| Kunnathunad | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 84 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
 The headquarters of KITEX Garments Limited atKizhakkambalam | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 1,51,003 (2021) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Kunnathunad is one of the 140state legislative assembly constituencies inKerala in southernIndia. It is also one of the sevenstate legislative assembly constituencies included inChalakudy Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA isP. V. Srinijin of theCPI(M).
Kunnathunad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aikaranad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 2 | Kizhakkambalam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 3 | Kunnathunad | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 4 | Mazhuvannoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 5 | Poothrikka | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 6 | Thiruvaniyoor | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 7 | Vadavucode-Puthencruz | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| 8 | Vazhakulam | Grama panchayat | Kunnathunad |
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | M. K. Krishnan | Communist Party of India | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | T. A. Paraman | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | P. R. Esthose | Communist Party of India | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | M. P. Varghese | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | T. H. Mustafa | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | M. M. Monayi | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | V. P. Sajeendran | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | P. V. Srinijin | Communist Party of India | ||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LDF | |||||
| UDF | |||||
| Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam | |||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Adv. P.V.Sreenijin | 51,180 | 33.77 |  8.55 | |
| INC | V. P. Sajendran | 48463 | 31.98 | 12.15 | |
| Twenty20 Kizhakkambalam | Dr. Sujith.P.Surendran | 41890 | 27.64 | New | |
| BJP | Renu Suresh | 7056 | 4.66 | 6.44 | |
| SDPI | Krishnan Eranhikal | 1289 | 0.85 | − | |
| BSP | Manikuttan.A.T | 197 | 0.13 | − | |
| Independent | Sujith.K.Surendran | 761 | 0.50 | − | |
| Independent | Velayudhan.V.K | 165 | 0.11 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 2717 | 1.81 | | ||
There were 1,72,595 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. P. Sajendran | 65,445 | 44.13 | 5.59 | |
| CPI(M) | Shiji Sivaji | 62,766 | 42.32 | 0.57 | |
| BJP | Thuravoor Suresh | 16,459 | 11.10 |  6.52 | |
| SP | N. O. Kuttapan | 1,263 | 0.85 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,179 | 0.79 | − | |
| PDP | Orna Krishnankutty | 653 | 0.44 | − | |
| Independent | Sajeendran Parappurath | 436 | 0.29 | − | |
| CPI(ML)L | Manoj | 116 | 0.08 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 2,679 | 1.81 | 5.02 | ||
| Turnout | 1,48,317 | 85.93 | 2.34 | ||
| INChold | Swing | 5.59 | |||
There were 1,53,102 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. P. Sajendran | 63,624 | 49.72 | ||
| CPI(M) | M .A. Surendran | 54,892 | 42.89 | ||
| BJP | M. Ravi | 5,862 | 4.58 | ||
| SDPI | M. K. Manoj Kumar | 2,969 | 2.32 | ||
| BSP | Rajeev P. T. | 625 | 0.49 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 8,372 | 6.83 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,972 | 83.59 | |||
| INCgain fromCPI(M) | Swing | {{{swing}}} | |||