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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency <br />
| parl_name = [[Kerala Niyamasabha]]<br />
| name = Karunagappally<br />
| image = Karunagappaly-bus-stand.jpg<br />
| caption = The Karunagappally town in the Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency).<br />
| established = 1957 - present<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,13,993 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[C. R. Mahesh]]<br />
| party = [[Indian national congress|INC]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Karunagappally State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in the [[Alappuzha (Lok Sabha constituency)|Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://kollam.gov.in/constituencies/<br />
|website = kollam.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[C. R. Mahesh]] of [[Indian National Congress]].<br />
<br />
==Structure==<br />
Karunagappally assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the assembly constituency consists of [[Karunagappally]] municipality and 6 panchayaths from Karunagappally Taluk including [[Alappad]], [[Clappana]], [[Kulasekharapuram]], [[Oachira]], [[Thazhava]] and [[Thodiyoor]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2019-07-25}}</ref><br />
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==Major institutions in the constituency==<br />
* Municipality: 1 [[Karunagappally]]<br />
* Panchayaths: 6 ([[Alappad]], [[Clappana]], [[Kulasekharapuram]], [[Oachira]], [[Thazhava]] and [[Thodiyoor]])<br />
* Railway Stations: 2 ([[Karunagappalli railway station|Karunagappalli]], [[Oachira railway station|Oachira]])<br />
* Government Hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital(TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Ochira)<br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
'''Key'''<br />
<br />
{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}}{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}}{{Party index link|Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy}} {{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big;"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member<br />
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
|P. Kunjukrishnan<br />
|INC<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|1957 – 1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Baby John]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |IND<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |<br />
|1960 – 1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
|1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
||RSP<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |<br />
|1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="2" |B. M. Sheriff<br />
| rowspan="2" |CPI<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1977 – 1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|1980 – 1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|7th<br />
|T. V. Vijayarajan<br />
|IND<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |<br />
|1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[P. S. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |CPI<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1987 – 1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
|1991 – 1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|10th<br />
|[[E. Chandrasekharan Nair]]<br />
|CPI<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
|[[A. N. Rajan Babu]]<br />
|JSS<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy}}" |<br />
|2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[C. Divakaran]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |CPI<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
|2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|[[R. Ramachandran (Kerala CPI politician)|R. Ramachandran]]<br />
|CPI<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |<br />
|2016 - 2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|C. R. Mahesh<br />
|INC<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|Incumbent<br />
|}<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
=== Niyamasabha Election 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Karunagappally}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = C. R .Mahesh<br />
|votes = 94,225<br />
|percentage = 54.38<br />
|change = {{gain}}12.41<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Communist Party of India <br />
|candidate = R. Ramachandran<br />
|votes = 65,017 <br />
|percentage = 37.52<br />
|change ={{loss}}5.54<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = BJP<br />
|candidate = Bitty Sudheer<br />
|votes = 12,144<br />
|percentage = 7.01<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 450<br />
|percentage = 0.26<br />
|change =<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory<br />
|votes = 29,208<br />
|percentage = 16.68<br />
|change = {{gain}}15.59<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout<br />
|votes = 1,73,284<br />
|percentage = 80.97<br />
|change = {{gain}}1.60<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link<br />
|winner = Indian National Congress<br />
|loser = Communist Party of India <br />
|swing = {{-}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Karunagappally}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=R. Ramachandran|votes=69,902|percentage=43.06|change={{decrease}}7.07|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=C. R. Mahesh|votes=68,143|percentage=41.97|change={{increase}}2.38|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=V. Sadasivan|votes=19,115|percentage=11.77|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. K. Salahudeen|votes=1,737|percentage=1.07|change={{decrease}}4.48|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Mylakkadu Shah|votes=1,620|percentage=1.00|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Gopalakrishnan|votes=649|percentage=0.40|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ramachandran|votes=594|percentage=0.37|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=590|percentage=0.36|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,759|percentage=1.09|change={{decrease}}9.45}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,62,351|percentage=79.37|change={{increase}}3.86}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}7.07}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|website=eci.gov.in|accessdate=11 March 2020}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Karunagappally}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=C. Divakaran|votes=69,086|percentage=50.13|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|candidate=A. N. Rajanbabu|votes=54,564|percentage=39.59|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Nazarudeen Elamaram|votes=7,645|percentage=5.55|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Malumel Sumesh|votes=5,097|percentage=3.70|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=P. D. Sudheer|votes=868|percentage=0.63|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Twinkle Prabhakaran|votes=547|percentage=0.40|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=14,522|percentage=10.54|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,37,807|percentage=75.51|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1957]]</div>
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