Chathannoor Assembly constituency is a general seat in Kollam district, Kerala, encompassing Chathannoor town and rural panchayats with rubber plantations and coastal communities shaping its politics. The current MLA is G.S. Jayalal from CPI, elected in 2021 with 59,296 votes (43.15per cent), defeating BJP's B.B. Gopakumar (42,090 votes, 30.64per cent) by 17,206 votes amid 74.46per cent turnout. Key issues include Kallada River flooding damaging crops; poor rural road connectivity hindering farm exports; youth unemployment despite Gulf remittances; erratic water supply and sanitation gaps; overburdened PHCs; illegal quarrying polluting rivers; monsoon power outages; rising land prices squeezing small farmers; traffic near markets; and inadequate public transport challenging this LDF stronghold's rural economy.