Mavelikara (State Assembly constituency)

Mavelikara State assembly constituency (Malayalam: മാവേലിക്കര നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The candidacy for MLA of the constituency is restricted to members of Scheduled Castes only. The current MLA is R. Rajesh of CPI(M).

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Mavelikara
മാവേലിക്കര
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence1957 - present
ReservationSC
Electorate1,98,395 (2016)
Current MLAR. Rajesh
PartyCPI(M)
Political Front  LDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictAlappuzha
Local Self Governed SegmentsMavelikkara Municipality

Chunakkara Panchayat Mavelikkara-Thekkekara Panchayat Mavelikkara-Thamarakkulam Panchayat Nooranad Panchayat Palamel Panchayat Thazhakara Panchayat

Vallikunnam Panchayat

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

 CPI (M)   INC   Independent   CPI   SSP   PSP  

Election Niyama

Sabha

Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. K. Kunjachan CPI 1957 – 1960
K. C. George
1960 2nd Eravankara Gopala Kurup 1960 – 1965
P. K. Kunjachan
1967 3rd G. Gopinathan Pillai SSP 1967 – 1970
1970 4th G. Gopinathan Pillai PSP 1970 – 1977
1977 5th N. Bhaskaran Nair IND 1977 – 1980
1980 6th S. Govinda Kurup CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th M Murali INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th M Murali INC 1996 – 2001
2001 11th M Murali INC 2001 – 2006
2006 12th M Murali INC 2006 – 2011
2011 13th R. Rajesh CPI(M) 2011 – 2016
2016 14th Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) R. Rajesh 74,555 49.81 0.51
INC Baiju Kalasala 43,013 28.74 -
BJP P. M. Velayudhan 30,929 20.66 16.93
NOTA None of the above 523 0.35 -
SUCI(C) Asha T. 242 0.16 -
BSP Kattanam Suresh 213 0.14 0.50
Independent Ajeeshkumar 213 0.14
Margin of victory 31,542 21.07 17.22
Turnout 1,49,688 75.45 0.26
CPI (M) hold Swing 0.51

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI (M) R. Rajesh 65,903 49.30
JSS K. K. Shaju 60,754 45.45
BJP S. Girija 4,984 3.73
Independent R. Rajeesh 1,185 0.89
BSP Subhash Mankamkuzhy 860 0.64 -
Margin of victory 5,149 3.85
Turnout 1,49,688 75.19
CPI (M) gain from INC Swing

See also

References


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