Kundara Assembly constituency explained

Kundara
State:	Kerala
Type:	SLA
Constituency No:	123
Established:	1967
Reservation:	None
Electors:	2,00,163 (2016)
District:	Kollam
Mla:	P. C. Vishnunath
Party:	INC
Latest Election Year:	2021

Kundara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. C. Vishnunath of INC.

History

The constituency was previously named as Perinad Assembly Constituency. In 1957, it was dissolved and formed Thrikkadavoor constituency. During the election of 1960, Thrikkadavur was a two-member constituency.^[2] Later in 1967, Kundara constituency was formed by dissolving Thrikkadavur. After the general assembly election held in 1967, P. K. Sukumaran of CPI(M) became the first elected member from Kundara assembly constituency.^{[3] [4]}

Kadavoor Sivadasan and J. Mercykutty Amma were ministers in the state cabinet while representing the constituency.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara assembly constituency consists of 7 panchayaths from Kollam Taluk including Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Kundara, Nedumpana, Perayam, Perinad and Thrikkovilvattom.^{[5] [6]}

In 2021, 47.8% of the voters were males and 52.2% females. The Scheduled Caste voters comprise 13.45% of the vote base.

Major institutions in the constituency

• Railway stations: 4 (Kundara, Kundara East, Perinad, Chandanattop)
• Medical college hospital: 1 (Azeezia Medical College, Meeyannoor)
• Government hospitals: 1 (Govt. Taluk Hospital, Kundara)
• Technopark, Kollam

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	Dr. P. K. Sukumaran		1967–1970
1970	4th	A. A. Rahim		1970–1977
1977	5th		1977–1980
1980	6th	V. V. Joseph		1980–1982
1982	7th	Thoppil Ravi		1982–1984
1987	8th	J. Mercykutty Amma			1987–1991
1991	9th	Alphonsa John		1991–1996
1996	10th	J. Mercykutty Amma		1996–2001
2001	11th	Kadavoor Sivadasan		2001–2006
2006	12th	M. A. Baby		2006–2011
2011	13th		2011–2016
2016	14th	J. Mercykutty Amma	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	P. C. Vishnunadh		Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,05,947 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.^[7]

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[8]

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Constituencies in Kerala . Kerala Assembly . 2018-12-10.
2. Web site: Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960 . Government of Kerala . 2018-12-10 . 13 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210813170730/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/dfd976a8-6f0a-49ec-be30-ae37bf45032f . dead .
3. Web site: Kerala Assembly Election – 1967 . Elections.in . 2018-12-10.
4. Web site: CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA . Kerala Assembly . 2018-12-10.
5. Web site: ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala . Kerala Assembly . 2018-12-10.
6. Web site: Constituencies – Kollam District . Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala . 2018-12-10.
7. Web site: 2021-05-02 . Kundara Election Result 2021 Live Updates: P C Vishnunadh from INC Wins . 2024-06-15 . News18 . en.
8. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
9. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.