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Eravipuram Assembly constituency
| Eravipuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Eravipuram constituency in Kollam district | |
| Constituency Details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 1,70,253 (2016) |
| Reservation | General |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | M. Noushad |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2016 |
Eravipuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the southern coastal area of Kollam district in Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Noushad of CPI(M).
Structure[edit | edit source]
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Eravipuram assembly constituency consists of the 4 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Asramam, Uliyakovil, Mangadu, Thekkevila) and neighbouring Mayyanad panchayath in Kollam Taluk.[2][3]
Electoral history[edit | edit source]
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections[edit | edit source]
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | C. Kesavan | INC | 774 | Right[4] | |
| 1954 | Chandrasekharan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 762 | Left | |
| Sukumaran | CPI | 10,935 | Left[5] | ||
Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
IUML CPI (M) [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] CPI Independent
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. Ravindran | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | R. S. Unni | Independent | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1984 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | P. K. K. Bava | IUML | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | A. A. Aziz | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | M. Noushad | CPI (M) | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results[edit | edit source]
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,70,253 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI (M) | M. Noushad | 65,392 | 52.33 | ||
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | A. A. Azeez | 36,589 | 29.28 |  19.72
| |
| [[Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|Template:Bharath Dharma Jana Sena/meta/shortname]] | Akkavila Satheek | 19,714 | 15.77 | ||
| SDPI | Ayathil Razak | 988 | 0.79 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 950 | 0.76 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | [[Peoples Democratic Party (India)|Template:Peoples Democratic Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | Muhammed Ismail | 643 | 0.51 | |
| Independent | Manoj | 463 | 0.37 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Vinod B. | 232 | 0.19 | ||
| Margin of victory | 28,803 | 23.05 | |||
| Turnout | 1,24,971 | 73.40 |  5.26
| ||
| CPI (M) gain from Revolutionary Socialist Party (India) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,53,575 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] | A. A. Azeez | 51,271 | 49.00 | ||
| IUML | P. K. K. Bava | 43,259 | 41.34 | ||
| BJP | Pattathanam Babu | 5,048 | 4.82 | ||
| Independent | Mylakkad Shah | 3,234 | 3.09 | ||
| BSP | Sushama Vijayan | 580 | 0.55 | ||
| Independent | Abdul Azeez | 552 | 0.53 | ||
| Independent | Saiju V. | 391 | 0.37 | ||
| Independent | Deepu N. | 310 | 0.30 | ||
| Margin of victory | 8,012 | 7.66 | |||
| Turnout | 1,04,645 | 68.14 | |||
| [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Template:Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)/meta/shortname]] hold | Swing | ||||
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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