Thrikaripur Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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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 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
Thrikaripur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
As Nileshwaram
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
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
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
- Thrikaripur
- Kasaragod district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "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.
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