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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}}
{{Use Indian English|date=July 2018}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Kollam
| type= SLA
| constituency_no = 124
| map_image = Chinnakada Skyline, Jul 2016.jpg
| map_caption = [[Chinnakkada]] in Kollam city
| established = 1951
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,76,041 (2021)
| mla = [[Bindu Krishna]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance = {{legend2|#0073CF|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| state = Kerala
}}
'''Kollam Assembly constituency''' is a [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in the [[South India]]n state of [[Kerala]]. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=Constituencies in Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref> As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Bindu Krishna]] of [[Indian National Congress|INC]].

==Structure==
[[File:Mukesh during election campaign 2016b.jpg|right|thumb|Famous Malayalam cinema actor [[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]] was a elected member from Kollam Assembly constituency]]
Kollam Assembly constituency includes 19 wards of [[Kollam Municipal Corporation|Kollam City Corporation]] (Kureepuzha West, [[Kureepuzha]], Neeravil, [[Anchalumoodu]], [[Thrikkadavoor|Kadavoor]], [[Mathilil]], [[Thevally]], Vadakkumbhagam, [[Uliyakovil]] East, [[Kadappakada]], Koickal, [[Kallumthazham]], [[Mundakkal]], [[Pattathanam]], [[Kollam Cantonment|Cantonment]], Udayamarthandapuram, [[Thamarakkulam]], [[Pallithottam]] and Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of [[Panayam]] and [[Thrikkaruva]], as per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=Assembly Constituencies and Their Extent – Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies – Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala |access-date=2018-01-05 |archive-date=1 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Major institutions==
[[File:Kollam district wise kerala assambly election 2016 constituency map.svg|right|thumb|Assembly constituencies in [[Kollam district]]]]
* Corporations: 1 ([[Kollam]])
* Panchayaths: 2 ([[Panayam]]; [[Thrikkaruva]])
* Railway stations: 1 ([[Kollam Junction railway station|Kollam Junction]])
* Bus stations: 3 ([[Kollam KSRTC Bus Station]]; [[Andamukkam City Bus Stand]]; [[Tangasseri Bus Terminal]])
* Government hospitals: 2 (Govt. District Hospital, Kollam; Community Health Center in Thrikkadavoor)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dhs.kerala.gov.in/docs/orders/combined.pdf |title=Directorate of Health Services |pages=3, 8–9 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-01-30 }}{{Dead link|date=June 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
* [[Regional Transport Office|RTOs]]: 1 (Kollam city)

==Electoral history==
===Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly===
{| style="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Name
!Party
!Vote Margin
!Coalition
|----
|1951
|[[T. K. Divakaran]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|2,349
|Left<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2018-01-19 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|----
|1954
|[[T. K. Divakaran]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|6,175
|Left<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2018-01-19}}</ref>
|}

== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama<br>Sabha
!Name
!colspan=2|Party
!Tenure
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
| rowspan="2" |C. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
|1957 – 1960<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1957-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1957 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|1960 – 1965<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1960-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1960 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1965]]
|3rd
|[[Henry Austin (Indian politician)|Henry Austin]]
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1965 – 1967<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1965-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1965 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| rowspan="2" |[[T. K. Divakaran]]
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|1967 – 1970<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1967 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1970 – 1977<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1970-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1970 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
|Thyagarajan
|1977 – 1980<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1977 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
| rowspan="2" |[[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1980 – 1982<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1980 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1982 – 1984
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|[[Babu Divakaran]]
|1987 – 1991<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1987-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1987 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|Kadavoor Sivadasan
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
|1991 – 1996<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1991 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
| rowspan="2" |Babu Divakaran
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1996 – 2001<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)}}
|2001 – 2006<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2001-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2001 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Gurudasan]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|2006 – 2011<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011 – 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2011 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
| rowspan="2" |[[Mukesh (actor)|Mukesh]]
|2016 - 2021<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2016 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|2021 - 2026<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2021-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2021 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|}

