Punalur Assembly constituency
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Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. The current MLA is P. S. Supal of CPI.
Structure
As per the recent changes[when?] in Assembly constituency delimitations, Punalur Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur taluk.
Electoral history
Punalur Assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram Assembly constituency in 1954.
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | P. Gopalan | CPI | 3,417 | Left |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Gopalan | CPI | 1957–1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. Krishna Pillai | 1960–1965 | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | M. N. Govindan Nair | 1967–1970 | ||
| 1970 | 4th | K. Krishna Pillai | 1970–1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Sreenivasan | 1977–1980 | ||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980–1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | M. Sam Oommen | KC(J) | 1982–1984 | |
| 1984* | V. Surendran Pillai | 1984 –1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | J. Chitharanjan | CPI | 1987–1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | Punalur Madhu | INC | 1991–1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | P. K. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1996 | |
| 1996* | P. S. Supal | 1996–2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001–2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. Raju | 2006–2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016-2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. S. Supal | Incumbent |
*by-election
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Ajayaprasad C | ||||
| IUML | Noushad Yonus | ||||
| TTP | Adv. Reghunadh Kamukumchery | ||||
| BSP | Jose Saranath | ||||
| Equality Party of India | Nedumoncavu Gopalakrishnan | ||||
| SUCI(C) | K Mahesh | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing |
2021
There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | P. S. Supal | 80,428 | 54.99 | 1.86 | |
| IUML | Abdurahiman Randathani | 43,371 | 29.66 | 3.95 | |
| BJP | Ayoor Murali | 20,069 | 13.72 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 688 | 0.47 | ||
| Independent | Shibu M. Scaria | 617 | 0.42 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | K. Mahesh | 407 | 0.28 | 0.49 | |
| Independent | Thenmala Nagarajan | 264 | 0.18 | ||
| Margin of victory | 37,057 | 25.33 | 2.09 | ||
| Turnout | 1,46,251 | 71.05 | 0.45 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 1.86 |
2016
There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | K. Raju | 82,136 | 56.85 | 2.33 | |
| IUML | A. Younus Kunju | 48,554 | 33.61 | ||
| KEC | Sisil Fernandes | 10,558 | 7.31 | ||
| SUCI(C) | K. Sasankan | 1,117 | 0.77 | 0.40 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 888 | 0.61 | ||
| Independent | Nettayam Suji | 639 | 0.44 | − | |
| SS | Satheeshkumar B. | 415 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Navas M. | 164 | 0.11 | ||
| Margin of victory | 33,582 | 23.24 | 9.73 | ||
| Turnout | 1,44,471 | 70.60 | 0.47 | ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 2.33 |
2011
There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.