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{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency
| constituency number= 123
| name = Kundara
| image = Info park ,Kundara,kollam , kerala - panoramio.jpg
| caption = Kollam Technopark in [[Kundara]]
| existence = 1967 – present
| reserved = General
| current mla = [[P. C. Vishnunath]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| front = {{legend2|{{United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/color}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| electedbyyear = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| electorate = 2,00,163 (2016)
| self governed segments= Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Kundara, Nedumpana, Perayam Perinad and Thrikkovilvattom Panchayats in Kollam Taluk.
}}

'''Kundara''' is a [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[P. C. Vishnunath]] of [[Indian National Congress|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.<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=2018-12-10}}</ref> Later in 1967, Kundara constituency was formed by dissolving Thrikkadavur. After the general assembly election held in 1967, P. K. Sukumaran of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]] became the first elected member from Kundara assembly constituency.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.elections.in/kerala/assembly-constituencies/1967-election-results.html |title=Kerala Assembly Election – 1967 |publisher=Elections.in |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref>

==Structure==
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara assembly constituency consists of 5 panchayaths from Kollam Taluk including [[Elampalloor]], [[Kottamkara]], [[Nedumpana]], [[Perayam, Kollam|Perayam]] and [[Perinad]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies – Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala |access-date=2018-12-10}}</ref>

==Major institutions in the constituency==
* Panchayaths: 5 ([[Elampalloor]], [[Kottamkara]], [[Nedumpana]], [[Perayam, Kollam|Perayam]], [[Perinad]], [[Kundara]])
* Railway stations: 3 ([[Kundara railway station|Kundara]], [[Kundara East railway station|Kundara East]], [[Perinad railway station|Perinad]])
* Medical college hospital: 1 ([[Azeezia Medical College|Azeezia Medical College, Meeyannoor]])
* Government hospitals: 1 (Govt. Taluk Hospital, Kundara)

== 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 (Marxist)}}
{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big;"
! 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" |Tenure
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|P. K. Sukumaran
|CPI(M)
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|1967–1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
| rowspan="2" |[[A. A. Rahim (Congress)|A. A. Rahim]]
| rowspan="2" |INC
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1970–1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
|1977–1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|V. V. Joseph
|CPI(M)
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|1980–1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|Thoppil Ravi
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1982–1984
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|[[J. Mercykutty Amma]]
|CPI(M)
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|1987–1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|Alphonsa John
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1991–1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|[[J. Mercykutty Amma]]
|CPI(M)
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|1996–2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|[[Kadavoor Sivadasan]]
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|2001–2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="2" |[[M. A. Baby]]
| rowspan="3" |CPI(M)
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color}}" |
|2006–2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011–2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|[[J. Mercykutty Amma]]
|2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[P. C. Vishnunadh]]
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|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 Kundara Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : Kundara}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = P.C.Vishnunath
|votes = 76,405
|percentage = 48.85
|change = {{gain}}17.00
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = J.Mercykutty Amma
|votes = 66,882
|percentage = 45.96
|change ={{loss}}5.85
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharath Dharma Jana Sena
|candidate = Vanaja Vidyadharan
|votes = 6,100
|percentage = 3.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 710
|percentage = 0.45
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = ,10000
|percentage = 2.89
|change = {{loss}}17.07
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,52,329
|percentage = 73.96
|change = {{loss}}2.26
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{-}}
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
There were 2,00,163 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]]: Kundara}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=J. Mercykutty Amma|votes=79,047|percentage=51.81|change={{decrease}}0.67|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Rajmohan Unnithan|votes=48,587|percentage=31.85|change={{decrease}}9.07|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. S. Shyam Kumar|votes=20,257|percentage=13.28|change={{increase}}8.60|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Sharafath Mallam|votes=1,325|percentage=0.87|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Kabeer Kutty I. Puthezham|votes=1,132|percentage=0.74|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=S. M. Jaber|votes=698|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.18}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=687|percentage=0.45|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Vijayakumar|votes=485|percentage=0.32|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=V. Anthony|votes=340|percentage=0.22|change={{decrease}}0.21}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=30,460|percentage=19.96|change={{increase}}9.73}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,52,558|percentage=76.22|change={{increase}}4.75}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}0.67}}{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
There were 1,78,990 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]]: Kundara}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. A. Baby|votes=67,135|percentage=52.48|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. Jermias|votes=52,342|percentage=40.92|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Vellimon Dileep|votes=5,990|percentage=4.68|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sandhya Pallimon|votes=957|percentage=0.75|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Suseela Mohan|votes=947|percentage=0.74|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Anthony Vincent|votes=553|percentage=0.43|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=14,703|percentage=11.56|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,924|percentage=71.47|change=}}

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

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]
[[Category:1967 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1967]]

Kundara (State Assembly constituency) - Revision history

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