| Kollam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 124 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Chinnakkada in Kollam city | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,76,041 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kollam Assembly constituency is alegislative assembly constituency in theSouth Indian state ofKerala. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies inKollam district.[1] As of the2021 assembly elections, the current MLA isMukesh ofCPI(M).
Kollam Assembly constituency includes 19 wards ofKollam City Corporation (Kureepuzha West,Kureepuzha, Neeravil,Anchalumoodu,Kadavoor,Mathilil,Thevally, Vadakkumbhagam,Uliyakovil East,Kadappakada, Koickal,Kallumthazham,Mundakkal,Pattathanam,Cantonment, Udayamarthandapuram,Thamarakkulam,Pallithottam and Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths ofPanayam andThrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations.[2][3]
| Year | Name | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 2,349 | Left[5] |
| 1954 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 6,175 | Left[6] |
The following list contains all members ofKerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | C. Mohammed Ibrahimkutty | Indian National Congress | 1957 – 1960[7] | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965[8] | |||
| 1965 | 3rd | Henry Austin | Indian National Congress | 1965 – 1967[9] | |
| 1967 | 3rd | T. K. Divakaran | Independent | 1967 – 1970[10] | |
| 1970 | 4th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977[11] | ||
| 1977 | 5th | Thyagarajan | 1977 – 1980[12] | ||
| 1980 | 6th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1980 – 1982[13] | |
| 1982 | 7th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1982 – 1984 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Babu Divakaran | 1987 – 1991[14] | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996[15] | |
| 1996 | 10th | Babu Divakaran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996 – 2001[16] | |
| 2001 | 11th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006[17] | ||
| 2006 | 12th | P. K. Gurudasan | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011[18] | |
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016[19] | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Mukesh | 2016 - 2021[20] | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 - 2026[21] | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | |||||
| UDF | |||||
| NDA | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[22]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Mukesh | 58,524 | 44.86 |  5.95 | |
| INC | Bindu Krishna | 56,452 | 43.27 |  8.08 | |
| BJP | M. Sunil | 14,252 | 10.93 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 750 | 0.58 | ||
| BSP | Remanan | 290 | 0.22 | 0.11 | |
| Margin of victory | 2,072 | 1.59 | 12.03 | ||
| Turnout | 1,30,451 | 74.10 | 0.82 | ||
| CPI(M)hold | Swing | 5.95 | |||
There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[23]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Mukesh | 63,103 | 52.81 | 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 | |||
There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[24]
| 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 | ||||
| Tenure | Politician | Party | Coalition | Position | Ministry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56 | A. A. Rahim | Congress | Right | Minister for Health, Agriculture and Industries | Panampilly Ministry[25] |
| 1967–69 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Left | Minister for Public Works | Second E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry[26] |
| 1970–76 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | Right | Minister for Public Works | Second C. Achutha Menon ministry[26] |
| 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[27] |
| 2001–06 | Babu Divakaran | RSP(B) | UDF | Minister for Labour | Third A. K. Antony ministry[28] |
| 2006–11 | P. K. Gurudasan | CPI(M) | LDF | Minister for Labour | V. S. Achuthanandan ministry[29] |
