| Thrikaripur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Nileshwaram in Thrikaripur Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 2,02,249 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
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 Sandeep Varier of Indian National Congress.
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[edit | edit source]
Thrikaripur Assembly 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[edit | edit source]
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
As Nileshwaram[edit | edit source]
| 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[edit | edit source]
| 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 | 2021 – 2026 | |||
| 2026 | 16th | Sandeep Varier | INC | 2026 – present | |
Election results[edit | edit source]
2026[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Sandeep Varier | 83,109 | 48.63 |  11.22
| |
| CPI(M) | V. P. P. Mustafa | 78,678 | 46.04 |  7.67
| |
| TTP | Ravi Kulangara | 7837 | 4.59 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 710 | 0.42 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 4431 | 2.59 | |||
| Turnout | 79.64 | ||||
| Swing | |||||
2021[edit | edit source]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 86,151 | 53.71 | 2.78
| |
| KEC | M. P. Joseph | 60,014 | 37.41 | ||
| BJP | Shibin T. V. | 10,961 | 6.83 | 0.09
| |
| 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 | 5.41
| ||
| Turnout | 1,60,408 | 78.95 | 2.21
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
2016[edit | edit source]
There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 79,286 | 50.93 | 1.02
| |
| INC | K. P. Kunhikannan | 62,327 | 40.04 | 3.42
| |
| BJP | M. Bhaskaran | 10,767 | 6.92 | 2.91
| |
| WPOI | C. H. Muthalib | 1.029 | 0.66 | − | |
| SDPI | M. V. Shaukathali | 840 | 0.54 | 3.47
| |
| 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 | 4.44
| ||
| Turnout | 1,55,671 | 81.88 | 1.60
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.02
|
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2011[edit | edit source]
There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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[edit | edit source]
- Thrikaripur
- Kasaragod district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
- ↑ "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.