Kollam Assembly constituency

Kollam Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mukesh of CPI(M).

Kollam
Constituency No. 124 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chinnakkada in Kollam city
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1951
Total electors	1,76,041 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mukesh
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Structure

Famous Malayalam cinema actor Mukesh is the current elected member from Kollam Assembly constituency

Kollam Assembly constituency includes 19 wards of Kollam City Corporation (Kureepuzha West, Kureepuzha, Neeravil, Anchalumoodu, Kadavoor, Mathilil, Thevally, Vadakkumbhagam, Uliyakovil East, Kadappakada, Koickal, Kallumthazham, Mundakkal, Pattathanam, Cantonment, Udayamarthandapuram, Thamarakkulam, Pallithottam and Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of Panayam and Thrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations.^[2][3]

Major institutions

Assembly constituencies in Kollam district

• Corporations: 1 (Kollam)
• Panchayaths: 2 (Panayam; Thrikkaruva)
• Railway stations: 1 (Kollam Junction)
• Bus stations: 3 (Kollam KSRTC Bus Station; Andamukkam City Bus Stand; Tangasseri Bus Terminal)
• Government hospitals: 2 (Govt. District Hospital, Kollam; Community Health Center in Thrikkadavoor)^[4]
• RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly

Year	Name	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1951	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	2,349	Left[5]
1954	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	6,175	Left[6]

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	C. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960[7]
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965[8]
1965	3rd	Henry Austin		Indian National Congress	1965 – 1967[9]
1967	3rd	T. K. Divakaran		Independent	1967 – 1970[10]
1970	4th			Revolutionary Socialist Party	1970 – 1977[11]
1977	5th	Thyagarajan			1977 – 1980[12]
1980	6th	Kadavoor Sivadasan		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1980 – 1982[13]
1982	7th			Revolutionary Socialist Party	1982 – 1984
1987	8th	Babu Divakaran			1987 – 1991[14]
1991	9th	Kadavoor Sivadasan		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996[15]
1996	10th	Babu Divakaran		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1996 – 2001[16]
2001	11th			Revolutionary Socialist Party	2001 – 2006[17]
2006	12th	P. K. Gurudasan		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011[18]
2011	13th				2011 – 2016[19]
2016	14th	Mukesh			2016 - 2021[20]
2021	15th				2021 - 2026[21]

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[22]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Mukesh	58,524	44.86	5.95
	INC	Bindu Krishna	56,452	43.27	8.08
	BJP	M. Sunil	14,252	10.93	−
	NOTA	None of the above	750	0.58
	BSP	Remanan	290	0.22	0.11
Margin of victory			2,072	1.59	12.03
Turnout			1,30,451	74.10	0.82
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	5.95

2016

There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[23]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Mukesh	63,103	52.81	2.05
	INC	Sooraj Ravi	45,492	35.19	8.18
	Independent	K. Sasikumar	17,409	13.47
	SDPI	Johnson Kandachira	1,576	1.22	0.20
	NOTA	None of the above	889	0.69
	BSP	K. Balakrishnan	431	0.33	0.11
	Independent	Narayanan Nair	209	0.16	0.01
	Independent	S. Chandran	174	0.13
Margin of victory			17,611	13.62	6.13
Turnout			1,29,283	74.92	3.87
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.05

2011

There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[24]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	P. K. Gurudasan	57,986	50.86
	INC	K. C. Rajan	49,446	43.37
	BJP	G. Hari	4,207	3.69
	SDPI	A. A. Shafi	1,168	1.02
	BSP	Mangad Thulaseedharan	507	0.44
	Independent	Sanu K.	372	0.33
	Independent	C. N. Narayanan Nair	191	0.17
	Independent	V. Mohanan	141	0.12
Margin of victory			8,540	7.49
Turnout			1,14,018	71.05
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Kerala Ministers from this constituency

Tenure	Politician	Party	Coalition	Position	Ministry
1955–56	A. A. Rahim	Congress	Right	Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries	Panampilly Ministry[25]
1967–69	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	Left	Minister for Public Works	Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry[26]
1970–76	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	Right	Minister for Public Works	Second C. Achutha Menon ministry[26]
1981–82	Kadavoor Sivadasan	RSP	UDF	Minister for Labour	Second K. Karunakaran ministry
1982–87	Kadavoor Sivadasan	RSP(S)	UDF	Minister for Labour & Excise	Third K. Karunakaran ministry[27]
2001–06	Babu Divakaran	RSP(B)	UDF	Minister for Labour	Third A. K. Antony ministry[28]
2006–11	P. K. Gurudasan	CPI(M)	LDF	Minister for Labour	V. S. Achuthanandan ministry[29]