Eravipuram Assembly constituency

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).

Eravipuram
Constituency No. 125 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Eravipuram constituency in Kollam district
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,70,253 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Noushad
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Eravipuram assembly constituency consists of the 24 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Asramam, Uliyakovil, Mangadu, Arunoottimangalam, Chathinamkulam, Karicode, College Division, Palkulangara, Ammannada, Vadakkevila, Pallimukku, Ayathil, Kilikollur, Punthalathazham, Palathara, Manakkadu, Kollurvila, Kayyalakkal, Valathungal, Akkolil, Thekkumbhagam, Eravipuram, Bharanikkavu, Thekkevila) and neighbouring Mayyanad panchayath in Kollam Taluk.^[2][3]

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party		Vote Margin	Coalition
1951	C. Kesavan		Indian National Congress	774	Right[4]
1954	Chandrasekharan		Revolutionary Socialist Party	762	Left
	Sukumaran		Communist Party of India	10,935	Left[5]

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. Ravindran		Communist Party of India	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		Indian Union Muslim League	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		Communist Party of India	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,70,253 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Noushad	65,392	52.33
	RSP	A. A. Azeez	36,589	29.28	19.72
	BDJS	Akkavila Satheek	19,714	15.77
	SDPI	Ayathil Razak	988	0.79
	NOTA	None of the above	950	0.76
	PDP	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 RSP		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,53,575 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	RSP	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
	RSP hold		Swing

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
4. "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.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.