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	==Structure==		==Structure==
	As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of [[East Kallada]], [[Munroe Island]] [[Kunnathur (Kerala)\|Kunnathur]], [[Mynagappally]], [[Poruvazhy]], [[Sasthamcotta]], [[Sooranad North]], [[Sooranad South]], [[West Kallada]], [[Pavithreswaram]] Panchayats in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf \|title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala \|publisher=Kerala Assembly \|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html \|title=Constituencies – Kollam District \|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala \|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>		As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of [[East Kallada]], [[Munroe Island]] [[Kunnathur (Kerala)\|Kunnathur]], [[Mynagappally]], [[Poruvazhy]], [[Sasthamcotta]], [[Sooranad North]], [[Sooranad South]], [[West Kallada]], [[Pavithreswaram]] Panchayats in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf \|title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala \|publisher=Kerala Assembly \|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html \|title=Constituencies – Kollam District \|publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala \|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>

	==Electoral history==		==Electoral history==
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	\|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]		\|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]
	\| rowspan="2" \|CPI		\| rowspan="2" \|CPI
	\| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of India}}" \|
	\| rowspan="2" \|1957–1960		\| rowspan="2" \|1957–1960
	\|-		\|-
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	\|G. Chandrasekhara Pillai		\|G. Chandrasekhara Pillai
	\|INC		\|INC
	\| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\| style="background-color: {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
	\| rowspan="2" \|1960–1965		\| rowspan="2" \|1960–1965
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[P. C. Adichan]]		\|[[P. C. Adichan]]
	\|CPI		\|CPI
	\|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Communist Party of India}}" \|
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election\|1967]]		\|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election\|1967]]
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	\|K. C. S. Sastri		\|K. C. S. Sastri
	\|INC		\|INC
	\|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
	\|1967–1970		\|1967–1970
	\|-		\|-
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	\|Sathyapalan		\|Sathyapalan
	\| rowspan="3" \|RSP		\| rowspan="3" \|RSP
	\| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{party color\|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" \|
	\|1970–1977		\|1970–1977
	\|-		\|-
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	\|M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran		\|M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran
	\|INC		\|INC
	\|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\|style="background-color: {{party color\|Indian National Congress}}" \|
	\|1982–1987		\|1982–1987
	\|-		\|-
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	\| rowspan="3" \|T. Nanu		\| rowspan="3" \|T. Nanu
	\| rowspan="6" \|RSP		\| rowspan="6" \|RSP
	\| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color\|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}" \|
	\|1987–1991		\|1987–1991
	\|-		\|-
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	\|14th		\|14th
	\| rowspan="2" \| RSP(L)		\| rowspan="2" \| RSP(L)
	\| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Independent (politician)~~/meta/color~~}}" \|		\| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color\|Independent (politician)}}" \|
	\| 2016 - 2021		\| 2016 - 2021
	\|-		\|-
	\|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election \| 2021]]		\|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election\|2021]]
	\|15th		\|15th
	\|[[Incumbent]]		\|[[Incumbent]]
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	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)\|candidate=C. K. Gopi\|votes=1,422\|percentage=0.89\|change=\|}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)\|candidate=C. K. Gopi\|votes=1,422\|percentage=0.89\|change=\|}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=None of the above\|candidate=None of the above\|votes=1,051\|percentage=0.66\|change=\|}}{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=V. Remadevi\|votes=740\|percentage=0.46\|change={{decrease}}0.34}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=None of the above\|candidate=None of the above\|votes=1,051\|percentage=0.66\|change=\|}}{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=V. Remadevi\|votes=740\|percentage=0.46\|change={{decrease}}0.34}}


	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Manilal M. R.\|votes=718\|percentage=0.45\|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory\|\|votes=20,529\|percentage=12.84\|change=}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Manilal M. R.\|votes=718\|percentage=0.45\|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory\|\|votes=20,529\|percentage=12.84\|change=}}
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	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=Pulikuzhy Balachandran\|votes=1,145\|percentage=0.80\|change=\|}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Bahujan Samaj Party\|candidate=Pulikuzhy Balachandran\|votes=1,145\|percentage=0.80\|change=\|}}
	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Shylaja P.\|votes=611\|percentage=0.42\|change=\|}}{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Ravi\|votes=525\|percentage=0.36\|change=}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Shylaja P.\|votes=611\|percentage=0.42\|change=\|}}{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=Ravi\|votes=525\|percentage=0.36\|change=}}


	{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=V. Remadevi\|votes=266\|percentage=0.18\|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory\|\|votes=12,008\|percentage=8.39\|change=}}		{{Election box candidate with party link\|party=Independent politician\|candidate=V. Remadevi\|votes=266\|percentage=0.18\|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory\|\|votes=12,008\|percentage=8.39\|change=}}

