| Thrithala | |
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| Constituency No. 49 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Thrithala Veliyamkallu Bridge in the Thrithala (State Assembly constituency).
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Established | 1965 |
| Total electors | 1,94,108 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Thrithala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala located in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. B. RajeshofCommunist Party of India (Marxist).
Thrithala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anakkara | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 2 | Chalissery | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 3 | Kappur | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 4 | Nagalassery | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 5 | Parudur | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 6 | Pattithara | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 7 | Thirumittacode | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 8 | Thrithala | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Thrithala Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | E. T. Kunhan | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Vella Eacharan | Independent | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | K. Sankaranarayanan | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | M. P. Thami | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | K. K. Balakrishnan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. P. Thami | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | E. Sankaran | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | V. K. Chandran | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | T. P. Kunjunni | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | V. T. Balram | INC | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | M. B. Rajesh | CPI(M) | Incumbent | |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,94,108 registered voters in constituency for the 2021 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. B. Rajesh | 69,814 | 45.84% |  6.16
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| INC | V. T. Balram | 66,798 | 43.86% |  3.30
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| BJP | Sanku T. Das | 12,851 | 8.44% | 1.85
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| SDPI | M. K. Abdul Nasar | 1,582 | 1.04% | 0.11
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| NOTA | None of the above | 427 | 0.28% | − | |
| BSP | Rajagopal Thrithala | 333 | 0.22% | 0.04
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| Margin of victory | 3,016 | 1.98% | 5.50
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| Turnout | 1,52,311 | 78.47% | 0.41
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| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 6.16
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There were 1,55,638 registered voters in constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. T. Balaram | 66,505 | 47.16% | 0.31
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| CPI(M) | Subaida Ishac | 55,958 | 39.68% | 5.07
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| BJP | V. T. Rema | 14,510 | 10.29% | 5.46
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| SDPI | C. P .Mohammedali | 1,313 | 0.93% | 0.15
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| Independent | Subaida | 1,080 | 0.77% | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 549 | 0.39% | − | |
| PDP | Moideenkutty Pookath | 541 | 0.38% | 0.10
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| BSP | Vinod Perumbavoor | 366 | 0.26% | 0.18
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| Independent | Balaram | 199 | 0.14% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 10,547 | 7.48% | 6.41
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| Turnout | 1,41,021 | 78.88% | 0.42
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| INC hold | Swing | 0.31
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There were 1,78,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. T. Balaram | 57,848 | 47.37% | ||
| CPI(M) | Mammikutty P. | 54,651 | 44.75% | ||
| BJP | V. Ramankutty | 5,899 | 4.83% | ||
| SDPI | Baburajan O. T. | 1,320 | 1.08% | ||
| Independent | P. Mammnkutty | 902 | 0.74% | − | |
| PDP | P. Shamsudheen | 590 | 0.48% | − | |
| BSP | Rameshan Perumannur | 543 | 0.44% | − | |
| Independent | K. Balaraman | 367 | 0.30% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 3,197 | 2.62% | |||
| Turnout | 1,22,120 | 78.46% | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Socialist | K. B. Menon | 14,280 | 36.96% | ||
| INC | P. K. Moideen Kutty | 11,253 | 29.13% | 29.13% | |
| CPI | K. P. Madhava Menon | 6,661 | 17.24% | ||
| IUML | P. Thangal | 6,439 | 16.67% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,027 | 7.84% | |||
| Turnout | 38,633 | 50.98% | |||
| Registered electors | 75,781 | ||||
| Socialist win (new seat) | |||||
