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{{Short description|Constituency of the Indian parliament in Kerala}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=June 2018}}
'''Kollam Lok Sabha constituency''' formerly '''Quilon Lok Sabha constituency''' is one of the 20 [[Lok Sabha]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]].
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| type = LS
| name = Kollam <Br>{{Small|KL-18}}
| map_image = Kollam Lok Sabha Constituency.jpg
| map_caption = Kollam Lok Sabha constituency
| established = 1952
| reservation = None
| incumbent_image = NK PREMACHANDRAN.rotated.rotated.jpg
| party = {{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
| alliance = {{Party index link|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| mp = [[N. K. Premachandran]]
| preceded_by = [[N. Peethambara Kurup]]
| latest_election_year = [[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
| state = [[Kerala]]
| assembly_cons = [[Chavara (State Assembly constituency)|Chavara]]<br> [[Punalur (State Assembly constituency)|Punalur]]<br>[[Chadayamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Chadayamangalam]]<br>[[Kundara (State Assembly constituency)|Kundara]]<br> [[Kollam (State Assembly constituency)|Kollam]]<br> [[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram]]<br> [[Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)|Chathannoor]]
}}

==Assembly segments==

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! No
! Name
! District
! Member
! colspan="2" |Party
! colspan="2" |2024 Lead
|-
|-
|117
|[[Chavara (State Assembly constituency)|Chavara]]
| rowspan="7" |[[Kollam district|Kollam]]
|[[Sujith Vijayanpillai]]
|style="background-color:{{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
|[[Independent (politician)|IND]]
|{{party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=7}}
|-
| 121
|[[Punalur (State Assembly constituency)|Punalur]]
|[[P. S. Supal]]
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|-
|122
|[[Chadayamangalam (State Assembly constituency)|Chadayamangalam]]
|[[J. Chinchu Rani]]
|-
|123
|[[Kundara (State Assembly constituency)|Kundara]]
|[[P. C. Vishnunath]]
|{{party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|-
|124
|[[Kollam (State Assembly constituency)|Kollam]]
|[[Mukesh Madhavan]]
|{{party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
|-
|125
|[[Eravipuram (State Assembly constituency)|Eravipuram]]
|[[M. Noushad]]
|-
|126
|[[Chathannoor Assembly constituency|Chathannoor]]
|B. B. Gopakumar
|{{party name with color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}
|}

===Corporations & municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency===
* [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam]] - Corporation
* [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] - Municipality
* [[Punalur]] - Municipality

== Members of Parliament ==
'''As Quilon Cum Mavelikkara in [[Travancore-Cochin]]'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%" 
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
!colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|rowspan=2 |[[1951-52 Indian general election|1952]]
|rowspan=2 |[[1st Lok Sabha|1st]]
|[[N. Sreekantan Nair]]
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|rowspan=2 |1952-1957
|-
|[[R. Velayudhan]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Independent}}|
|Independent
|-
|}

'''As Quilon/Kollam'''

{| class="wikitable sortable" width="50%" 
! Election
! Lok Sabha
! Member
!colspan="2" |Party
! Tenure
|-
|rowspan=2|[[1957 Indian general election|1957]]
|rowspan=2 |[[2nd Lok Sabha|2nd]]
|[[V. Parameswaran Nayar|V. Parmeswaran Nayar]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|
|[[United Front of Leftists]]
|
|-
|[[P.K. Kodiyan]]
|bgcolor={{party color|Communist Party of India}}|
|[[Communist Party of India]] 
|1957-1962
|-
|[[1962 Indian general election|1962]]
|[[3rd Lok Sabha|3rd]]
|rowspan=4 |[[N. Sreekantan Nair]]
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|rowspan=4 |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|1962-1967
|-
|[[1967 Indian general election|1967]]
|[[4th Lok Sabha|4th]]
|1967-1971
|-
|[[1971 Indian general election|1971]]
|[[5th Lok Sabha|5th]]
|1971-1977
|-
|[[1977 Indian general election|1977]]
|[[6th Lok Sabha|6th]]
|1977-1980
|-
|[[1980 Indian general election|1980]]
|[[7th Lok Sabha|7th]]
|B.K. Nair
| rowspan="4" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}" |
|rowspan=4 |[[Indian National Congress (I)]]
|1980-1984
|-
|[[1984 Indian general election|1984]]
|[[8th Lok Sabha|8th]]
|rowspan=3 |[[S. Krishna Kumar]]
|1984-1989
|-
|[[1989 Indian general election|1989]]
|[[9th Lok Sabha|9th]]
|1989-1991
|-
|[[1991 Indian general election|1991]]
|[[10th Lok Sabha|10th]]
|1991-1996
|-
|[[1996 Indian general election|1996]]
|[[11th Lok Sabha|11th]]
|rowspan="2" |[[N. K. Premachandran]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|rowspan="2" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|1996-1998
|-
|[[1998 Indian general election|1998]]
|[[12th Lok Sabha|12th]]
|1998-1999
|-
|[[1999 Indian general election|1999]]
|[[13th Lok Sabha|13th]]
| rowspan="2" |[[P. Rajendran]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
|1999-2004
|-
|[[2004 Indian general election|2004]]
|[[14th Lok Sabha|14th]]
|2004-2009
|-
|[[2009 Indian general election|2009]]
|[[15th Lok Sabha|15th]]
|[[N. Peethambara Kurup]]
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|2009-2014
|-
|[[2014 Indian general election|2014]]
|[[16th Lok Sabha|16th]]
| rowspan="3" |[[N. K. Premachandran]]
| rowspan="3" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
| rowspan="3" |[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
|2014-2019
|-
|[[2019 Indian general election|2019]]
|[[17th Lok Sabha|17th]]
|2019-2024
|-
|[[2024 Indian general election|2024]]
|[[18th Lok Sabha|18th]]
|[[Incumbent]]
|-
|}

