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{{Infobox Indian state legislative assembly constituency <br />
| parl_name = [[Kerala Niyamasabha]]<br />
| name = Punalur<br />
| image = File:Punalur ksrtcbustand.jpg<br />
| caption = Punalur KSRTC Bus Station<br />
| established = 1957 – present<br />
| reservation = General<br />
| electors = 1,46251 (2021)<br />
| mla = [[P. S. Supal]]<br />
| party = [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| district = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]<br />
}}<br />
'''Punalur''' 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=2018-04-18}}</ref> The current MLA is P.S Supal of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
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==Structure==<br />
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consist of the municipality of [[Punalur]] and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including [[Anchal]], [[Ariyankavu]], [[Edamulakkal]], [[Eroor]], [[Karavaloor]], [[Kulathupuzha]] and [[Thenmala]] in Punalur Taluk.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies – Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala |access-date=2018-04-18}}</ref><br />
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==Electoral history==<br />
Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.<br />
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===[[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===<br />
{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Year<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Winner<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Vote Margin<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white"|Coalition<br />
|---- <br />
|1954<br />
|P. Gopalan<br />
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]<br />
|3,417<br />
|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 |access-date=2018-10-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017163233/https://www.eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |archive-date=24 December 2018 }}</ref><br />
|}<br />
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== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
'''Key'''<br />
<br />
{{Party index link|Communist Party of India}}{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}}{{Party index link|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}<br />
{| class="sortable" width="50%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big;"<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br />
Sabha<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member<br />
! colspan="2" style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Party<br />
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
|1st<br />
|[[P. Gopalan]]<br />
| rowspan="6" |CPI<br />
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1957–1960<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|2nd<br />
|[[K. Krishna Pillai]]<br />
|1960–1965<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|3rd<br />
|[[M. N. Govindan Nair]]<br />
|1967–1970<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
|4th<br />
|[[K. Krishna Pillai]]<br />
|1970–1977<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|5th<br />
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Sreenivasan]]<br />
|1977–1980<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|6th<br />
|1980–1982<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |7th<br />
|M. Sam Oommen<br />
| rowspan="2" |KC(J)<br />
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}" |<br />
|1982–1984<br />
|-<br />
|1984*<br />
|[[V. Surendran Pillai]]<br />
|1984 –1987<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|8th<br />
|[[J. Chitharanjan]]<br />
|CPI<br />
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1987–1991<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|9th<br />
|Punalur Madhu<br />
|INC<br />
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |<br />
|1991–1996<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |10th<br />
|[[P. K. Sreenivasan]]<br />
| rowspan="7" |CPI<br />
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |<br />
|1996<br />
|-<br />
|1996*<br />
| rowspan="2 |[[P. S. Supal]]<br />
|1996–2001<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|11th<br />
|2001–2006<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|12th<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[K. Raju]]<br />
|2006–2011<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|13th<br />
|2011–2016<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|14th<br />
|2016-2021<br />
|-<br />
|2021<br />
|15th<br />
|[[P. S. Supal]]<br />
|Incumbent<br />
|}<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki> indicates bypolls<br />
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== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
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=== Niyamasabha Election 2021 ===<br />
There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=P. S. Supal|votes=80,428|percentage=54.99|change={{decrease}}1.86|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=Abdurahman Randathani|votes=43,371|percentage=29.66|change={{decrease}}3.95|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ayoor Murali|votes=20,069|percentage=13.72|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=688|percentage=0.47|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shibu M. Scaria|votes=617|percentage=0.42|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. Mahesh|votes=407|percentage=0.28|change={{decrease}}0.49|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Thenmala Nagarajan|votes=264|percentage=0.18|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=37,057|percentage=25.33|change={{increase}}2.09}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,46,251|percentage=71.05|change={{increase}}0.45}}<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}1.86|}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===<br />
There were 2,04,628 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><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. Raju|votes=82,136|percentage=56.85|change={{increase}}2.33|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=A. Younus Kunju|votes=48,554|percentage=33.61|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress|candidate=Sisil Fernandes|votes=10,558|percentage=7.31|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. Sasankan|votes=1,117|percentage=0.77|change={{increase}}0.40|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=888|percentage=0.61|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Nettayam Suji|votes=639|percentage=0.44|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Satheeshkumar B.|votes=415|percentage=0.29|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Navas M.|votes=164|percentage=0.11|change=}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=33,582|percentage=23.24|change={{increase}}9.73}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,44,471|percentage=70.60|change={{increase}}0.47}}<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{increase}}2.33}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,89,994 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><br />
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{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. Raju|votes=72,648|percentage=54.52|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Johnson Abraham|votes=54,643|percentage=41.01|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Radhamani|votes=4,155|percentage=3.12|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Jayakumar|votes=699|percentage=0.52|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Kuzhichayil Sunil|votes=606|percentage=0.45|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=S. Shailaja|votes=494|percentage=0.37|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=18,005|percentage=13.51|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,33,245|percentage=70.13|change=}}<br />
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{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]<br />
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies in Kollam district]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]<br />
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