Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

Thrikkakara State assembly constituency 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. After the 2022 by-election, Uma Thomas of INC became the MLA.

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Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

Local self-governed segments

Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

Thrikkakara Assembly constituency is composed of the following 22 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Edappally zone and Vyttila zone), and one municipality in Kanayannur Taluk:

Map of Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

<table><thead><tr><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Ward no.</th><th>Name</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>35</td><td>Ponekkara</td><td>37</td><td>Edappally</td><td>38</td><td>Devankulangara</td></tr><tr><td>39</td><td>Karukapally</td><td>40</td><td>Mamangalam</td><td>41</td><td>Padivattom</td></tr><tr><td>42</td><td>Vennala</td><td>43</td><td>Palarivattom</td><td>44</td><td>Karanakkodam</td></tr><tr><td>45</td><td>Thammanam</td><td>46</td><td>Chakkaraparambu</td><td>47</td><td>Chalikkavattam</td></tr><tr><td>48</td><td>Ponnurunni East</td><td>49</td><td>Vyttila</td><td>50</td><td>Chambakkara</td></tr><tr><td>51</td><td>Poonithura</td><td>52</td><td>Vyttila Janata</td><td>53</td><td>Ponnurunni</td></tr><tr><td>54</td><td>Elamkulam</td><td>55</td><td>Giri Nagar</td><td>56</td><td>Panampilly Nagar</td></tr><tr><td>57</td><td>Kadavanthra</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

All of the above 22 wards are included in Kanayannur Taluk.

<table><thead><tr><th>Sl no.</th><th>Name</th><th>Local Body Type</th><th>Taluk</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>Thrikkakkara</td><td>Municipality</td><td>Kanayannur</td></tr></tbody></table>

Members of Legislative Assembly

Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

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>Name</th><th>Party</th><th>Tenure</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>2011</td><td>13th</td><td>Benny Behanan</td><td></td><td>Indian National Congress</td><td>2011–2016</td></tr><tr><td>2016</td><td>14th</td><td>P. T. Thomas</td><td>2016–2021</td></tr><tr><td>2021</td><td>15th</td><td>2021–2021</td></tr><tr><td>2022^</td><td>Uma Thomas</td><td>2022-Incumbent</td></tr></tbody></table>

Election results

Thrikkakara 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>INC</td><td>Uma Thomas</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Adv. Pushpa Das</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Akhil Marar</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Alosius Kollannur</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>AAP</td><td>Jose George</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>

2022 by-election

<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th>Candidate</th><th>Votes</th><th>%</th><th>±%</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td></td><td>INC</td><td>Uma Thomas</td><td>72,770</td><td>53.76</td><td>9.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Jo Joseph</td><td>47,754</td><td>35.28</td><td>1.27</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>A. N. Radhakrishnan</td><td>12,957</td><td>9.57</td><td>6.13</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the Above</td><td>1,111</td><td>0.82</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Majority</td><td>25,016</td><td>18.48</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>135,349</td><td>68.75</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2021

There were 1,80,733 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>INC</td><td>P. T. Thomas</td><td>59,839</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>LDF</td><td>Dr. J. Jacob</td><td>45,510</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Saji</td><td>15,483</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>TTP</td><td>Dr. Terry Thomas</td><td>13,897</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>695</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>P. M. Shibu</td><td>331</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Riyas Yusuf</td><td>298</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Krishnaprasad</td><td>181</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Jinu</td><td>143</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Binoj</td><td>134</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Subin</td><td>59</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>14,329</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,35,875</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2016

There were 1,81,261 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>INC</td><td>P. T. Thomas</td><td>61,268</td><td>45.42</td><td>10.46</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>Sebastian Paul</td><td>49,455</td><td>36.55</td><td>0.32</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>S. Saji</td><td>21,247</td><td>15.70</td><td>10.66</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>NOTA</td><td>None of the above</td><td>1,275</td><td>0.94</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>K. M. Shajahan</td><td>956</td><td>0.71</td><td>0.03</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Shibu P. A.</td><td>346</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.08</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Vinod P. K.</td><td>302</td><td>175</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Silvi Sunil</td><td>147</td><td>0.11</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Sreedharan</td><td>82</td><td>0.06</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Lal Viswan</td><td>60</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Rahul R.</td><td>58</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>P. H. Ramachandran</td><td>52</td><td>0.04</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>11,966</td><td>8.87</td><td>8.14</td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,35,304</td><td>74.65</td><td>0.94</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC hold</td><td>Swing</td><td>10.46</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

2011

There were 1,59,877 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>INC</td><td>Benny Behanan</td><td>65,854</td><td>55.88</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>CPI(M)</td><td>M. E. Hassainar</td><td>43,448</td><td>36.87</td><td></td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BJP</td><td>N. Saji Kumar</td><td>5,935</td><td>5.04</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Hassainar</td><td>933</td><td>0.79</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>SDPI</td><td>Abdul Salam Parakkadan</td><td>869</td><td>0.74</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>Independent</td><td>Benny George</td><td>410</td><td>0.35</td><td>−</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>BSP</td><td>Shereef Thankayathil</td><td>404</td><td>0.34</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Margin of victory</td><td>22,406</td><td>17.01</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Turnout</td><td>1,17,853</td><td>73.71</td><td>0.26</td></tr><tr><td></td><td>INC win (new seat)</td></tr></tbody></table>