Kollam is a Lok Sabha / Parliamentary constituency in Travancore of Kerala and is located in South India. Kollam Lok Sabha is reserved for General.
It is a Semi-Urban constituency with an approximate literacy rate of 93.83%. There are 12,19,415 voters of which 5,75,296 are male and 6,44,119 are female and 0 voters of the third gender.
N K Premachandran of RSP (alliance: UPA) won in this seat defeating CPM. RSP polled 4,08,528 of the total of 8,79,057 votes polled. INC won the seat in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
Kollam goes to the polls in the 3st phase of the 2019 General Elections to choose the 17th Lok Sabha on Tuesday, April 23, 2019. The election results for the seat are scheduled for Thursday, May 23, 2019.
The voter turnout in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections was 72.12%.
| Constituency Data (2014) | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. | 18 |
| Total Assembly Segments | 7 |
| Reservation for | General |
| Number of Voters | 12,19,415 |
| Number of Male Voters | 5,75,296 |
| Number of Female Voters | 6,44,119 |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | RSP | INC |
| Turnout % | 72.12% | 67.88% |
| Margin of Victory | 37,649 | 17,531 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.28% | 2.33% |
| Results | 2014 | 2009 |
|---|---|---|
| Winner | RSP | INC |
| Turnout % | 72.12% | 67.88% |
| Margin of Victory | 37,649 | 17,531 |
| Margin of Victory % | 4.28% | 2.33% |
| Party | Votes Polled | Votes % | CANDIDATE NAME |
|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | 350821 | 74.89% | K.N.Balagopal |
| BJP | 103339 | 22.06% | Adv.K.V.Sabu |
| NOTA | 6018 | 1.28% | Nota |
| IND | 2629 | 0.56% | Saji Kollam |
| IND | 1708 | 0.36% | Suni Kalluvathukkal |
| SUCI | 1319 | 0.28% | Twinkle Prabhakaran |
| IND | 1150 | 0.25% | Dr.Sreekumar.J |
| IND | 830 | 0.18% | N.Jayarajan |
| IND | 632 | 0.13% | Nagaraj.G |
| RSP | 0 | 0.00% | N.K.Premachandran |
