Kollam Assembly constituency
Kollam | |
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Constituency for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kollam |
Established | 1951 |
Total electors | 1,76,041 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Kollam Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mukesh of CPI(M).
Structure of the constituency
Kollam Assembly Constituency includes 19 wards of Kollam City Corporation (Kureepuzha West, Kureepuzha, Neeravil, Anchalumoodu, Kadavoor, Mathilil, Thevally, Vadakkumbhagam, Uliyakovil East, Kadappakada, Koickal, Kallumthazham, Mundakkal, Pattathanam, Cantonment, Udayamarthandapuram, Thamarakkulam, Pallithottam, Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of Panayam and Thrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations.
Major institutions in the constituency
- Corporations: 1 (Kollam)
- Panchayaths: 2 (Panayam; Thrikkaruva)
- Railway stations: 1 (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)
- RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)
Electoral history
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
Year | Name | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
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1951 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 2,349 | Left |
1954 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 6,175 | Left |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC CPI(M) RSP RSP(B) Independent
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Coalition | Party | Margin | Tenure | Source | |
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1957 | 1st | A. A. Rahim | Right | INC | 7,796 | 1957 – 1960 | ||
1960 | 2nd | 6,292 | 1960 – 1965 | |||||
1965 | 3rd | Henry Austin | Right | INC | 250 | 1965 – 1967 | ||
1967 | 3rd | T. K. Divakaran | Saptakakshi Munnani | IND | 9,751 | 1967 – 1970 | ||
1970 | 4th | United Front | RSP | 11,101 | 1970 – 1977 | |||
1977 | 5th | Thyagarajan | 13,016 | 1977 – 1980 | ||||
1980 | 6th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | LDF | RSP(S) | 2,414 | 1980 – 1982 | ||
1982 | 7th | UDF | RSP | 7,077 | 1982 – 1984 | |||
1987 | 8th | Babu Divakaran | LDF | 12,722 | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | UDF | INC | 4,476 | 1991 – 1996 | ||
1996 | 10th | Babu Divakaran | LDF | RSP | 6,298 | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | UDF | RSP(B) | 12,275 | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | P. K. Gurudasan | LDF | CPI(M) | 11,439 | 2006 – 2011 | ||
2011 | 13th | 8,540 | 2011 – 2016 | |||||
2016 | 14th | Mukesh | 17,611 | 2016 - 2021 | ||||
2021 | 15th | 2,072 | 2021 - 2026 |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Mukesh | 58,524 | 44.86 | 5.95 | |
INC | Bindu Krishna | 56,452 | 43.27 | 8.08 | |
BJP | M. Sunil | 14,252 | 10.93 | - | |
NOTA | None of the above | 750 | 0.58 | ||
BSP | Remanan | 290 | 0.22 | 0.11 | |
Margin of victory | 2,072 | 1.59 | 12.03 | ||
Turnout | 1,30,451 | 74.10 | 0.82 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 5.95 |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Mukesh | 63,103 | 52.81 | 2.05 | |
INC | Sooraj Ravi | 45,492 | 35.19 | 8.18 | |
Independent | K. Sasikumar | 17,409 | 13.47 | ||
SDPI | Johnson Kandachira | 1,576 | 1.22 | 0.20 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 889 | 0.69 | ||
BSP | K. Balakrishnan | 431 | 0.33 | 0.11 | |
Independent | Narayanan Nair | 209 | 0.16 | 0.01 | |
Independent | S. Chandran | 174 | 0.13 | ||
Margin of victory | 17,611 | 13.62 | 6.13 | ||
Turnout | 1,29,283 | 74.92 | 3.87 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 2.05 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | P. K. Gurudasan | 57,986 | 50.86 | ||
INC | K. C. Rajan | 49,446 | 43.37 | ||
BJP | G. Hari | 4,207 | 3.69 | ||
SDPI | A. A. Shafi | 1,168 | 1.02 | ||
BSP | Mangad Thulaseedharan | 507 | 0.44 | ||
Independent | Sanu K. | 372 | 0.33 | ||
Independent | C. N. Narayanan Nair | 191 | 0.17 | ||
Independent | V. Mohanan | 141 | 0.12 | ||
Margin of victory | 8,540 | 7.49 | |||
Turnout | 1,14,018 | 71.05 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
List of Kerala Ministers from Kollam constituency
Tenure | Politician | Party | Coalition | Position | Ministry |
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1955–56 | A. A. Rahim | Congress | Right | Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries | Panampilly Ministry |
1967–69 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Left | Minister for Public Works | Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry |
1970–76 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Right | Minister for Public Works | Second C. Achutha Menon ministry |
1981–82 | Kadavoor Sivadasan | RSP | UDF | Minister for Labour | Second K. Karunakaran ministry |
1982–87 | Kadavoor Sivadasan | RSP(S) | UDF | Minister for Labour & Excise | Third K. Karunakaran ministry |
2001–06 | Babu Divakaran | RSP(B) | UDF | Minister for Labour | Third A. K. Antony ministry |
2006–11 | P. K. Gurudasan | CPI(M) | LDF | Minister for Labour | V. S. Achuthanandan ministry |