Punalur Assembly constituency is a general seat in Kollam district, Kerala, encompassing Punalur town and rural panchayats with rubber plantations, cashew farms, and forested hills shaping its politics. The current MLA is P.S. Supal from CPI, elected in 2021 with 80,428 votes (54.99per cent), defeating IUML's Abdurahman Randathani (43,371 votes, 29.66per cent) by a margin of 37,057 votes amid 71.79per cent turnout, while BJP's Ayoor Murali got 20,069 votes (13.72per cent). 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.