Thavanur Assembly constituency

Thavanur
Constituency No. 47 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Top to bottom: Beeyam Kayal Park near Edappal, and Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge at Triprangode that connects Tirur Taluk with Ponnani town.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Malappuram
Established	2008
Total electors	1,99,960 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. T. Jaleel
Party	Independent
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Thavanur 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 Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is LDF-independent K. T. Jaleel.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk	Ruling alliance
1	Thavanur	Grama panchayat	Ponnani	LDF
2	Kalady	Grama panchayat	Ponnani	UDF
3	Vattamkulam	Grama panchayat	Ponnani	UDF
4	Edappal	Grama panchayat	Ponnani	LDF
5	Mangalam	Grama panchayat	Tirur	UDF
6	Triprangode	Grama panchayat	Tirur	LDF
7	Purathur	Grama panchayat	Tirur	LDF

Thavanur Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thavanur Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies: ^[3]

Key

  LDF

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	K. T. Jaleel	LDF Independent		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 1,99,960 registered voters in Thavanur Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	K. T. Jaleel	69,358	46.46%	1.51
	INC	Firos Kunnamparambil	67,794	44.77%	8.81
	BDJS	Ramesh Kottayapurath	9,914	6.55%	−
	SDPI	Hassan Chiyanoor	1,747	1.15%	0.71
	NOTA	None of the above	478	0.32%	−
	Independent	Jaleel	308	0.2%	−
	Independent	Vellarikkat Mohammed Rafi	227	0.15%	−
	Independent	Firos Kunnathparambil	194	0.13%	−
	Independent	Firos Paruvingal	175	0.12%	−
	Independent	Mohammed Firos Nurukkuprambil	152	0.1%	−
	Independent	Firos Nellamkunnath	79	0.05%	−
Margin of victory			2,185	1.69%	1.51
Turnout			1,51,426	75.72%	1.16
	LDF hold		Swing	1.51

2016

There were 1,84,868 registered voters in Thavanur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	K. T. Jaleel	68,179	47.97%	0.77
	INC	Ifthiquarudheen Master	51,115	35.96%	5.64
	BJP	Ravi Thelath	15,801	11.12%	5.31
	SDPI	P. K. Jaleel Parakkuzhiyil	2,649	1.86%	0.69
	PDP	Ali Kadampuzha	1,077	0.76%	−
	WPOI	Muhammed Ponnani	1,000	0.71%	−
	Independent	Ifthikarudheen P. P.	601	0.42%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	473	0.33%	−
	Independent	Appunni O. V.	443	0.31%	−
Margin of victory			17,064	12.01%	6.41
Turnout			1,42,125	76.88%	1.27
	LDF hold		Swing	0.77

2011

There were 1,56,486 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	LDF	K. T. Jaleel	57,729	47.20%
	INC	V. V. Prakash	50,875	41.60%
	BJP	Nirmala Kuttikrishnan Punnakkal	7,107	5.81%
	SDPI	Nurul Hack	3,116	2.55%
	Independent	T. A. Jaleel	820	0.67%
	Independent	T. K. Jaleel	768	0.63%
	BSP	Nanda Kumar	531	0.43%
Margin of victory			6,854	5.60%
Turnout			1,22,297	78.15%
	LDF win (new seat)

See also

• Thavanur
• Malappuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
3. "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thavanur".
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.