Punalur (State Assembly constituency)

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1] The current MLA is K. Raju of CPI

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Punalur
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Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Existence1957 - present
ReservationGeneral
Electorate2,04,628 (2016)
Current MLAAdv.K. Raju
PartyCPI
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictKollam
Local Self Governed SegmentsPunalur Municipality and Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala Panchayats in punalur Taluk.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consist of the municipality of Punalur and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur Taluk.[2][3]

Electoral History

Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Winner Party Vote Margin Coalition
1954 P. Gopalan CPI 3,417 Left[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI    CPI (M)    INC    KC(J)  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. Gopalan CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd K. Krishna Pillai 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd M. N. G. 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 Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur
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 -
SHS 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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI K. Raju 72,648 54.52
INC Johnson Abraham 54,643 41.01
BJP B. Radhamani 4,155 3.12
Independent S. Jayakumar 699 0.52
BSP Kuzhichayil Sunil 606 0.45
SUCI(C) S. Shailaja 494 0.37 -
Margin of victory 18,005 13.51
Turnout 1,33,245 70.13
CPI hold Swing

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
  4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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