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Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

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{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency
| constituency number = 118
| name = Kunnathur
| image = Sasthamcotta Lake By ArunElectra.jpg
| caption = [[Sasthamcotta Lake]] in '''Kunnathur Constituency'''
| existence = 1957 – present
| reserved = [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|SC]]
| current mla = [[Kovoor Kunjumon]]
| party = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (Leninist)|RSP(L)]]
| front = [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]
| electedbyyear = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| electorate = 2,08,541 (2021)
| self governed segments =
}}
'''Kunnathur''' is the only Scheduled Caste reserved [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Kovoor Kunjumon]] of RSP(L)

==Structure==
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of [[East Kallada]], [[Munroe Island]] [[Kunnathur (Kerala)|Kunnathur]], [[Mynagappally]], [[Poruvazhy]], [[Sasthamcotta]], [[Sooranad North]], [[Sooranad South]], [[West Kallada]], [[Pavithreswaram]] Panchayats in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies – Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala |access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>

==Electoral history==
The Kunnathur constituency was a two-member constituency till 1965. It was officially became an SC reserved constituency since Kerala State Assembly Election 1967.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sudhish|first=Navamy|date=2021-03-07|title=Kunnathur has mostly leaned towards the Left|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/kunnathur-has-mostly-leaned-towards-the-left/article34014615.ece|access-date=2021-03-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

===[[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===
{| width="70%" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 1px #000000 solid; font-size: 0.9em; font-family: verdana"
! 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
|----
|1951
|Aadichan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|5,316
|----
|1951
|Madhavan Unnithan
|[[Indian National Congress]]
|6,247<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|publisher=Government of Kerala|page=37|access-date=2020-02-12}}</ref>
|----
|1954
|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|5,778
|----
|1954
|K. S. Krishna Sastri
|[[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP]]
|5,566<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127210305/https://eci.gov.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-01-27|title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin|publisher=Election Commission of India|page=118|access-date=2020-02-12}}</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|Communist Party of India}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Independent (politician)}}{{Party index link|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
{| 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
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| rowspan="2" |1st
|[[P. R. Madhavan Pillai]]
| rowspan="2" |CPI
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |1957–1960
|-
|[[R. Govindan]]
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| rowspan="2" |2nd
|G. Chandrasekhara Pillai
|INC
| style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
| rowspan="2" |1960–1965
|-
|[[P. C. Adichan]]
|CPI
|style="background-color: {{Communist Party of India/meta/color}}" |
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|K. C. S. Sastri
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1967–1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|Sathyapalan
| rowspan="3" |RSP
| rowspan="3" style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}" |
|1970–1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |Kallada Narayanan
|1977–1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980–1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran
|INC
|style="background-color: {{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" |
|1982–1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
| rowspan="3" |T. Nanu
| rowspan="6" |RSP
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/color}}" |
|1987–1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991–1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|1996–2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| rowspan="5" |[[Kovoor Kunjumon]]
|2001–2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|2006–2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011–2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
| rowspan="2" | RSP(L)
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{Independent (politician)/meta/color}}" |
| 2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election | 2021]]
|15th
|[[Incumbent]]
|}

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

=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
There were 2,08,541 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]]: Kunnathur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kovoor Kunjumon|votes=75,725|percentage=47.38|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=Ullas Kovur|votes=55,196|percentage=34.54|change={{decrease}}15.43|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Thazhava Sahadevan|votes=21,742|percentage=13.61|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Thulaseedharan Pallickal|votes=1,698|percentage=1.06|change={{decrease}}0.55|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Kunjumon|votes=1,516|percentage=0.95|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=C. K. Gopi|votes=1,422|percentage=0.89|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,051|percentage=0.66|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=V. Remadevi|votes=740|percentage=0.46|change={{decrease}}0.34}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Manilal M. R.|votes=718|percentage=0.45|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=20,529|percentage=12.84|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,59,808|percentage=76.63|change={{increase}}2.62}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
There were 1,94,463 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]]: Kunnathur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=Kovoor Kunjumon|votes=71,923|percentage=49.97|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=P. K. Ravi|votes=59,835|percentage=41.58|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Raji Prasad|votes=5,949|percentage=4.13|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Thulaseedharan Pallickal|votes=2,310|percentage=1.61|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Vallikunnam Prasad|votes=1,354|percentage=0.94|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Pulikuzhy Balachandran|votes=1,145|percentage=0.80|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shylaja P.|votes=611|percentage=0.42|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Ravi|votes=525|percentage=0.36|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=V. Remadevi|votes=266|percentage=0.18|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,008|percentage=8.39|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,43,918|percentage=74.01|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies |state=expanded}}

[[Category:Government of Kollam]]
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Constituencies established in 1957]]