Chathannoor Assembly constituency explained

Chathannoor
Type:SLA
Constituency No:126
State:Kerala
Established:1965
Reservation:None
District:Kollam
Mla:G. S. Jayalal
Party:CPI
Latest Election Year:2016
Electors:1,84,661 (2021)[1]

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

History

The constituency was previously known as Paravur Assembly Constituency. It was temporarily merged with Varkala constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, the Varkala constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960.[2] [3] Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and is named as Chathannoor assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.[4] [5]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and 6 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Chirakkara, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.[6] [7]

Major institutions in the constituency

Electoral history

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition
1951P. RavindranIndependent7,790Left[8]
1954P. RavindranCPI3,878Left[9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

ElectionNiyamaSabhaMemberPartyMarginTenureSource
19652ndThankappan Pillai7681965 – 1967[10]
19673rdP. Ravindran11,2091967 – 1970[11]
19704th13,9481970 – 1977[12]
19775thJ. Chitharanjan18,7711977 – 1980[13]
19806th5,3671980 – 1982[14]
19827thC. V. Padmarajan5,8021982 – 1984
19878thP. Ravindran2,4561987 – 1991[15]
19919thC. V. Padmarajan4,5111991 – 1996[16]
199610thP. Ravindran2,1151996 – 1998[17]
1998*N. Anirudhan3,9381998 – 2001[18]
200111thG. Prathapavarma Thampan5472001 – 2006[19]
200612thN. Anirudhan23,1802006 – 2011[20]
201113thG. S. Jayalal12,5892011 – 2016[21]
201614th34,4072016 - 2021[22]
202115th17,206Incumbent[23]
* indicates bypolls

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[24]

2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[25]

2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[26]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Voter Turn Out - 74.06% (2021) . Election Commission of India . 2021-05-31.
  2. Web site: Assembly Election of Kerala - 1957 . Elections.in . 2018-04-09.
  3. Web site: Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960 . Government of Kerala . 2018-04-09 . 13 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813170730/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/dfd976a8-6f0a-49ec-be30-ae37bf45032f . dead .
  4. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1967 . Elections.in . 2018-04-09.
  5. Web site: CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA . Kerala Assembly . 2018-01-05.
  6. Web site: ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala . Kerala Assembly . 2018-04-09.
  7. Web site: Constituencies - Kollam District . Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala . 2018-04-09 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html . 1 August 2019 . dead .
  8. Web site: Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area . 37 . Government of Kerala . 2018-04-09 . 21 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b . dead .
  9. Web site: Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin . 37 . Election Commission of India . 2018-04-09.
  10. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1965 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  11. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1967 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  12. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1970 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  13. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1977 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  14. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1980 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  15. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1987 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  16. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1991 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  17. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  18. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  19. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 2001 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  20. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  21. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 2011 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  22. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 2016 . Elections.in . 2021-05-04.
  23. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election - 2021 . Elections.in . 2021-06-16.
  24. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
  25. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
  26. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.

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