# Kundara Assembly constituency

Kundara is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. C. Vishnunath of INC.

## History

The constituency was previously named as Perinad Assembly Constituency. In 1957, it was dissolved and formed Thrikkadavoor constituency. During the election of 1960, Thrikkadavur was a two-member constituency. Later in 1967, Kundara constituency was formed by dissolving Thrikkadavur. After the general assembly election held in 1967, P. K. Sukumaran of CPI(M) became the first elected member from Kundara assembly constituency.
Kadavoor Sivadasan and J. Mercykutty Amma were ministers in the state cabinet while representing the constituency.

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, Kundara assembly constituency consists of 7 panchayaths from Kollam Taluk including Elampalloor, Kottamkara, Kundara, Nedumpana, Perayam, Perinad and Thrikkovilvattom.
In 2021, 47.8% of the voters were males and 52.2% females. The Scheduled Caste voters comprise 13.45% of the vote base.

## Major institutions in the constituency

* Railway stations: 4 (Kundara, Kundara East, Perinad, Chandanattop)
* Medical college hospital: 1 (Azeezia Medical College, Meeyannoor)
* Government hospitals: 1 (Govt. Taluk Hospital, Kundara)
* Technopark, Kollam

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1967 | 3rd | Dr. P. K. Sukumaran | Communist Party of India | 1967–1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | A. A. Rahim | Indian National Congress | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | A. A. Rahim | Indian National Congress | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | V. V. Joseph | Communist Party of India | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Thoppil Ravi | Indian National Congress | 1982–1984 |
| 1987 | 8th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Communist Party of India | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Alphonsa John | Indian National Congress | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Communist Party of India | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Indian National Congress | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | M. A. Baby | Communist Party of India | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | M. A. Baby | Communist Party of India | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | J. Mercykutty Amma | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | P. C. Vishnunadh | Indian National Congress | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,05,947 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | P C Vishnunadh | 76,405 | 48.85 | 17.0 |
| | CPI(M) | J. Mercykutty Amma | 71,882 | 45.96 | 5.85 |
| | BDJS | Vanaja Vidhyadharan | 6,100 | 3.9 | − |
| | RJD | Vinod Bahuleyan | 172 | 0.11 | − |
| | DSJP | Shiju M Varghese | 186 | 0.12 | − |
| | Anna DHRM | Sibu Karamcodu | 229 | 0.15 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 710 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Santhosh Adooran | 260 | 0.17 | |
| | SUCI(C) | R. Rahul | 457 | 0.29 | 0.08 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 4,523 | 2.89 | 17.07 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,401 | 75.94 | 0.28 |
| | INC gain from CPI(M) | INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,00,163 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | J. Mercykutty Amma | 79,047 | 51.81 | 0.67 |
| | INC | Rajmohan Unnithan | 48,587 | 31.85 | 9.07 |
| | BJP | M. S. Shyam Kumar | 20,257 | 13.28 | 8.60 |
| | SDPI | Sharafath Mallam | 1,325 | 0.87 | |
| | PDP | Kabeer Kutty I. Puthezham | 1,132 | 0.74 | − |
| | BSP | S. M. Jaber | 698 | 0.46 | 0.18 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 687 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Vijayakumar | 485 | 0.32 | |
| | SUCI(C) | V. Anthony | 340 | 0.22 | 0.21 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 30,460 | 19.96 | 9.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,52,558 | 76.22 | 4.75 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.67 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,990 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kundara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | CPI(M) | M. A. Baby | 67,135 | 52.48 |
| | INC | P. Jermias | 52,342 | 40.92 |
| | BJP | Vellimon Dileep | 5,990 | 4.68 |
| | Independent | Sandhya Pallimon | 957 | 0.75 |
| | BSP | Suseela Mohan | 947 | 0.74 |
| | SUCI(C) | Anthony Vincent | 553 | 0.43 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 14,703 | 11.56 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,924 | 71.47 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | |