Mavelikara Assembly constituency
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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).
| Mavelikara | |
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| Constituency No. 109 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,98,395 (2016) |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self governed segments
editMavelikara 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
edit| 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
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
editThere were 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | R. Rajesh | 74,555 | 49.81 |  0.51
| |
| INC | Baiju Kalasala | 43,013 | 28.74 | − | |
| BJP | P. M. Velayudhan | 30,929 | 20.66 | 16.93
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 523 | 0.35 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Asha T. | 242 | 0.16 | − | |
| BSP | Kattanam Suresh | 213 | 0.14 |  0.50
| |
| Independent | Ajeeshkumar | 213 | 0.14 | ||
| Margin of victory | 31,542 | 21.07 | 17.22
| ||
| Turnout | 1,49,688 | 75.45 | 0.26
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.51
|
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Niyamasabha election 2011
editThere were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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
editReferences
edit- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Alappuzha District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "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.