Chathannoor or Chathannur is a legislative assembly constituency in

Kollam district Kollam district (), (formerly Quilon district) is one of 14 List of districts in Kerala, 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 La ...

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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. S. Jayalal of CPI.

History

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

Varkala Varkala is a major coastal municipality and a northern suburb of Thiruvananthapuram, the capital city of the Indian state of Kerala. In legends and myths related to Kerala, texts like the Keralolpathi, Kerala Mahatmyam describe the Varkala reg ...

Assembly constituency in 1957. Because of the merger, Varkala Assembly 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 was 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). Geo ...

. In 1967,

P. Ravindran Padmanabhan Ravindran (14 November 1922 – 13 November 1997) or P. Ravindran was an Indian people, Indian politician who was the Minister for Industries, Labour and Forests in Kerala from 1 November 1969 to 3 August 1970. He was the secreta ...

of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor Assembly constituency.

Structure

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

, Adichanalloor,

Chirakkara Chirakkara is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Chirakkara is 16 km away from the town of Kollam and 8 km away from Paravur Town, which is famous for festivals, estuary, backwaters and beaches. Demograph ...

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

, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.

Major institutions

* Municipalities: one ( Paravur) * Panchayaths: five (

, Adichanalloor,

, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally) * Railway stations: one (

Paravur railway station Paravur railway station (station code: PVU) is an NSG–5 category List of railway stations in India, Indian railway station in Thiruvananthapuram railway division of Southern Railway zone. It is a railway station in the Indian municipal town ...

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

Members of Legislative Assembly

Paravur Assembly Constituency: Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Kerala

The following list contains all members of

Kerala Legislative Assembly The Kerala Legislative Assembly, popularly known as the Kerala Niyamasabha, is the State Assembly of Kerala, one of the 30 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 ...

who have represented the constituency: * by-elections

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,84,661 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2016

There were 1,79,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly 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