Chavara (State Assembly constituency)
Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.[1]
| 117 Chavara ചവറ | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
 Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse | |
| Existence | 1977 - present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 1,75,280 (2016) |
| Current MLA | Vacant |
| Party | N/A |
| Political Front | N/A |
| Elected Year | N/A |
| District | Kollam |
Structure
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Cutchery, Kaikulangara) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.[2][3]
Electoral History
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N. Sreekantan Nair | RSP | 8,181 | NA[4] |
| 1954 | Baby John | RSP | 2,175 | NA[5] |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | Baby John | RSP | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Shibu Baby John | KRSP(B) | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | N. K. Premchandran | RSP | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | Shibu Baby John | KRSP(B) | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | N. Vijayan Pillai | CMP(A) | 2016 – 2020 | |
| TBD | Bypoll to be held due to the death of sitting MLA N. Vijayan Pillai | ||||
- KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | Template:Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee/meta/shortname | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | |
| RSP | Shibu Baby John | 58,477 | 42.32 |  | |
| BJP | M. Sunil | 10,276 | 7.44 |  | |
| PDP | Shahul Thengumthara | 1,439 | 1.04 | - | |
| SDPI | Ansar Thevalakkara | 1,106 | 0.80 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 667 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | Shibu | 427 | 0.31 | ||
| BSP | Thevalakkara Manoj | 403 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Abu Muhammed | 228 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Anillumar Kallambalam | 162 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Chellapan | 121 | 0.09 | ||
| SHS | V. Subash | 427 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Karamkode Balakrishnan | 93 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,189 | 4.48 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,186 | 78.55 | | ||
| Communist Marxist Party Kerala State Committee gain from Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background-color: Template:Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | Template:Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)/meta/shortname | Shibu Baby John | 65,002 | 51.16 | |
| RSP | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | | |
| BJP | Nalini Sankaramangalam | 2,028 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Maniyan G. | 567 | 0.45 | - | |
| BSP | V. Varadharajan | 532 | 0.42 | | |
| Margin of victory | 6,061 | 4.77 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,068 | 79.59 | |||
| Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John) gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
References
- "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
- "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
