Kollam Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the South Indian state of Kerala. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1] As of the 2026 assembly elections, the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly is Bindhu Krishna of the Indian National Congress.
| Kollam | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 124 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Chinnakkada in Kollam city | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Structure
editKollam Assembly constituency includes 19 wards of Kollam 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 of Panayam and Thrikkaruva, as per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations.[2][3]
Major institutions
edit- Corporations: 1 (Kollam)
- Panchayaths: 2 (Panayam; Thrikkaruva)
- Railway stations: 1 (Kollam Junction)
- Bus stations: 3 (Kollam KSRTC Bus Station; Andamukkam City Bus Stand; Tangasseri Bus Terminal)
- Government hospitals: 2 (Govt. District Hospital, Kollam; Community Health Center in Thrikkadavoor)[4]
- RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)
Electoral history
editTravancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly
edit| Year | Name | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 2,349 | Left[5] |
| 1954 | T. K. Divakaran | RSP | 6,175 | Left[6] |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Margin | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | A. A. Rahim | Indian National Congress | 7,796 | 1957 – 1960[7] | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 6,292 | 1960 – 1965[8] | |||
| 1965 | 3rd | Henry Austin | Indian National Congress | 250 | 1965 – 1967[9] | |
| 1967 | 3rd | T. K. Divakaran | Independent | 9,751 | 1967 – 1970[10] | |
| 1970 | 4th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 11,101 | 1970 – 1977[11] | ||
| 1977 | 5th | Thyagarajan | 13,016 | 1977 – 1980[12] | ||
| 1980 | 6th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2,414 | 1980 – 1982[13] | |
| 1982 | 7th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 7,077 | 1982 – 1984 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | Babu Divakaran | 12,722 | 1987 – 1991[14] | ||
| 1991 | 9th | Kadavoor Sivadasan | Indian National Congress | 4,476 | 1991 – 1996[15] | |
| 1996 | 10th | Babu Divakaran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 6,298 | 1996 – 2001[16] | |
| 2001 | 11th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 12,275 | 2001 – 2006[17] | ||
| 2006 | 12th | P. K. Gurudasan | Communist Party of India | 11,439 | 2006 – 2011[18] | |
| 2011 | 13th | 8,540 | 2011 – 2016[19] | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Mukesh | 17,611 | 2016 - 2021[20] | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 2,072 | 2021 - 2026[21] | |||
| 2026 | 16th | Bindhu Krishna | Indian National Congress | 16,830 | 2026 - | |
Election results
edit
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
edit| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UDF | Bindhu Krishna | 63,416 | 48.9 |  5.63 | |
| LDF | S. Jayamohan | 46,586 | 35.92 |  8.94 | |
| NDA | Dr. Prathap Kumar N. | 18,537 | 14.29 | 3.36 | |
| AAP | Adv. Sinu L R | ||||
| BSP | Mylode Sudhan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | 16,830 | 15% | |||
| Turnout | 1,16,145 | 77.43% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | 5.95 |
|||
2021
editThere 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 | Ramanan | 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 |
|||
2016
editThere 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 | |
| NDA | 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 |
|||
2011
editThere 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 | ||||
Kerala Ministers from this constituency
edit| Tenure | Politician | Party | Coalition | Position | Ministry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1955–56 | A. A. Rahim | INC | 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] |
| 2026–31 | Bindhu Krishna | INC | UDF | Minister for Labour, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Milk Co-operatives, Women & Child Development and Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences University | Satheesan ministry |
References
edit- ↑ "Constituencies in Kerala". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Assembly Constituencies and Their Extent – Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Constituencies – Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer – Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
- ↑ "Directorate of Health Services" (PDF). Government of Kerala. pp. 3, 8–9. Retrieved 30 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 19 January 2018.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1957". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1960". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1965". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1967". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1970". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1977". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1980". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1987". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1991". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 1996". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2001". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2006". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2011". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2016". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Assembly Election - 2021". Elections.in. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ↑ "A.A Rahim – First Ministry". Government of Kerala. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- 1 2 "Kerala Niyamasabha – T.K. Divakaran". StateofKerala.in. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "Kadavoor Sivadasan". Niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "Babu Divakaran". Niyamasabha.org. Retrieved 28 January 2019.
- ↑ "P. K. Gurudasan". StateofKerala.in. Retrieved 28 January 2019.