Kunnathunad (State Assembly constituency)

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Kunnathunad
84; Kunnathunad
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
	The headquarters of KITEX Garments Limited at Kizhakkambalam
Existence	1965 - present
Reservation	SC
Electorate	1,51,003 (2021)
Current MLA	P. V. Srinijin
Party	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Political Front	LDF
Elected Year	2021
District	Ernakulam
Local Self Governed Segments	List Grama panchayats; Aikaranad; Kizhakkambalam; Kunnathunad; Mazhuvannoor; Poothrikka; Thiruvaniyoor; Vadavucode-Puthencruz; Vazhakulam;

Kunnathunad State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Chalakudy Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. V. Srinijin of the CPI(M).

Local self governed segments[]

Kunnathunad Niyamasabha 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

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

Key

RSP INC CPI (M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1967	3rd	M. K. Krishnan	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	T. A. Paraman	RSP	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. R. Esthose	CPI(M)	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. R. Esthose	CPI(M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	T. H. Mustafa	INC	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th	M. P. Varghese	CPI(M)	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	T. H. Mustafa	INC	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. M. Monayi	CPI(M)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	V. P. Sajeendran	INC	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. P. Sajeendran	INC	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	P. V. Srinijin	CPI(M)	Incumbent

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

There were 1,72,595 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kunnathunad
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
	INC hold		Swing	5.59

There were 1,53,102 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kunnathunad
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
	INC win (new seat)