Thrippunithura Assembly constituency

Thrippunithura 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Babu of Indian National Congress.

Local self governed segments

Thrippunithura Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 8 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Palluruthy zone) in Kochi Taluk, and 2 Municipalities and 2 Gram Panchayats in Kanayannur Taluk:^[2]

All of the above 8 wards are included in Kochi Taluk.

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  Independent   INC   CPI(M)

Election results

2021

There were 2,11,581 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thripunithura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Babu	66,875	42.14	4.50
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	64,883	41.51	0.98
	BJP	K. S. Radhakrishnan	23,756	15.20	4.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,099	0.70	-
	SHS	Arun Babu	232	0.15	-
	Independent	Rajesh Pairoad	201	0.13	-
	SUCI(C)	C. B. Asokan	173	0.11	0.01
	Independent	K. P. Ayappen	88	0.06	-
Margin of victory			1232	0.23	2.66
Turnout			1,56,307	73.88	4.15
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.50

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,98,245 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thripunithura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	62,346	40.53	0.78
	INC	K. Babu	58,230	37.64	15.72
	BJP	Thuravoor Vishwambharan	29,843	19.29	15.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,028	0.66	-
	BSP	T. A. Kamarudeen	683	0.44	0.19
	SDPI	Sudheer Yousaf	594	0.38	-
	PDP	Padmini D. Netoor	410	0.27	-
	Independent	Swaraj Manickathan	394	0.25	-
	Independent	Saju Kolattukudy	172	0.11	-
	SUCI(C)	Sudha M. P.	156	0.10	-
	Independent	Sonia Jose	128	0.08	-
	Independent	Gireesh Babu	122	0.08	-
	Independent	K. N. Pradeep	116	0.07	-
	Independent	Ayyapan	112	0,07	-
Margin of victory			4,467	2.89
Turnout			1,54,685	78.03	1.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,71,652 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

See also

• Thrippunithura
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References