Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Kunnathur is the only legislative assembly constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.[1]. This constituency included in Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Ulllas Kovoor of RSP.
| Kunnathur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 118 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Sasthamcotta Lake in Kunnathur Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,02,165 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | RSP |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Kunnathur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sooranad North | Grama Panchayath | Kunnathur |
| 2 | Sooranad South | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 3 | Poruvazhy | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 4 | Sasthamcotta | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 5 | Mynagappally | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 6 | Kunnathur | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 7 | West Kallada | Grama panchayat | Kunnathur |
| 8 | East Kallada | Grama panchayat | Kollam |
| 9 | Munroethuruth | Grama panchayat | Kollam |
| 10 | Pavithreswaram | Grama panchayat | Kottarakkara |
Electoral history
Kunnathur Assembly constituency was a two-member constituency until 1965. It officially became an constituency reserved for the Scheduled Castes in the 1967 Kerala State Assembly election.[2]
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Election | Name | Party | Vote Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Aadichan | Indian National Congress | 5,316 | |
| 1951 | Madhavan Unnithan | 6,247[3] | ||
| 1954 | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 5,778 | |
| 1954 | K. S. Krishna Sastri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 5,566[4] | |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Name | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | Communist Party of India | |
| R. Govindan | |||
| 1960 | G. Chandrasekhara Pillai | Indian National Congress | |
| P. C. Adichan | Communist Party of India | ||
| 1967 | K. C. S. Sastri | Indian National Congress | |
| 1970 | Sathyapalan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1977 | Kallada Narayanan | ||
| 1980 | |||
| 1982 | M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran | Indian National Congress | |
| 1987 | T. Nanoo Master | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
| 1991 | |||
| 1996 | |||
| 2001 | Kovoor Kunjumon | ||
| 2006 | |||
| 2011 | |||
| 2016 | Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist) | ||
| 2021 | |||
| 2026 | Ullas Kovur | Revolutionary Socialist Party | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Ullas Kovur | 81,488 | 49.66 | 8.26 | |
| RSP(L) | Kovoor Kunjumon | 56,174 | 34.23 | 8.9  | |
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 24,841 | 15.14 | 1.62 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 828 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Manthara Velayudhan | 404 | 0.25 | 0.15 | |
| Margin of victory | 25,314 | 15.43 | 13.69 | ||
| Turnout | 1,64,101 | ||||
| RSP gain from RSP(L) | Swing | ||||
2021
There were 2,02,165 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP(L) | Kovoor Kunjumon | 69,436 | 43.13 | 4.26 | |
| RSP | Ullas Kovur | 66,646 | 41.40 | 6.86 | |
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 21,760 | 13.52 | ||
| BSP | R.S. Anju | 946 | 0.6 | ||
| Independent | Manthara Velayudhan | 623 | 0.4 | ||
| ADHRMPI | R. Sukumaran | 326 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Arunkumar S Uliyacovil | 325 | 0.2 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,790 | 1.74 | 11.14 | ||
| Turnout | 1,60,062 | 78.1 | 1.44 | ||
| RSP(L) hold | Swing | ||||
2016
There were 2,08,502 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP(L) | Kovoor Kunjumon | 75,725 | 47.39 | 2.61 | |
| RSP | Ullas Kovur | 55,196 | 34.54 | 7.06 | |
| BDJS | Thazhava Sahadevan | 21,742 | 13.61 | ||
| SDPI | Thulaseedharan Pallickal | 1,698 | 1.06 | 0.54 | |
| Independent | Kunjumon | 1,516 | 0.95 | − | |
| PDP | C. K. Gopi | 1,422 | 0.89 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,051 | 0.66 | ||
| BSP | V. Remadevi | 740 | 0.46 | 0.34 | |
| Independent | Manilal M. R. | 718 | 0.45 | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,529 | 12.84 | 4.44 | ||
| Turnout | 1,59,830 | 76.66 | 2.66 | ||
| RSP(L) gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
2011
There were 1,94,417 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Kovoor Kunjumon | 71,923 | 50.0 | 6.6 | |
| INC | P. K. Ravi | 59,835 | 41.6 | 4.6 | |
| BJP | Raji Prasad | 5,949 | 4.1 | − | |
