Aranmula Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Aranmula 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Adv Abin Varkey of the Indian National Congress.
| Aranmula | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 113 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
The centre of the Aranmula kannadi is located in Aranmula Assembly constituency. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 2,37,351 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
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| Incumbent | |
| Party | Indian National Congress |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
Aranmula Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|
| Pathanamthitta | Municipality | Kozhencherry[3] |
| Aranmula | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Chenneerkara | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Elanthoor | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Kozhencherry | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Kulanada | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Mallappuzhassery | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Mezhuveli | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Naranganam | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Omalloor | Grama panchayat | Kozhencherry |
| Eraviperoor | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
| Koipuram | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
| Thottapuzhassery | Grama panchayat | Thiruvalla |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Aranmula Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
INC CPI(M) Independent NDP SSP
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | K. Gopinathan Pillai | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | P. N. Chandrasenan | SSP | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Independent | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | M. K. Hemachandran | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | K. K. Sreenivasan | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | R. Ramachandran Nair | NDP | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan | LDF | 1996 – 2001 | |
| 2001 | 11th | Malethu Saraladevi | INC | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | K. C. Rajagopalan | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | K. Sivadasan Nair | INC | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | Veena George | CPI(M) | 2016 – 2021 | |
| 2021 | 15th | 2021 – 2026 | |||
| 2026 | 16th | Abin Varkey | INC | 2026 – 2030 | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Abin Varkey | 70,083 | |||
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 51,098 | |||
| BJP | Kummanam Rajasekharan | 34,983 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 615 | |||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 2,37,351 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 74,950 | 46.3 |  6.33 | |
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 55,947 | 34.56 |  0.67 | |
| BJP | Biju Mathew | 29,099 | 17.98 | 5.5 | |
| Independent | Sivadasan Nair S/o Raghavan Nair | 629 | 0.39 | N/A | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 575 | 0.36 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 19,003 | 11.74 | 7 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,866 | 68.19 | 2.63 | ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 6.33 |
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2016
There were 2,27,943 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Veena George | 64,523 | 39.97 | 2.93 | |
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 56,877 | 35.23 | 12.46 | |
| BJP | M. T. Ramesh | 37,906 | 23.48 | 15.96 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 569 | 0.35 | N/A | |
| BSP | T. Amrithakumar | 548 | 0.34 | 0.19 | |
| SP | Sreekanth M. Vallakkottu | 252 | 0.16 | N/A | |
| Independent | Chandran | 249 | 0.15 | N/A | |
| SUCI(C) | Anil Kumar K. G. | 217 | 0.13 | N/A | |
| PDP | Habeeb Rahman | 187 | 0.12 | N/A | |
| Independent | Shaji Mezhuveli | 104 | 0.06 | N/A | |
| Margin of victory | 7,646 | 4.74 | 0.05 | ||
| Turnout | 1,61,432 | 70.82 | 5.20 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 2.93 |
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2011
There were 2,07,229 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | K. Sivadasan Nair | 64,845 | 47.69 | 35.89 | |
| CPI(M) | K. C. Rajagopalan | 58,334 | 42.90 | 5.82 | |
| BJP | K. Haridas | 10,227 | 7.52 | 1.44 | |
| BSP | T. Amrithakumar | 721 | 0.53 | ||
| SDPI | Nazurudheen | 709 | 0.52 | ||
| Independent | Sugathan R. | 387 | 0.28 | ||
| Independent | D. Sivadasan Achari | 343 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | Madhu G. | 206 | 0.15 | ||
| SLAP | K. V. Varghese | 134 | 0.10 | 0.80 | |
| Independent | Pushpangadan | 69 | 0.05 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,511 | 4.79 | 16.17 | ||
| Turnout | 1,35,975 | 65.62 | 3.39 | ||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | 35.89 |
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2006
There were 1,12,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | K. C. Rajagopalan | 34,007 | 48.8 | 2.6 | |
| Independent | K. R. Rajappan | 19,387 | 27.8 | − | |
| DIC | Malethu Saraladevi | 8,244 | 11.8 | 34.4 | |
| BJP | Ashokan Kulanada | 6,250 | 9.0 | 3.8 | |
| SLAP | Thomaskutty | 632 | 0.9 | ||
| Independent | V. R. Sisily | 487 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | Radhakrishnan S. | 461 | 0.7 | ||
| Independent | C. C. Kuttappan | 302 | 0.4 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,620 | 20.9 | 15.8 | ||
| Turnout | 69,794 | 62.3 | 8.7 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 2.6 |
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2001
There were 1,12,967 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.