Mavelikara Assembly constituency

Mavelikara
Constituency No. 109 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Mavelikara railway station
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictAlappuzha
Established1957
Total electors1,98,395 (2016)
ReservationSC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Mavelikara State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is M S Arunkumar of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Mavelikara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Sl no. Name Status (grama panchayat/municipality) Taluk
1 Mavelikkara Municipality Mavelikkara
2 Chunakkara Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
3 Mavelikkara-Thekkekara Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
4 Mavelikara-Thamarakkulam Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
5 Nooranad Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
6 Palamel Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
7 Thazhakkara Grama panchayat Mavelikkara
8 Vallikunnam Grama panchayat Mavelikkara

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election Niyama
Sabha 		Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. K. Kunjachan Communist Party of India 1957 – 1960
K. C. George
1960 2nd Eravankara Gopala Kurup 1960 – 1965
P. K. Kunjachan
1967 3rd G. Gopinathan Pillai Samyukta Socialist Party 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Praja Socialist Party 1970 – 1977
1977 5th N. Bhaskaran Nair Independent 1977 – 1980
1980 6th S. Govinda Kurup Communist Party of India 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th M Murali Indian National Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th R. Rajesh Communist Party of India 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016-21
2021 15th M. S. Arun Kumar Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Rajesh 74,555 49.81 Increase0.51
INC Baiju Kalasala 43,013 28.74 −
BJP P. M. Velayudhan 30,929 20.66 Increase16.93
NOTA None of the above 523 0.35 −
SUCI(C) Asha T. 242 0.16 −
BSP Kattanam Suresh 213 0.14 Decrease0.50
Independent Ajeeshkumar 213 0.14
Margin of victory 31,542 21.07 Increase17.22
Turnout 1,49,688 75.45 Increase0.26
CPI(M) hold Swing Decrease0.51

Niyamasabha election 2011

There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) R. Rajesh 65,903 49.30
JSS K. K. Shaju 60,754 45.45
BJP S. Girija 4,984 3.73
Independent R. Rajeesh 1,185 0.89
BSP Subhash Mankamkuzhy 860 0.64 −
Margin of victory 5,149 3.85
Turnout 1,49,688 75.19
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing

See also

References

  1. ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.