Kundara Assembly constituency
| Kundara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 123 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Kollam Technopark in Kundara | |
| 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 the INC.
History
[edit]The constituency was previously named Perinad Assembly constituency. In 1957, it was dissolved and Thrikkadavoor Assembly constituency was established. During the election of 1960, Thrikkadavur was a two-member constituency.[2] In 1967, Kundara Assembly 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]
Kadavoor Sivadasan and J. Mercykutty Amma were ministers in the state cabinet while representing the constituency.
Structure
[edit]As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara Assembly constituency consists of seven panchayaths from Kollam taluk including Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Kundara, Nedumpana, Perayam, Perinad and Thrikkovilvattom.[5][6]
In 2021, 47.8% of the voters were males and 52.2% females. The Scheduled Caste voters comprise 13.45% of the vote base.
Major institutions in the constituency
[edit]- Railway stations: 4 (Kundara, Kundara East, Perinad, Chandanattop)
- Medical college hospital: 1 (Azeezia Medical College, Meeyannoor)
- Government hospitals: 1 (Govt. Taluk Hospital, Kundara)
- Technopark, Kollam
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | Dr. P. K. Sukumaran | Communist Party of India | 1967–1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | A. A. Rahim | Indian National Congress | 1970–1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977–1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | V. V. Joseph | Communist Party of India | 1980–1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Thoppil Ravi | Indian National Congress | 1982–1984 | |
| 1987 | 8th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Communist Party of India| | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Alphonsa John | Indian National Congress | 1991–1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Communist Party of India | 1996–2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Indian National Congress | 2001–2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | M. A. Baby | Communist Party of India | 2006–2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | J. Mercykutty Amma | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | P. C. Vishnunadh | Indian National Congress | Incumbent | |
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
[edit]There were 2,05,947 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P C Vishnunadh | 76,405 | 48.85 |  17.0
| |
| CPI(M) | J. Mercykutty Amma | 71,882 | 45.96 |  5.85
| |
| BDJS | Vanaja Vidhyadharan | 6,100 | 3.9 | − | |
| RJD | Vinod Bahuleyan | 172 | 0.11 | − | |
| DSJP | Shiju M Varghese | 186 | 0.12 | − | |
| Anna DHRM | Sibu Karamcodu | 229 | 0.15 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 710 | 0.45 | ||
| Independent | Santhosh Adooran | 260 | 0.17 | ||
| SUCI(C) | R. Rahul | 457 | 0.29 | 0.08
| |
| Margin of victory | 4,523 | 2.89 | 17.07
| ||
| Turnout | 1,56,401 | 75.94 | 0.28
| ||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
|
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2011
[edit]There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "Constituencies in Kerala". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Kerala Assembly Election – 1967". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Kundara Election Result 2021 Live Updates: P C Vishnunadh from INC Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.