Karunagappally Assembly constituency
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Karunagappally | |
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Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
Constituency Details | |
Country | India |
District | Kollam |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 2,13,993 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Current MLA | C. R. Mahesh |
Party | INC |
Alliance | UDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Karunagappally State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. R. Mahesh of Indian National Congress.
Structure[edit]
Karunagappally assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the assembly constituency consists of Karunagappally municipality and 6 panchayaths from Karunagappally Taluk including Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor.[2]
Major institutions in the constituency[edit]
- Municipality: 1 Karunagappally
- Panchayaths: 6 (Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor)
- Railway Stations: 2 (Karunagappalli, Oachira)
- Government Hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital(TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Ochira)
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
INC Independent CPI [[Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|Template:Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy/meta/shortname]] [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]]
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | P. Kunjukrishnan | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | Baby John | IND | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | 1967 – 1970 | |||
1970 | 4th | RSP | 1970 – 1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | B. M. Sheriff | CPI | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | T. V. Vijayarajan | IND | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | P. S. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | CPI | 1996 – 2001 | |
2001 | 11th | A. N. Rajan Babu | JSS | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | C. Divakaran | CPI | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | R. Ramachandran | CPI | 2016 - 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | C. R. Mahesh | INC | Incumbent |
Election results[edit]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021[edit]
There were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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INC | C. R .Mahesh | 94,225 | 54.38 | 12.41 | |
CPI | R. Ramachandran | 65,017 | 37.52 | 5.54 | |
[[BJP|Template:BJP/meta/shortname]] | Bitty Sudheer | 12,144 | 7.01 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 450 | 0.26 | ||
Margin of victory | 29,208 | 16.68 | 15.59 | ||
Turnout | 1,73,284 | 80.97 | 1.60 | ||
INC gain from CPI | Swing |
Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit]
There were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | R. Ramachandran | 69,902 | 43.06 | 7.07 | |
INC | C. R. Mahesh | 68,143 | 41.97 | 2.38 | |
[[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|Template:Bharath Dharma Jana Sena/meta/shortname]] | V. Sadasivan | 19,115 | 11.77 | ||
SDPI | A. K. Salahudeen | 1,737 | 1.07 | 4.48 | |
style="background-color: Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Mylakkadu Shah | 1,620 | 1.00 | - |
BSP | Gopalakrishnan | 649 | 0.40 | ||
Independent | Ramachandran | 594 | 0.37 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 590 | 0.36 | ||
Margin of victory | 1,759 | 1.09 | 9.45 | ||
Turnout | 1,62,351 | 79.37 | 3.86 | ||
CPI hold | Swing | 7.07 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit]
There were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI | C. Divakaran | 69,086 | 50.13 | ||
style="background-color: Template:Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy|Template:Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy/meta/shortname]] | A. N. Rajanbabu | 54,564 | 39.59 | |
SDPI | Nazarudeen Elamaram | 7,645 | 5.55 | ||
BJP | Malumel Sumesh | 5,097 | 3.70 | ||
Independent | P. D. Sudheer | 868 | 0.63 | - | |
SUCI(C) | Twinkle Prabhakaran | 547 | 0.40 | ||
Margin of victory | 14,522 | 10.54 | |||
Turnout | 1,37,807 | 75.51 | |||
CPI hold | Swing |
References[edit]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
- ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.