Konni State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is K. U. Jenish Kumar of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

Konni Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1AruvappulamGrama panchayatKonni
2KonniGrama panchayatKonni
3MalayalapuzhaGrama panchayatKonni
4PramadomGrama panchayatKonni
5MylapraGrama panchayatKonni
6VallicodeGrama panchayatKonni
7ThannithodeGrama panchayatKonni
8SeethathoduGrama panchayatKonni
9KalanjoorGrama panchayatKonni
10ChittarGrama panchayatKonni
11EnadimangalamGrama panchayatAdoor

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Konni Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:

ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure
19673rdP. R. Madhavan PillaiCPI1967 – 1970
19704thP. J. ThomasINC1970 – 1977
19775th1977 – 1980
19806thV. S. Chandra Sekhar PillaiCPI(M)1980 – 1982
19827th1982 – 1987
19878thChittoor Sasankan NairIndependent1987 – 1991
19919thA. PadmakumarCPI(M)1991 – 1996
199610thAdoor PrakashINC
200111th2001 – 2006
200612th2006 – 2011
201113th2011 – 2016
201614th2016 - 2019
* 2019K. U. Jenish KumarCPI(M)2019 - 2021
202115thIncumbent
  • *by-election

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)K. U. Jenish Kumar
UDFSatheesh Kochuparambil
BDJST. P. Sundareshan
NOTANone of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
Swing

2021

There were 2,02,728 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)K. U. Jenish Kumar62,31841.622.66
INCRobin Peter53,81035.944.15
BJPK. Surendran32,81121.916.74
NOTANone of the above3720.25
CPI(M) holdSwing

2019 by-election

Due to the election of the sitting MLA Adoor Prakash as the MP from Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, Konni Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,956 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for this election.

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Konni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M)K. U. Jenish Kumar54,09938.96%2.63
INCP. Mohanraj44,14631.79%19.02
BJPK. Surendran39,78628.65%16.99
NOTANone of the above4690.34%0.01
IndependentJoemon Joseph Srampickal2350.17%N/A
IndependentSivanandan1240.09%N/A
Margin of victory9,9537.17%7.31
Turnout1,38,85970.07%2.92
CPI(M) gain from INCSwing2.63

2016

There were 1,96,309 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdoor Prakash72,80050.81%0.66
CPI(M)R. Sanal Kumar52,05236.33%7.89
BJPAsoka Kumar D.16,71311.66%7.09
NOTANone of the above4740.33%
SDPIReyash4010.28%
WPOIJoshy Joseph3650.25%
IndependentSuresh V.2490.17%
IndependentBiju Elamannoor1330.09%
SSVishnu S.970.07%
Margin of victory20,74814.48%8.55
Turnout1,43,28372.99%1.13
INC holdSwing0.66

2011

There were 1,82,384 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INCAdoor Prakash65,72450.15%
CPI(M)M. S. Rajendran57,95044.22%
BJPV. S. Harish Chandran5,9944.57%
IndependentSinto Stephen6550.50%
IndependentThattayil Saraswathi2760.21%
SUCI(C)Lekshmi R. Shekhar2470.19%
IndependentRenjini C. T.2070.16%
Margin of victory7,7745.93%
Turnout1,31,05371.86%
INC holdSwing

See also