Konni State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, the current MLA is K. U. Jenish Kumar of CPI(M).
Konni Assembly 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 Assembly 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 | |||
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 2,02,728 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly 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 | ||||
Due to the election of the sitting MLA Adoor Prakash as the MP from Attingal Lok Sabha constituency, Konni Assembly constituency held a by-election in 2019. There were 1,97,956 registered voters in Konni Assembly 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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There were 1,96,309 registered voters in Konni Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly 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% | ||
| SS | 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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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 | ||||
