Chavara Assembly constituency

Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.^[1]

Chavara
Constituency No. 117 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1977–present
Total electors	1,75,280 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sujith Vijayan Pillai

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.^[2][3]

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Year	Winner	Party		Vote Margin
1951	N. Sreekantan Nair		Revolutionary Socialist Party	8,181[4]
1954	Baby John			2,175[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	Baby John		Revolutionary Socialist Party	1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Shibu Baby John		Revolutionary Socialist Party	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	N. K. Premchandran		Revolutionary Socialist Party	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Shibu Baby John			2011 – 2016
2016	14th	N. Vijayan Pillai		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2020[a]
2021	15th	Dr.Sujith Vijayanpillai		Left Democratic Front	Incumbent

• KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.
• CMP(A) later merged with CPI(M).

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)	N. Vijayan Pillai	64,666	46.80
	RSP	Shibu Baby John	58,477	42.32	4.02
	BJP	M. Sunil	10,276	7.44	5.85
	PDP	Shahul Thengumthara	1,439	1.04	−
	SDPI	Ansar Thevalakkara	1,106	0.80
	NOTA	None of the above	667	0.48
	Independent	Shibu	427	0.31
	BSP	Thevalakkara Manoj	403	0.29
	Independent	Abu Muhammed	228	0.16
	Independent	Anillumar Kallambalam	162	0.12
	Independent	Chellapan	121	0.09
	SS	V. Subash	427	0.31
	Independent	Karamkode Balakrishnan	93	0.07
Margin of victory			6,189	4.48
Turnout			1,38,186	78.55	1.04
	CMP gain from RSP		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KRSP(B)	Shibu Baby John	65,002	51.16
	RSP	N.K PREMACHANDRAN	58,941	46.80	7.07
	BJP	Nalini Sankaramangalam	2,028	1.59
	Independent	Maniyan G.	567	0.45	−
	BSP	V. Varadharajan	532	0.42	4.48
Margin of victory			6,061	4.77
Turnout			1,27,068	79.59
	[[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP		Swing

Notes

1. Bypolls to the vacancy caused by MLA's death stands cancelled as per ECI.

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 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 23 October 2018.
5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.