Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

Kollam
KL-18
Kollam ; KL-18
Lok Sabha constituency
	Kollam Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Chavara; Punalur; Chadayamangalam; Kundara; Kollam; Eravipuram; Chathannoor
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent N. K. Premachandran
Party	RSP
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2024
Preceded by	N. Peethambara Kurup

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

CountryIndia

RegionSouth India

StateKerala

Assembly constituenciesChavara
Punalur
Chadayamangalam
Kundara
Kollam
Eravipuram
Chathannoor

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No	Name	District	Member
117	Chavara	Kollam	Shibu Baby John	RSP	RSP
121	Punalur		C. Ajayaprasad	CPI
122	Chadayamangalam		M. M. Naseer	INC
123	Kundara		P. C. Vishnunath
124	Kollam		Bindu Krishna
125	Eravipuram		Vishnu Mohan	RSP
126	Chathannoor		B. B. Gopakumar	BJP

Year	Member
As Quilon Cum Mavelikkara in Travancore–Cochin
1952	N. Sreekantan Nair	Revolutionary Socialist Party
1952	R. Velayudhan	Independent politician
As Quilon Lok Sabha constituency
1957	V. Parameswaran Nayar	Communist Party of India
1957	P. K. Kodiyan	Communist Party of India
1962	N. Sreekantan Nair	Revolutionary Socialist Party
1967
1971
1977
1980	B. K. Nair	Indian National Congress
1984	S. Krishna Kumar
1989
1991
1996	N. K. Premachandran	Revolutionary Socialist Party
1998	N. K. Premachandran	Revolutionary Socialist Party
1999	P. Rajendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
2004	P. Rajendran	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
As Kollam Lok Sabha constituency
2009	N. Peethambara Kurup	Indian National Congress
2014	N. K. Premachandran	Revolutionary Socialist Party
2019
2024


2024			48.80%
2019			51.57%
2014			46.46%
2009			47.52%
2004			50.36%
1999			47.84%
1998			52.11%
1996			49.78%
1991			50.40%
1989			50.18%
1984			49.77%
1980			53.23%
1977			60.86%
1971			66.11%
1967			57.68%
1962			59.73%
1957			24.68%
1957			22.46%
1952			21.42%
1952			18.87%

Party		Candidate	Votes
	UDF
	LDF
	NDA
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	443,628	48.80	2.77
	CPI(M)	M. Mukesh	293,326	32.26	3.94
	BJP	G. Krishnakumar	163,210	17.95	7.29
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,546	0.72	0.10
	BSP	Vipinlal Vidhyadharan	2,194	0.24
	IND	Premachandran Nair	1,734	0.19
	IND	Gokulam Suresh Kumar	1,374	0.15
	IND	Bro Noushad Sheriff J.	579	0.06
	IND	N. Jayarajan	449	0.05
Majority			150,302	16.54	1.17
Turnout			915,691	68.80	5.86
	RSP hold		Swing

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

Assembly segments

Corporations & municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

Members of Parliament

Election results

General Elections 2029

2024

2019

2014

2009

2004

1999

1998

1996

1991

1989

1984

1980

1977

1971

1967

1962

1957

1952

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No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
117	Chavara	RSP	25,846
121	Punalur	RSP	18,044
122	Chadayamangalam	RSP	14,619
123	Kundara	RSP	27,105
124	Kollam	RSP	23,792
125	Eravipuram	RSP	23,678
126	Chathannoor	RSP	15,571

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	499,677	51.57	5.11
	CPI(M)	K. N. Balagopal	350,821	36.20	5.98
	BJP	Adv. K. V. Sabu	103,339	10.66	3.99
	NOTA	None of the Above	6,018	0.62	0.28
	IND	Saji Kollam	2,629	0.27
	IND	Suni Kalluvathukkal	1,708	0.18
	SUCI(C)	Twinkle Prabhakaran	1,319	0.14
	IND	Dr. Sreekumar J.	1,150	0.12
	IND	N. Jayarajan	830	0.09
	IND	Nagaraj G.	632	0.07
Majority			148,856	15.37	11.09
Turnout			968,123	74.66	2.56
	RSP hold		Swing

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
117	Chavara	RSP	27,568
121	Punalur	RSP	18,666
122	Chadayamangalam	RSP	14,232
123	Kundara	RSP	24,309
124	Kollam	RSP	24,545
125	Eravipuram	RSP	23,420
126	Chathannoor	RSP	17,032

