Chathannoor Assembly constituency

Chathannoor
Constituency No. 126 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Paravur Town in Chathannoor constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,84,661 (2021)[1]
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent G. S. Jayalal
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

History

The constituency was previously known as Paravur Assembly Constituency. It was temporarily merged with Varkala constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, the Varkala constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960.^[2][3] Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and is named as Chathannoor assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.^[4][5]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and 6 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Chirakkara, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.^[6][7]

Major institutions in the constituency

• Municipalities: 1 (Paravur)
• Panchayaths: 5 (Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally)
• Railway stations: 1 (Paravur railway station)
• Bus stations: 2 (Chathannoor KSRTC Bus Station, Paravur Municipal Bus Station)
• Medical college hospital: 1 (Kollam Government Medical College, Parippally)
• Government hospitals: 2 (Government MCH, Govt. Taluk Hospital, Paravur)
• Private hospitals: 3 (Azeezia Medical College Meeyannoor, Kollam KIMS Sithara Jn, Holy Cross Hospital Kottiyam)

Electoral history

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party	Vote Margin	Coalition
1951	P. Ravindran	Independent	7,790	Left[8]
1954	P. Ravindran	CPI	3,878	Left[9]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC  CPI   Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Margin	Tenure	Source
1965	2nd	Thankappan Pillai		Independent	768	1965 – 1967	[10]
1967	3rd	P. Ravindran		CPI	11,209	1967 – 1970	[11]
1970	4th				13,948	1970 – 1977	[12]
1977	5th	J. Chitharanjan			18,771	1977 – 1980	[13]
1980	6th				5,367	1980 – 1982	[14]
1982	7th	C. V. Padmarajan		INC	5,802	1982 – 1984
1987	8th	P. Ravindran		CPI	2,456	1987 – 1991	[15]
1991	9th	C. V. Padmarajan		INC	4,511	1991 – 1996	[16]
1996	10th	P. Ravindran		CPI	2,115	1996 – 1998	[17]
1998*		N. Anirudhan			3,938	1998 – 2001	[18]
2001	11th	G. Prathapavarma Thampan		INC	547	2001 – 2006	[19]
2006	12th	N. Anirudhan		CPI	23,180	2006 – 2011	[20]
2011	13th	G. S. Jayalal			12,589	2011 – 2016	[21]
2016	14th				34,407	2016 - 2021	[22]
2021	15th				17,206	Incumbent	[23]

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[24]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. S. Jayalal	59,296	43.12	7.64
	BJP	B. B. Gopakumar	42,090	30.61	5.69
	INC	N. Peethambara Kurup	34,280	24.93	2.30
	NOTA	None of the above	642	0.47
	BSP	Sunu Bhaskaran	364	0.26	0.11
	Independent	Sethu	172	0.13
	Independent	Varinjam Rajeev	135	0.10
Margin of victory			17,206	12.51	13.33
Turnout			1,37,503	74.46	0.43
	CPI hold		Swing	7.64

2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[25]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. S. Jayalal	67,606	50.76	1.9
	BJP	B. B. Gopakumar	33,199	24.92	21.56
	INC	Soorand Rajasekharan	30,139	22.63	19.01
	Independent	Raju	658	0.49
	NOTA	None of the above	604	0.45
	BSP	Salimraj A.	491	0.37	0.06
	SS	Velayudhan Pillai	290	0.22	0.03
	API	Jayakala L.	212	0.16
Margin of victory			34,407	25.84	14.82
Turnout			1,33,199	74.03	2.90
	CPI hold		Swing	1.90

2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[26]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	G. S. Jayalal	60,187	52.66
	INC	Bindu Krishna	47,598	41.64
	BJP	Kizhakkanela Sudhakaran	3,839	3.36
	Independent	A. Sasi	1,134	0.99
	Independent	Jayalal	763	0.67
	BSP	Maliode Sudhan	490	0.43
	SS	Sasikumar	287	0.25
Margin of victory			12,589	11.02
Turnout			1,14,298	71.13
	CPI hold		Swing

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