Piravom Assembly constituency
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Piravom State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).
Piravom | |
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Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
Region | South India |
State | Kerala |
District | Ernakulam |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 2,00,003 (2016) |
Reservation | None |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent | |
Party | KC(J) |
Alliance | UDF |
Elected year | 2016 |
Piravom Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Elanji | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
2 | Maneed | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
3 | Pampakuda | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
4 | Ramamangalam | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
5 | Thirumarady | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
6 | Amballur | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
7 | Edakkattuvayal | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
8 | Chottanikkara | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
9 | Mulanthuruthy | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
10 | Thiruvankulam region of Thrippunithura |
Municipality | Kanayannur |
11 | Piravom | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |
12 | Koothattukulam | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1977 | 5th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | P. C. Chacko | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | Benny Behanan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 | |
1987 | 8th | Gopi Kottaramunikkal | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 | |
1991 | 9th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | Kerala Congress | 1996 – 2001 | ||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | M. J. Jacob | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 2011 – 2012 | |
2012* | 13th | Anoop Jacob | 2012 – 2016 | ||
2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | Incumbent |
* indicates by-elections
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 85,056 | 53.8 | 8.03 | |
KC(M) | Dr.Sindhumol Jacob | 59,692 | 37.76 | ||
BJP | N. Ashish | 11,021 | 6.97 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 1109 | 0.7 | ||
Majority | 25,364 | 16.04 | 12.20 | ||
Turnout | 1,58,097 | 74.62 | 7.04 | ||
Registered electors | 2,11,861 | ||||
KC(J) hold | Swing |
There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 73,770 | 45.77 | 7.04 | |
CPI(M) | M. J .Jacob | 67,575 | 41.93 | 0.32 | |
BDJS | C. P. Sathyan | 17,503 | 10.86 | − | |
NOTA | None of the above | 964 | 0.60 | − | |
PpGP | Gireesh | 485 | 0.30 | − | |
SUCI(C) | K. O. Sudheer | 342 | 0.21 | − | |
Independent | Anoop | 298 | 0.18 | − | |
Independent | Rajan | 233 | 0.14 | − | |
Margin of victory | 6,195 | 3.84 | 3.86 | ||
Turnout | 1,61,770 | 80.58 | 5.72 | ||
KC(J) hold | Swing | 7.04 |
Piravom bye-election was held in Piravom assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.[4][5][6][7] There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election
There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
KC(J) | T. M. Jacob | 66,503 | 47.53 | ||
CPI(M) | M. J. Jacob | 66,346 | 47.41 | ||
BJP | M. N. Madhu | 4,234 | 3.03 | − | |
Independent | Sau Kunjappan | 958 | 0.65 | − | |
SUCI(C) | M. K. Usha | 908 | 0.65 | − | |
Margin of victory | 157 | 0.12 | |||
Turnout | 1,39,928 | 79.37 | |||
KC(J) hold | Swing |
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