Chavara (State 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]

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Chavara
ചവറ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse
Existence1977–present
ReservationNone
Electorate1,75,280 (2016)
Current MLAVacant
DistrictKollam

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, Cutchery, Kaikulangara) 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 Coalition
1951 N. Sreekantan Nair RSP 8,181 NA[4]
1954 Baby John RSP 2,175 NA[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  RSP  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1977 5th Baby John RSP 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 KRSP(B) 2001 – 2006
2006 12th N. K. Premchandran RSP 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Shibu Baby John KRSP(B) 2011 – 2016
2016 14th N. Vijayan Pillai CMP(A) 2016 – 2020[lower-alpha 1]
  • KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.

Election results

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

Niyamasabha 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 % ±%
CMP(KSC) 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
SHS 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(KSC) gain from RSP(B) Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

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

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KRSP(B) Shibu Baby John 65,002 51.16
RSP N.K PREMACHANDRAN 58941 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) 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. 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.
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