Thrikaripur
Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Nileshwaram in Thrikaripur constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKasaragod
Established1977 - present
Total electors2,02,249 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Thrikaripur State assembly constituency Previously Nileshwaram constituency' is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).

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

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no. Name Status (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
8 East Eleri Grama panchayat Vellarikundu
9 West Eleri Grama 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

Election Niyama
Sabha 		Member Party Tenure
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

As Thrikaripur

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
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

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Rajagopalan 86,151 53.71 Increase2.78
KEC M P Joseph 60,014 37.41
BJP Shibin T V 10,961 6.83 Decrease0.09
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 Increase5.41
Turnout 1,60,408 78.95 Decrease2.21
CPI(M) hold Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrikkaripur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Rajagopalan 79,286 50.93 Increase1.02
INC K. P. Kunhikannan 62,327 40.04 Decrease 3.42
BJP M. Bhaskaran 10,767 6.92 Increase2.91
WPOI C. H. Muthalib 1.029 0.66 -
SDPI M. V. Shaukathali 840 0.54 Decrease3.47
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 Increase 4.44
Turnout 1,55,671 81.88 Increase 1.60
CPI(M) hold Swing Increase1.02

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrikkaripur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
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

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.
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