Thrissur Assembly constituency
Appearance
Thrissur | |
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Constituency No. 67 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Government Engineering College, Thrissur, the second-oldest Govt. Engineering College in the state. | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Thrissur |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 1,72,358 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Thrissur is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Balachandran of CPI.
Local self-governed segments
[edit]Thrissur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 41 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation:[2]
Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
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1 | Punkunnam | 2 | Kuttankulangara | 3 | Patturaikkal |
4 | Viyyoor | 5 | Peringavu | 6 | Ramavarmapuram |
7 | Kuttumukku | 8 | Villadam | 9 | Cherur |
10 | Mukkattukara | 11 | Gandhinagar | 12 | Chembukkavu |
13 | Kizhakkumpattukara | 14 | Paravattani | 15 | Ollukkara |
16 | Nettissery | 19 | Krishnapuram | 20 | Kalathodu |
21 | Nadathara | 22 | Chelakkottukara | 23 | Mission Quarters |
27 | Kuttanellur | 33 | Chiyyaram North | 34 | Kannamkulangara |
35 | Pallikulam | 36 | Thekkinkadu | 37 | Kottappuram |
38 | Poothole | 39 | Kokkala | 40 | Vadookkara |
45 | Karyattukara | 46 | Chettupuzha | 47 | Pullazhi |
48 | Olarikara | 49 | Elthuruth | 50 | Laloor |
51 | Aranattukara | 52 | Kanattukara | 53 | Ayyanthole |
54 | Civil Station | 55 | Puthurkkara |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Independent INC BLD NDP CPI CPI(M)
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | A. R. Menon | Ind. | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | T. A. Dharmaja Iyer | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | K. Sekharan Nair | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | Joseph Mundassery | Ind. | 1970 - 1972 | |
1972* | P. A. Antony | INC | 1972 - 1977 | ||
1977 | 5th | K. J. George | BLD | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | M. K. Kannan | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | Therambil Ramakrishnan | NDP | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | E. K. Menon | CPI(M) | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | Therambil Ramakrishnan | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | V. S. Sunil Kumar | CPI | 2016 – 2021 | |
2021 | 15th | P. Balachandran | 2021- Present |
* Bypoll
Election results
[edit]Election 2021
[edit]Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | P. Balachandran | 44,263 | 34.25 | ![]() | |
INC | Padmaja Venugopal | 43,317 | 33.52 | ![]() | |
BJP | Suresh Gopi | 40,457 | 31.30 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 712 | 0.56 | ||
Independent | Ajith Menon Ponnemkattil | 252 | 0.19 | − | |
IGP | Thrissur Mukundan | 225 | 0.17 | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 946 | 0.33 | ![]() | ||
CPI hold | Swing | ![]() |
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Turnout | 1,29,237 | 70.73 | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2016
[edit]There were 1,72,358 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
CPI | V. S. Sunil Kumar | 53,664 | 42.19 | ![]() | |
INC | Padmaja Venugopal | 46,677 | 36.70 | ![]() | |
BJP | B. Gopalakrishnan | 24,748 | 19.46 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,128 | 0.89 | − | |
Independent | Anthony J. Maliakal | 256 | 0.20 | − | |
SP | P. S. Unnikrishnan | 226 | 0.18 | − | |
PDP | Raji Mani | 154 | 0.12 | − | |
SUCI(C) | M. Pradeepan | 111 | 0.09 | − | |
IGP | Santhakumari K. V. | 74 | 0.06 | − | |
Margin of victory | 6,987 | 5.49 | N/A | ||
CPI gain from INC | Swing | ![]() |
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Turnout | 1,27,191 | 73.79 | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,61,886 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
INC | Therambil Ramakrishnan | 59,991 | 53.19 | ||
CPI | P. Balachandran | 43,822 | 38.85 | ||
BJP | Ravikumar Uppath | 6,697 | 5.94 | ||
Independent | Therambil Radhakrishnan | 1,405 | 1.25 | ||
BSP | A. Jayaram | 879 | 0.78 | ||
Margin of victory | 16,169 | 14.34 | |||
INC hold | Swing | ||||
Turnout | 1,27,191 | 73.79 |
See also
[edit]- Thrissur
- Thrissur district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur 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.