54,64341.01
BJP B. Radhamani4,1553.12
Independent S. Jayakumar6990.52
BSP Kuzhichayil Sunil6060.45
SUCI(C) S. Shailaja4940.37
Margin of victory18,00513.51
Turnout 1,33,24570.13
CPI hold Swing

References

  1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.