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	408,528	46.46
	CPI(M)	M. A. Baby	370,879	42.18	3.01
	BJP	P. M. Velayudhan	58,671	6.67	2.27
	SDPI	A. K. Salahudeen	12,812	1.46
	NOTA	None of the Above	7,876	0.90
	BSP	Adv. S. Prahladan	4,266	0.49	0.41
	IND	M. Baby	3,364	0.38
	IND	V. S. Premachandran	3,333	0.38
	IND	K. Bhaskaran	3,108	0.35
	IND	R. Premachandran	2,808	0.32
	IND	C. Indulal	1,709	0.19
	IND	A. Josekutty	1,702	0.19
Majority			37,649	4.28	1.95
Turnout			879,056	72.10	4.26
	RSP gain from INC		Swing

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
117	Chavara	RSP	24,441
121	Punalur	CPI(M)	4,640
122	Chadayamangalam	CPI(M)	6,806
123	Kundara	RSP	6,911
124	Kollam	RSP	14,242
125	Eravipuram	RSP	6,564
126	Chathannoor	CPI(M)	3,034

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	N. Peethambara Kurup	357,401	47.52	12.90
	CPI(M)	P. Rajendran	339,870	45.19	5.17
	BJP	Vayakkal Madhu	33,078	4.40	4.41
	BSP	Advt. K. M. Jayanandan	6,752	0.90	0.02
	IND	N. Peethambara Kurup	4,553	0.61
	IND	R. Zakieer Hussain	3,093	0.41
	IND	Adv. Anu Sasi	2,357	0.31
	IND	S. Radhakrishnan	2,083	0.28
	IND	Krishnammal	1,079	0.14
	IND	K. A. John	1,066	0.14
	IND	S. Pradeep Kumar	789	0.10
Majority			17,531	2.33	13.41
Turnout			752,121	67.84	0.49
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
117	Chavara	INC	14,002
121	Punalur	CPI(M)	372
122	Chadayamangalam	CPI(M)	6,561
123	Kundara	INC	830
124	Kollam	INC	10,625
125	Eravipuram	INC	808
126	Chathannoor	CPI(M)	1,075

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Rajendran	355,279	50.36	2.52
	INC	Sooranad Rajasekharan	244,208	34.62	10.60
	BJP	Adv. Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran	62,183	8.81
	IND	Kolloorvila Nasimudeen	26,423	3.75
	BSP	Adv. S. Prahaladan	6,232	0.88
	IND	K. P. Viswavalsalan	4,919	0.70
	IND	Shyla K. John	3,378	0.48
	IND	Sivaprasad Raghavan	1,603	0.23
	IND	K. R. Meena	1,257	0.18
Majority			111,071	15.74	13.12
Turnout			705,482	68.33	0.27
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

No.	Constituency	Party	Lead
120	Kunnathur	CPI(M)	13,162
121	Karunagappally	CPI(M)	11,586
122	Chavara	CPI(M)	9,239
123	Kundara	CPI(M)	15,323
124	Kollam	CPI(M)	10,097
125	Eravipuram	CPI(M)	29,058
126	Chathannoor	CPI(M)	21,318

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. Rajendran	351,869	47.84
	INC	M. P. Gangadharan	332,585	45.22	2.55
	JD(U)	Prof. Jayalekshmi	42,579	5.79
	IND	Aroor Asokan	2,490	0.34
	IND	V. Sahadevan Pillai	1,853	0.25
	IND	Shyla K. John	1,449	0.20
	IND	K. Kanakarajan	1,258	0.17
	IND	Muhammed Kunju	941	0.13
	IND	D. Sudhadevi Amma	533	0.07
Majority			19,284	2.62	6.82
Turnout			740,869	68.06	4.01
	CPI(M) gain from RSP		Swing

1998 Indian general election: Quilon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	396,145	52.11	2.33
	INC	K. C. Rajan	324,383	42.67	3.73
	BJP	Dr. Raichel Matthai	36,916	4.86
	IND	B. K. Rajagopal	860	0.11
	IND	K. Kanakarajan	783	0.10
	IND	V. Chandrabhanu	687	0.09
	IND	Latheef Kallumpuram	459	0.06
Majority			71,762	9.44	1.40
Turnout			765,190	72.07	0.14
	RSP hold		Swing

