Thrikaripur Assembly constituency

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Thrikaripur
Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Nileshwaram in Thrikaripur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country India
Region South India
State Kerala
District Kasaragod
Established1977
Total electors2,02,249 (2021)
ReservationNone
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).

Contents

Thrikaripur Assembly constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing Nileshwaram Assembly constituency, which had existed from 1957 to 1977.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
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
8East EleriGrama panchayat Vellarikundu
9West EleriGrama panchayat Vellarikundu

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI(M)   INC   CPI

As Nileshwaram

ElectionNiyama
Sabha
MemberPartyTenure
1957 1st E. M. S. Namboodiripad CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2ndC. Kunhikrishnan Nair INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rdV. V. Kunhambu CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th1970 – 1977

As Thrikaripur

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

MemberPartyTenure
1977 5th P. Karunakaran CPI(M) 1977 – 1980
1980 6th1980 – 1982
1982 7thO. Bharathan1982 – 1987
1987 8th E. K. Nayanar 1987 – 1991
1991 9th1991 – 1996
1996 10th K. P. Satheesh Chandran 1996 – 2001
2001 11th2001 – 2006
2006 12th K. Kunhiraman 2006 – 2011
2011 13th2011 – 2016
2016 14th M. Rajagopalan 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

    Election results

    2021

    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) M. Rajagopalan 86,151 53.71 Increase2.svg2.78
    KEC M. P. Joseph 60,01437.41
    BJP Shibin T. V. 10,9616.83Decrease2.svg0.09
    SDPI Liyakathali P. 1,2110.75
    WPOI T. Mahesh Master 8170.51
    NOTA NOTA 5580.35
    Margin of victory26,13716.30Increase2.svg5.41
    Turnout 1,60,40878.95Decrease2.svg2.21
    CPI(M) hold Swing

    2016

    There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election. [3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) M. Rajagopalan79,28650.93Increase2.svg1.02
    INC K. P. Kunhikannan62,32740.04Decrease2.svg 3.42
    BJP M. Bhaskaran10,7676.92Increase2.svg2.91
    WPOI C. H. Muthalib1.0290.66
    SDPI M. V. Shaukathali8400.54Decrease2.svg3.47
    NOTA None of the above7740.50
    Independent P. P. Purushottaman2630.17
    Independent K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath1830.12
    Independent Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu1090.07
    Independent K. M. Sreedharan930.06
    Margin of victory16,95910.89Increase2.svg 4.44
    Turnout 1,55,67181.88Increase2.svg 1.60
    CPI(M) hold Swing Increase2.svg1.02

    2011

    There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur
    PartyCandidateVotes%±%
    CPI(M) K. Kunhiraman67,87149.91
    INC K. V. Gangadharan59,10643.46
    BJP T. Radhakrishnan5,4504.01
    SDPI Razak Haji Parambath5.4504.01
    BSP Arun Kumar1,0310.76
    Independent K .K .Dileep Kumar7890.58
    Margin of victory8,7656.45
    Turnout 1,35,98880.28
    CPI(M) hold Swing

    See also

    References

    1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.