Piravom (State Assembly constituency)

Piravom State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പിറവം നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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).

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Piravom
പിറവം
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence1957 - present
ReservationNone
Electorate2,00,003 (2016)
Current MLAAnoop Jacob
PartyKC(J)
Political Front  UDF
Elected Year2016
DistrictErnakulam
Local Self Governed SegmentsAmballoor, Edakkattuvayal, Chottanikkara, Mulanthuruthy and Thiruvankulam Panchayat in Kanayannur Taluk and Elanji, Koothattukulam, Maneed, Pampakuda, Piravom, Ramamangalam and Thirumarady Panchayats in Muvattupuzha Taluk.

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 Incumbent

* indicates by-elections

Election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Piravom
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

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.[3][4][5][6] There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election

2012 by-election : Piravom
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

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Piravom
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KC(J) T. M. Jacob 66,503 47.53
CPI (M) M. J. Jacob 66,346 47.41
BJP M. N. Madhu 4,234 3.03 -
Independent Sau Kunjappan 958 0.65 -
SUCI(C) M. K. Usha 908 0.65 -
Margin of victory 157 0.12
Turnout 1,39,928 79.37
KC(J) hold Swing

See also

References
  1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
  2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  3. "Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom". kaumudiglobal.com. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
  4. "M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll". News.in.msn.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
  5. Anita (21 March 2012). "Piravom bypoll results | Kerala | UDF's Anoop Jacob wins | 12,071 vote margin | LDF | MJ Jacob". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  6. Mathew, Roy (21 March 2012). "UDF candidate wins Piravom bypoll in Kerala". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
  7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.


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