Karunagappally 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 Alappuzha Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. R. Mahesh of Indian National Congress.
| Karunagappally | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 116 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 The Karunagappally town in the Karunagappally (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| LS constituency | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,13,993 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Structure
editKarunagappally assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the assembly constituency consists of Karunagappally municipality and 6 panchayaths from Karunagappally Taluk including Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor.[2]
Major institutions in the constituency
edit- Municipality: 1 Karunagappally
- Panchayaths: 6 (Alappad, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira, Thazhava and Thodiyoor)
- Railway Stations: 2 (Karunagappalli, Oachira)
- Government Hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital(TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Ochira)
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Kunjukrishnan | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | Baby John | Independent | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | 1967 – 1970 | |||
| 1970 | 4th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | B. M. Sheriff | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | T. V. Vijayarajan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | P. S. Sreenivasan | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | E. Chandrasekharan Nair | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | A. N. Rajan Babu | Janathipathiya Samrakshana Samithy | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | C. Divakaran | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | R. Ramachandran | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | C. R. Mahesh | Indian National Congress | Incumbent | |
Election results
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
editThere were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | C. R .Mahesh | 94,225 | 54.38 |  12.41
| |
| CPI | R. Ramachandran | 65,017 | 37.52 |  5.54
| |
| BJP | Bitty Sudheer | 12,144 | 7.01 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 450 | 0.26 | ||
| Margin of victory | 29,208 | 16.68 | 15.59
| ||
| Turnout | 1,73,284 | 80.97 | 1.60
| ||
| INC gain from CPI | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | R. Ramachandran | 69,902 | 43.06 | 7.07
| |
| INC | C. R. Mahesh | 68,143 | 41.97 | 2.38
| |
| BDJS | V. Sadasivan | 19,115 | 11.77 | ||
| SDPI | A. K. Salahudeen | 1,737 | 1.07 | 4.48
| |
| PDP | Mylakkadu Shah | 1,620 | 1.00 | − | |
| BSP | Gopalakrishnan | 649 | 0.40 | ||
| Independent | Ramachandran | 594 | 0.37 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 590 | 0.36 | ||
| Margin of victory | 1,759 | 1.09 | 9.45
| ||
| Turnout | 1,62,351 | 79.37 | 3.86
| ||
| CPI hold | Swing | 7.07
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI | C. Divakaran | 69,086 | 50.13 | ||
| JSS | A. N. Rajanbabu | 54,564 | 39.59 | ||
| SDPI | Nazarudeen Elamaram | 7,645 | 5.55 | ||
| BJP | Malumel Sumesh | 5,097 | 3.70 | ||
| Independent | P. D. Sudheer | 868 | 0.63 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Twinkle Prabhakaran | 547 | 0.40 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,522 | 10.54 | |||
| Turnout | 1,37,807 | 75.51 | |||
| CPI hold | Swing | ||||
References
edit- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kollam district, Kerala". kollam.gov.in.
- ^ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 25 July 2019.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.