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. As of the 2026 assembly elections, the incumbent Member of the Legislative Assembly is Bindhu Krishna of the Indian National Congress.
Structure Kollam 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.
Major institutions 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) RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)
Electoral history Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly YearNamePartyVote MarginCoalition1951T. K. DivakaranRSP2,349Left1954T. K. DivakaranRSP6,175Left
Members of the Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
ElectionNiyamaSabhaNamePartyMarginTenure19571stA. A. Rahim 7,7961957 – 196019602nd6,2921960 – 196519653rdHenry Austin 2501965 – 196719673rdT. K. Divakaran9,7511967 – 197019704th 11,1011970 – 197719775thThyagarajan13,0161977 – 198019806thKadavoor Sivadasan2,4141980 – 198219827th 7,0771982 – 198419878thBabu Divakaran12,7221987 – 199119919thKadavoor Sivadasan4,4761991 – 1996199610thBabu Divakaran6,2981996 – 2001200111th 12,2752001 – 2006200612thP. K. Gurudasan 11,4392006 – 2011201113th8,5402011 – 2016201614thMukesh17,6112016 - 2021202115th2,0722021 - 2026202616thBindhu Krishna16,8302026 -
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021 There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
Kerala Ministers from this constituency TenurePoliticianPartyCoalitionPositionMinistry1955–56A. A. RahimINCRightMinister for Health, Agriculture and IndustriesPanampilly Ministry1967–69T. K. DivakaranRSPLeftMinister for Public WorksSecond E. M. S. Namboodiripad ministry1970–76T. K. DivakaranRSPRightMinister for Public WorksSecond C. Achutha Menon ministry1981–82Kadavoor SivadasanRSPUDFMinister for LabourSecond K. Karunakaran ministry1982–87Kadavoor SivadasanRSP(S)UDFMinister for Labour & ExciseThird K. Karunakaran ministry2001–06Babu DivakaranRSP(B)UDFMinister for LabourThird A. K. Antony ministry2006–11P. K. GurudasanCPI(M)LDFMinister for LabourV. S. Achuthanandan ministry2026–31Bindhu KrishnaINCUDFMinister for Labour, Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development, Milk Co-operatives, Women & Child Development and Kerala Veterinary & Animal Sciences UniversitySatheesan ministry
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