Kollam Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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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.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mukesh of CPI(M).
| Kollam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 124 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Chinnakkada in Kollam city | |
| 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 |
Structure
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 and Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of Panayam and Thrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations.[2][3]
Major institutions
- 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)[4]
- RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)
Electoral history
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
| Year | Name | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 2,349 | Left[5] |
| 1954 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 6,175 | Left[6] |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | C. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960[7] | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965[8] | |||
| 1965 | 3rd | Henry Austin | Indian National Congress | 1965 – 1967[9] | |
| 1967 | 3rd | T. K. Divakaran | Independent | 1967 – 1970[10] | |
| 1970 | 4th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977[11] | ||
| 1977 | 5th | Thyagarajan | 1977 – 1980[12] | ||
| 1980 | 6th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1980 – 1982[13] | |
| 1982 | 7th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1982 – 1984 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Babu Divakaran | 1987 – 1991[14] | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996[15] | |
| 1996 | 10th | Babu Divakaran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996 – 2001[16] | |
| 2001 | 11th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006[17] | ||
| 2006 | 12th | P. K. Gurudasan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011[18] | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016[19] | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Mukesh | 2016 - 2021[20] | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 - 2026[21] | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | S Jayamohan | ||||
| UDF | Bindu Krishna | ||||
| NDA | Dr. Prathap Kumar N | ||||
| AAP | Adv. Sinu L R | ||||
| BSP | Mylode Sudhan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Ramanan | 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 |
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2016
There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Mukesh | 63,103 | 52.81 | 2.05 | |
| INC | Sooraj Ravi | 45,492 | 35.19 | 8.18 | |
| NDA | 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 |
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2011
There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[24]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
Kerala Ministers from this constituency
| Tenure | Politician | Party | Coalition | Position | Ministry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56 | A. A. Rahim | Congress | Right | Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries | Panampilly Ministry[25] |
| 1967–69 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Left | Minister for Public Works | Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry[26] |
| 1970–76 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Right | Minister for Public Works | Second C. Achutha Menon ministry[26] |
| 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[27] |
| 2001–06 | Babu Divakaran | RSP(B) | UDF | Minister for Labour | Third A. K. Antony ministry[28] |
| 2006–11 | P. K. Gurudasan | CPI(M) | LDF | Minister for Labour | V. S. Achuthanandan ministry[29] |