Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Kollam KL-18
Lok Sabha constituency
Kollam Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Chavara Punalur Chadayamangalam Kundara Kollam Eravipuram Chathannoor
Established	1952
Reservation	None
Member of Parliament
18th Lok Sabha
Incumbent N. K. Premachandran
Party	RSP
Elected year	2024

Assembly segments

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly segments:

No	Name	District	Member	Party		2024 Lead
117	Chavara	Kollam	Sujith Vijayanpillai		IND		RSP
121	Punalur		P. S. Supal		CPI		RSP
122	Chadayamangalam		J. Chinchu Rani		CPI		RSP
123	Kundara		P. C. Vishnunath		INC		RSP
124	Kollam		Mukesh Madhavan		CPI(M)		RSP
125	Eravipuram		M. Noushad		CPI(M)		RSP
126	Chathannoor		G. S. Jayalal		CPI		RSP

Corporations & municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

• Kollam - Corporation
• Paravur - Municipality
• Punalur - Municipality

Members of Parliament

As Quilon Cum Mavelikkara in Travancore-Cochin

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1952	1st	N. Sreekantan Nair		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1952-1957
		R. Velayudhan		Independent

As Quilon/Kollam

Election	Lok Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	2nd	V. Parmeswaran Nayar		United Front of Leftists
		P.K. Kodiyan		Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	N. Sreekantan Nair		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1962-1967
1967	4th				1967-1971
1971	5th				1971-1977
1977	6th				1977-1980
1980	7th	B.K. Nair		Indian National Congress (I)	1980-1984
1984	8th	S. Krishna Kumar			1984-1989
1989	9th				1989-1991
1989	10th				1991-1996
1996	11th	N. K. Premachandran		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1996-1998
1998	12th				1998-1999
1999	13th	P. Rajendran		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1999-2004
2004	14th				2004-2009
2009	15th	N. Peethambara Kurup		Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th	N. K. Premachandran		Revolutionary Socialist Party	2014-2019
2019	17th				2019-2024
2024	18th				Incumbent

Election results

General Election 2024

2024 Indian general election: Kollam^[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	443,628	48.45	3.16
	CPI(M)	Mukesh Madhvan	2,93,326	32.03	4.21
	BJP	Krishna Kumar	1,63,210	17.82	7.15
	NOTA	None of the above	6,546	0.71	0.11
Majority			1,50,302	15.42	0.05
Turnout			9,18,260	69.00	6.60
Registered electors
	RSP hold		Swing

2019

According to Election Commission, there are 12,59,400(Women-6,59,597, Men-5,99,797, Transgender people-6) registered voters in Kollam Constituency for 2019 Lok Sabha Election. Kollam Constituency was polled 74.36% of total electorate.^[3]

2019 Indian general election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N. K. Premachandran	499,667	51.61	5.15
	CPI(M)	K. N. Balagopal	3,50,821	36.24	5.94
	BJP	Adv. K V Sabu	1,03,339	10.67	4.00
	NOTA	None of the above	6,018	0.6	0.30
Margin of victory			1,48,869	15.37	11.09
Turnout			9,69,017	74.73	2.61
	RSP hold		Swing

2014

2014 Indian general election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N.K. Premachandran	408,528	46.46	N/A
	CPI(M)	M. A. Baby	3,70,879	42.18	3.01
	BJP	P.M. Velayudhan	58,671	6.67	2.27
	SDPI	A.K. Salahudeen	12,812	1.46	New
	NOTA	None of the above	7,876	0.90	−−−
Margin of victory			37,649	4.28	1.95
Turnout			8,79,056	72.12
	RSP gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Kollam district
• List of constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
• 2014 Indian general election