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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=April 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Kunnathunad<br />
| type= SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 84<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| map_image = Kitex Limited kizhakkambalam Aluva.jpg<br />
| map_caption = The headquarters of KITEX Garments Limited at [[Kizhakkambalam]]<br />
| established = 1965<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| electors = 1,51,003 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[P. V. Srinijin]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Kunnathunad''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[P. V. Srinijin]] of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI(M)]]. <br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Kunnathunad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="ekm">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.<br />
|access-date = 10 March 2021<br />
|archive-date = 14 March 2011<br />
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110314055251/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|url-status = dead<br />
}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable sortable"<br />
|-<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!Name<br />
!Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
![[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Aikaranad South|Aikaranad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Kizhakkambalam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Mazhuvannoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|Poothrikka<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Thiruvaniyoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Vadavucode]]-[[Puthencruz]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Vazhakulam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kunnathunad]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Niyama<br/>Sabha<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan=2|Party<br />
!Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
|M. K. Krishnan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|1967 – 1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|T. A. Paraman<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|1970 – 1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="2" |P. R. Esthose<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<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 />
| rowspan="3" |[[T. H. Musthafa|T. H. Mustafa]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|1982 – 1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<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 />
|M. P. Varghese<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|1996 – 2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
|T. H. Mustafa<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|2001 – 2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
|M. M. Monayi<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|2006 – 2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[V. P. Sajeendran]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|2011 – 2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|2016 – 2021<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|15th<br />
|[[P. V. Srinijin]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
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{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathunad}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = CPI(M)<br />
|candidate = [[P. V. Srinijin]]<br />
|votes = <br />
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}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indian National Congress<br />
|candidate = [[V. P. Sajeendran]]<br />
|votes = <br />
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{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Twenty20 Party<br />
|candidate = Babu Divakaran <br />
|votes = <br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
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{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
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{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2021 ===<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathunad}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[P. V. Srinijin]]|votes=51180|percentage=33.77|change={{decrease}}8.55|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[V. P. Sajeendran]]|votes=48463|percentage=31.98|change={{decrease}}12.15|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Twenty20 Party|candidate=Dr. Sujith. P. Surendran|votes=41890|percentage=27.64|change=New|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Renu Suresh|votes=7056|percentage=4.66|change={{decrease}}6.44|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Krishnan Eranhikal|votes=1289|percentage=0.85|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Manikuttan.A.T|votes=197|percentage=0.13|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sujith.K.Surendran|votes=761|percentage=0.50|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Velayudhan.V.K|votes=165|percentage=0.11|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2717|percentage=1.81|change={{decrease}}}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,72,595 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><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathunad}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. P. Sajendran|votes=65,445|percentage=44.13|change={{decrease}}5.59|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Shiji Sivaji|votes=62,766|percentage=42.32|change={{decrease}}0.57|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Thuravoor Suresh|votes=16,459|percentage=11.10|change={{increase}}6.52|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=N. O. Kuttapan|votes=1,263|percentage=0.85|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,179|percentage=0.79|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Orna Krishnankutty|votes=653|percentage=0.44|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sajeendran Parappurath|votes=436|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Manoj|votes=116|percentage=0.08|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,679|percentage=1.81|change={{decrease}}5.02}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,317|percentage=85.93|change={{decrease}}2.34}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}5.59}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,53,102 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><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathunad}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. P. Sajendran|votes=63,624|percentage=49.72|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M .A. Surendran|votes=54,892|percentage=42.89|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Ravi|votes=5,862|percentage=4.58|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. K. Manoj Kumar|votes=2,969|percentage=2.32|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Rajeev P. T.|votes=625|percentage=0.49|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,372|percentage=6.83|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,972|percentage=83.59|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Kunnathunad]]<br />
* [[Ernakulam district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1965]]<br />
[[Category:1965 establishments in Kerala]]</div>
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