# Konni Assembly constituency

Konni 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is K. U. Jenish Kumar of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Konni Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Aruvappulam | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 2 | Konni | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 3 | Malayalapuzha | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 4 | Pramadom | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 5 | Mylapra | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 6 | Vallicode | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 7 | Thannithode | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 8 | Seethathodu | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 9 | Kalanjoor | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 10 | Chittar | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 11 | Enadimangalam | Grama panchayat | Adoor |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Konni Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1967 | 3rd | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | CPI | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | P. J. Thomas | INC | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | P. J. Thomas | INC | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | V. S. Chandra Sekhar Pillai | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | V. S. Chandra Sekhar Pillai | CPI(M) | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | Chittoor Sasankan Nair | Independent | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | A. Padmakumar | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Adoor Prakash | INC |
| 2001 | 11th | Adoor Prakash | INC | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | Adoor Prakash | INC | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Adoor Prakash | INC | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Adoor Prakash | INC | 2016 - 2019 |
| * 2019 | 14th | K. U. Jenish Kumar | CPI(M) | 2019 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | K. U. Jenish Kumar | CPI(M) | Incumbent |
* * Bypoll

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,02,728 registered voters in Konni Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| CPI(M) | K. U. Jenish Kumar | 62,318 | 41.62 | 2.66 |
| INC | Robin Peter | 53,810 | 35.94 | 4.15 |
| BJP | K. Surendran | 32,811 | 21.91 | 6.74 |
| NOTA | None of the above | 372 | 0.25 | |
| CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha By-election 2019

Due to the election of the sitting MLA Adoor Prakash as the MP from Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, Konni Niyamasabha Constituency went to bypoll in 2019. There were 1,97,956 registered voters in Konni Constituency for this election.
2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections: Konni :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. U. Jenish Kumar | 54,099 | 38.96% | 2.63 |
| | INC | P. Mohanraj | 44,146 | 31.79% | 19.02 |
| | BJP | K. Surendran | 39,786 | 28.65% | 16.99 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 469 | 0.34% | 0.01 |
| | Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 235 | 0.17% | N/A |
| | Independent | Sivanandan | 124 | 0.09% | N/A |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 9,953 | 7.17% | 7.31 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,38,859 | 70.07% | 2.92 |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 2.63 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,96,309 registered voters in Konni Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | Adoor Prakash | 72,800 | 50.81% | 0.66 |
| | CPI(M) | R. Sanal Kumar | 52,052 | 36.33% | 7.89 |
| | BJP | Asoka Kumar D. | 16,713 | 11.66% | 7.09 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 474 | 0.33% | |
| | SDPI | Reyash | 401 | 0.28% | |
| | WPOI | Joshy Joseph | 365 | 0.25% | |
| | Independent | Suresh V. | 249 | 0.17% | |
| | Independent | Biju Elamannoor | 133 | 0.09% | |
| | SS | Vishnu S. | 97 | 0.07% | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,748 | 14.48% | 8.55 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,283 | 72.99% | 1.13 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 0.66 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,82,384 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Konni :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | INC | Adoor Prakash | 65,724 | 50.15% |
| | CPI(M) | M. S. Rajendran | 57,950 | 44.22% |
| | BJP | V. S. Harish Chandran | 5,994 | 4.57% |
| | Independent | Sinto Stephen | 655 | 0.50% |
| | Independent | Thattayil Saraswathi | 276 | 0.21% |
| | SUCI(C) | Lekshmi R. Shekhar | 247 | 0.19% |
| | Independent | Renjini C. T. | 207 | 0.16% |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 7,774 | 5.93% |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,31,053 | 71.86% |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | |