Eravipuram Assembly constituency

Eravipuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the southern coastal area of Kollam district in Kerala, India. It is one among the eleven Assembly constituencies in the district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Noushad of CPI(M).

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Eravipuram Assembly constituency

Eravipuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the southern coastal area of Kollam district in Kerala, India. It is one among the eleven Assembly constituencies in the district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Noushad of CPI(M).

Structure

Eravipuram Assembly constituency

As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Eravipuram Assembly constituency consists of the 24 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Asramam, Uliyakovil, Mangadu, Arunoottimangalam, Chathinamkulam, Karicode, College Division, Palkulangara, Ammannada, Vadakkevila, Pallimukku, Ayathil, Kilikollur, Punthalathazham, Palathara, Manakkadu, Kollurvila, Kayyalakkal, Valathungal, Akkolil, Thekkumbhagam, Eravipuram, Bharanikkavu, Thekkevila) and neighbouring Mayyanad panchayath in Kollam Taluk.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Travancore-Cochin

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Winner</th><th>Party</th><th>Vote Margin</th><th>Coalition</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1951</td><td>C. Kesavan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>774</td><td>Right</td></tr><tr><td>1954</td><td>Chandrasekharan</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>762</td><td>Left</td></tr><tr><td>Sukumaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>10,935</td><td>Left</td></tr></tbody></table>

Kerala

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

<table><thead><tr><th>Election</th><th>Niyama Sabha</th><th>Member</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1957</td><td>1st</td><td>P. Ravindran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1957 – 1960</td></tr><tr><td>1960</td><td>2nd</td><td>1960 – 1965</td></tr><tr><td>1967</td><td>3rd</td><td>R. S. Unni</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>1982 – 1984</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>P. K. K. Bava</td><td></td><td>Indian Union Muslim League</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai</td><td></td><td>Revolutionary Socialist Party</td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</td><td>A. A. Aziz</td><td>2001 – 2006</td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>12th</td><td>2006 – 2011</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>2011 – 2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>M. Noushad</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>2016 - 2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Eravipuram Assembly constituency

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

2026

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Noushad</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>Adv. Vishnu Mohan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Saji D. Anand</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td></td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,70,253 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. Noushad</td><td>65,392</td><td>52.33</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>A. A. Azeez</td><td>36,589</td><td>29.28</td><td>19.72</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Akkavila Satheek</td><td>19,714</td><td>15.77</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Ayathil Razak</td><td>988</td><td>0.79</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>950</td><td>0.76</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>PDP</td><td>Muhammed Ismail</td><td>643</td><td>0.51</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Manoj</td><td>463</td><td>0.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SUCI(C)</td><td>Vinod B.</td><td>232</td><td>0.19</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>28,803</td><td>23.05</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,24,971</td><td>73.40</td><td>5.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) gain from RSP</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,53,575 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>RSP</td><td>A. A. Azeez</td><td>51,271</td><td>49.00</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>IUML</td><td>P. K. K. Bava</td><td>43,259</td><td>41.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Pattathanam Babu</td><td>5,048</td><td>4.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Mylakkad Shah</td><td>3,234</td><td>3.09</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Sushama Vijayan</td><td>580</td><td>0.55</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Abdul Azeez</td><td>552</td><td>0.53</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Saiju V.</td><td>391</td><td>0.37</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Deepu N.</td><td>310</td><td>0.30</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>8,012</td><td>7.66</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,04,645</td><td>68.14</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>RSP hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>