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| Piravom | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 The Piravom bridge in Piravom Constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 2,00,003 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | KC(J) |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2016 |
Piravom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).
Local self governed segments
Piravom Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Elanji | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 2 | Maneed | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 3 | Pampakuda | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 4 | Ramamangalam | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 5 | Thirumarady | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 6 | Amballur | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 7 | Edakkattuvayal | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 8 | Chottanikkara | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 9 | Mulanthuruthy | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 10 | Thiruvankulam region of Thrippunithura |
Municipality | Kanayannur |
| 11 | Piravom | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |
| 12 | Koothattukulam | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
KEC Independent CPI(M) KC(M) KC(J)
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | T. M. Jacob | KEC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | P. C. Chacko | INC(U) | 1980 – 1982 | |
| 1982 | 7th | Benny Behanan | Ind. | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | Gopi Kottaramunikkal | CPI(M) | 1987 – 1991 | |
| 1991 | 9th | T. M. Jacob | KC(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | KC(J) | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | M. J. Jacob | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | T. M. Jacob | KC(J) | 2011 – 2012 | |
| 2012* | 13th | Anoop Jacob | 2012 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
* indicates by-elections
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2021
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 85,056 | 53.8 |  8.03
| |
| KC(M) | Dr.Sindhumol Jacob | 59,692 | 37.76 | ||
| BJP | N. Ashish | 11,021 | 6.97 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1109 | 0.7 | ||
| Majority | 25,364 | 16.04 | 12.20
| ||
| Turnout | 1,58,097 | 74.62 |  7.04
| ||
| Registered electors | 2,11,861 | ||||
| KC(J) hold | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 73,770 | 45.77 | 7.04
| |
| CPI(M) | M. J .Jacob | 67,575 | 41.93 | 0.32
| |
| BDJS | C. P. Sathyan | 17,503 | 10.86 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 964 | 0.60 | - | |
| PpGP | Gireesh | 485 | 0.30 | - | |
| SUCI(C) | K. O. Sudheer | 342 | 0.21 | - | |
| Independent | Anoop | 298 | 0.18 | - | |
| Independent | Rajan | 233 | 0.14 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 6,195 | 3.84 | 3.86
| ||
| Turnout | 1,61,770 | 80.58 | 5.72
| ||
| KC(J) hold | Swing | 7.04
|
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2012 by-election
Piravom bye-election was held in Piravom assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.[4][5][6][7] There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 82,756 | 52.81 | 5.28
| |
| CPI(M) | M. J .Jacob | 70,686 | 45.11 | 2.30
| |
| BJP | K. R. Rajagopal | 3,241 | 2.07 | 0.96
| |
| Margin of victory | 12,071 | 7.70 | 7.58
| ||
| Turnout | 1,56,683 | 86.30 | 6.93
| ||
| KC(J) hold | Swing | 5.28
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[8]