Thavanur Assembly constituency

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Thavanur
Constituency No. 47 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
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Beeyam Kayal Park near Edappal, and Chamravattom Regulator-cum-Bridge at Triprangode that connects Tirur Taluk with Ponnani town.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictMalappuram
Established2008
Total electors1,99,960 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyIndian National Congress
Elected year2026

Thavanur State 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 Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. S Joy of INC.

Local self-governed segments[edit | edit source]

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

Sl no. Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk Ruling alliance
1 Thavanur Grama panchayat Ponnani UDF
2 Kalady Grama panchayat Ponnani UDF
3 Vattamkulam Grama panchayat Ponnani UDF
4 Edappal Grama panchayat Ponnani UDF
5 Mangalam Grama panchayat Tirur UDF
6 Triprangode Grama panchayat Tirur UDF
7 Purathur Grama panchayat Tirur UDF
Map
Thavanur Assembly constituency

Members of Legislative Assembly[edit | edit source]

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thavanur Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]

Key

  [[Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|Template:Left Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]]  

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
2011 13th K. T. Jaleel LDF Independent 2011 – 2016
2016 14th 2016 - 2021
2021 15th 2021-2026
2026 16th V.S. Joy Indian National Congress 2026-2031

Election results[edit | edit source]

LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS[edit | edit source]

2025[edit | edit source]

SEGMENTS LDF NDA UDF IND SDPI LEADING ALLIANCE
THAVANUR 8705 2408 10426 1072 902 23513 UDF
KALADY 6314 2037 8113 717 962 18143 UDF
VATTAMKULAM 9302 3550 11218 360 389 24819 UDF
EDAPPAL 8269 5021 8045 800 0 22135 LDF
MANGALAM 7806 2150 11077 316 360 21709 UDF
TRIPRANGODE 13180 1212 14072 274 48 28786 UDF
PURATHUR 9354 2545 10114 231 0 22244 UDF
TOTAL 62930 18923 73065 3770 2661 161349
% 39.00241092 11.72799336 45.28382574 2.336549963 1.649220014

ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS[edit | edit source]

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2026[edit | edit source]

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC ADV. V S JOY 79,661
LDF K. T. Jaleel 65,014
BJP Ravi Thelath 16,039
NOTA None of the above
Margin of victory 14647
Turnout
Swing

2021[edit | edit source]

There were 1,99,960 registered voters in Thavanur Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF K. T. Jaleel 69,358 46.46% Decrease1.51
INC Firos Kunnamparambil 67,794 44.77% Increase8.81
BDJS Ramesh Kottayapurath 9,914 6.55% Decrease4.62
SDPI Hassan Chiyanoor 1,747 1.15% Decrease0.71
NOTA None of the above 478 0.32% −
Independent Jaleel 308 0.2% −
Independent Vellarikkat Mohammed Rafi 227 0.15% −
Independent Firos Kunnathparambil 194 0.13% −
Independent Firos Paruvingal 175 0.12% −
Independent Mohammed Firos Nurukkuprambil 152 0.1% −
Independent Firos Nellamkunnath 79 0.05% −
Margin of victory 2,185 1.69% Decrease1.51
Turnout 1,51,426 75.72% Decrease1.16
LDF hold Swing Decrease1.51

2016[edit | edit source]

There were 1,84,868 registered voters in Thavanur Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF K. T. Jaleel 68,179 47.97% Increase0.77
INC Ifthiquarudheen Master 51,115 35.96% Decrease5.64
BJP Ravi Thelath 15,801 11.12% Increase5.31
SDPI P. K. Jaleel Parakkuzhiyil 2,649 1.86% Decrease0.69
PDP Ali Kadampuzha 1,077 0.76% −
WPOI Muhammed Ponnani 1,000 0.71% −
Independent Ifthikarudheen P. P. 601 0.42% −
NOTA None of the above 473 0.33% −
Independent Appunni O. V. 443 0.31% −
Margin of victory 17,064 12.01% Increase6.41
Turnout 1,42,125 76.88% Decrease1.27
LDF hold Swing Increase0.77

2011[edit | edit source]

There were 1,56,486 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thavanur
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF K. T. Jaleel 57,729 47.20%
INC V. V. Prakash 50,875 41.60%
BJP Nirmala Kuttikrishnan Punnakkal 7,107 5.81%
SDPI Nurul Hack 3,116 2.55%
Independent T. A. Jaleel 820 0.67%
Independent T. K. Jaleel 768 0.63%
BSP Nanda Kumar 531 0.43%
Margin of victory 6,854 5.60%
Turnout 1,22,297 78.15%
Left Democratic Front (Kerala) win (new seat)

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Malappuram district, Kerala".
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Malappuram District". Archived from the original on 20 August 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thavanur".
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Voter turnout 2021, CEO Kerala" (PDF). www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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