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.^[1] The current MLA is P. S. Supal of CPI.

Punalur
Constituency No. 121 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,46251 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. S. Supal
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Structure

As per the recent changes^[when?] in Assembly constituency delimitations, Punalur Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur taluk.^[2][3]

Electoral history

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

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1954	P. Gopalan	CPI	3,417	Left[4]

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			1960–1965
1967	3rd	M. N. Govindan Nair			1967–1970
1970	4th	K. Krishna Pillai			1970–1977
1977	5th	P. K. Sreenivasan			1977–1980
1980	6th				1980–1982
1982	7th	M. Sam Oommen	KC(J)		1982–1984
1984*		V. Surendran Pillai			1984 –1987
1987	8th	J. Chitharanjan	CPI		1987–1991
1991	9th	Punalur Madhu	INC		1991–1996
1996	10th	P. K. Sreenivasan	CPI		1996
1996*		P. S. Supal			1996–2001
2001	11th	2001–2006
2006	12th	K. Raju			2006–2011
2011	13th				2011–2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th	P. S. Supal			Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

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			37,057	25.33	2.09
Turnout			1,46,251	71.05	0.45
	CPI hold		Swing	1.86

2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

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			33,582	23.24	9.73
Turnout			1,44,471	70.60	0.47
	CPI hold		Swing	2.33

2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

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			18,005	13.51
Turnout			1,33,245	70.13
	CPI hold		Swing