Aruvikkara_(State_Assembly_constituency)
Aruvikkara Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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 No. 136 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Aruvikkara Dam | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Thiruvananthapuram |
| LS constituency | Attingal |
| Established | 2011–present |
| Total electors | 146,160 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
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 |
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 | |
| 2015^ | K. S. Sabarinadhan | 2015–2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016–2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | G. Steephen | CPI(M) | 2021–present | |
^By poll
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous 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 | ||||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 11.33 |
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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) | |||||
- "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.
- "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.