Piravom Assembly constituency

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Piravom
Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
PIRAVOM PALAM.jpg
Piravom Bridge in Piravom Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Ernakulam
Established1957
Total electors2,00,003 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party KC(J)
Alliance   UDF
Elected year 2016

Piravom State assembly constituency 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

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Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
1 Elanji Grama panchayat Muvattupuzha
2 Maneed Grama panchayat Muvattupuzha
3 Pampakuda Grama panchayat Muvattupuzha
4 Ramamangalam Grama panchayat Muvattupuzha
5 Thirumarady Grama panchayat Muvattupuzha
6 Amballur Grama panchayat Kanayannur
7 Edakkattuvayal Grama panchayat Kanayannur
8 Chottanikkara Grama panchayat Kanayannur
9 Mulanthuruthy Grama panchayat Kanayannur
10 Thiruvankulam region of
Thrippunithura
Municipality Kanayannur
11 Piravom Municipality Muvattupuzha
12 Koothattukulam Municipality Muvattupuzha

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
1977 5th T. M. Jacob Kerala Congress 1977 – 1980
1980 6th P. C. Chacko Indian National Congress 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Benny Behanan Independent 1982 – 1987
1987 8thGopi Kottaramunikkal Communist Party of India 1987 – 1991
1991 9thT. M. Jacob Kerala Congress 1991 – 1996
1996 10th Kerala Congress 1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12thM. J. Jacob Communist Party of India 2006 – 2011
2011 13thT. M. Jacob Kerala Congress 2011 – 2012
2012*13th Anoop Jacob 2012 – 2016
2016 14th2016 - 2021
202115thIncumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(J) Anoop Jacob 85,056 53.8 Increase2.svg8.03
KC(M) Sindhumol Jacob 59,69237.76
BJP N. Ashish11,0216.97
NOTA None of the above11090.7
Majority 25,36416.04Increase2.svg12.20
Turnout 1,58,09774.62Decrease2.svg7.04
Registered electors 2,11,861
KC(J) hold Swing

2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. [3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(J) Anoop Jacob73,77045.77Decrease2.svg7.04
CPI(M) M. J .Jacob67,57541.93Decrease2.svg0.32
BDJS C. P. Sathyan17,50310.86
NOTA None of the above9640.60
PpGP Gireesh4850.30
SUCI(C) K. O. Sudheer3420.21
Independent Anoop2980.18
Independent Rajan2330.14
Margin of victory6,1953.84Decrease2.svg3.86
Turnout 1,61,77080.58Decrease2.svg5.72
KC(J) hold Swing Decrease2.svg7.04

2012 by-election

A by-election was held in Piravom Assembly constituency following the death of the sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011. [4] [5] [6] [7] There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election.

2012 by-election: Piravom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(J) Anoop Jacob82,75652.81Increase2.svg5.28
CPI(M) M. J. Jacob70,68645.11Decrease2.svg2.30
BJP K. R. Rajagopal3,2412.07Decrease2.svg0.96
Margin of victory12,0717.70Increase2.svg7.58
Turnout 1,56,68386.30Increase2.svg6.93
KC(J) hold Swing Increase2.svg5.28

2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
KC(J) T. M. Jacob66,50347.53
CPI(M) M. J. Jacob66,34647.41
BJP M. N. Madhu4,2343.03
Independent Sau Kunjappan9580.65
SUCI(C) M. K. Usha9080.65
Margin of victory1570.12
Turnout 1,39,92879.37
KC(J) hold Swing

See also

References

  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
  2. "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  4. "Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom". kaumudiglobal.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  5. "M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll". News.in.msn.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  6. Anita (21 March 2012). "Piravom bypoll results | Kerala | UDF's Anoop Jacob wins | 12,071 vote margin | LDF | MJ Jacob". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. Mathew, Roy (21 March 2012). "UDF candidate wins Piravom bypoll in Kerala". The Hindu. ISSN   0971-751X . Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  8. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.