Aruvikkara Assembly constituency

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Aruvikkara
Constituency No. 136 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Aruvikkara Dam 4.jpg
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Thiruvananthapuram
Lok Sabha constituency Attingal
Established2008
Total electors146,160 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Alliance   LDF
Elected year 2021

Aruvikkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is G. Steephen of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

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Local self-governed segments

Aruvikkara Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]

NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Aruvikkara Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Aryanadu Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Tholicode Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Vithura Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Uzhamalackal Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Vellanad Grama panchayat Nedumangad and Kattakada
Kuttichal Grama panchayat Kattakada
PoovachalGrama panchayat Kattakada

Members of the Legislative Assembly

ElectionMemberPolitical party
2011 G. Karthikeyan Indian National Congress
2015^ K. S. Sabarinadhan
2016
2021 G. Steephen Communist Party of India (Marxist)

^by-election

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2021

Total votes polled 145,708.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
CPI(M) G. Stephen 66,776 45.83 Increase2.svg11.33
INC K. S. Sabarinathan 61,73042.37Decrease2.svg6.95
BJP C. Sivankutty15,37910.55Decrease2.svg3.57
NOTA None of the above9000.62Increase2.svg0.17
Margin of victory50463.47Decrease2.svg11.35
Turnout 1,45,708
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase2.svg11.33

2016

There were 189,505 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. S. Sabarinathan70,91049.32Increase2.svg9.30
CPI(M) A. A. Rasheed49,59634.50Increase2.svg1.66
BJP Rajasenan 20,29414.12Decrease2.svg10.08
SDPI M. A. Jaleel7070.49
BSP Chitralekha E.6730.47
NOTA None of the above6400.45
Independent Sabarinath3310.23
Independent Cherappally Viswanathan1880.13
Independent Rasheed1580.11
Independent A. P. Kakkadu1340.09
Independent Ajitha B.1300.09
Margin of victory21,31414.82Increase2.svg7.64
Turnout 1,43,76175.86Decrease2.svg0.30
INC hold Swing Increase2.svg9.30

2015 by-election

Due to the death of the sitting MLA G. Karthikeyan, Aruvikkara Assembly constituency held a by-election on 27 June 2015. [4] There were 185,216 registered voters for this election in the constituency.

2015 by-election: Aruvikkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC K. S. Sabarinathan56,44840.02Decrease2.svg8.77
CPI M. Vijayakumar 46,32032.84
BJP O. Rajagopal 34,14524.20Increase2.svg17.59
Independent K. Das1,1970.85
PDP Poonthura Siraj7030.50Decrease2.svg0.25
Independent P. K. Sukumaran4810.34
Independent Sunil M. Karani4220.30
Thomas Kaithaparambil3830.27
Independent Irinchayam Suresh3540.25
ABHM Sreejita T. R.1710.12
Independent Sabarinath M. S.1430.10
N. Sasidharan Pillai930.07
Independent Vijaya Kumar B.690.05
IGP K. M. Sivaprasad620.04
Independent Vijaya Kumar Nair400.03
Independent K. G. Mohanan350.02
Margin of victory10,1287.18Increase2.svg9.30
Turnout 1,41,06676.16Increase2.svg5.88
INC hold Swing Decrease2.svg8.77

2011

There were 165,638 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
INC G. Karthikeyan56,79748.79
RSP Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair46,12339.62
BJP Sivankutty C.7,6946.61
BSP A. Balan1,7461.50
Independent Poovathoor S. Rajeev9720.83
Independent Sanil V. O.9130.78
Independent R. Rajappan7530.65
Independent Karakulam Sathyakumar6510.56
SUCI(C) S. Sreekumar5250.45
Independent Latha B. Vellumannadi2440.21
Margin of victory10,6749.17
Turnout 1,16,41870.28
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. "Despite rains, 76% polling in Aruvikkara by-election". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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