Kollam Lok Sabha constituency formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.
| Kollam KL-18 | |
|---|---|
| Lok Sabha constituency | |
 Kollam Lok Sabha constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| Assembly constituencies | Chavara Punalur Chadayamangalam Kundara Kollam Eravipuram Chathannoor |
| Established | 1952 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Parliament | |
| 18th Lok Sabha | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] |
| Alliance | [[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]] |
| Elected year | 2024 |
| Preceded by | N. Peethambara Kurup |
Assembly segments[edit | edit source]
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:
| No | Name | District | Member | Party | 2024 Lead | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 117 | Chavara | Kollam | Sujith Vijayanpillai | IND | Revolutionary Socialist Party | ||
| 121 | Punalur | P. S. Supal | CPI | ||||
| 122 | Chadayamangalam | J. Chinchu Rani | |||||
| 123 | Kundara | P. C. Vishnunath | INC | ||||
| 124 | Kollam | Mukesh Madhavan | CPI (M) | ||||
| 125 | Eravipuram | M. Noushad | |||||
| 126 | Chathannoor | B. B. Gopakumar | BJP | ||||
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 | |||
| 1991 | 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. Peethambara Kurup | Indian National Congress | 2009-2014 | |
| 2014 | 16th | N. K. Premachandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2014-2019 | |
| 2019 | 17th | 2019-2024 | |||
| 2024 | 18th | Incumbent | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
General Election 2024[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | N. K. Premachandran | 443,628 | 48.45 |  3.16
| |
| CPI(M) | Mukesh Madhvan | 2,93,326 | 32.03 | 4.21
| |
| BJP | Krishna Kumar | 1,63,210 | 17.82 |  7.15
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 6,546 | 0.71 | 0.11
| |
| Majority | 1,50,302 | 15.42 | 0.05
| ||
| Turnout | 9,18,260 | 69.00 | 6.60
| ||
| Registered electors | |||||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
2019[edit | edit source]
According to Election Commission, there are 12,59,400(Women-6,59,597, Men-5,99,797, Transgender people-6) registered voters in Kollam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Kollam Constituency was polled 74.36% of total electorate.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | N. K. Premachandran | 499,667 | 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 | 0.30
| |
| Margin of victory | 1,48,869 | 15.37 | 11.09
| ||
| Turnout | 9,69,017 | 74.73 | 2.61
| ||
| RSP hold | Swing | ||||
2014[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RSP | N.K. Premachandran | 408,528 | 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 | New | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 7,876 | 0.90 | −−− | |
| Margin of victory | 37,649 | 4.28 | 1.95
| ||
| Turnout | 8,79,056 | 72.12 | |||
| Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) gain from INC | 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]
- ↑ Election Commission of India (4 June 2024). "2024 Loksabha Elections Results - Kollam". Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ The Hindu (4 June 2024). "Lok Sabha Elections: Premachandran scores a swift hat-trick in Kollam". Archived from the original on 5 August 2024. Retrieved 5 August 2024.
- ↑ 2019 General Election Kollam Constituency Live Results[usurped]
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