Kollam Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in the

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n state of

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. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies 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 in ...

. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is

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Structure of the constituency

Kollam Assembly Constituency includes 19 wards of Kollam City Corporation (Kureepuzha West,

Kureepuzha Kureepuzha is a peninsula region in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India, located on the shore of Ashtamudi Lake. Kureepuzha is sharing borders with the village of Neeravil in the north. It is one among the 55 councils of Kollam Municipal Corporati ...

, Neeravil,

Anchalumoodu Anchalumoodu is a town and neighbourhood of the city of Kollam, India. It is a historic town near the place, where the Peruman railway accident happened in 1988. Anchalumoodu is 8 km away from Kollam city, 26 km from Paravur and 8&nbs ...

Kadavoor Kadavoor is a small village in Paingottoor Gram panchayat in Kothamangalam Taluk at the eastern border of the Ernakulam district, state of Kerala, India. It is located about twenty kilometres away from the nearby towns Muvattupuzha, Kothamangal ...

, Mathilil,

Thevally Thevally is located in the city of Kollam, in the state of Kerala, India. Ashtamudi Lake is situated in the vicinity. National Highway-183 (formerly NH 220) passes through the neighbourhood. History Thereesapalli (Thevally) sasanam, the ...

, Vadakkumbhagam,

Uliyakovil Uliyakovil or Uliyakkovil is a thickly populated neighbourhood of the city of Kollam, India. It is the 11th ward in Kollam Municipal Corporation, Kerala. Uliyakovil is one of the major contributors to the city's seafood exports. There is a publi ...

East,

Kadappakada Kadappakada or Kadappakkada is a neighbourhood and important junction in the city of Kollam, in the state of Kerala, India. NH 744 (Earlier NH 208), that connects Kollam with Tirumangalam meets the Asramam Link Road at Kadappakada junction. M ...

, Koickal,

Kallumthazham Kallumthazham or Kallumthaazham is a neighbourhood of Kollam city in Kerala, India. It is the 19th ward of Kollam Municipal Corporation. Importance Kallumthazham comes under Kilikollur zone of Kollam Municipal Corporation where the most cashew ...

Mundakkal Mundakkal, also spelled Mundackal, is an important residential area and industrial hub situated in the city of Kollam, Kerala, India. The place is considered as the capital of India's cashew processing activities. Kerala State Cashew Developme ...

Pattathanam Pattathanam is a residential area in the city of Kollam in Kerala, southwest India. It is located from Chinnakkada, the commercial hub of Kollam city. It is home to various educational institutions. Subrahmanya Swami Temple, where annual eleph ...

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, Udayamarthandapuram,

Thamarakkulam Thamarakulam is a village in Alappuzha district in the Indian state of Kerala. Located in Alappuzha District of Kerala, Thamarakulam is around 16 km south-east of Kayamkulam. It is located close to the border of Kollam District. Kayamkula ...

Pallithottam Pallithottam is a neighbourhood of Kollam city situated at the coastal region. It is the 46th ward in Kollam Municipal Corporation. Pallithottam is totally depending on fishing activities and operations of Kollam Port. Significance Pallithottam ...

, Port Kollam) along with the neighbouring panchayaths of Panayam and

Thrikkaruva Thrikkaruva is a village in Kollam district in the state of Kerala, India. Thrikkaruva is the short form of Thiruvudal karuvaya desham(തിരുവുടൽ കരുവായ ദേശം ).The name orgin is related to the Thrikkaruva sree ...

, as per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations.

Major institutions in the constituency

Kollam district wise kerala assambly election 2016 constituency map

* Corporations: 1 (

Kollam Kollam (), also known by its former name Quilon , is an ancient seaport and city on the Malabar Coast of India bordering the Laccadive Sea, which is a part of the Arabian Sea. It is north of the state capital Thiruvananthapuram. The city i ...

) * Panchayaths: 2 ( Panayam;

) * Railway stations: 1 (

Kollam Junction Kollam Junction railway station (station code: QLN) is a junction station situated in the city of Kollam in Kerala, India. It is the second largest railway station in Kerala in terms of area and largest in terms of number of tracks and one of ...

) * Bus stations: 3 ( Kollam KSRTC Bus Station;

Andamukkam City Bus Stand Andamukkam City bus stand, Kollam, is one of the two bus stands in the city of Kollam in the Indian state of Kerala. Situated in the Downtown Kollam area, it is also known as Andamukkam private bus stand. The bus stand is only for private city b ...

;

Tangasseri Bus Terminal Tangasseri Bus Terminal or Tangasseri Bus Bay is a bus station in the city of Kollam, India. The bus terminal is opened on 6 September 2014 by Prasanna Earnest, the then Mayor of Kollam city. History The intention behind the bus terminal projec ...

) * Government hospitals: 2 (Govt. District Hospital, Kollam; Community Health Center in Thrikkadavoor) * RTOs: 1 (Kollam city)

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of 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 28 states in India. The Assembly is formed by 140 elected representatives. Each elected member represents one of the 140 c ...

who have represented the constituency: Key

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,76,041 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,72,552 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,60,475 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

List of Kerala Ministers from Kollam constituency

References

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