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kollam}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = United Democratic Front (Kerala)
|candidate = [[Bindu Krishna]]
|votes = 63,416
|percentage = 48.9
|change = {{increase}}5.63
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
|candidate = S Jayamohan
|votes = 46586
|percentage = 35.92
|change = {{decrease}}8.94
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = National Democratic Alliance
|candidate = Dr. Prathap Kumar N
|votes = 18537
|percentage = 14.29
|change = {{increase}}3.36
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Aam Aadmi Party
|candidate = Adv. Sinu L R
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Mylode Sudhan
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 16,830
|percentage = 15%
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,16,145
|percentage = 77.43%
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{increase}}5.95
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kollam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[M. Mukesh]]|votes=58,524|percentage=44.86|change={{decrease}}5.95|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Bindu Krishna]]|votes=56,452|percentage=43.27|change={{increase}}8.08|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Sunil|votes=14,252|percentage=10.93|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=750|percentage=0.58|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Ramanan|votes=290|percentage=0.22|change={{decrease}}0.11}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,072|percentage=1.59|change={{decrease}}12.03}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,30,451|percentage=74.10|change={{decrease}}0.82}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}5.95|}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kollam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[M. Mukesh]]|votes=63,103|percentage=52.81|change={{increase}}2.05|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Sooraj Ravi|votes=45,492|percentage=35.19|change={{decrease}}8.18|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=National Democratic Alliance|candidate=K. Sasikumar|votes=17,409|percentage=13.47|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Johnson Kandachira|votes=1,576|percentage=1.22|change={{increase}}0.20|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=889|percentage=0.69|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=K. Balakrishnan|votes=431|percentage=0.33|change={{decrease}}0.11}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Narayanan Nair|votes=209|percentage=0.16|change={{decrease}}0.01}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Chandran|votes=174|percentage=0.13|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=17,611|percentage=13.62|change={{increase}}6.13}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,29,283|percentage=74.92|change={{increase}}3.87}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}2.05}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kollam}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. K. Gurudasan]]|votes=57,986|percentage=50.86|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=K. C. Rajan|votes=49,446|percentage=43.37|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=G. Hari|votes=4,207|percentage=3.69|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=A. A. Shafi|votes=1,168|percentage=1.02|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Mangad Thulaseedharan|votes=507|percentage=0.44|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sanu K.|votes=372|percentage=0.33|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=C. N. Narayanan Nair|votes=191|percentage=0.17|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. Mohanan|votes=141|percentage=0.12|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,540|percentage=7.49|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,14,018|percentage=71.05|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==Kerala Ministers from this constituency==
{| width="90%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px #000000 solid; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: verdana"
! width="10%"; style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Tenure
! width="20%"; style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Politician
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Coalition
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Position
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Ministry
|----
|1955–56
|[[A. A. Rahim]]
|[[Indian National Congress|Congress]]
|Right
|Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries
|[[Travancore-Cochin|Panampilly Ministry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://firstministry.kerala.gov.in/2017/04/04/shri-a-a-rahim/ |title=A.A Rahim – First Ministry |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
|----
|1967–69
|[[T. K. Divakaran]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|Left
|[[Kerala Public Works Department|Minister for Public Works]]
|[[Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry]]<ref name="stateofkerala.in tk divakaran">{{cite web |url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/t_k_divakaran.php |title=Kerala Niyamasabha – T.K. Divakaran |publisher=StateofKerala.in |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
|----
|1970–76
|[[T. K. Divakaran]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|Right
|[[Kerala Public Works Department|Minister for Public Works]]
|[[Second C. Achutha Menon ministry]]<ref name="stateofkerala.in tk divakaran" />
|----
|1981–82
|[[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
|Minister for Labour
|[[Second K. Karunakaran ministry]]
|----
|1982–87
|[[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP(S)]]
|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
|Minister for Labour & Excise
|[[Third K. Karunakaran ministry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m637.htm |title=Kadavoor Sivadasan |publisher=Niyamasabha.org |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
|----
|2001–06
|[[Babu Divakaran]]
|[[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)|RSP(B)]]
|[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]
|Minister for Labour
|[[Third A. K. Antony ministry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.niyamasabha.org/codes/members/m055.htm |title=Babu Divakaran |publisher=Niyamasabha.org |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
|----
|2006–11
|[[P. K. Gurudasan]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
|[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
|Minister for Labour
|[[V. S. Achuthanandan ministry]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.stateofkerala.in/niyamasabha/p_k_gurudasan.php |title=P. K. Gurudasan |publisher=StateofKerala.in |access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{Elected members from Kollam assembly constituency |state=expanded}}
{{Kollam |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Travancore–Cochin]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1951]]

Kollam Assembly constituency - Revision history

VirgilBugnion41 at 16:18, 7 May 2026