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).
| 109 Mavelikara മാവേലിക്കര | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | SC |
| Electorate | 1,98,395 (2016) |
| Current MLA | R. Rajesh |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Political Front | LDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Alappuzha |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Mavelikkara 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]
| 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 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| 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
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Alappuzha district, Kerala". alappuzha.nic.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.