Kunnamkulam Assembly constituency

Kunnamkulam
Constituency No. 62 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kunnamkulam New Bus Stand
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Thrissur
LS constituency	Alathur
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,91,274 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent A. C. Moideen
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Kunnamkulam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Alathur Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is A. C. Moideen of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Kunnamkulam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kunnamkulam	Municipality	Kunnamkulam
2	Chowannur	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
3	Kadangode	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
4	Kadavallur	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
5	Kattakampal	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
6	Porkulam	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
7	Velur	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam
8	Erumapetty	Grama panchayat	Kunnamkulam and Thalapilly

Local Bodies on Kunnamkulam (State Assembly constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	T. K. Krishnan		Communist Party of India|	1957-1960
1960	2nd	P. R. Krishnan		Indian National Congress|	1960-1965
1967	3rd	A. S. N. Nambissan		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	T. K. Krishnan			1970 - 1977
1977	5th	K. P. Vishwanathan		Indian National Congress	1977-1980
1980	6th			Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. P. Aravindaksan		Communist Party of India	1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	T. V. Chandramohan		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	N. R. Balan		Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	T. V. Chandramohan		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Babu M. Palissery		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	A. C. Moideen			2016 – 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

2016

There were 1,91,274 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnamkulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	A. C. Moideen	63,274	41.92	2.42
	CMP	C. P. John	55,492	36.77	7.21
	BJP	K. K. Aneeshkumar	29,325	19.43	10.5
	SDPI	Jileef	1,204	0.74	−
	PDP	Sulaiman	710	0.47	−
	NOTA	None of the above	653	0.43	−
	Independent	Sulaiman P. C.	267	0.18	−
Margin of victory			7,782	5.15
Turnout			1,50,925	78.91%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.42

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,74,161 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kunnamkulam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Babu M. Palissery	58,244	44.34
	CMP	C. P. John	57,635	43.98
	BJP	K.K Aneesh Kumar	11,725	8.93
	Independent	K.P.Preman	2,059	1.57
	Independent	John	860	0.65
	BSP	Unnikrishnan Varoli	693	0.53	−
Margin of victory			481	0.36
Turnout			1,31,344	75.42%
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Thrissur district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.