Thrikkakara Assembly constituency
| Thrikkakara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 83 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Kochi Metro at Palarivattom in Thrikkakkara Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Ernakulam |
| Established | 2008 |
| Total electors | 1,81,261 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2022 |
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.[1] After the 2022 by-election, Uma Thomas of INC became the MLA.
Local self-governed segments
[edit]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:[2]
| Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name | Ward no. | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35 | Ponekkara | 37 | Edappally | 38 | Devankulangara |
| 39 | Karukapally | 40 | Mamangalam | 41 | Padivattom |
| 42 | Vennala | 43 | Palarivattom | 44 | Karanakkodam |
| 45 | Thammanam | 46 | Chakkaraparambu | 47 | Chalikkavattam |
| 48 | Ponnurunni East | 49 | Vyttila | 50 | Chambakkara |
| 51 | Poonithura | 52 | Vyttila Janata | 53 | Ponnurunni |
| 54 | Elamkulam | 55 | Giri Nagar | 56 | Panampilly Nagar |
| 57 | Kadavanthra |
All of the above 22 wards are included in Kanayannur Taluk.
| Sl no. | Name | Local Body Type | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thrikkakkara | Municipality | Kanayannur |
Members of Legislative Assembly
[edit]The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Name | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13th | Benny Behanan | Indian National Congress | 2011–2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | P. T. Thomas | 2016–2021 | ||
| 2021 | 15th | 2021–2021 | |||
| 2022^ | Uma Thomas[3] | 2022-Incumbent | |||
^2022 by-election
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2022 by-election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Uma Thomas | 72,770 | 53.76 |  9.94
| |
| CPI(M) | Jo Joseph | 47,754 | 35.28 |  1.27
| |
| BJP | A. N. Radhakrishnan | 12,957 | 9.57 | 6.13
| |
| NOTA | None of the Above | 1,111 | 0.82 | ||
| Majority | 25,016 | 18.48 | |||
| Turnout | 135,349 | 68.75 | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
[edit]There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. T. Thomas | 61,268 | 45.42 | 10.46
| |
| CPI(M) | Sebastian Paul | 49,455 | 36.55 | 0.32
| |
| BJP | S. Saji | 21,247 | 15.70 | 10.66
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,275 | 0.94 | − | |
| SDPI | K. M. Shajahan | 956 | 0.71 | 0.03
| |
| BSP | Shibu P. A. | 346 | 0.26 | 0.08
| |
| Independent | Vinod P. K. | 302 | 175 | − | |
| Independent | Silvi Sunil | 147 | 0.11 | − | |
| Independent | Sreedharan | 82 | 0.06 | − | |
| Independent | Lal Viswan | 60 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | Rahul R. | 58 | 0.04 | ||
| Independent | P. H. Ramachandran | 52 | 0.04 | ||
| Margin of victory | 11,966 | 8.87 | 8.14
| ||
| Turnout | 1,35,304 | 74.65 | 0.94
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 10.46
|
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2011
[edit]There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Benny Behanan | 65,854 | 55.88 | ||
| CPI(M) | M. E. Hassainar | 43,448 | 36.87 | ||
| BJP | N. Saji Kumar | 5,935 | 5.04 | − | |
| Independent | Hassainar | 933 | 0.79 | − | |
| SDPI | Abdul Salam Parakkadan | 869 | 0.74 | − | |
| Independent | Benny George | 410 | 0.35 | − | |
| BSP | Shereef Thankayathil | 404 | 0.34 | ||
| Margin of victory | 22,406 | 17.01 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,853 | 73.71 | 0.26
| ||
| INC win (new seat) | |||||
See also
[edit]- Thrikkakara
- Ernakulam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ The Hindu (3 June 2022). "UDF retains Thrikkakara with record margin". Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.