Aruvikkara Assembly constituency
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).
| Aruvikkara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Aruvikkara Dam | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| Established | 2011–present |
| Total electors | 146,160 (2021) |
| Reservation | General |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Current MLA | G. Steephen |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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
| 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.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
Total votes polled 145,708.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | G. Stephen | 66,776 | 45.83 |  11.33 | |
| INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 61,730 | 42.37 |  6.95 | |
| BJP | C. Sivankutty | 15,379 | 10.55 | 3.57 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 900 | 0.62 | 0.17 | |
| Margin of victory | 5046 | 3.47 | 11.35 | ||
| Turnout | 1,45,708 | ||||
| [[CPM|CPI(M)]] gain from [[INC|INC]] | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 189,505 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 70,910 | 49.32 | 9.30 | |
| CPI(M) | A. A. Rasheed | 49,596 | 34.50 | 1.66 | |
| BJP | Rajasenan | 20,294 | 14.12 | 10.08 | |
| 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 | 7.64 | ||
| Turnout | 1,43,761 | 75.86 | 0.30 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 9.30 |
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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.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 56,448 | 40.02 | 8.77 | |
| CPI | M. Vijayakumar | 46,320 | 32.84 | ||
| BJP | O. Rajagopal | 34,145 | 24.20 | 17.59 | |
| Independent | K. Das | 1,197 | 0.85 | ||
| PDP | Poonthura Siraj | 703 | 0.50 | 0.25 | |
| 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 | 9.30 | ||
| Turnout | 1,41,066 | 76.16 | 5.88 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 8.77 |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 165,638 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| 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
- "State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district". trivandrum.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- "Aruvikkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map". www.mapsofindia.com. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- "Despite rains, 76% polling in Aruvikkara by-election". Mathrubhumi. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.