Ernakulam Assembly constituency

Ernakulam
Ernakulam
Constituency No. 82 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	The Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium Link Road at Kaloor
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	1,64,534 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent T. J. Vinod
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Last updated November 29, 2024

Ernakulam 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] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is T. J. Vinod of INC.

Local self governed segments

Ernakulam Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 24 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Ernakulam zone and Vaduthala zone), and 1 Gram Panchayat in Kanayannur Taluk:^[2]

**Wards of Kochi Municipal Corporation in Ernakulam Constituency**
Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
29	Island North	30	Island South	31	Vaduthala West
32	Vaduthala East	33	Elamakkara North	34	Puthukkalavattam
36	Kunnumpuram	58	Konthuruthy	59	Thevara
60	Perumanur	61	Ravipuram	62	Ernakulam South
63	Gandhi Nagar	64	Kathrikadavu	65	Kaloor South
66	Ernakulam Central	67	Ernakulam North	68	Ayyappankavu
69	Thrikkanarvattom	70	Kaloor North	71	Elamakkara South
72	Pottakuzhy	73	Pachalam	74	Thattazham

Wards 29 and 30 are included in Kochi Taluk, while the remaining 22 wards in the constituency are parts of Kanayannur Taluk.

Other Local Bodies in Ernakulam Constituency
Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
Cheranallur	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Ernakulam Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Key

INC LDF

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	A. L. Jacob	INC	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	A. L. Jacob		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	Alexander Parambithara		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	A. L. Jacob		1970 – 1977
1977	5th			1977 – 1980
1980	6th			1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th	M. K. Sanu	Independent (supported by LDF)	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	George Eden	INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	George Eden	INC	1996 – 1998
1998*	10th	Sebastian Paul	Independent (supported by LDF)	1998 - 2001
2001	11th	K. V. Thomas	INC	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. V. Thomas		2006 – 2009
2009*	12th	Dominic Presentation		2009 - 2011
2011	13th	Hibi Eden		2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Hibi Eden		2016 - 2019
* 2019	14th	T. J. Vinod		2019 - 2021
2021	15th	T. J. Vinod		Incumbent

* Byepoll

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2026

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2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Eranakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes
	INC
	LDF
	BJP	Padmaja S. Menon
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
			Swing

2021

There were 1,64,534 registered voters in Eranakulam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Eranakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. J. Vinod	45,930	41.72	0.59
	LDF	Shaji George	34,960	31.75	6.21
	BJP	Padmaja S. Menon	16,043	14.57	0.28
	Twenty 20 Party	Leslie Pallath	10,634	9.66	New
	NOTA	None of the above	712	0.64
Margin of victory			10,970	9.97	5.8
Turnout			1,08,434	66.92	9.01
	INC hold		Swing	0.59

Niyamasabha By-election 2019

Due to the election of the sitting MLA Hibi Eden as the MP from Ernakulam (Lok Sabha constituency), Ernakulam Niyamasabha Constituency went to by-polls on 21 October 2019. There were 1,55,306 registered voters in Ernakulam Constituency for this election.^[5] T. J. Vinod won the resulting by-election by 3750 votes.^[6]

2019 Kerala Legislative Assembly by-elections : Ernakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	T. J. Vinod	37,891	42.13%	10.19
	LDF	Manu Roy	34,141	37.96%	5.50
	BJP	C. G. Rajagopal	13,351	14.85%	1.39
	Independent	Manu K. M.	2,572	2.86%	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	1,309	1.46%	0.61
	Independent	Vinod A. P.	206	0.23%	N/A
	SFB	Abdul Khader	175	0.19%	N/A
	Independent	Jaisen Thomas	116	0.13%	N/A
	Independent	Bosco Louis	93	0.10%	N/A
	Independent	Ashokan	78	0.09%	N/A
Margin of victory			3,750	4.17%	15.69
Turnout			89,932	57.91%	13.81
	INC hold		Swing	10.19

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,54,092 registered voters in Ernakulam Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[7]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ernakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Hibi Eden	57,819	52.32%	9.26
	CPI(M)	M. Anil Kumar	35,870	32.46%	4.21
	BJP	N. K. Mohandas	14,878	13.46%	6.62
	NOTA	None of the above	940	0.85%	−
	BSP	Iqbal Thamarassery	397	0.36%	0.40
	SP	Rubesh Jimmy Madathiparambil	258	0.23%	−
	Independent	Jossey Mathew	117	0.11%	−
	Independent	Anil Kumar Ananthapuram	115	0.10%	−
	Independent	Anil Kumar Puliyoth	114	0.10%	−
Margin of victory			21,949	19.86%	13.47
Turnout			1,10,508	71.72%	0.56
	INC hold		Swing	9.26

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,36,722 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Ernakulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Hibi Eden	59,919	61.58%
	CPI(M)	Sebastian Paul	27,482	28.25%
	BJP	C. G. Rajagopal	6,362	6.54%
	Independent	Sebastian Njalamkunnel	2,347	2.41%
	BSP	Iqbal Thamarassery	742	0.76%
	SS	T. R. Vasudevan	445	0.46%
Margin of victory			32,487	33.33%
Turnout			97,297	71.16%
	INC hold		Swing

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