# Punalur Assembly constituency

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. The current MLA is P.S Supal of CPI.

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur Taluk.

## Electoral history

Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.

### Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
| 1954 | P. Gopalan | CPI | 3,417 | Left |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. Gopalan | CPI | 1957–1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. Krishna Pillai | CPI | 1960–1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | M. N. Govindan Nair | CPI | 1967–1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | K. Krishna Pillai | CPI | 1970–1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. K. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1977–1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | P. K. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1980–1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | M. Sam Oommen | KC(J) | 1982–1984 |
| 1984* | 7th | V. Surendran Pillai | KC(J) | 1984 –1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | J. Chitharanjan | CPI | 1987–1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Punalur Madhu | INC | 1991–1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | P. K. Sreenivasan | CPI | 1996 |
| 1996* | 10th | P. S. Supal | CPI | 1996–2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | P. S. Supal | CPI | 2001–2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | K. Raju | CPI | 2006–2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | K. Raju | CPI | 2011–2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | K. Raju | CPI | 2016-2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | P. S. Supal | CPI | Incumbent |
* indicates bypolls

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | P. S. Supal | 80,428 | 54.99 | 1.86 |
| | IUML | Abdurahman Randathani | 43,371 | 29.66 | 3.95 |
| | BJP | Ayoor Murali | 20,069 | 13.72 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 688 | 0.47 | |
| | Independent | Shibu M. Scaria | 617 | 0.42 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | K. Mahesh | 407 | 0.28 | 0.49 |
| | Independent | Thenmala Nagarajan | 264 | 0.18 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 37,057 | 25.33 | 2.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,46,251 | 71.05 | 0.45 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 1.86 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | K. Raju | 82,136 | 56.85 | 2.33 |
| | IUML | A. Younus Kunju | 48,554 | 33.61 | |
| | KEC | Sisil Fernandes | 10,558 | 7.31 | |
| | SUCI(C) | K. Sasankan | 1,117 | 0.77 | 0.40 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 888 | 0.61 | |
| | Independent | Nettayam Suji | 639 | 0.44 | − |
| | SS | Satheeshkumar B. | 415 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Navas M. | 164 | 0.11 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 33,582 | 23.24 | 9.73 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,471 | 70.60 | 0.47 |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | 2.33 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI | K. Raju | 72,648 | 54.52 | |
| | INC | Johnson Abraham | 54,643 | 41.01 | |
| | BJP | B. Radhamani | 4,155 | 3.12 | |
| | Independent | S. Jayakumar | 699 | 0.52 | |
| | BSP | Kuzhichayil Sunil | 606 | 0.45 | |
| | SUCI(C) | S. Shailaja | 494 | 0.37 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 18,005 | 13.51 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,33,245 | 70.13 | |
| | CPI hold | CPI hold | Swing | | |