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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}<br />
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}<br />
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Piravom<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| constituency_no = 85<br />
| map_image = PIRAVOM PALAM.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Piravom]] Bridge in Piravom Assembly constituency<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 2,00,003 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[Anoop Jacob]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
| district = [[Ernakulam district|Ernakulam]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Piravom State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web<br />
|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly<br />
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala<br />
}}</ref> As of the [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Anoop Jacob]] of [[Kerala Congress (Jacob)|KC(J)]]. <br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Piravom Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="ekm">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.<br />
}}</ref><br />
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Elanji]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|[[Maneed]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Pampakuda]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Ramamangalam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Thirumarady]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Amballur, Ernakulam|Amballur]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Edakkattuvayal]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Chottanikkara]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Mulanthuruthy]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Thiruvankulam]] region of<br>[[Thrippunithura]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Kanayannur]]<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|[[Piravom]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|[[Koothattukulam]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Muvattupuzha Taluk|Muvattupuzha]]<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|[[T. M. Jacob]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
|[[P. C. Chacko]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (U)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|[[Benny Behanan]]<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|Gopi Kottaramunikkal<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
| rowspan="3" |T. M. Jacob<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (M)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Kerala Congress (Jacob)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
|M. J. Jacob<br />
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
|T. M. Jacob<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Kerala Congress (Jacob)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|2012*<br />
| rowspan="3" |[[Anoop Jacob]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|-<br />
|2021<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<nowiki>*</nowiki>by-election<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Piravom}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party= Kerala Congress (Jacob) |candidate=[[Anoop Jacob]]|votes=89551|percentage=58.77|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=Sabu K Jacob|votes=44,870|percentage=29.44|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Twenty20 Party|candidate=Jibi Abraham|votes=14,861|percentage=9.75|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Aam Aadmi Party|candidate=Eldho Abraham|votes=1,004|percentage=0.66|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,105|percentage=0.73|change=}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 44,681<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress (Jacob)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2021 ===<br />
{{Election box begin |title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021]]: [[Piravom]]}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|candidate=[[Anoop Jacob]]<br />
|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)<br />
|votes=85,056<br />
|percentage=53.8<br />
|change={{increase}}8.03|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
||candidate= [[Sindhumol Jacob]] <br />
|party=Kerala Congress (M)<br />
|votes=59,692<br />
|percentage=37.76<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
<br />
||candidate=N. Ashish<br />
<br />
|party=Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
<br />
|votes=11,021<br />
<br />
|percentage=6.97<br />
<br />
|change=}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1109|percentage=0.7|change=}}<br />
{{Election box majority||votes=25,364|percentage=16.04|change={{increase}}12.20}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,097|percentage=74.62|change={{decrease}}7.04|}}<br />
{{Election box Registered electors<br />
|reg. electors = 2,11,861<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress (Jacob)<br />
|loser = Kerala Congress (M)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Piravom}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=Anoop Jacob|votes=73,770|percentage=45.77|change={{decrease}}7.04|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J .Jacob|votes=67,575|percentage=41.93|change={{decrease}}0.32|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=C. P. Sathyan|votes=17,503|percentage=10.86|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=964|percentage=0.60|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate|party=[[Peoples Green Party|PpGP]]|candidate=Gireesh|votes=485|percentage=0.30|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. O. Sudheer|votes=342|percentage=0.21|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anoop|votes=298|percentage=0.18|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajan|votes=233|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,195|percentage=3.84|change={{decrease}}3.86}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,61,770|percentage=80.58|change={{decrease}}5.72}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing={{decrease}}7.04}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2012 by-election ===<br />
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.<ref name="Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom">{{cite web|title=Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom|url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=12692|access-date=21 November 2011|publisher=kaumudiglobal.com|archive-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523000319/http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=12692|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll">{{cite web|title=M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5615541|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903134827/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5615541|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=23 November 2011|publisher=News.in.msn.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Anita|date=2012-03-21|title=Piravom bypoll results {{!}} Kerala {{!}} UDF's Anoop Jacob wins {{!}} 12,071 vote margin {{!}} LDF {{!}} MJ Jacob|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2012/03/21/kerala-udf-candidate-anoop-jacob-rout-ldf-by-12071-vote.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Mathew|first=Roy|date=2012-03-21|title=UDF candidate wins Piravom bypoll in Kerala|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/udf-candidate-wins-piravom-bypoll-in-kerala/article3019648.ece|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election.<br />
{{Election box begin|title=2012 by-election: Piravom}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=Anoop Jacob|votes=82,756|percentage=52.81|change={{increase}}5.28|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J. Jacob|votes=70,686|percentage=45.11|change={{decrease}}2.30|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. R. Rajagopal|votes=3,241|percentage=2.07|change={{decrease}}0.96|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,071|percentage=7.70|change={{increase}}7.58}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,683|percentage=86.30|change={{increase}}6.93}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing={{increase}}5.28}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Piravom}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=T. M. Jacob|votes=66,503|percentage=47.53|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J. Jacob|votes=66,346|percentage=47.41|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. N. Madhu|votes=4,234|percentage=3.03|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sau Kunjappan|votes=958|percentage=0.65|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=M. K. Usha|votes=908|percentage=0.65|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=157|percentage=0.12|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,928|percentage=79.37|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Piravom]]<br />
* [[Ernakulam district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]</div>ShondaLemos