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#REDIRECT [[Punalur Assembly constituency]]
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
 
{{Infobox Kerala Niyamasabha Constituency
{{Redirect category shell|
| constituency number= 121
{{R from move}}
| name              = Punalur
| image              = File:Punalur ksrtcbustand.jpg
| caption            = Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
| existence          = 1957 – present
| reserved          = General
| current mla        = [[P. S. Supal]]
| party              = [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
| front              = {{legend2|#ED1C24|'''[[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|LDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| electedbyyear      = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district          = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
| electorate        = 1,46251 (2021)
| self governed segments= Punalur Municipality and Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala Panchayats in punalur Taluk.
}}
}}
'''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]]
==Structure==
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>
==Electoral history==
Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.
===[[Travancore-Cochin]] Legislative Assembly Elections===
{| width="70%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid"
! 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
|----
|1954
|P. Gopalan
|[[Communist Party of India|CPI]]
|3,417
|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>
|}
== 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|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}
{| 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
|-
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
|1st
|[[P. Gopalan]]
| rowspan="6" |CPI
| rowspan="6" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|1957–1960
|-
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
|2nd
|[[K. Krishna Pillai]]
|1960–1965
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|[[M. N. Govindan Nair]]
|1967–1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|[[K. Krishna Pillai]]
|1970–1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |[[P. K. Sreenivasan]]
|1977–1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980–1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| rowspan="2" |7th
|M. Sam Oommen
| rowspan="2" |KC(J)
| rowspan="2" style="background-color: {{party color|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}" |
|1982–1984
|-
|1984*
|[[V. Surendran Pillai]]
|1984 –1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|[[J. Chitharanjan]]
|CPI
| style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|1987–1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|Punalur Madhu
|INC
|style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
|1991–1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| rowspan="2" |10th
|[[P. K. Sreenivasan]]
| rowspan="7" |CPI
| rowspan="7" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India}}" |
|1996
|-
|1996*
| rowspan="2 |[[P. S. Supal]]
|1996–2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|2001–2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
| rowspan="3" |[[K. Raju]]
|2006–2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
|2011–2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|2016-2021
|-
|2021
|15th
|[[P. S. Supal]]
|Incumbent
|}
<nowiki>*</nowiki> indicates bypolls
== Election results ==
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
=== Niyamasabha Election 2021 ===
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>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}
{{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|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=Abdurahman Randathani|votes=43,371|percentage=29.66|change={{decrease}}3.95|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Ayoor Murali|votes=20,069|percentage=13.72|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=688|percentage=0.47|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shibu M. Scaria|votes=617|percentage=0.42|change=-|}}
{{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|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Thenmala Nagarajan|votes=264|percentage=0.18|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=37,057|percentage=25.33|change={{increase}}2.09}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,46,251|percentage=71.05|change={{increase}}0.45}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{decrease}}1.86|}}{{Election box end}}
=== Niyamasabha Election 2016 ===
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>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. Raju|votes=82,136|percentage=56.85|change={{increase}}2.33|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian Union Muslim League|candidate=A. Younus Kunju|votes=48,554|percentage=33.61|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress|candidate=Sisil Fernandes|votes=10,558|percentage=7.31|change=|}}
{{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|}}
{{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=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=Satheeshkumar B.|votes=415|percentage=0.29|change=}}
{{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}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,44,471|percentage=70.60|change={{increase}}0.47}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing={{increase}}2.33}}{{Election box end}}
=== Niyamasabha Election 2011 ===
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>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Punalur}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India|candidate=K. Raju|votes=72,648|percentage=54.52|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Johnson Abraham|votes=54,643|percentage=41.01|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=B. Radhamani|votes=4,155|percentage=3.12|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=S. Jayakumar|votes=699|percentage=0.52|change=|}}
{{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=-|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=18,005|percentage=13.51|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,33,245|percentage=70.13|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India|swing=}}{{Election box end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
[[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]]

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