Kunnathunad Assembly constituency

Kunnathunad 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 Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is P. V. Srinijin of the CPI(M).

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Kunnathunad Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Kunnathunad Assembly constituency

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

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Aikaranad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Kizhakkambalam</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Kunnathunad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Mazhuvannoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Poothrikka</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Thiruvaniyoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Vadavucode-Puthencruz</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Vazhakulam</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathunad</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Kunnathunad Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>M. K. Krishnan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>T. A. Paraman</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>P. R. Esthose</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>T. H. Mustafa</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1982 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>M. P. Varghese</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>T. H. Mustafa</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>M. M. Monayi</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>V. P. Sajeendran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>2016 – 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>P. V. Srinijin</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Kunnathunad Assembly constituency

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

2026

2021

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>P. V. Srinijin</td><td>51,180</td><td>33.77</td><td>8.55</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V. P. Sajeendran</td><td>48463</td><td>31.98</td><td>12.15</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Dr. Sujith. P. Surendran</td><td>41890</td><td>27.64</td><td>New</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Renu Suresh</td><td>7056</td><td>4.66</td><td>6.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Krishnan Eranhikal</td><td>1289</td><td>0.85</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Manikuttan.A.T</td><td>197</td><td>0.13</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sujith.K.Surendran</td><td>761</td><td>0.50</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Velayudhan.V.K</td><td>165</td><td>0.11</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2717</td><td>1.81</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,72,595 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>INC</td><td>V. P. Sajendran</td><td>65,445</td><td>44.13</td><td>5.59</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Shiji Sivaji</td><td>62,766</td><td>42.32</td><td>0.57</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Thuravoor Suresh</td><td>16,459</td><td>11.10</td><td>6.52</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SP</td><td>N. O. Kuttapan</td><td>1,263</td><td>0.85</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,179</td><td>0.79</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Orna Krishnankutty</td><td>653</td><td>0.44</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sajeendran Parappurath</td><td>436</td><td>0.29</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(ML)L</td><td>Manoj</td><td>116</td><td>0.08</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,679</td><td>1.81</td><td>5.02</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,48,317</td><td>85.93</td><td>2.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>5.59</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,53,102 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>INC</td><td>V. P. Sajendran</td><td>63,624</td><td>49.72</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M .A. Surendran</td><td>54,892</td><td>42.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>M. Ravi</td><td>5,862</td><td>4.58</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>M. K. Manoj Kumar</td><td>2,969</td><td>2.32</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Rajeev P. T.</td><td>625</td><td>0.49</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,372</td><td>6.83</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,972</td><td>83.59</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC gain from CPI(M)</td><td>Swing</td><td>{{{swing}}}</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>