Konni_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Konni Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
Konni 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is K. U. Jenish Kumar of CPI(M).
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| Constituency No. 114 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Elephant Training Centre in the Konni (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 2,02,728 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2019 |
Konni Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aruvappulam | Grama panchayat | Konni[3] |
| 2 | Konni | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 3 | Malayalapuzha | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 4 | Pramadom | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 5 | Mylapra | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 6 | Vallicode | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 7 | Thannithode | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 8 | Seethathodu | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 9 | Kalanjoor | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 10 | Chittar | Grama panchayat | Konni |
| 11 | Enadimangalam | Grama panchayat | Adoor |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Konni Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | P. R. Madhavan Pillai | CPI | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | P. J. Thomas | INC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | V. S. Chandra Sekhar Pillai | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Chittoor Sasankan Nair | Independent | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | A. Padmakumar | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Adoor Prakash | INC | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2019 | |||
| * 2019 | K. U. Jenish Kumar | CPI(M) | 2019 - 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
- * Bypoll
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 2,02,728 registered voters in Konni Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. U. Jenish Kumar | 62,318 | 41.62 |  2.66 | |
| INC | Robin Peter | 53,810 | 35.94 | 4.15 | |
| BJP | K. Surendran | 32,811 | 21.91 |  6.74 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 372 | 0.25 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha By-election 2019
Due to the election of the sitting MLA Adoor Prakash as the MP from Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, Konni Niyamasabha Constituency went to bypoll in 2019. There were 1,97,956 registered voters in Konni Constituency for this election.[6][7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. U. Jenish Kumar | 54,099 | 38.96% | 2.63 | |
| INC | P. Mohanraj | 44,146 | 31.79% | 19.02 | |
| BJP | K. Surendran | 39,786 | 28.65% | 16.99 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 469 | 0.34% | 0.01 | |
| Independent | Joemon Joseph Srampickal | 235 | 0.17% | N/A | |
| Independent | Sivanandan | 124 | 0.09% | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 9,953 | 7.17% | 7.31 | ||
| Turnout | 1,38,859 | 70.07% | 2.92 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 2.63 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,96,309 registered voters in Konni Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[8]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Adoor Prakash | 72,800 | 50.81% | 0.66 | |
| CPI(M) | R. Sanal Kumar | 52,052 | 36.33% | 7.89 | |
| BJP | Asoka Kumar D. | 16,713 | 11.66% | 7.09 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 474 | 0.33% | ||
| SDPI | Reyash | 401 | 0.28% | ||
| WPOI | Joshy Joseph | 365 | 0.25% | ||
| Independent | Suresh V. | 249 | 0.17% | ||
| Independent | Biju Elamannoor | 133 | 0.09% | ||
| SHS | Vishnu S. | 97 | 0.07% | ||
| Margin of victory | 20,748 | 14.48% | 8.55 | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,283 | 72.99% | 1.13 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.66 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,82,384 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Adoor Prakash | 65,724 | 50.15% | ||
| CPI(M) | M. S. Rajendran | 57,950 | 44.22% | ||
| BJP | V. S. Harish Chandran | 5,994 | 4.57% | ||
| Independent | Sinto Stephen | 655 | 0.50% | ||
| Independent | Thattayil Saraswathi | 276 | 0.21% | ||
| SUCI(C) | Lekshmi R. Shekhar | 247 | 0.19% | ||
| Independent | Renjini C. T. | 207 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 7,774 | 5.93% | |||
| Turnout | 1,31,053 | 71.86% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
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- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
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- "Konni Niyamasabha Constituency goes to bypoll, www.thehindu.com". The Hindu. 16 July 2019.
- "LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS KERALA - TREND 2020". trend.kerala.gov.in. State Election Commission Kerala. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.