Punalur (State Assembly constituency)

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1] The current MLA is K. Raju of CPI

121 Punalur പുനലൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Existence	1957 - present
Reservation	General
Electorate	2,04,628 (2016)
Current MLA	Adv.K. Raju
Party	CPI
Political Front	LDF
Elected Year	2016
District	Kollam
Local Self Governed Segments	Punalur Municipality and Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala Panchayats in punalur Taluk.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consist of the municipality of Punalur and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur Taluk.[2][3]

Electoral History

Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1954	P. Gopalan	CPI	3,417	Left[4]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  CPI    CPI (M)    INC    KC(J)  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. Gopalan	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. Krishna Pillai			1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	M. N. G. Nair			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. Krishna Pillai			1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. K. Sreenivasan			1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. Sam Oommen	KC(J)		1982 – 1984
1984*		V. Surendran Pillai			1984 –1987
1987	8th	J. Chitharanjan	CPI		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Punalur Madhu	INC		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. K. Sreenivasan	CPI		1996
1996*		P. S. Supal			1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. Raju			2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Raju	82,136	56.85	2.33
	IUML	A. Younus Kunju	48,554	33.61
	KEC	Sisil Fernandes	10,558	7.31
	SUCI(C)	K. Sasankan	1,117	0.77	0.40
	NOTA	None of the above	888	0.61
	Independent	Nettayam Suji	639	0.44	-
	SHS	Satheeshkumar B.	415	0.29
	Independent	Navas M.	164	0.11
Margin of victory			33,582	23.24	9.73
Turnout			1,44,471	70.60	0.47
	CPI hold		Swing	2.33

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Raju	72,648	54.52
	INC	Johnson Abraham	54,643	41.01
	BJP	B. Radhamani	4,155	3.12
	Independent	S. Jayakumar	699	0.52
	BSP	Kuzhichayil Sunil	606	0.45
	SUCI(C)	S. Shailaja	494	0.37	-
Margin of victory			18,005	13.51
Turnout			1,33,245	70.13
	CPI hold		Swing

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 December 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.