Chathannoor (State Assembly constituency)


Chathannoor Assembly Constituency or Chathannur Assembly Constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. 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 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 from Varkala and is named as Chathannoor assembly constituency. The MLA office was shifted from Paravur to Chathannoor. In 1967, P. Ravindran of CPI became the first elected member from Chathannoor assembly constituency.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chathannoor assembly constituency consist of Paravur municipal town and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chathannoor, Adichanalloor, Poothakkulam, Kalluvathukkal, Pooyappally.

Major institutions in the constituency

Paravur Assembly Constituency: [Travancore-Cochin] Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
* indicates bypolls
Sources: