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 Ajayaprasad C of CPI.
Structure As per the recent changes in Assembly constituency delimitations, Punalur Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur taluk.
Electoral history Punalur Assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram Assembly constituency in 1954.
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections YearWinnerPartyVote MarginCoalition1954P. GopalanCPI3,417Left
Members of the Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
ElectionNiyamaSabhaMemberPartyTenure19571stP. GopalanCPI1957–196019602ndK. Krishna Pillai1960–196519673rdM. N. Govindan Nair1967–197019704thK. Krishna Pillai1970–197719775thP. K. Sreenivasan1977–198019806th1980–198219827thM. Sam OommenKC(J)1982–19841984*V. Surendran Pillai1984 –198719878thJ. ChitharanjanCPI1987–199119919thPunalur MadhuINC1991–1996199610thP. K. SreenivasanCPI19961996*P. S. Supal1996–2001200111th2001–2006200612thK. Raju2006–2011201113th2011–2016201614th2016-2021202115thP. S. Supal2021–2026202616thC. AjayaprasadIncumbent *by-election
Election results Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
2021 There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.
2016 There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
2011 There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006
2001 There were 1,72,072 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.
1996 by-election
1996 There were 1,59,320 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.
1991 There were 1,53,639 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.
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