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Punalur
Constituency No. 121 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,46251 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent P. S. Supal
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district. The current MLA is P.S Supal of CPI.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Punalur assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and 7 neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur Taluk.

Electoral history

Punalur assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram constituency in 1954.

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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

* indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. S. Supal	80,428	54.99	1.86
	IUML	Abdurahman Randathani	43,371	29.66	3.95
	BJP	Ayoor Murali	20,069	13.72
	NOTA	None of the above	688	0.47
	Independent	Shibu M. Scaria	617	0.42	−
	SUCI(C)	K. Mahesh	407	0.28	0.49
	Independent	Thenmala Nagarajan	264	0.18
Margin of victory			37,057	25.33	2.09
Turnout			1,46,251	71.05	0.45
	CPI hold		Swing	1.86

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Raju	82,136	56.85	2.33
	IUML	A. Younus Kunju	48,554	33.61
	KEC	Sisil Fernandes	10,558	7.31
	SUCI(C)	K. Sasankan	1,117	0.77	0.40
	NOTA	None of the above	888	0.61
	Independent	Nettayam Suji	639	0.44	−
	SS	Satheeshkumar B.	415	0.29
	Independent	Navas M.	164	0.11
Margin of victory			33,582	23.24	9.73
Turnout			1,44,471	70.60	0.47
	CPI hold		Swing	2.33

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
3. "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Retrieved 18 April 2018.
4. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 17 October 2018.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• Government of Kollam
• Politics of Kollam district
• Assembly constituencies in Kollam district
• 1957 establishments in Kerala
• Constituencies established in 1957