| SDPI | Thulaseedharan Pallickal | 2,310 | 1.6 | ||
| Independent | Vallikunnam Prasad | 1,354 | 0.9 | − | |
| BSP | Pulikuzhy Balachandran | 1,145 | 0.8 | 1.6 | |
| Independent | Shylaja P. | 611 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | Ravi | 525 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | V. Remadevi | 266 | 0.2 | ||
| Margin of victory | 12,088 | 8.4 | 11.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,918 | 74.0 | 3.1 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
2006
There were 1,62,149 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Kovoor Kunjumon | 65,011 | 56.6 | 7.0 | |
| INC | P Ramabhadran | 42,438 | 37 | 9.8 | |
| BJP | Adv. M. Saraswathy | 4,652 | 4.1 | 0.4 | |
| BSP | P T Prasannakumar | 2,728 | 2.4 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,573 | 19.7 | 16.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,14,875 | 70.9% | 3.4 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
2001
There were 1,65,183 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Kovoor Kunjumon | 60,827 | 49.6 | 3.0 | |
| INC | Pandalam Sudhakaran | 57,341 | 46.8 | 4.5 | |
| BJP | P T Bhaskaran | 4,489 | 3.7 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 3,486 | 2.8 | 1.4 | ||
| Turnout | 1,22,662 | 74.3% | 1.4 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1996
There were 1,55,586 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | T Nanoo Master | 51,697 | 46.6 | 2.5 | |
| INC | Visalakshy | 46,934 | 42.3 | 4.5 | |
| PDP | T A Velayudhan | 7,231 | 6.5 | ||
| BJP | K Sadhanandan | 4,098 | 3.7 | 0.2 | |
| Independent | Sasikumar | 525 | 0.5 | ||
| Independent | Janardhanan | 228 | 0.2 | ||
| Samajwadi Jan Parishad | G Balakrishnan | 167 | 0.2 | ||
| Margin of victory | 4,763 | 4.2 | 1.9 | ||
| Turnout | 1,13,483 | 72.9% | 4.3 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1991
There were 1,49,077 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | T Nanoo Master | 56,064 | 49.1 | 3.2 | |
| INC | V Sasidharan | 53,462 | 46.8 | 5.7 | |
| BJP | S Raghunath | 4,006 | 3.5 | 1.0 | |
| Independent | V Janardhanan | 694 | 0.6 | ||
| Margin of victory | 2,602 | 2.3 | 8.3 | ||
| Turnout | 1,15,018 | 77.2% | 6.4 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1987
There were 1,20,608 registered voters in the constituency for the 1987 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | T. Nanu Master | 52,447 | 52.3 | 5.11 | |
| INC | K K Blakrishnan | 41,794 | 41.67 | − | |
| BJP | Raghunath s kallada | 4,475 | 3.5 | − | |
| Independent | Kodiyayyutharavil T Palpu | 1,092 | 1.09 | ||
| Independent | K Balakrishnan | 402 | 0.4 | ||
| Independent | A K Damodaran | 76 | 0.08 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,653 | 10.62 | 6.25 | ||
| Turnout | 1,00,811 | 83.59% | 3.95 | ||
| RSP gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1982
1980
There were 99,368 registered voters in the constituency for the 1980 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Kallada Narayanan | 40,582 | 55.75 | 7.55 | |
| JNP | Kottakuzhi Sukumaran | 29,686 | 40.78 | ||
| Independent | Sasthamcotta ramechandran | 1,919 | 2.64 | ||
| Independent | K S Chellappan | 384 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | R Kochukunju Bhavathar | 221 | 0.3 | ||
| Margin of victory | 10,896 | 14.97 | 10.93 | ||
| Turnout | 73,170 | 73.64% | 6.96 | ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
1977
There were 87,416 registered voters in the constituency for the 1977 election.
1970
There were 75,961 registered voters in the constituency for the 1970 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | Sathyapalan | 29,008 | 52.27 | ||
| Independent | Onamplam Prabhakaran | 17,528 | 31.58 | ||
| KEC | T Krishnan | 6,203 | 11.18 | ||
| Independent | C K Kunju Kunju | 1,833 | 3.3 | ||
| Independent | Chandran | 495 | 0.89 | ||
| Independent | T K Kunju Kunju | 428 | 0.77 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,480 | 20.69 | |||
| Turnout | 55,989 | 73.71% | |||
| RSP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
1967
1965
1960
1957
There were 1,08,583 registered voters in the constituency for the 1957 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | Madhavan Pillai | 41,569 | 24.49 | ||
| CPI | Govindan R | 37,321 | 21.99 | ||
| INC | Velayudhan Nair K | 29,389 | 17.32 | ||
| INC | C Achuthan | 25,982 | 15.31 | ||
| RSP | Krishna Sasthri K S | 11,698 | 6.89 | ||
| PSP | Gopalan Nair | 10,542 | 6.21 | ||
| RSP | Philipose Muthalali N P | 8,092 | 4.77 | ||
| PSP | Kochukunju | 5,136 | 3.03 | ||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | 1,69,729 | 156.31% | |||
| CPI win (new seat) | |||||