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Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം (ലോക്സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) (formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
| Kollam | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha Constituency | |
 Map of Kollam Parliament Constituency | |
| Incumbent | N. K. Premachandran |
| Parliamentary Party | RSP |
| Elected Year | 2019 |
| Constituency Details | |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| State | Kerala |
| Most Successful Party | Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) (8 times) |
| Assembly Constituencies | Chavara Punalur Chadayamangalam Kundara Kollam Eravipuram Chathannoor |
Assembly segments[edit | edit source]
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
| Constituency number | Name | Reserved for (SC/ST/None) | District |
|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | Chavara | None | Kollam |
| 121 | Punalur | None | Kollam |
| 122 | Chadayamangalam | None | Kollam |
| 123 | Kundara | None | Kollam |
| 124 | Kollam | None | Kollam |
| 125 | Eravipuram | None | Kollam |
| 126 | Chathannoor | None | Kollam |
Corporations & Municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency[edit | edit source]
Members of Parliament[edit | edit source]
As Quilon Cum Mavelikkara in Travancore-Cochin
| Election | Lok Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1st | N. Sreekantan Nair | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1952-1957 | |
| R. Velayudhan | Independent | ||||
As Quilon/Kollam
| Election | Lok Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 2nd | V. Parmeswaran Nayar | United Front of Leftists | ||
| P.K. Kodiyan | Communist Party of India | 1957-1962 | |||
| 1962 | 3rd | N. Sreekantan Nair | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1962-1967 | |
| 1967 | 4th | 1967-1971 | |||
| 1971 | 5th | 1971-1977 | |||
| 1977 | 6th | 1977-1980 | |||
| 1980 | 7th | B.K. Nair | Indian National Congress (I) | 1980-1984 | |
| 1984 | 8th | S. Krishna Kumar | 1984-1989 | ||
| 1989 | 9th | 1989-1991 | |||
| 1989 | 10th | 1991-1996 | |||
| 1996 | 11th | N. K. Premachandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996-1998 | |
| 1998 | 12th | 1998-1999 | |||
| 1999 | 13th | P. Rajendran | Communist Party of India (Marxist) | 1999-2004 | |
| 2004 | 14th | 2004-2009 | |||
| 2009 | 15th | N. Peethambarakurup | Indian National Congress | 2009-2014 | |
| 2014 | 16th | N. K. Premachandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2014-2019 | |
| 2019 | 17th | Incumbent | |||
Election Result[edit | edit source]
2019[edit | edit source]
According to Election Commission, there are 12,59,400(Women-6,59,597, Men-5,99,797, Transgenders-6) registered voters in Kollam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Kollam Constituency was polled 74.36% of total electorate.[1]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | N K Premachandran | 4,99,667 | 51.61 | +5.15 | |
| CPI (M) | K. N. Balagopal | 3,50,821 | 36.24 | -5.94 | |
| BJP | Adv. K V Sabu | 1,03,339 | 10.67 | +4.00 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,018 | 0.6 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,48,869 | 15.37 | +11.09 | ||
| Turnout | 9,69,017 | 74.73 | |||
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | N.K. Premachandran | 4,08,528 | 46.46 | N/A | |
| CPI (M) | M.A. Baby | 3,70,879 | 42.18 | -3.01 | |
| BJP | P.M. Velayudhan | 58,671 | 6.67 | +2.27 | |
| SDPI | A.K. Salahudeen | 12,812 | 1.46 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,876 | 0.90% | --- | |
| Margin of victory | 37,649 | 4.28 | +1.95% | ||
| Turnout | 8,79,056 | 72.12 | |||
| style="background-color: Template:United Democratic Front (India)/meta/color" | | [[United Democratic Front (India)|Template:United Democratic Front (India)/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | |||
See also[edit | edit source]
- Kollam district
- List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
- Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
- 2014 Indian general election
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Election Commission of India: https://web.archive.org/web/20081218010942/http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp
- Kollam Lok Sabha Elections Asianet News survey results 2019