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{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency
| constituency number= 126
| name = Chathannoor
| image = One of the high streets in Paravur.jpg
| caption = Paravur Town in Chathannoor constituency
| existence = 1965 - present
| reserved = General
| current mla = [[G. S. Jayalal]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| front = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| vote margin = 17,206 (2021)
| electedbyyear = [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| electorate = 1,84,661 (2021)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf |title=Voter Turn Out - 74.06% (2021) |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2021-05-31}}</ref>
| turnout = 72.47% (1,33,823)
| self governed segments= Paravoor Municipality and Adichanalloor, Chathannoor, Kalluvathukkal and Poothakkulam Panchayats in Kollam Taluk and Pooyappally Panchayat in Kottarakkara Taluk.
}}
'''Chathannoor Assembly Constituency''' or '''Chathannur Assembly Constituency''' is a [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is [[G. S. Jayalal]] of [[Communist Party of India|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.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/SR_KeyHighLights/SE_1957/StatRep_Kerala_1957.pdf |title=Assembly Election of Kerala - 1957 |publisher=Elections.in |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/dfd976a8-6f0a-49ec-be30-ae37bf45032f |title=Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref> Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out from Varkala and is named as ''Chathannoor assembly constituency''. The MLA office was shifted from [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] to [[Chathannoor]]. In 1967, [[P. Ravindran]] of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]] became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1967 |publisher=Elections.in |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-01-05}}</ref>

==Structure==
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consist of [[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]] municipal town and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including [[Chathannoor]], [[Adichanalloor]], [[Poothakkulam]], [[Kalluvathukkal]], [[Pooyappally]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies - Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala |access-date=2018-04-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |archive-date=1 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Major institutions in the constituency==
* Municipalities: 1 ([[Paravur, Kollam|Paravur]])
* Panchayaths: 5 ([[Chathannoor]], [[Adichanalloor]], [[Poothakkulam]], [[Kalluvathukkal]], [[Pooyappally]])
* Railway stations: 1 ([[Paravur railway station]])
* Bus stations: 2 (Chathannoor KSRTC Bus Station, [[Paravur Municipal Bus Stand|Paravur Municipal Bus Station]])
* Medical college hospital: 1 ([[Government Medical College, Kollam|Kollam Government Medical College, Parippally]])
* Government hospitals: 2 ([[Government Medical College, Kollam|Government MCH]], Govt. Taluk Hospital, Paravur)

==Electoral History==
===Paravur Assembly Constituency: [[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===
{| width="60%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px #000000 solid; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: verdana" style="font-size: 94%;"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Vote Margin
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Coalition
|----
|1951
|[[P. Ravindran]]
|Independent
|7,790
|Left<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref>
|----
|1954
|[[P. Ravindran]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|3,878
|Left<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2018-04-09}}</ref>
|}

== Members of Legislative Assembly ==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented the constituency:

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}} {{Party index link|Independent politician}}
{| class="sortable" width="60%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big;" style="font-size: 94%;"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama
Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Margin
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Source
|-
|[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1965]]
|2nd
|Thankappan Pillai
|IND
| style="background-color: {{Independent/meta/color}}" |
|768
| 1965 – 1967
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1965-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1965 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
| rowspan="2" |[[P. Ravindran]]
| rowspan="4" |CPI
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|11,209
| 1967 – 1970
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1967 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
| 13,948
|1970 – 1977
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1970-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1970 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |[[J. Chitharanjan]]
| 18,771
|1977 – 1980
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1977-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1977 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
| 5,367
|1980 – 1982
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1980-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1980 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|[[C. V. Padmarajan]]
|INC
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|5,802
| 1982 – 1984
|
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|P. Ravindran
|CPI
| style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|2,456
| 1987 – 1991
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1987-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1987 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|C. V. Padmarajan
|INC
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|4,511
| 1991 – 1996
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1991-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1991 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |10th
|P. Ravindran
| rowspan="2" |CPI
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|2,115
| 1996 – 1998
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|1998*
|N. Anirudhan
|3,938
| 1998 – 2001
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1996-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 1996 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|G. Prathapavarma Thampan
|INC
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|547
| 2001 – 2006
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2001-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2001 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|N. Anirudhan
| rowspan="4" |CPI
| rowspan="4" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|23,180
| 2006 – 2011
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2006-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2006 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
| rowspan="3" |[[G. S. Jayalal]]
|12,589
| 2011 – 2016
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2011-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2011 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|34,407
|2016 - 2021
| <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/2016-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2016 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-05-04}}</ref>
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|17,206
|Incumbent
| <ref>{{cite web |url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS11126.htm?ac=126|title=Kerala Assembly Election - 2021 |publisher=Elections.in |accessdate=2021-06-16}}</ref>
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> indicates bypolls

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

=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chathannur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=G. S. Jayalal|votes=67,606|percentage=50.76|change={{decrease}}1.9|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. B. Gopakumar|votes=33,199|percentage=24.92|change={{increase}}21.56|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Soorand Rajasekharan|votes=30,139|percentage=22.63|change={{decrease}}19.01|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Raju|votes=658|percentage=0.49|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=604|percentage=0.45|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Salimraj A.|votes=491|percentage=0.37|change={{decrease}}0.06}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Velayudhan Pillai|votes=290|percentage=0.22|change={{decrease}}0.03}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Ambedkarite Party of India|candidate=Jayakala L.|votes=212|percentage=0.16|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=34,407|percentage=25.84|change={{increase}}14.82}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,33,199|percentage=74.03|change={{increase}}2.90}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}1.90}}{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chathannur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=G. S. Jayalal|votes=60,187|percentage=52.66|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Bindu Krishna|votes=47,598|percentage=41.64|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran|votes=3,839|percentage=3.36|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=A. Sasi|votes=1,134|percentage=0.99|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Jayalal|votes=763|percentage=0.67|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Maliode Sudhan|votes=490|percentage=0.43|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Sasikumar|votes=287|percentage=0.25|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,589|percentage=11.02|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,14,298|percentage=71.13|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
{{Paravur}}

[[Category:Government of Kollam]]
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:1951 establishments in Travancore–Cochin]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1951]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1965]]

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