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Piravom Assembly constituency

{{short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}

{{Infobox Indian constituency

| name = Piravom

| type = SLA

| state = Kerala

| constituency_no = 85

| map_image = PIRAVOM PALAM.jpg

| map_caption = The Piravom bridge in Piravom Constituency

| established = 1957 - present

| reservation = None

| electors = 2,00,003 (2016)

| mla = Anoop Jacob

| party = KC(J)

| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|UDF|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}

| latest_election_year = 2016

| district = Ernakulam

}}

Piravom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.{{cite web

|url = https://ernakulam.nic.in/legislative-assembly

|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala

}} As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

Local self governed segments

Piravom Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:{{cite web

|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/ernakulam.html

|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in

|title = State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala.

}}

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"

!width="30px" |Sl no.

!width="100px" |Name

!width="130px" |Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)

!width="100px" |Taluk

1

|Elanji

|Grama panchayat

|Muvattupuzha

2

|Maneed

|Grama panchayat

|Muvattupuzha

3

|Pampakuda

|Grama panchayat

|Muvattupuzha

4

|Ramamangalam

|Grama panchayat

|Muvattupuzha

5

|Thirumarady

|Grama panchayat

|Muvattupuzha

6

|Amballur

|Grama panchayat

|Kanayannur

7

|Edakkattuvayal

|Grama panchayat

|Kanayannur

8

|Chottanikkara

|Grama panchayat

|Kanayannur

9

|Mulanthuruthy

|Grama panchayat

|Kanayannur

10

|Thiruvankulam region of
Thrippunithura

|Municipality

|Kanayannur

11

|Piravom

|Municipality

|Muvattupuzha

12

|Koothattukulam

|Municipality

|Muvattupuzha

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

class="wikitable sortable"

!Election

!Niyama

Sabha

!Name

! colspan="2" |Party

!Tenure

1977

|5th

|T. M. Jacob

|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}

|1977 – 1980

1980

|6th

|P. C. Chacko

|{{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress (Urs)}}

|1980 – 1982

1982

|7th

|Benny Behanan

|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}

|1982 – 1987

1987

|8th

|Gopi Kottaramunikkal

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|1987 – 1991

1991

|9th

| rowspan="3" |T. M. Jacob

|{{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (M)}}

|1991 – 1996

1996

|10th

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}

|1996 – 2001

2001

| 11th

|2001 – 2006

2006

|12th

|M. J. Jacob

|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

|2006 – 2011

2011

|13th

|T. M. Jacob

| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=4|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}

|2011 – 2012

2012*

|13th

| rowspan="3" |Anoop Jacob

|2012 – 2016

2016

|14th

|2016 - 2021

2021

|15th

|Incumbent

* indicates by-elections

Election results

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

=Niyamasabha Election 2021 =

{{Election box begin |title=Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link

|candidate=Anoop Jacob

|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)

|votes=85,056

|percentage=53.8

|change={{increase}}8.03|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

||candidate= Dr.Sindhumol Jacob

|party=Kerala Congress (M)

|votes=59,692

|percentage=37.76

|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link

||candidate=N. Ashish

|party=Bharatiya Janata Party

|votes=11,021

|percentage=6.97

|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1109|percentage=0.7|change=}}

{{Election box majority||votes=25,364|percentage=16.04|change={{increase}}12.20}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,58,097|percentage=74.62|change={{decrease}}7.04|}}

{{Election box Registered electors

|reg. electors = 2,11,861

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Kerala Congress (Jacob)

|loser = Kerala Congress (M)

|swing =

}}

{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2016 =

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=Anoop Jacob|votes=73,770|percentage=45.77|change={{decrease}}7.04|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J .Jacob|votes=67,575|percentage=41.93|change={{decrease}}0.32|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=C. P. Sathyan|votes=17,503|percentage=10.86|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=964|percentage=0.60|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate|party=PpGP|candidate=Gireesh|votes=485|percentage=0.30|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=K. O. Sudheer|votes=342|percentage=0.21|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anoop|votes=298|percentage=0.18|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Rajan|votes=233|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,195|percentage=3.84|change={{decrease}}3.86}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,61,770|percentage=80.58|change={{decrease}}5.72}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing={{decrease}}7.04}}{{Election box end}}

= 2012 by-election =

Piravom bye-election was held in Piravom assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.{{cite web|title=Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom|url=http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=12692|access-date=21 November 2011|publisher=kaumudiglobal.com|archive-date=23 May 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120523000319/http://kaumudiglobal.com/innerpage1.php?newsid=12692|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll|url=http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5615541|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903134827/http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5615541|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=23 November 2011|publisher=News.in.msn.com}}{{Cite web|last=Anita|date=2012-03-21|title=Piravom bypoll results {{!}} Kerala {{!}} UDF's Anoop Jacob wins {{!}} 12,071 vote margin {{!}} LDF {{!}} MJ Jacob|url=https://www.oneindia.com/2012/03/21/kerala-udf-candidate-anoop-jacob-rout-ldf-by-12071-vote.html|access-date=2020-07-21|website=www.oneindia.com|language=en}}{{Cite news|last=Mathew|first=Roy|date=2012-03-21|title=UDF candidate wins Piravom bypoll in Kerala|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/udf-candidate-wins-piravom-bypoll-in-kerala/article3019648.ece|access-date=2020-07-21|issn=0971-751X}} There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election

{{Election box begin|title=2012 by-election: Piravom}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=Anoop Jacob|votes=82,756|percentage=52.81|change={{increase}}5.28|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J .Jacob|votes=70,686|percentage=45.11|change={{decrease}}2.30|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=K. R. Rajagopal|votes=3,241|percentage=2.07|change={{decrease}}0.96|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=12,071|percentage=7.70|change={{increase}}7.58}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,56,683|percentage=86.30|change={{increase}}6.93}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing={{increase}}5.28}}{{Election box end}}

= Niyamasabha Election 2011 =

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}

{{Election box begin|title=2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|candidate=T. M. Jacob|votes=66,503|percentage=47.53|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=M. J. Jacob|votes=66,346|percentage=47.41|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. N. Madhu|votes=4,234|percentage=3.03|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Sau Kunjappan|votes=958|percentage=0.65|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=M. K. Usha|votes=908|percentage=0.65|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=157|percentage=0.12|change=}}

{{Election box turnout||votes=1,39,928|percentage=79.37|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (Jacob)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

See also

References

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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}

Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala

Category:State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district