Kollam (State 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 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Mukesh of CPI(M)

124 Kollam കൊല്ലം
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Chinnakkada in Kollam city
Existence	1951 - present
Reservation	General
Electorate	1,72,552 (2016)
Current MLA	Mukesh
Party	CPI(M)
Political Front	LDF
Elected Year	2016
District	Kollam
Local Self Governed Segments	Panayam Thrikkadavoor Thrikkaruva Kollam (M.Corporation) Ward No.6-13, 16-19 & 42-48

Structure of the constituency

Famous Malayalam cine actor Mukesh is the current elected member from Kollam 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, Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of Panayam and Thrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations.[2][3]

Major institutions in the constituency

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 Elections

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  INC    CPI (M)    RSP    RSP(B)     Independent  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Coalition	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	A. A. Rahim	Right	INC		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd					1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	T. K. Divakaran	Left	IND		1967 – 1970
1970	4th		Right	RSP		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thyagarajan				1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Kadavoor Sivadasan	LDF	RSP(S)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th		UDF	RSP		1982 – 1984
1987	8th	Babu Divakaran	LDF			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Kadavoor Sivadasan	UDF	INC		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Babu Divakaran	LDF	RSP		1996 – 2001
2001	11th		UDF	RSP(B)		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. K. Gurudasan	LDF	CPI(M)		2006 – 2011
2011	13th					2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Mukesh				Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	CPI (M)	M. Mukesh	63,103	48.81	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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]

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

List of Kerala Ministers from Kollam constituency

Tenure	Politician	Party	Coalition	Position	Ministry
1955-56	A. A. Rahim	Congress	Right	Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries	Panampilly Ministry[9]
1967-69	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	Left	Minister for Public Works	Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry[10]
1970-76	T. K. Divakaran	RSP	Right	Minister for Public Works	Second C. Achutha Menon ministry[10]
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[11]
2001-06	Babu Divakaran	RSP(B)	UDF	Minister for Labour	Third A. K. Antony ministry[12]
2006-11	P. K. Gurudasan	CPI(M)	LDF	Minister for Labour	V. S. Achuthanandan ministry[13]

References

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5. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
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