Kundara Assembly constituency

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.

Kundara
Constituency No. 123 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kollam Technopark in Kundara
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Established1967
Total electors2,00,163 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyINC
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2021

History

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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]

Kadavoor Sivadasan and J. Mercykutty Amma were ministers in the state cabinet while representing the constituency.

Structure

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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]

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

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Members of the Legislative Assembly

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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

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

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There were 2,05,947 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.[7]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

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There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[8]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[9]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara
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

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  1. ^ "Constituencies in Kerala". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960". Government of Kerala. Archived from the original on 13 August 2021. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Kerala Assembly Election – 1967". Elections.in. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  4. ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  5. ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  7. ^ "Kundara Election Result 2021 Live Updates: P C Vishnunadh from INC Wins". News18. 2 May 2021. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  9. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.