Paravur Assembly constituency

Paravur
Constituency No. 78 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Paravur within Ernakulam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Lok Sabha constituency	Ernakulam
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,478 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent V. D. Satheesan
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Paravur Assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala, India. It is one of the seven assembly segments that constitute the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] Since 2001, it has been represented by V. D. Satheesan of the Indian National Congress, who is the current Leader of the Opposition in the Kerala Legislative Assembly.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	North Paravur	Municipality	Paravur
2	Chendamangalam	Grama panchayat	Paravur
3	Chittatukara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
4	Ezhikkara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
5	Kottuvally	Grama panchayat	Paravur
6	Puthanvelikkara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
7	Varappuzha	Grama panchayat	Paravur
8	Vadakkekara	Grama panchayat	Paravur

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	N. Sivan Pillai		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. A. Damodara Menon		Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. T. George			1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Xavier Arakkal			1977 – 1980
1980	6th	A. C. Jose		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	N. Sivan Pillai		Communist Party of India	1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. Raju			1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	V. D. Satheesan		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,01,478 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	82,264	51.87	5.17
	CPI	M. T. Nixon	60,963	38.44	4.59
	BDJS	A. B. Jayaprakash	12,964	8.17	9.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,113	0.70	0.14
	BSP	N. K. Biju	724	0.46	0.11
	Independent	Sathyaneasan Ezhikkara	287	0.18	–
	Independent	Prasanth	279	0.18	–
Margin of victory			21,301	13.47	0.62
Turnout			1,59,217	79.02	4.92
	INC hold		Swing	5.17

2016

There were 1,91,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	74,985	46.70	5.08
	CPI	Sarada Mohan	54,351	33.85	10.06
	BDJS	Hari Vijayan	28,097	17.50	New
	SDPI	Faizal	923	0.57	–
	NOTA	None of the above	900	0.56	New
	BSP	Sijikumar K. K.	557	0.35	0.06
	Independent	Shinsa Selvaraj	302	0.19	–
	Independent	Sathyaneasan	261	0.16	–
	CPI(ML)L	Jose Thomas	200	0.12	–
Margin of victory			20,364	12.85	4.98
Turnout			1,60,576	83.94	0.26
	INC hold		Swing	5.08

2011

There were 1,71,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	74,632	51.78	0.72
	CPI	Pannian Ravindran	62,955	43.91	0.64
	BJP	E. S. Purushottaman	3,934	2.73	0.13
	Independent	K. K. Jyothivas	754	0.52	−
	Independent	P. P. Raveendran	493	0.34	−
	BSP	M. Manoj	414	0.29	0.63
Margin of victory			11,349	7.87	0.08
Turnout			1,44,124	84.20	9.19
	INC hold		Swing

See also

• North Paravur
• South Paravur
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
2. "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 14 March 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
3. "Legislative Assembly 2021" (PDF). ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 January 2026.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.