Kunnathur (State Assembly constituency)

Kunnathur is the only Scheduled Caste reserved legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.[1] The current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon.

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Kunnathur
കുന്നത്തൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence1957 - present
ReservationSC
Electorate2,08,541 (2016)
Current MLAKovoor Kunjumon
PartyIndependent
Political FrontN/A
Elected Year2016
DistrictKollam

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of East Kallada, Munroe Island Kunnathur, Mynagappally, Poruvazhy, Sasthamcotta, Sooranad North, Sooranad South, West Kallada, Pavithreswaram Panchayats in Kollam district.[2][3]

Electoral history

The Kunnathur constituency was a two-member constituency during the Travancore-Cochin assembly election time. It was officially became an SC reserved constituency since Kerala State Assembly Election 1957.

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Winner Party Vote Margin
1951 Aadichan Indian National Congress 5,316
1951 Madhavan Unnithan Indian National Congress 6,247[4]
1954 P. R. Madhavan Pillai CPI 5,778
1954 K. S. Krishna Sastri RSP 5,566[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  INC    Independent    CPI    RSP  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. R. Madhavan Pillai CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd G. Chandrasekhara Pillai INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd K. S. Krishna Sastri 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Sathyapalan RSP 1970 – 1977
1977 5th Kallada Narayanan 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran INC 1982 – 1987
1987 8th T. Nanu RSP 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th Kovoor Kunjumon 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th IND Incumbent

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  4. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 118. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
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