Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Kunnathur is the only legislative assembly constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.. This constituency included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon of RSP(L).
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Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Kunnathur is the only legislative assembly constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.. This constituency included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon of RSP(L).
Local self-governed segments
Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Kunnathur 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>Sooranad North</td><td>Grama Panchayath</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Sooranad South</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Poruvazhy</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Sasthamcotta</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Mynagappally</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Kunnathur</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>West Kallada</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kunnathur</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>East Kallada</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kollam</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Munroethuruth</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kollam</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Pavithreswaram</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Kottarakkara</td></tr></tbody></table>
Electoral history
Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Kunnathur Assembly constituency was a two-member constituency until 1965. It officially became an constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the 1967 Kerala State Assembly election.
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Vote Margin</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>Aadichan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>5,316</td></tr><tr><td>1951</td><td>Madhavan Unnithan</td><td>6,247</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>P. R. Madhavan Pillai</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>5,778</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>K. S. Krishna Sastri</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>5,566</td></tr></tbody></table>
Members of the Legislative Assembly
Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Name</th><th>Party</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>P. R. Madhavan Pillai</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>R. Govindan</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>G. Chandrasekhara Pillai</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>P. C. Adichan</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>K. C. S. Sastri</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>Sathyapalan</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>Kallada Narayanan</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>T. Nanoo Master</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td></tr></tbody></table>
Election results
Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
There were x registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 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>RSP(L)</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Adv. Ullas Kovoor</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Raji Prasad</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 2,02,165 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>RSP(L)</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td>69,436</td><td>43.13</td><td>4.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Ullas Kovur</td><td>66,646</td><td>41.40</td><td>6.86</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Raji Prasad</td><td>21,760</td><td>13.52</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>R.S. Anju</td><td>946</td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manthara Velayudhan</td><td>623</td><td>0.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>ADHRMPI</td><td>R. Sukumaran</td><td>326</td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Arunkumar S Uliyacovil</td><td>325</td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,790</td><td>1.74</td><td>11.14</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,60,062</td><td>78.1</td><td>1.44</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP(L) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2016
There were 2,08,502 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>RSP(L)</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td>75,725</td><td>47.39</td><td>2.61</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Ullas Kovur</td><td>55,196</td><td>34.54</td><td>7.06</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Thazhava Sahadevan</td><td>21,742</td><td>13.61</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Thulaseedharan Pallickal</td><td>1,698</td><td>1.06</td><td>0.54</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Kunjumon</td><td>1,516</td><td>0.95</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>C. K. Gopi</td><td>1,422</td><td>0.89</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,051</td><td>0.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. Remadevi</td><td>740</td><td>0.46</td><td>0.34</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manilal M. R.</td><td>718</td><td>0.45</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>20,529</td><td>12.84</td><td>4.44</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,59,830</td><td>76.66</td><td>2.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP(L) gain from RSP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2011
There were 1,94,417 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>RSP</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td>71,923</td><td>50.0</td><td>6.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P. K. Ravi</td><td>59,835</td><td>41.6</td><td>4.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Raji Prasad</td><td>5,949</td><td>4.1</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Thulaseedharan Pallickal</td><td>2,310</td><td>1.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vallikunnam Prasad</td><td>1,354</td><td>0.9</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Pulikuzhy Balachandran</td><td>1,145</td><td>0.8</td><td>1.6</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Shylaja P.</td><td>611</td><td>0.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ravi</td><td>525</td><td>0.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V. Remadevi</td><td>266</td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>12,088</td><td>8.4</td><td>11.3</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,43,918</td><td>74.0</td><td>3.1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2006
There were 1,62,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td>65,011</td><td>56.6</td><td>7.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>P Ramabhadran</td><td>42,438</td><td>37</td><td>9.8</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Adv. M. Saraswathy</td><td>4,652</td><td>4.1</td><td>0.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P T Prasannakumar</td><td>2,728</td><td>2.4</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,573</td><td>19.7</td><td>16.9</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,14,875</td><td>70.9%</td><td>3.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
2001
There were 1,65,183 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Kovoor Kunjumon</td><td>60,827</td><td>49.6</td><td>3.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Pandalam Sudhakaran</td><td>57,341</td><td>46.8</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>P T Bhaskaran</td><td>4,489</td><td>3.7</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>3,486</td><td>2.8</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,22,662</td><td>74.3%</td><td>1.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1996
There were 1,55,586 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>T Nanoo Master</td><td>51,697</td><td>46.6</td><td>2.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Visalakshy</td><td>46,934</td><td>42.3</td><td>4.5</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>T A Velayudhan</td><td>7,231</td><td>6.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>K Sadhanandan</td><td>4,098</td><td>3.7</td><td>0.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sasikumar</td><td>525</td><td>0.5</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Janardhanan</td><td>228</td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Samajwadi Jan Parishad</td><td>G Balakrishnan</td><td>167</td><td>0.2</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>4,763</td><td>4.2</td><td>1.9</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,13,483</td><td>72.9%</td><td>4.3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>
1991
There were 1,49,077 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>T Nanoo Master</td><td>56,064</td><td>49.1</td><td>3.2</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>V Sasidharan</td><td>53,462</td><td>46.8</td><td>5.7</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S Raghunath</td><td>4,006</td><td>3.5</td><td>1.0</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>V Janardhanan</td><td>694</td><td>0.6</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>2,602</td><td>2.3</td><td>8.3</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,15,018</td><td>77.2%</td><td>6.4</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>