Ranni Assembly constituency

Ranni is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Pramod Narayanan of Kerala Congress (M).

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Ranni Assembly constituency

Ranni is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Pramod Narayanan of Kerala Congress (M).

Local self-governed segments

Ranni Assembly constituency

Ranni Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Status (grama panchayat or municipality)</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Kottangal</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mallapally</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>Vechoochira</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>Ranni-Perunad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>Naranammoozhy</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>Ranni-Pazhavangadi</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>Ranni-Angadi</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>Kottanad</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mallapally</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>Ezhumattoor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Mallapally</td></tr><tr><td>9</td><td>Ayiroor</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>10</td><td>Ranni</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>11</td><td>Vadasserikkara</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr><tr><td>12</td><td>Cherukole</td><td>Grama panchayat</td><td>Ranni</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Ranni Assembly constituency

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Ranni Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:

  CPI(M)   INC   CPI   Independent   KEC   INC(U)   IC(S)

<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>Vayala Idicula</td><td>INC</td><td></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>M . K . Divakaran</td><td></td><td>Communist Party of India</td><td>1967 – 1970</td></tr><tr><td>1970</td><td>4th</td><td>Jacob Skariah</td><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>1970 – 1977</td></tr><tr><td>1977</td><td>5th</td><td>K. A. Mathew</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td><td>1977 – 1980</td></tr><tr><td>1980</td><td>6th</td><td>M. C. Cherian</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1980 – 1982</td></tr><tr><td>1982</td><td>7th</td><td>Sunny Panavelil</td><td>IC(S)</td><td></td><td>1982 – 1986</td></tr><tr><td>1986</td><td>Rachel Sunny Panavelil</td><td>1986 – 1987</td></tr><tr><td>1987</td><td>8th</td><td>Eapen Varughese</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td><td>1987 – 1991</td></tr><tr><td>1991</td><td>9th</td><td>M. C. Cherian</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>1991 – 1996</td></tr><tr><td>1996</td><td>10th</td><td>Raju Abraham</td><td>CPI(M)</td><td></td><td>1996 – 2001</td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>11th</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>2016-2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>Pramod Narayan</td><td></td><td>Kerala Congress</td><td>Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Ranni 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>KC(M)</td><td>Pramod Narayan</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Pazhakulam Madhu</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Thomas K. Samuel</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>

2021

There were 1,93,684 registered voters in Ranni Assembly constituency for the 2021 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>KC(M)</td><td>Pramod Narayan</td><td>52,669</td><td>41.22</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Rinku Cherian</td><td>51,384</td><td>40.21</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Padmakumar K</td><td>19,587</td><td>15.33</td><td>4.73</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>431</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>1,285</td><td>1.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,27,777</td><td>65.97</td><td>4.45</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>KC(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,90,196 registered voters in Ranni Assembly 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>Raju Abraham</td><td>58,749</td><td>43.87%</td><td>4.64</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Mariamma Cherian</td><td>44,153</td><td>32.97%</td><td>10.05</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BDJS</td><td>Padmakumar K.</td><td>28,201</td><td>21.06%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Prasad Uthimoodu</td><td>1,072</td><td>0.80%</td><td>0.28</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Fawseena Thakbeer</td><td>862</td><td>0.64%</td><td>0.11</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>438</td><td>0.33%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Geethamma Madhavan</td><td>298</td><td>0.22%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Varughese Thomas</td><td>154</td><td>0.11%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,596</td><td>10.90%</td><td>5.42</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,33,927</td><td>70.42%</td><td>1.90</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>4.64</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,75,669 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>CPI(M)</td><td>Raju Abraham</td><td>58,391</td><td>48.51%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Peelipose Thomas</td><td>51,777</td><td>43.02%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>Suresh Kadambari</td><td>7,442</td><td>6.18%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>V. D. Saji Mon</td><td>1,300</td><td>1.08%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Ibrahim Kutty</td><td>905</td><td>0.75%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>S. Radhakrishan</td><td>350</td><td>0.29%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Ulakan Thevan</td><td>196</td><td>0.16%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>6,614</td><td>5.42%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,20,361</td><td>68.52%</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M) hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>