Chathannoor Assembly Constituency or Chathannur Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 districts of the state of Kerala, India. The district has a cross-section of Kerala's natural attributes; it is endowed with a long coastline, a major Laccadive Sea seaport and an i ...

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. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of

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History

The constituency was previously known as ''Paravur Assembly Constituency''. It was temporarily merged with

Varkala Varkala, is a major coastal municipality situated in the northern suburb of Trivandrum, capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. It is the headquarters of Varkala Taluk and important government institutions such as the taluk office, court ...

constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, the Varkala constituency became a two-member constituency during the legislative assembly election of 1957 and interim election of 1960. Later in 1967, the new constituency was carved out of Varkala and is named as ''Chathannoor assembly constituency''. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to

Chathannoor Chathannoor is a town in the Indian state of Kerala situated at the Kollam District on the banks of Ithikkara River. It is about from Kollam(Quilon) City. Chathannoor is around north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram(Trivandrum). Th ...

. In 1967,

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became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consists of Paravur municipal town and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including

Adichanalloor Adichanalloor is a village and grama panchayat in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. General India census A census is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording and calculating information about the members of a give ...

Poothakkulam Poothakkulam, also known as Bhoothakulam, is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. The village is located 3.9 km away from Paravur, 11.4 km from Varkala and 23 km from Kollam. In 2011, it had a population ...

Kalluvathukkal Kalluvathukkal is a village in the Kollam district of the Indian state of Kerala. NH 47 passes through the village. Kalluvathukkal panchayat has its own school for classes from the 5th to 10th standard. A small stadium is located next to the s ...

Pooyappally Pooyappally is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics India census, Pooyappally had a population of 23924 with 11399 males and 12525 females. Transportation Kerala State Road Transport Corporation bus serv ...

Major institutions in the constituency

* Municipalities: 1 ( Paravur) * Panchayaths: 5 (

) * Railway stations: 1 (

Paravur railway station Paravur railway station (Code:PVU) is a railway station in the Indian municipal town of Paravur in Kollam district, Kerala. Paravur railway station falls under the Thiruvananthapuram railway division of the Southern Railway zone of India ...

) * Bus stations: 2 (Chathannoor KSRTC Bus Station, Paravur Municipal Bus Station) * Medical college hospital: 1 ( Kollam Government Medical College, Parippally) * Government hospitals: 2 ( Government MCH, Govt. Taluk Hospital, Paravur) * Private hospitals: 3 (Azeezia Medical College Meeyannoor, Kollam KIMS Sithara Jn, Holy Cross Hospital Kottiyam)

Electoral history

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of

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who have represented the constituency: Key * indicates bypolls

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,60,688 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

References

{{Paravur Assembly constituencies of Kerala Government of Kollam Politics of Kollam district Assembly constituencies in Kollam district 1965 establishments in Kerala 1951 establishments in Travancore–Cochin Constituencies established in 1951 Constituencies established in 1965