Kundara Assembly constituency
| Kundara കുണ്ടറ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 Kollam Technopark in Kundara | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kollam |
| Party | CPI(M) |
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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is J. Mercykutty Amma of CPI(M)
History
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]
Structure
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara assembly constituency consists of 5 panchayaths from Kollam Taluk including Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Nedumpana, Perayam and Perinad.[5][6]
Major institutions in the constituency
- Panchayaths: 5 (Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Nedumpana, Perayam, Perinad)
- Railway stations: 3 (Kundara, Kundara East, Perinad)
- Medical college hospital: 1 (Azeezia Medical College, Meeyannoor)
- Government hospitals: 1 (Govt. Taluk Hospital, Kundara)
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | P. K. Sukumaran | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | A. A. Rahim | INC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | V. V. Joseph | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Thoppil Ravi | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1982 – 1984 |
| 1987 | 8th | J. Mercykutty Amma | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Alphonsa John | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | J. Mercykutty Amma | CPI(M) | style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | M. A. Baby | CPI(M) | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" | | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| 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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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
| 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
- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
- ^ "Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960". Government of Kerala. 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.
- ^ "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.