Thrikaripur Assembly constituency
Thrikaripur State assembly constituency Previously Nileshwaram constituency' is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).
Thrikaripur | |
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Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kasaragod |
Established | 1977 - present |
Total electors | 2,02,249 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Thrikaripur constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing the Nileshwaram constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1977.
Local self governed segments edit
Thrikaripur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Nileshwaram | Municipality | Hosdurg |
2 | Cheruvathur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
3 | Padne | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
4 | Pilicode | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
5 | Thrikaripur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
6 | Valiyaparamba | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
7 | Kayyur-Cheemeni | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg and Vellarikundu |
8 | East Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
9 | West Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
Members of Legislative Assembly edit
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
As Nileshwaram
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | C. Kunhikrishnan Nair | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | V. V. Kunhambu | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 |
As Thrikaripur
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1977 | 5th | P. Karunakaran | CPI(M) | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | O. Bharathan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
1987 | 8th | E. K. Nayanar | 1987 – 1991 | ||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | K. P. Satheesh Chandran | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | K. Kunhiraman | 2006 – 2011 | ||
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | M. Rajagopalan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Election results edit
2021 edit
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 86,151 | 53.71 | 2.78 | |
KEC | M P Joseph | 60,014 | 37.41 | ||
BJP | Shibin T V | 10,961 | 6.83 | 0.09 | |
SDPI | LIYAKATHALI P | 1,211 | 0.75 | ||
WPOI | T MAHESH MASTER | 817 | 0.51 | ||
NOTA | NOTA | 558 | 0.35 | ||
Margin of victory | 26,137 | 16.30 | 5.41 | ||
Turnout | 1,60,408 | 78.95 | 2.21 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
Niyamasabha Election 2016 edit
There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 79,286 | 50.93 | 1.02 | |
INC | K. P. Kunhikannan | 62,327 | 40.04 | 3.42 | |
BJP | M. Bhaskaran | 10,767 | 6.92 | 2.91 | |
WPOI | C. H. Muthalib | 1.029 | 0.66 | - | |
SDPI | M. V. Shaukathali | 840 | 0.54 | 3.47 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 774 | 0.50 | - | |
Independent | P. P. Purushottaman | 263 | 0.17 | - | |
Independent | K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath | 183 | 0.12 | - | |
Independent | Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu | 109 | 0.07 | - | |
Independent | K. M. Sreedharan | 93 | 0.06 | - | |
Margin of victory | 16,959 | 10.89 | 4.44 | ||
Turnout | 1,55,671 | 81.88 | 1.60 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.02 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011 edit
There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 67,871 | 49.91 | ||
INC | K. V. Gangadharan | 59,106 | 43.46 | ||
BJP | T. Radhakrishnan | 5,450 | 4.01 | ||
SDPI | Razak Haji Parambath | 5.450 | 4.01 | ||
BSP | Arun Kumar | 1,031 | 0.76 | ||
Independent | K .K .Dileep Kumar | 789 | 0.58 | - | |
Margin of victory | 8,765 | 6.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,35,988 | 80.28 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.