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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 constituency<br />
| name = Kunnathur<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 118<br />
| map_image = Sasthamcotta Lake By ArunElectra.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Sasthamcotta Lake]] in Kunnathur Assembly constituency<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = SC<br />
| electors = 2,02,165 (2021)<br />
| mla = Ullas Kovoor<br />
| party = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Kunnathur''' is the only [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency reserved for the [[Scheduled Castes]] in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is one of the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>. This constituency included in [[Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency]]. As of the [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is Ulllas Kovoor of [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)]].<br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Kunnathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!width="20px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="50px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Sooranad North]]<br />
|Grama Panchayath<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Sooranad South]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Poruvazhy]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Sasthamcotta]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Mynagappally]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Kunnathur, Kerala|Kunnathur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[West Kallada]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kunnathur<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[East Kallada]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kollam<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Munroethuruth]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kollam<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Pavithreswaram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|Kottarakkara<br />
|}<br />
<br />
<br />
==Electoral history==<br />
Kunnathur Assembly constituency was a two-member constituency until 1965. It officially became an constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the 1967 Kerala State Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sudhish|first=Navamy|date=2021-03-07|title=Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kunnathur-has-mostly-leaned-towards-the-left/article34014615.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><br />
<br />
===[[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Name<br />
!colspan=2|Party<br />
!|Vote Margin<br />
|---- <br />
|1951<br />
|Aadichan<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}<br />
|5,316<br />
|----<br />
|1951<br />
|Madhavan Unnithan<br />
|6,247<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|publisher=Government of Kerala|page=37|access-date=2020-02-12|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><br />
|---- <br />
|1954<br />
|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|5,778<br />
|----<br />
|1954<br />
|K. S. Krishna Sastri<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|5,566<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127210305/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-27|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=118|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref><br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan="2"|Party<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2 |Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[R. Govindan]]<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|G. Chandrasekhara Pillai<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[P. C. Adichan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|K. C. S. Sastri<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|Sathyapalan<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |Kallada Narayanan<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |T. Nanoo Master<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=6|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|dab=y|rowspan=2}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
There were x registered voters in the constituency for the 2026 Kerala Assembly election.<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)<br />
|candidate = Ullas Kovoor<br />
|votes = 81,488<br />
|percentage = 49.66<br />
|change = 8.26{{gain}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)<br />
|candidate = [[Kovoor Kunjumon]]<br />
|votes = 56,174<br />
|percentage = 34.23<br />
|change = 8.9 {{loss}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = BJP<br />
|candidate = Raji Prasad<br />
|votes = 24,841<br />
|percentage = 15.14<br />
|change = 1.62{{gain}}<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Indipendent<br />
|candidate = Manthara Velayudhan<br />
|votes = 828<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 25,314<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,64,101<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)<br />
|loser = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,02,165 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|candidate=[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]|votes=69,436|percentage=43.13|change={{decrease}}4.26|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=Ullas Kovur|votes=66,646|percentage=41.40|change={{increase}}6.86|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=Raji Prasad|votes=21,760|percentage=13.52|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=R.S. Anju|votes=946|percentage=0.6|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Manthara Velayudhan|votes=623|percentage=0.4|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=ADHRMPI |candidate=R. Sukumaran|votes=326|percentage=0.2|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Arunkumar S Uliyacovil|votes=325|percentage=0.2|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,790|percentage=1.74|change={{decrease}}11.14|}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,60,062|percentage=78.1|change={{increase}}1.44}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,08,502 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]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|candidate=[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]|votes=75,725|percentage=47.39|change={{decrease}}2.61|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=Ullas Kovur|votes=55,196|percentage=34.54|change={{decrease}}7.06|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Thazhava Sahadevan|votes=21,742|percentage=13.61|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Thulaseedharan Pallickal|votes=1,698|percentage=1.06|change={{decrease}}0.54|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kunjumon|votes=1,516|percentage=0.95|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=C. K. Gopi|votes=1,422|percentage=0.89|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,051|percentage=0.66|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=V. Remadevi|votes=740|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.34}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Manilal M. R.|votes=718|percentage=0.45|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,529|percentage=12.84|change={{increase}}4.44}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,830|percentage=76.66|change={{increase}}2.66}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|loser=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,94,417 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]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]|votes=71,923|percentage=50.0|change={{decrease}}6.6|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. K. Ravi|votes=59,835|percentage=41.6|change={{increase}}4.6|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=Raji Prasad|votes=5,949|percentage=4.1|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Thulaseedharan Pallickal|votes=2,310|percentage=1.6|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Vallikunnam Prasad|votes=1,354|percentage=0.9|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Pulikuzhy Balachandran|votes=1,145|percentage=0.8|change={{decrease}}1.6|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shylaja P.|votes=611|percentage=0.4|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ravi|votes=525|percentage=0.4|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. Remadevi|votes=266|percentage=0.2|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,088|percentage=8.4|change={{decrease}}11.3}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,43,918|percentage=74.0|change={{increase}}3.1}}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2006 ===<br />
There were 1,62,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]|votes=65,011|percentage=56.6|change={{increase}}7.0|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P Ramabhadran|votes=42,438 |percentage=37|change={{decrease}}9.8|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Adv. M. Saraswathy|votes=4,652 |percentage=4.1|change={{increase}}0.4|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P T Prasannakumar|votes=2,728 |percentage=2.4|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=22,573|percentage=19.7|change={{increase}}16.9}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,14,875|percentage=70.9%|change={{decrease}}3.4}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2001 ===<br />
There were 1,65,183 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]|votes=60,827|percentage=49.6|change={{increase}}3.0|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Pandalam Sudhakaran|votes=57,341|percentage=46.8|change={{increase}}4.5|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P T Bhaskaran|votes=4,489 |percentage=3.7|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=3,486|percentage=2.8|change={{decrease}}1.4}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,22,662|percentage=74.3%|change={{increase}}1.4}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1996 ===<br />
There were 1,55,586 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=T Nanoo Master|votes=51,697|percentage=46.6|change={{decrease}}2.5|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Visalakshy|votes=46,934|percentage=42.3|change={{decrease}}4.5|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India) |candidate=T A Velayudhan|votes=7,231|percentage=6.5|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K Sadhanandan|votes=4,098 |percentage=3.7|change={{increase}}0.2|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sasikumar|votes=525|percentage=0.5|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Janardhanan|votes=228|percentage=0.2|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Jan Parishad |candidate=G Balakrishnan|votes=167|percentage=0.2|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=4,763|percentage=4.2|change={{increase}}1.9}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,13,483|percentage=72.9%|change={{decrease}}4.3}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 1991 ===<br />
There were 1,49,077 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Kunnathur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=T Nanoo Master|votes=56,064|percentage=49.1|change={{decrease}}3.2|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V Sasidharan|votes=53,462|percentage=46.8|change={{increase}}5.7|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=S Raghunath|votes=4,006 |percentage=3.5|change={{decrease}}1.0|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V Janardhanan|votes=694|percentage=0.6|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,602|percentage=2.3|change={{decrease}}8.3}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,15,018|percentage=77.2%|change={{decrease}}6.4}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies |state=expanded}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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