| Aranmula | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the | |
![]() The centre of the Aranmula kannadi, is located in the Aranmula (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Established | 1957–present |
| Total electors | 2,37,351 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Aranmula State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Veena George of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Aranmula Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Pathanamthitta | Municipality | Kozhencherry[3] |
| Aranmula | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Chenneerkara | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Elanthoor | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Kozhencherry | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Kulanada | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Mallappuzhassery | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Mezhuveli | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Naranganam | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Omalloor | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Eraviperoor | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
| Koipuram | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
| Thottapuzhassery | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Aranmula Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
CPI(M) INC Independent NDP SSP
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Gopinathan Pillai | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. N. Chandrasenan | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Independent | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Hemachandran | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. K. Sreenivasan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | R. Ramachandran Nair | NDP | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan | LDF | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | Malethu Saraladevi | INC | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | K. C. Rajagopalan | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | K. Sivadasan Nair | INC | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Veena George | CPI(M) | 2016 - 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2021
There were 2,37,351 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 73,450 | 46.3 | ||
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 56,654 | 34.56 | ||
| BJP | Biju Mathew | 21,099 | 17.98 | ||
| Independent | Sivadasan Nair S/o Raghavan Nair | 629 | 0.39 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 575 | 0.36 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 19,003 | 11.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,866 | 68.19 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 2,27,943 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 64,523 | 39.97 | ||
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 56,877 | 35.23 | ||
| BJP | M. T. Ramesh | 37,906 | 23.48 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 569 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| BSP | T. Amrithakumar | 548 | 0.34 | ||
| SP | Sreekanth M. Vallakkottu | 252 | 0.16 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chandran | 249 | 0.15 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Anil Kumar K. G. | 217 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| PDP | Habeeb Rahman | 187 | 0.12 | N/A | |
| Independent | Shaji Mezhuveli | 104 | 0.06 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 7,646 | 4.74 | |||
| Turnout | 1,61,432 | 70.82 | |||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha election 2011
There were 2,07,229 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Niyama Sabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 64,845 | 47.69 | N/A | |
| CPI(M) | K. C. Rajagopalan | 58,334 | 42.90 | ||
| BJP | K. Haridas | 10,227 | 7.52 | ||
| BSP | T. Amrithakumar | 721 | 0.53 | N/A | |
| SDPI | Nazurudheen | 709 | 0.52 | N/A | |
| Independent | Sugathan R. | 387 | 0.28 | N/A | |
| Independent | D. Sivadasan Achari | 343 | 0.25 | N/A | |
| Independent | Madhu G. | 206 | 0.15 | N/A | |
| Social Action Party | K. V. Varghese | 134 | 0.10 | N/A | |
| Independent | Pushpangadan | 69 | 0.05 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 6,511 | 4.79 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,975 | 65.62 | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | N/A | |||
See also
References
- ↑ "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala". pathanamthitta.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ↑ "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
- ↑ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Aranmula". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
- ↑ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
