Thrissur Assembly constituency

Thrissur State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is P. Balachandran of CPI.

Thrissur
Constituency for the
Government Engineering College, Thrissur, the second-oldest Govt. Engineering College in the state.
Constituency details
CountryIndia
DistrictThrissur
Established1957 - present
Total electors1,72,358 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyCPI
Alliance  LDF
Elected year2021

Local self-governed segments

Thrissur Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 41 wards of the Thrissur Municipal Corporation:[2]

Ward no. Name Ward no. Name Ward no. Name
1 Punkunnam 2 Kuttankulangara 3 Patturaikkal
4 Viyyoor 5 Peringavu 6 Ramavarmapuram
7 Kuttumukku 8 Villadam 9 Cherur
10 Mukkattukara 11 Gandhinagar 12 Chembukkavu
13 Kizhakkumpattukara 14 Paravattani 15 Ollukkara
16 Nettissery 19 Krishnapuram 20 Kalathodu
21 Nadathara 22 Chelakkottukara 23 Mission Quarters
27 Kuttanellur 33 Chiyyaram North 34 Kannamkulangara
35 Pallikulam 36 Thekkinkadu 37 Kottappuram
38 Poothole 39 Kokkala 40 Vadookkara
45 Karyattukara 46 Chettupuzha 47 Pullazhi
48 Olarikara 49 Elthuruth 50 Laloor
51 Aranattukara 52 Kanattukara 53 Ayyanthole
54 Civil Station 55 Puthurkkara

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  Independent   INC   BLD   NDP   CPI   CPI(M)

Election Niyama

Sabha

 Member Party Tenure
1957 1st A. R. Menon Ind. 1957 – 1960
1960 2nd T. A. Dharmaja Iyer INC 1960 – 1965
1967 3rd K. Sekharan Nair CPI(M) 1967 – 1970
1970 4th Joseph Mundassery Ind. 1970 - 1972
1972* P. A. Antony INC 1972 - 1977
1977 5th K. J. George BLD 1977 – 1980
1980 6th M. K. Kannan CPI(M) 1980 – 1982
1982 7th Therambil Ramakrishnan NDP 1982 – 1987
1987 8th E. K. Menon CPI(M) 1987 – 1991
1991 9th Therambil Ramakrishnan INC 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th 2001 – 2006
2006 12th 2006 – 2011
2011 13th 2011 – 2016
2016 14th V. S. Sunil Kumar CPI 2016 – 2021
2021 15th P. Balachandran 2021- Present

    * Bypoll

    Election results

    Niyamasabha Election 2021
    2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrissur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI P. Balachandran 44,263 34.25 Decrease7.94
    INC Padmaja Venugopal 43,317 33.52 Decrease3.18
    BJP Suresh Gopi 40,457 31.30 Increase11.84
    NOTA None of the above 712 0.56
    Independent Ajith Menon Ponnemkattil 252 0.19 -
    IGP Thrissur Mukundan 225 0.17 Increase0.11
    Margin of victory 946 0.33 Decrease3.01
    CPI hold Swing Decrease7.94
    Turnout 1,29,237 70.73 Decrease3.06

    Niyamasabha Election 2016

    There were 1,72,358 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]

    2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrissur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    CPI V. S. Sunil Kumar 53,664 42.19 Increase3.34
    INC Padmaja Venugopal 46,677 36.70 Decrease16.49
    BJP B. Gopalakrishnan 24,748 19.46 Increase13.52
    NOTA None of the above 1,128 0.89 -
    Independent Anthony J. Maliakal 256 0.20 -
    SP P. S. Unnikrishnan 226 0.18 -
    PDP Raji Mani 154 0.12 -
    SUCI(C) M. Pradeepan 111 0.09 -
    IGP Santhakumari K. V. 74 0.06 -
    Margin of victory 6,987 5.49 N/A
    CPI gain from INC Swing Increase3.34
    Turnout 1,27,191 73.79 Increase4.12

    Niyamasabha Election 2011

    There were 1,61,886 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]

    2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrissur
    Party Candidate Votes % ±%
    INC Therambil Ramakrishnan 59,991 53.19
    CPI P. Balachandran 43,822 38.85
    BJP Ravikumar Uppath 6,697 5.94
    Independent Therambil Radhakrishnan 1,405 1.25
    BSP A. Jayaram 879 0.78
    Margin of victory 16,169 14.34
    INC hold Swing
    Turnout 1,27,191 73.79

    See also

    References
    1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
    2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thrissur District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
    3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
    4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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