Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)

Chathannoor Assembly Constituency or Chathannur Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

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Chathannoor
ചാത്തന്നൂർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Paravur Town in Chathannoor constituency
Existence1965 - present
ReservationGeneral
Electorate1,79,928 (2016)
Current MLAG. S. Jayalal
PartyCPI
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictKollam
Local Self Governed SegmentsParavoor Municipality and Adichanalloor, Chathannoor, Kalluvathukkal and Poothakkulam Panchayats in Kollam Taluk and Pooyappally Panchayat in Kottarakkara Taluk.

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.[1][2] Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out from 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.[3][4]

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consist of Paravur municipal town and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.[5][6]

Major institutions in the constituency

Electoral History

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Winner Party Vote Margin Coalition
1951 P. Ravindran Independent 7,790 Left[7]
1954 P. Ravindran CPI 3,878 Left[8]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC    CPI  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1967 3rd P. Ravindran CPI 1967 – 1970
1970 4th 1970 – 1977
1977 5th J. Chitaranjan 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th C. V. Padmarajan INC 1982 – 1984
1987 8th P. Ravindran CPI 1987 – 1991
1991 9th C. V. Padmarajan INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th P. Ravindran CPI 1996 – 1998
1998* N. Anirudhan 1998 – 2001
2001 11th G. Prathapavarma Thampan INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th N. Anirudhan CPI 2006 – 2011
2011 13th G. S. Jayalal 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[9]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chathannur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI G. S. Jayalal 67,606 50.76 1.90
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
SHS 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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[10]

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
SHS Sasikumar 287 0.25
Margin of victory 12,589 11.02
Turnout 1,14,298 71.13
CPI hold Swing

References
  1. "Assembly Election of Kerala - 1957" (PDF). Elections.in. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  2. "Interim Elections to the Kerala Assembly – 1960". Government of Kerala. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  3. "Kerala Assembly Election - 1967". Elections.in. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  4. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  6. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  7. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  8. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
  9. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  10. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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