Thrikkakara Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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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] Since the 2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election, Uma Thomas of INC is the MLA.
| 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 | |
| 16th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party |  INC |
| Alliance | UDF |
| Elected year | 2026 |
Local self-governed segments
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
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 – 2026 | |||
| 2026 | 16th | 2026 – present | |||
^2022 by-election
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Uma Thomas | 83,375 | |||
| CPI(M) | Adv. Pushpa Das | 33,164 | |||
| TTP | Akhil Marar | 21,424 | |||
| AAP | Jose George | 605 | |||
| SDPI | Alosius Kollannur | 551 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,353 | |||
| Margin of victory | 50,211 | ||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2022 by-election
| 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 | ||||
2021
There were 1,80,733 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | P. T. Thomas | 59,839 | |||
| LDF | Dr. J. Jacob | 45,510 | |||
| BJP | S. Saji | 15,483 | |||
| TTP | Dr. Terry Thomas | 13,897 | |||
| NOTA | None of the above | 695 | |||
| BSP | P. M. Shibu | 331 | |||
| Independent | Riyas Yusuf | 298 | |||
| SDPI | Krishnaprasad | 181 | |||
| Independent | Jinu | 143 | |||
| Independent | Binoj | 134 | |||
| Independent | Subin | 59 | |||
| Margin of victory | 14,329 | ||||
| Turnout | 1,35,875 | ||||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
2016
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
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) | |||||