==Election results==
===General Election 2024 ===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2024 Indian general election]]: Kollam<ref name="2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kollam">{{cite news |last1=Election Commission of India |title=2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kollam |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1118.htm |access-date=5 August 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154944/https://results.eci.gov.in/PcResultGenJune2024/candidateswise-S1118.htm |archive-date=5 August 2024}}</ref><ref name="Lok Sabha Elections: Premachandran scores a swift hat-trick in Kollam">{{cite news |last1=The Hindu |first1= |title=Lok Sabha Elections: Premachandran scores a swift hat-trick in Kollam |url=https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/premachandran-scores-a-swift-hat-trick-in-kollam/article68251012.ece |access-date=5 August 2024 |date=4 June 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240805154935/https://www.thehindu.com/elections/lok-sabha/premachandran-scores-a-swift-hat-trick-in-kollam/article68251012.ece |archive-date=5 August 2024 |language=en-IN}}</ref>}}
{{Election box winning candidate  with party link||candidate=[[N. K. Premachandran]]|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|votes=4,43,628|percentage=48.45|change={{decrease}}3.16}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Mukesh Madhvan (actor)|Mukesh Madhvan]]|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=2,93,326|percentage=32.03|change={{decrease}}4.21}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=[[Krishna Kumar (actor)|Krishna Kumar]]|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=1,63,210|percentage=17.82|change={{increase}}7.15}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=6,546|percentage=0.71|change={{increase}}0.11}}
{{Election box majority||votes=1,50,302|percentage=15.42|change={{up}}0.05}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=9,18,260|percentage=69.00|change={{decrease}}6.60}}
{{Election box registered electors	|reg. electors = 	|change = }}
{{Election box hold with party link
  |winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |loser  = 
  |swing  = 
 }}
{{Election box end}}

===2019===
According to Election Commission, there are 12,59,400(Women-6,59,597, Men-5,99,797, Transgender people-6) registered voters in Kollam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Kollam Constituency was polled 74.36% of total electorate.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20190426155946/https://www.indiancrux.info/2019/04/2019-general-election-kollam-constituency-live-results.html 2019 General Election Kollam Constituency Live Results]}}</ref>
{{Election box begin | title=[[2019 Indian general election]]: [[Kollam]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = [[N. K. Premachandran]]
  |votes      = 4,99,667
  |percentage = 51.61
  |change     = {{increase}}5.15
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|  |party      = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |candidate  = [[K. N. Balagopal]]
  |votes      = 3,50,821
  |percentage = 36.24
  |change     = {{decrease}}5.94
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|  |party      = Bharatiya Janata Party
  |candidate  = Adv. K V Sabu
  |votes      = 1,03,339
  |percentage = 10.67
  |change     = {{increase}}4.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |votes      = 6,018
  |percentage = 0.6
  |change     = {{decrease}}0.30
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|  |votes      = 1,48,869
  |percentage = 15.37
  |change     = {{increase}}11.09
}}
{{Election box turnout
|  |votes      = 9,69,017
  |percentage = 74.73
  |change     = {{increase}}2.61
 }}
{{Election box hold with party link
|  |winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |loser  = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
  |swing  = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2014===
{{Election box begin | title=[[2014 Indian general election]]: [[Kollam]]}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[N.K. Premachandran]]|votes=4,08,528|percentage=46.46|change=N/A}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[M A Baby|M. A. Baby]]|votes=3,70,879|percentage=42.18|change={{decrease}}3.01}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P.M. Velayudhan|votes=58,671|percentage=6.67|change={{increase}}2.27}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A.K. Salahudeen|votes=12,812|percentage=1.46|change=''New''}}{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=7,876|percentage=0.90|change=---}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|  |votes      = 37,649
  |percentage = 4.28
  |change     = {{increase}}1.95
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=8,79,056|percentage=72.12|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|  |winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |loser  = Indian National Congress
  |swing  = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kollam district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha]]
* [[Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)]]
* [[2014 Indian general election]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [[Election Commission of India]]: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
*[https://www.indiaelections2014.info/parliament/2019/states/kerala/kollam/lok_sabha_parliamentary_election_2019_results.html Kollam Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019]

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