Chavara | |
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Constituency No. 117 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
![]() The coast at Chavara as seen from Kovilthottam Lighthouse | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kollam |
Established | 1977 |
Total electors | 1,75,280 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent |
Chavara State Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the eleven Assembly constituencies in Kollam district. [1]
As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chavara Assembly constituency consists of the seven wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and five neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara. [2] [3]
Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | |
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1951 | N. Sreekantan Nair | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 8,181 [4] | |
1954 | Baby John | 2,175 [5] |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1977 | 5th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | Shibu Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006 | |
2006 | 12th | N. K. Premchandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | Shibu Baby John | 2011 – 2016 | ||
2016 | 14th | N. Vijayan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2020 [a] | |
2021 | 15th | Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai | Left Democratic Front | Incumbent |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | ||
RSP | Shibu Baby John | 58,477 | 42.32 | ![]() | |
BJP | M. Sunil | 10,276 | 7.44 | ![]() | |
PDP | Shahul Thengumthara | 1,439 | 1.04 | − | |
SDPI | Ansar Thevalakkara | 1,106 | 0.80 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 667 | 0.48 | ||
Independent | Shibu | 427 | 0.31 | ||
BSP | Thevalakkara Manoj | 403 | 0.29 | ||
Independent | Abu Muhammed | 228 | 0.16 | ||
Independent | Anillumar Kallambalam | 162 | 0.12 | ||
Independent | Chellapan | 121 | 0.09 | ||
SS | V. Subash | 427 | 0.31 | ||
Independent | Karamkode Balakrishnan | 93 | 0.07 | ||
Margin of victory | 6,189 | 4.48 | |||
Turnout | 1,38,186 | 78.55 | ![]() | ||
CMP gain from RSP | Swing |
There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [7]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KRSP(B) | Shibu Baby John | 65,002 | 51.16 | ||
RSP | N.K PREMACHANDRAN | 58,941 | 46.80 | ![]() | |
BJP | Nalini Sankaramangalam | 2,028 | 1.59 | ||
Independent | Maniyan G. | 567 | 0.45 | − | |
BSP | V. Varadharajan | 532 | 0.42 | ![]() | |
Margin of victory | 6,061 | 4.77 | |||
Turnout | 1,27,068 | 79.59 | |||
[[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP | Swing |