Kunnathunad | |
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Constituency No. 84 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Established | 1965 |
Total electors | 1,51,003 (2021) |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kunnathunad is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. V. Srinijin of the CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
[edit]Kunnathunad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Aikaranad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
2 | Kizhakkambalam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
3 | Kunnathunad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
4 | Mazhuvannoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
5 | Poothrikka | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
6 | Thiruvaniyoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
7 | Vadavucode-Puthencruz | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
8 | Vazhakulam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
[edit]Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
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1967 | 3rd | M. K. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | T. A. Paraman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | P. R. Esthose | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | M. P. Varghese | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
2001 | 11th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | M. M. Monayi | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | V. P. Sajeendran | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | P. V. Srinijin | Communist Party of India |
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | Adv. P.V.Sreenijin | 51,180 | 33.77 | ![]() | |
INC | V. P. Sajendran | 48463 | 31.98 | ![]() | |
Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam | Dr. Sujith.P.Surendran | 41890 | 27.64 | New | |
BJP | Renu Suresh | 7056 | 4.66 | ![]() | |
SDPI | Krishnan Eranhikal | 1289 | 0.85 | − | |
BSP | Manikuttan.A.T | 197 | 0.13 | − | |
Independent | Sujith.K.Surendran | 761 | 0.50 | − | |
Independent | Velayudhan.V.K | 165 | 0.11 | − | |
Margin of victory | 2717 | 1.81 | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
[edit]There were 1,72,595 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | V. P. Sajendran | 65,445 | 44.13 | ![]() | |
CPI(M) | Shiji Sivaji | 62,766 | 42.32 | ![]() | |
BJP | Thuravoor Suresh | 16,459 | 11.10 | ![]() | |
SP | N. O. Kuttapan | 1,263 | 0.85 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,179 | 0.79 | − | |
PDP | Orna Krishnankutty | 653 | 0.44 | − | |
Independent | Sajeendran Parappurath | 436 | 0.29 | − | |
CPI(ML)L | Manoj | 116 | 0.08 | − | |
Margin of victory | 2,679 | 1.81 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,48,317 | 85.93 | ![]() | ||
INC hold | Swing | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,53,102 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | V. P. Sajendran | 63,624 | 49.72 | ||
CPI(M) | M .A. Surendran | 54,892 | 42.89 | ||
BJP | M. Ravi | 5,862 | 4.58 | ||
SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 2,969 | 2.32 | ||
BSP | Rajeev P. T. | 625 | 0.49 | − | |
Margin of victory | 8,372 | 6.83 | |||
Turnout | 1,27,972 | 83.59 | |||
INC win (new seat) |
See also
[edit]- Kunnathunad
- Ernakulam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.