Chathannoor Assembly constituency

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

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Chathannoor Assembly constituency

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

History

Chathannoor Assembly constituency

The constituency was previously known as Paravur Assembly constituency. It was temporarily merged with Varkala Assembly constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, Varkala Assembly constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960. Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and was named as Chathannoor Assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor Assembly constituency.

Structure

Chathannoor Assembly constituency

As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chathannoor Assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and six neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Chirakkara, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.

Major institutions

Chathannoor Assembly constituency

• Municipalities: one (Paravur) • Panchayaths: five (Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally) • Railway stations: one (Paravur railway station) • Bus stations: two (Chathannoor KSRTC Bus Station, Paravur Municipal Bus Station) • Public Sector Undertaking : one

(Chathanoor)

• Medical college hospital: one (Kollam Government Medical College, Parippally) • Government hospitals: two (Government MCH, Govt. Taluk Hospital, Paravur) • Private hospitals: three (Azeezia Medical College Meeyannoor, Kollam KIMS Sithara Jn, Holy Cross Hospital Kottiyam)

Members of Legislative Assembly

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th><th>Vote Margin</th><th>Coalition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td>Independent</td><td>7,790</td><td>Left</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td>CPI</td><td>3,878</td><td>Left</td></tr></tbody></table>

Kerala

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1965</td><td>Thankappan Pillai</td><td></td><td>Independent</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>J. Chitharanjan</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1998</td><td>N. Anirudhan</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>G. Prathapa Varma Thampan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>N. Anirudhan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>G. S. Jayalal</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Chathannoor Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Sooraj Ravi</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>R Rajendran</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Arun Chathannoor</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B B Gopakumar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Anna DHRM</td><td>Sindhu Puthenkulam</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>G. S. Jayalal</td><td>59,296</td><td>43.12</td><td>7.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. B. Gopakumar</td><td>42,090</td><td>30.61</td><td>5.69</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>N. Peethambara Kurup</td><td>34,280</td><td>24.93</td><td>2.30</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>642</td><td>0.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Sunu Bhaskaran</td><td>364</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sethu</td><td>172</td><td>0.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Varinjam Rajeev</td><td>135</td><td>0.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>17,206</td><td>12.51</td><td>13.33</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,37,503</td><td>74.46</td><td>0.43</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>7.64</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>G. S. Jayalal</td><td>67,606</td><td>50.76</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. B. Gopakumar</td><td>33,199</td><td>24.92</td><td>21.56</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Soorand Rajasekharan</td><td>30,139</td><td>22.63</td><td>19.01</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Raju</td><td>658</td><td>0.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>604</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Salimraj A.</td><td>491</td><td>0.37</td><td>0.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SS</td><td>Velayudhan Pillai</td><td>290</td><td>0.22</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>API</td><td>Jayakala L.</td><td>212</td><td>0.16</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>34,407</td><td>25.84</td><td>14.82</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,33,199</td><td>74.03</td><td>2.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>1.90</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>G. S. Jayalal</td><td>60,187</td><td>52.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Bindu Krishna</td><td>47,598</td><td>41.64</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran</td><td>3,839</td><td>3.36</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>A. Sasi</td><td>1,134</td><td>0.99</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jayalal</td><td>763</td><td>0.67</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Maliode Sudhan</td><td>490</td><td>0.43</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SS</td><td>Sasikumar</td><td>287</td><td>0.25</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,589</td><td>11.02</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,14,298</td><td>71.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2006

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Anirudhan</td><td>59,379</td><td>56.80</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>G. Prathapa Varma Thampan</td><td>36,199</td><td>34.62</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Muraleedharan Pillai</td><td>4,940</td><td>4.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>23,180</td><td>22.18</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,531</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2001

There were 1,60,402 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>G. Prathapa Varma Thampan</td><td>53,304</td><td>47.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Anirudhan</td><td>52,757</td><td>47.03</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B Sajanlal</td><td>6,110</td><td>5.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>547</td><td>0.49</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,12,171</td><td>69.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1998 by-election

There were 1,58,953 registered voters in the constituency for the 1998 by-election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>N. Anirudhan</td><td>53,471</td><td>48.13</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td>49,533</td><td>44.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>B. I. Sreenagesh</td><td>7,252</td><td>6.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,938</td><td>3.54</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,13,031</td><td>71.10</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1996

There were 1,55,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td>49,083</td><td>46.84</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td>46,968</td><td>44.83</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Rajendran</td><td>3,633</td><td>3.47</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,115</td><td>2.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,778</td><td>70.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1991

There were 1,47,686 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td>53,755</td><td>50.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td>49,244</td><td>46.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran</td><td>2,892</td><td>2.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,511</td><td>4.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,06,323</td><td>73.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1987

There were 1,22,914 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td>46,501</td><td>48.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td>44,045</td><td>45.96</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P Gopalakrishna Pillai</td><td>4,484</td><td>4.68</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,456</td><td>2.56</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>95,839</td><td>78.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI gain from INC</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

1982

There were 95,013 registered voters in the constituency for the 1982 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>C. V. Padmarajan</td><td>37,811</td><td>53.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI</td><td>J. Chitharanjan</td><td>32,009</td><td>45.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>5,802</td><td>8.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>70,666</td><td>74.90</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>