Punalur
Constituency No. 121 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Punalur KSRTC Bus Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,46251 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Ajayaprasad C
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2026

Punalur is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.^[1] The current MLA is Ajayaprasad C of CPI.

As per the recent changes in Assembly constituency delimitations, Punalur Assembly constituency consists of the municipality of Punalur and seven neighbouring panchayaths including Anchal, Ariyankavu, Edamulakkal, Eroor, Karavaloor, Kulathupuzha and Thenmala in Punalur taluk.^[2][3]

Punalur Assembly constituency was carved out from Pathanapuram Assembly constituency in 1954.

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

*by-election

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

There were 2,05,830 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	P. S. Supal	80,428	54.99	1.86
	IUML	Abdurahiman Randathani	43,371	29.66	3.95
	BJP	Ayoor Murali	20,069	13.72
	NOTA	None of the above	688	0.47
	Independent	Shibu M. Scaria	617	0.42	−
	SUCI(C)	K. Mahesh	407	0.28	0.49
	Independent	Thenmala Nagarajan	264	0.18
Margin of victory			37,057	25.33	2.09
Turnout			1,46,251	71.05	0.45
	CPIhold		Swing	1.86

There were 2,04,628 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Punalur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	K. Raju	82,136	56.85	2.33
	IUML	A. Younus Kunju	48,554	33.61
	KEC	Sisil Fernandes	10,558	7.31
	SUCI(C)	K. Sasankan	1,117	0.77	0.40
	NOTA	None of the above	888	0.61
	Independent	Nettayam Suji	639	0.44	−
	SS	Satheeshkumar B.	415	0.29
	Independent	Navas M.	164	0.11
Margin of victory			33,582	23.24	9.73
Turnout			1,44,471	70.60	0.47
	CPIhold		Swing	2.33

There were 1,89,994 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

There were 1,72,072 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

There were 1,59,320 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.

There were 1,53,639 registered voters in the constituency for the 1991 election.