Eravipuram Assembly constituency

Eravipuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the southern coastal area of Kollam district in Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Noushad of CPI(M).

Eravipuram
Constituency for the
Eravipuram constituency in Kollam district
Constituency Details
CountryIndia
DistrictKollam
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,70,253 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI(M)
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2016

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Eravipuram assembly constituency consists of the 4 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Asramam, Uliyakovil, Mangadu, Thekkevila) and neighbouring Mayyanad panchayath in Kollam Taluk.[2][3]

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
Year Winner Party Vote Margin Coalition
1951 C. Kesavan INC 774 Right[4]
1954 Chandrasekharan RSP 762 Left
Sukumaran CPI 10,935 Left[5]

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  IUML    CPI(M)    RSP    CPI     Independent  

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st P. Ravindran CPI 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd R. S. Unni Independent 1967 – 1970
1970 4th RSP 1970 – 1977
1977 5th 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1984
1987 8th V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai 1987 – 1991
1991 9th P. K. K. Bava IUML 1991 – 1996
1996 10th V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai RSP 1996 – 2001
2001 11th A. A. Aziz 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th M. Noushad CPI(M) 2016 - 2021
2021 15th Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,70,253 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) M. Noushad 65,392 52.33
RSP A. A. Azeez 36,589 29.28 Decrease19.72
BDJS Akkavila Satheek 19,714 15.77
SDPI Ayathil Razak 988 0.79
NOTA None of the above 950 0.76
PDP Muhammed Ismail 643 0.51
Independent Manoj 463 0.37
SUCI(C) Vinod B. 232 0.19
Margin of victory 28,803 23.05
Turnout 1,24,971 73.40 Increase5.26
CPI(M) gain from RSP Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,53,575 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP A. A. Azeez 51,271 49.00
IUML P. K. K. Bava 43,259 41.34
BJP Pattathanam Babu 5,048 4.82
Independent Mylakkad Shah 3,234 3.09
BSP Sushama Vijayan 580 0.55
Independent Abdul Azeez 552 0.53
Independent Saiju V. 391 0.37
Independent Deepu N. 310 0.30
Margin of victory 8,012 7.66
Turnout 1,04,645 68.14
RSP hold Swing

References
  1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  2. "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  3. "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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