Karunagappally (State Assembly Constituency)
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Karunagappally State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in
Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passage of the States Reorganisation Act, by combining Malayalam-speaking regions of the erstwhile ...
in southern
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. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in
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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is C. R. Mahesh of
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Structure

Karunagappally Assembly constituency was formed in 1951. As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, the Assembly constituency consists of
Karunagappally Karunagappally is a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is 24 km north of Kollam and south of Alappuzha. Karunagappally taluk consists of Alappad, Ochira, Adinad, Karunagappally, Thazhava, Pavumba, Thodiyoor, Kallalibh ...
municipality and six panchayaths from Karunagappally taluk including
Alappad Alappad is a coastal village in the Kollam district of the Indian state Kerala. It is situated on a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Arabian Sea and the TS Canal – the village is approximately 16 km long and its narrowest point ...
, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira,
Thazhava Thazhava is a village in Karunagappally taluk, Kollam district in the state of Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passa ...
and
Thodiyoor Thodiyoor is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics- Census 2011 Data India census, Thodiyoor had a population of 23123 with 11244 males Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces th ...
.


Major institutions in the constituency

* Municipality: 1 (
Karunagappally Karunagappally is a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is 24 km north of Kollam and south of Alappuzha. Karunagappally taluk consists of Alappad, Ochira, Adinad, Karunagappally, Thazhava, Pavumba, Thodiyoor, Kallalibh ...
) * Panchayaths: 6 (
Alappad Alappad is a coastal village in the Kollam district of the Indian state Kerala. It is situated on a narrow strip of land sandwiched between the Arabian Sea and the TS Canal – the village is approximately 16 km long and its narrowest point ...
, Clappana, Kulasekharapuram, Oachira,
Thazhava Thazhava is a village in Karunagappally taluk, Kollam district in the state of Kerala Kerala ( , ) is a States and union territories of India, state on the Malabar Coast of India. It was formed on 1 November 1956, following the passa ...
and
Thodiyoor Thodiyoor is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Demographics- Census 2011 Data India census, Thodiyoor had a population of 23123 with 11244 males Male (symbol: ♂) is the sex of an organism that produces th ...
) * Railway stations: 2 (
Karunagappalli Karunagappally is a municipality in the Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is 24 km north of Kollam and south of Alappuzha. Karunagappally taluk consists of Alappad, Ochira, Adinad, Karunagappally, Thazhava, Pavumba, Thodiyoor, Kallalibh ...
, Oachira) * Government hospitals: 4 (Chest Disease Hospital (TB) in Karunagappally, Govt. Taluk Hospital in Karunagappally, Community Health Center in Mynagapally, Community Health Center in Ochira)


Members of the Legislative Assembly

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:


Election results

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


2021

There were 2,13,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.


2016

There were 2,04,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.


2011

There were 1,82,508 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.


References

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies Assembly constituencies of Kerala Government of Kollam Politics of Kollam district Assembly constituencies in Kollam district 1957 establishments in Kerala Constituencies established in 1957