Kollam (Lok Sabha constituency)

Kollam Lok Sabha constituency (Malayalam: കൊല്ലം (ലോക്‌സഭാ നിയോജകമണ്ഡലം) (formerly Quilon Lok Sabha constituency) is one of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments

Before delimitation of parliamentary constituencies, Kollam Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following assembly segments:

1. Kunnathur (SC)
2. Karunagapally
3. Chavara
4. Kundara
5. Kollam
6. Eravipuram
7. Chathanoor

After delimitation of parliamentary constituencies in 2008, presently Kollam Lok Sabha constituency comprises the following assembly segments:

1. Chavara
2. Punalur
3. Chadayamangalam
4. Kundara
5. Kollam
6. Eravipuram
7. Chathannoor

Corporations & Municipalities coming under Kollam Lok Sabha constituency

• Kollam - Corporation
• Paravur - Municipality

Members of Parliament

From Quilon cum Mavelikara constituency in Travancore-Cochin:

• 1951: N. Sreekantan Nair, Revolutionary Socialist Party

From Quilon/Kollam constituency in Kerala:

• 1957: Kodiyan, Communist Party of India
• 1962: N. Sreekantan Nair, Revolutionary Socialist Party
• 1967: N. Sreekantan Nair, Independent
• 1971: N. Sreekantan Nair, Revolutionary Socialist Party
• 1977: N. Sreekantan Nair, Revolutionary Socialist Party
• 1980: B.K. Nair, Indian National Congress (I)
• 1984: S. Krishna Kumar, Indian National Congress
• 1989: S. Krishna Kumar, Indian National Congress
• 1991: S. Krishna Kumar, Indian National Congress
• 1996: N. K. Premachandran, Revolutionary Socialist Party
• 1998: N. K. Premachandran, Revolutionary Socialist Party
• 1999: P. Rajendran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2004: P. Rajendran, Communist Party of India (Marxist)
• 2009: N. Peethambarakurup, Indian National Congress
• 2014: N. K. Premachandran, Revolutionary Socialist Party

Indian general election, 2014

Indian general election, 2014 : Kollam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	N K Premachandran	408,528	46.47%	N/A
	CPI(M)	M A Baby	370,879	42.19%	-3.00%
	BJP	P M Velayudhan	58,671	6.67%	+2.27%
	NOTA	None of the above	7,876	0.90%	---
Margin of victory			37,649	4.28%	+1.95%
Turnout			879,056	72.12
	UDF hold		Swing

See also

• Kollam district
• List of Constituencies of the Lok Sabha
• Indian general election, 2014 (Kerala)
• Indian general election, 2014

External links

• Election Commission of India: http://www.eci.gov.in/StatisticalReports/ElectionStatistics.asp