| Thrikaripur | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
NileshwaraminThrikaripur constituency
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kasaragod |
| Established | 1977 - present |
| Total electors | 2,02,249 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Thrikaripur State assembly constituency Previously Nileshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. RajagopalanofCPI(M).
Thrikaripur constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing the Nileshwaram constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1977.
Thrikaripur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nileshwaram | Municipality | Hosdurg |
| 2 | Cheruvathur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 3 | Padne | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 4 | Pilicode | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 5 | Thrikaripur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 6 | Valiyaparamba | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 7 | Kayyur-Cheemeni | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg and Vellarikundu |
| 8 | East Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 9 | West Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
As Nileshwaram
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | E. M. S. Namboodiripad | CPI | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | C. Kunhikrishnan Nair | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |
| 1967 | 3rd | V. V. Kunhambu | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
As Thrikaripur
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | P. Karunakaran | CPI(M) | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | O. Bharathan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | E. K. Nayanar | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | K. P. Satheesh Chandran | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | K. Kunhiraman | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | M. Rajagopalan | 2016 - 2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Incumbent | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 86,151 | 53.71 |  2.78
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| KEC | M P Joseph | 60,014 | 37.41 | ||
| BJP | Shibin T V | 10,961 | 6.83 |  0.09
| |
| SDPI | LIYAKATHALI P | 1,211 | 0.75 | ||
| WPOI | T MAHESH MASTER | 817 | 0.51 | ||
| NOTA | NOTA | 558 | 0.35 | ||
| Margin of victory | 26,137 | 16.30 | 5.41
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| Turnout | 1,60,408 | 78.95 | 2.21
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| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 79,286 | 50.93 | 1.02
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| INC | K. P. Kunhikannan | 62,327 | 40.04 | 3.42
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| BJP | M. Bhaskaran | 10,767 | 6.92 | 2.91
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| WPOI | C. H. Muthalib | 1.029 | 0.66 | − | |
| SDPI | M. V. Shaukathali | 840 | 0.54 | 3.47
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| NOTA | None of the above | 774 | 0.50 | − | |
| Independent | P. P. Purushottaman | 263 | 0.17 | − | |
| Independent | K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath | 183 | 0.12 | − | |
| Independent | Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu | 109 | 0.07 | − | |
| Independent | K. M. Sreedharan | 93 | 0.06 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 16,959 | 10.89 | 4.44
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| Turnout | 1,55,671 | 81.88 | 1.60
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| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.02
|
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There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 67,871 | 49.91 | ||
| INC | K. V. Gangadharan | 59,106 | 43.46 | ||
| BJP | T. Radhakrishnan | 5,450 | 4.01 | ||
| SDPI | Razak Haji Parambath | 5.450 | 4.01 | ||
| BSP | Arun Kumar | 1,031 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | K .K .Dileep Kumar | 789 | 0.58 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 8,765 | 6.45 | |||
| Turnout | 1,35,988 | 80.28 | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