1996 Indian general election: Quilon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	359,786	49.78	3.15
	INC	S. Krishna Kumar	281,416	38.94	11.46
	IND	Nina Rajan Pillai	57,917	8.01
	AIFB	Kaippuzha Ram Mohan	12,837	1.78
	IND	Y. Abdul Azeez	3,533	0.49
	IND	V. Sahadevan Pillai	1,695	0.23
	IND	K. Jagadan	1,290	0.18
	IND	Keralapuram Jabbar	1,131	0.16
	IND	K. Kanakarajan	1,104	0.15
	IND	B. K. Rajagopal	1,091	0.15
	JP	Sankaramangalam Jayasankar	894	0.12
Majority			78,370	10.84	7.07
Turnout			738,078	72.21	3.49
	RSP gain from INC		Swing

1991 Indian general election: Quilon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Krishna Kumar	370,523	50.40	0.22
	RSP	R. S. Unni	342,796	46.63	0.01
	BJP	S. Ramakrishna Pillai	16,507	2.25	0.15
	IND	B. K. Rajagopal	1,497	0.20
	IND	Aboobaker Kunju	1,243	0.17
	LKD	Parakondu Sreeni	1,074	0.15
	IND	P. Gopinathan Nair	929	0.13
	IND	Prafullakumar Bhanu	650	0.09
Majority			27,727	3.77	0.21
Turnout			741,389	75.70	5.72
	INC hold		Swing

1989 Indian general election: Quilon
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Krishna Kumar	386,855	50.18	0.41
	RSP	Babu Divakaran	359,393	46.62
	BJP	P. K. S. Rajeev	16,202	2.10
	IND	S. Sirajudeen	2,267	0.29
	IND	C. K. Lukose	2,159	0.28
	JP	N. Vidhyadharan	1,333	0.17
	IND	Divakaran	1,137	0.15
	IND	R. Krishnankutty Pillai	1,036	0.13
	IND	James George	516	0.07
Majority			27,462	3.56	0.06
Turnout			775,045	81.42	3.43
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	S. Krishna Kumar	279,728	49.77	3.46
	IND	R. S. Unni	259,371	46.14
	IND	C. Rajendran	14,358	2.55
	IND	James Joseph	3,194	0.57
	IND	P. G. Elias	1,954	0.35
	IND	Manakkad Najimuddin	1,401	0.25
	IND	Suvarna Kumar	1,221	0.22
	IND	Mohanan Pillai	859	0.15
Majority			20,357	3.62	5.15
Turnout			566,439	77.99	14.38
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC(I)	B. K. Nair	222,148	53.23
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	185,562	44.46	16.40
	SUCI(C)	James Joseph	9,647	2.31	0.45
Majority			36,586	8.77	16.51
Turnout			420,586	63.61	15.06
	INC(I) gain from RSP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	272,378	60.86	5.25
	IND	N. Rajagopalan	159,217	35.58
	SUCI(C)	James Joseph	8,305	1.86
	IND	C. N. Chellamma Krishnan	5,639	1.26
	IND	Sekhar	2,003	0.45
Majority			113,161	25.28	10.73
Turnout			458,425	78.67	20.67
	RSP hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	206,309	66.11
	IND	G. Janardhana Kurup	93,925	30.10
	IND	K. C. Dominic	11,844	3.80
Majority			112,384	36.01	13.79
Turnout			314,953	58.00	22.85
	RSP gain from Independent		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IND	N. Sreekantan Nair	207,338	57.68
	INC	A. A. Rahim	127,480	35.46	4.81
	KEC	K. C. T. Pillai	24,666	6.86
Majority			79,858	22.22	2.76
Turnout			371,498	80.85	4.09
	Independent gain from RSP		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	199,377	59.73
	INC	Sarojani	134,422	40.27
Majority			64,955	19.46
Turnout			339,363	76.76
	RSP win (new seat)

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI	P. K. Kodiyan	297,041	24.68
	CPI	V. Parameswaran Nayar	270,306	22.46
	INC	Ramachandra Das	201,454	16.74
	RSP	Chandrasekharan	171,946	14.28
	INC	Velayudhan Nair	161,913	13.45
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	101,094	8.40
Turnout			1,203,754	75.09

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	RSP	N. Sreekantan Nair	220,312	21.42
	IND	R. Velayudhan	194,089	18.87
	INC	Kunju Kunju	166,935	16.23
	INC	Kainikara N. Padmanabha Pillai	132,614	12.90
	IND	Mathew	122,961	11.96
	Socialist	V. Gangadharan	90,367	8.79
	Socialist	Vivekanandan	59,289	5.77
	IND	Joseph	41,824	4.07
Turnout			1,028,391	72.87