Thrikkakara Assembly constituency
Thrikkakara State assembly 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] After 2022 by-polls, Uma Thomas of INC became the MLA.
Thrikkakara | |
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Constituency No. 83 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Kochi Metro at Palarivattom in Thrikkakkara Constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Established | 2011 - present |
Total electors | 1,81,261 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | Indian National Congress |
Alliance | UDF |
Elected year | 2022 |
Local self governed segments
editThrikkakara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 22 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Edappally zone and Vyttila zone), and 1 Municipality in Kanayannur Taluk:[2]
Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
35 | Ponekkara | 37 | Edappally | 38 | Devankulangara |
39 | Karukapally | 40 | Mamangalam | 41 | Padivattom |
42 | Vennala | 43 | Palarivattom | 44 | Karanakkodam |
45 | Thammanam | 46 | Chakkaraparambu | 47 | Chalikkavattam |
48 | Ponnurunni East | 49 | Vyttila | 50 | Chambakkara |
51 | Poonithura | 52 | Vyttila Janata | 53 | Ponnurunni |
54 | Elamkulam | 55 | Giri Nagar | 56 | Panampilly Nagar |
57 | Kadavanthra |
All of the above 22 wards are included in the Kanayannur Taluk.
Sl no. | Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Thrikkakkara | Municipality | Kanayannur |
Members of Legislative Assembly
editThe following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | 13th | Benny Behanan | Indian National Congress | 2011–2016 | |
2016 | 14th | P. T. Thomas | 2016–2021 | ||
2021 | 15th | 2021–2021 | |||
2022^ | Uma Thomas[3] | 2022-Incumbent |
^2022 by-poll
Election results
editPercentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
By-election 2022
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Uma Thomas | 72,770 | 53.76 | 8.34 | |
CPI(M) | Jo Joseph | 47,754 | 35.28 | 1.27 | |
BJP | A. N. Radhakrishnan | 12,957 | 9.57 | 6.13 | |
NOTA | None of the Above | 1,111 | 0.82 | ||
Majority | 25,016 | 18.48 | |||
Turnout | 135,349 | 68.75 | |||
INC hold | Swing |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
editThere were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | P. T. Thomas | 61,268 | 45.42 | 10.46 | |
CPI(M) | Sebastian Paul | 49,455 | 36.55 | 0.32 | |
BJP | S. Saji | 21,247 | 15.70 | 10.66 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,275 | 0.94 | − | |
SDPI | K. M. Shajahan | 956 | 0.71 | 0.03 | |
BSP | Shibu P. A. | 346 | 0.26 | 0.08 | |
Independent | Vinod P. K. | 302 | 175 | − | |
Independent | Silvi Sunil | 147 | 0.11 | − | |
Independent | Sreedharan | 82 | 0.06 | − | |
Independent | Lal Viswan | 60 | 0.04 | ||
Independent | Rahul R. | 58 | 0.04 | ||
Independent | P. H. Ramachandran | 52 | 0.04 | ||
Margin of victory | 11,966 | 8.87 | 8.14 | ||
Turnout | 1,35,304 | 74.65 | 0.94 | ||
INC hold | Swing | 10.46 |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
editThere were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Benny Behanan | 65,854 | 55.88 | ||
CPI(M) | M. E. Hassainar | 43,448 | 36.87 | ||
BJP | N. Saji Kumar | 5,935 | 5.04 | − | |
Independent | Hassainar | 933 | 0.79 | − | |
SDPI | Abdul Salam Parakkadan | 869 | 0.74 | − | |
Independent | Benny George | 410 | 0.35 | − | |
BSP | Shereef Thankayathil | 404 | 0.34 | ||
Margin of victory | 22,406 | 17.01 | |||
Turnout | 1,17,853 | 73.71 | 0.26 | ||
INC win (new seat) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ The Hindu (3 June 2022). "UDF retains Thrikkakara with record margin". Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "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.