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{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency
| parl_name = [[Kerala Niyamasabha]]
| name = Kunnathunad
| image = Kitex Limited kizhakkambalam Aluva.jpg
| caption = The headquarters of KITEX Garments Limited at [[Kizhakkambalam]]
| established = 1965 - present
| reservation = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
| electors = 1,51,003 (2021)
| mla = [[P. V. Srinijin]]
| party = [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]
}}
'''Kunnathunad State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] state in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the 7 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in the [[Chalakudy (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency]].
<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[P. V. Srinijin]] of the [[Communist Party of India|CPI(M)]].

==Local self governed segments==
Kunnathunad Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="ekm">{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.
}}</ref>
{|class="sortable" border="2" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="0" style="margin: 1em 1em 1em 0; background: #f9f9f9; border: 1px #aaa solid; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 95%;"
|- bgcolor="#CCCCCC" align="center"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Aikaranad South|Aikaranad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|2
|[[Kizhakkambalam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|3
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|4
|[[Mazhuvannoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|5
|Poothrikka
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|6
|[[Thiruvaniyoor]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|7
|[[Vadavucode]]-[[Puthencruz]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|-
|8
|[[Vazhakulam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Kunnathunad]]
|}

== 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|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}} {{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
|M. K. Krishnan
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|T. A. Paraman
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" |
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |P. R. Esthose
| rowspan="2" |[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
| rowspan="3" |[[T. H. Musthafa|T. H. Mustafa]]
| rowspan="3" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|M. P. Varghese
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|T. H. Mustafa
|[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|M. M. Monayi
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
| rowspan="2" |[[V. P. Sajeendran]]
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[P. V. Srinijin]]
|[[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}" |
|[[Incumbent]]
|-
|}

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

=== Niyamasabha Election 2021 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]] : Kunnathunad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Adv. P.V.Sreenijin|votes=51180|percentage=33.77|change={{decrease}}|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. P. Sajendran|votes=48463|percentage=31.98|change={{decrease}}|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam|candidate=Dr. Sujith.P.Surendran|votes=41890|percentage=27.64|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Renu Suresh|votes=7056|percentage=4.66|change={{decrease}}|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Krishnan Eranhikal|votes=1289|percentage=0.85|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Manikuttan.A.T|votes=197|percentage=0.13|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sujith.K.Surendran|votes=761|percentage=0.50|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Velayudhan.V.K|votes=165|percentage=0.11|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2717|percentage=1.81|change={{decrease}}}}

{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
There were 1,72,595 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]] : Kunnathunad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. P. Sajendran|votes=65,445|percentage=44.13|change={{decrease}}5.59|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Shiji Sivaji|votes=62,766|percentage=42.32|change={{decrease}}0.57|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Thuravoor Suresh|votes=16,459|percentage=11.10|change={{increase}}6.52|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Samajwadi Party|candidate=N. O. Kuttapan|votes=1,263|percentage=0.85|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,179|percentage=0.79|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Orna Krishnankutty|votes=653|percentage=0.44|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sajeendran Parappurath|votes=436|percentage=0.29|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation|candidate=Manoj|votes=116|percentage=0.08|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=2,679|percentage=1.81|change={{decrease}}5.02}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,48,317|percentage=85.93|change={{decrease}}2.34}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Indian National Congress|swing={{decrease}}5.59}}{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
There were 1,53,102 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]] : Kunnathunad}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=V. P. Sajendran|votes=63,624|percentage=49.72|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M .A. Surendran|votes=54,892|percentage=42.89|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Ravi|votes=5,862|percentage=4.58|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. K. Manoj Kumar|votes=2,969|percentage=2.32|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Rajeev P. T.|votes=625|percentage=0.49|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=8,372|percentage=6.83|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,972|percentage=83.59|change=}}

{{Election box new seat win|winner=Indian National Congress}}{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Kunnathunad]]
* [[Ernakulam district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district]]

Kunnathunad Assembly constituency - Revision history

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