# Kunnathur, Kerala Assembly constituency

Kunnathur is the only Scheduled Caste reserved legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Kovoor Kunjumon of RSP(L).

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Kunnathur assembly constituency consists of East Kallada, Munroe Island, Kunnathur, Mynagappally, Poruvazhy, Sasthamcotta, Sooranad North, Sooranad South, West Kallada, Pavithreswaram Panchayats in Kollam district.

## Electoral history

The Kunnathur constituency was a two-member constituency till 1965. It officially became an SC reserved constituency since Kerala State Assembly Election 1967.

### Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

| Election | Name | Party | Vote Margin |
| 1951 | Aadichan | Indian National Congress | 5,316 |
| 1951 | Madhavan Unnithan | Indian National Congress | 6,247 |
| 1954 | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 5,778 |
| 1954 | K. S. Krishna Sastri | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 5,566 |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 |
| 1957 | 1st | R. Govindan | Communist Party of India | 1957–1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | G. Chandrasekhara Pillai | Indian National Congress | 1960–1965 |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. C. Adichan | Communist Party of India | 1960–1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. C. S. Sastri | Indian National Congress | 1967–1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Sathyapalan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | Kallada Narayanan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | Kallada Narayanan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | M. Kottarakuzhi Sukumaran | Indian National Congress | 1982–1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | T. Nanu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | T. Nanu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | T. Nanu | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Kovoor Kunjumon | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | Kovoor Kunjumon | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Kovoor Kunjumon | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Kovoor Kunjumon | Independent | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Kovoor Kunjumon | Independent | Incumbent |

## Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

### 2016

There were 2,08,541 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Independent | Kovoor Kunjumon | 75,725 | 47.38 | |
| | RSP | Ullas Kovur | 55,196 | 34.54 | 15.43 |
| | BDJS | Thazhava Sahadevan | 21,742 | 13.61 | |
| | SDPI | Thulaseedharan Pallickal | 1,698 | 1.06 | 0.55 |
| | Independent | Kunjumon | 1,516 | 0.95 | − |
| | PDP | C. K. Gopi | 1,422 | 0.89 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,051 | 0.66 | |
| | BSP | V. Remadevi | 740 | 0.46 | 0.34 |
| | Independent | Manilal M. R. | 718 | 0.45 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,529 | 12.84 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,59,808 | 76.63 | 2.62 |
| | LDF hold | LDF hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,94,463 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnathur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | RSP | Kovoor Kunjumon | 71,923 | 49.97 | |
| | INC | P. K. Ravi | 59,835 | 41.58 | |
| | BJP | Raji Prasad | 5,949 | 4.13 | |
| | SDPI | Thulaseedharan Pallickal | 2,310 | 1.61 | |
| | Independent | Vallikunnam Prasad | 1,354 | 0.94 | − |
| | BSP | Pulikuzhy Balachandran | 1,145 | 0.80 | |
| | Independent | Shylaja P. | 611 | 0.42 | |
| | Independent | Ravi | 525 | 0.36 | |
| | Independent | V. Remadevi | 266 | 0.18 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,008 | 8.39 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,918 | 74.01 | |
| | RSP hold | RSP hold | Swing | | |