Aruvikkara
Constituency for the
Aruvikkara Dam
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThiruvananthapuram
Established2011–present
Total electors146,160 (2021)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCommunist Party of India (Marxist)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Aruvikkara State assembly constituency 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 Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. Steephen of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Local self governed segments

Aruvikkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]

Name Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) Taluk
Aruvikkara Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Aryanadu Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Tholicode Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Vithura Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Uzhamalackal Grama panchayat Nedumangad
Vellanad Grama panchayat Nedumangad and Kattakada
Kuttichal Grama panchayat Kattakada
Poovachal Grama panchayat Kattakada

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:[3]

Key

  INC  CPI(M)

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
2011 13th G. Karthikeyan INC 2011–2015
2016 14th K. S. Sabarinadhan 2015–2021
2021 15th G. Steephen CPI(M) 2021–present

Election results

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

2021

Total votes polled 145,708.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) G. Stephen 66,776 45.83 Increase11.33
INC K. S. Sabarinathan 61,730 42.37 Decrease6.95
BJP C. Sivankutty 15,379 10.55 Decrease3.57
NOTA None of the above 900 0.62 Increase0.17
Margin of victory 5046 3.47 Decrease11.35
Turnout 1,45,708
CPI(M) gain from INC Swing Increase11.33

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 189,505 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Sabarinathan 70,910 49.32 Increase9.30
CPI(M) A. A. Rasheed 49,596 34.50 Increase1.66
BJP Rajasenan 20,294 14.12 Decrease10.08
SDPI M. A. Jaleel 707 0.49
BSP Chitralekha E. 673 0.47
NOTA None of the above 640 0.45
Independent Sabarinath 331 0.23
Independent Cherappally Viswanathan 188 0.13
Independent Rasheed 158 0.11
Independent A. P. Kakkadu 134 0.09
Independent Ajitha B. 130 0.09
Margin of victory 21,314 14.82 Increase7.64
Turnout 1,43,761 75.86 Decrease0.30
INC hold Swing Increase9.30

2015 by-elections

Due to the death of the sitting MLA G. Karthikeyan, Aruvikkara constituency went to bypolls, held on 27 June 2015.[5] There were 185,216 registered voters for this election in the constituency.

2015 by-election: Aruvikkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC K. S. Sabarinathan 56,448 40.02 Decrease8.77
CPI M. Vijayakumar 46,320 32.84
BJP O. Rajagopal 34,145 24.20 Increase17.59
Independent K. Das 1,197 0.85
PDP Poonthura Siraj 703 0.50 Decrease0.25
Independent P. K. Sukumaran 481 0.34
Independent Sunil M. Karani 422 0.30
Thomas Kaithaparambil 383 0.27
Independent Irinchayam Suresh 354 0.25
ABHM Sreejita T. R. 171 0.12
Independent Sabarinath M. S. 143 0.10
N. Sasidharan Pillai 93 0.07
Independent Vijaya Kumar B. 69 0.05
IGP K. M. Sivaprasad 62 0.04
Independent Vijaya Kumar Nair 40 0.03
Independent K. G. Mohanan 35 0.02
Margin of victory 10,128 7.18 Increase9.30
Turnout 1,41,066 76.16 Increase5.88
INC hold Swing Decrease8.77

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 165,638 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
INC G. Karthikeyan 56,797 48.79
RSP Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair 46,123 39.62
BJP Sivankutty C. 7,694 6.61
BSP A. Balan 1,746 1.50
Independent Poovathoor S. Rajeev 972 0.83
Independent Sanil V. O. 913 0.78
Independent R. Rajappan 753 0.65
Independent Karakulam Sathyakumar 651 0.56
SUCI(C) S. Sreekumar 525 0.45
Independent Latha B. Vellumannadi 244 0.21
Margin of victory 10,674 9.17
Turnout 1,16,418 70.28
INC win (new seat)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
  3. ↑ "Aruvikkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
  4. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  5. ↑ "Despite rains, 76% polling in Aruvikkara by-election". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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