Thrikaripur | |
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Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
![]() Nileshwaram in Thrikaripur Assembly constituency | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Kasaragod |
Established | 1977 |
Total electors | 2,02,249 (2021) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | CPI(M) |
Alliance | LDF |
Elected year | 2021 |
Thrikaripur Assembly constituency, previously Nileshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. [1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).
Thrikaripur Assembly constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing Nileshwaram Assembly constituency, which had existed from 1957 to 1977.
Thrikaripur Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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1 | Nileshwaram | Municipality | Hosdurg |
2 | Cheruvathur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
3 | Padne | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
4 | Pilicode | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
5 | Thrikaripur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
6 | Valiyaparamba | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
7 | Kayyur-Cheemeni | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg and Vellarikundu |
8 | East Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
9 | West Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
1960 | 2nd | C. Kunhikrishnan Nair | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
1967 | 3rd | V. V. Kunhambu | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 |
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1977 | 5th | P. Karunakaran | CPI(M) | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
1982 | 7th | O. Bharathan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
1987 | 8th | E. K. Nayanar | 1987 – 1991 | ||
1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
1996 | 10th | K. P. Satheesh Chandran | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | K. Kunhiraman | 2006 – 2011 | ||
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | M. Rajagopalan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 86,151 | 53.71 | ![]() | |
KEC | M. P. Joseph | 60,014 | 37.41 | ||
BJP | Shibin T. V. | 10,961 | 6.83 | ![]() | |
SDPI | Liyakathali P. | 1,211 | 0.75 | ||
WPOI | T. Mahesh Master | 817 | 0.51 | ||
NOTA | NOTA | 558 | 0.35 | ||
Margin of victory | 26,137 | 16.30 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,60,408 | 78.95 | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |
There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 79,286 | 50.93 | ![]() | |
INC | K. P. Kunhikannan | 62,327 | 40.04 | ![]() | |
BJP | M. Bhaskaran | 10,767 | 6.92 | ![]() | |
WPOI | C. H. Muthalib | 1.029 | 0.66 | − | |
SDPI | M. V. Shaukathali | 840 | 0.54 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 774 | 0.50 | − | |
Independent | P. P. Purushottaman | 263 | 0.17 | − | |
Independent | K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath | 183 | 0.12 | − | |
Independent | Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu | 109 | 0.07 | − | |
Independent | K. M. Sreedharan | 93 | 0.06 | − | |
Margin of victory | 16,959 | 10.89 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,55,671 | 81.88 | ![]() | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 67,871 | 49.91 | ||
INC | K. V. Gangadharan | 59,106 | 43.46 | ||
BJP | T. Radhakrishnan | 5,450 | 4.01 | ||
SDPI | Razak Haji Parambath | 5.450 | 4.01 | ||
BSP | Arun Kumar | 1,031 | 0.76 | ||
Independent | K .K .Dileep Kumar | 789 | 0.58 | − | |
Margin of victory | 8,765 | 6.45 | |||
Turnout | 1,35,988 | 80.28 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing |