Thrithala Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India
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Thrithala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is one of the two assembly constituencies included in Pattambi Taluk, Palakkad District.It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is M. B. Rajesh of Communist Party of India (Marxist).
| Thrithala | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 49 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Thrithala Veliyamkallu Bridge in Thrithala Assembly constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Palakkad |
| Established | 1951 |
| Total electors | 1,94,108 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | CPI(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self-governed segments
Thrithala Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anakkara | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 2 | Chalissery | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 3 | Kappur | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 4 | Nagalassery | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 5 | Parudur | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 6 | Pattithara | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 7 | Thirumittacode | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
| 8 | Thrithala | Grama panchayat | Pattambi |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Thrithala Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:[3]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | 3rd | E. T. Kunhan | CPI(M) | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | Vella Eacharan | INC | 1970 – 1977 | |
| 1977 | 5th | K. Sankaranarayanan | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | M. P. Thami | 1980 – 1982 | ||
| 1982 | 7th | K. K. Balakrishnan | 1982 – 1987 | ||
| 1987 | 8th | M. P. Thami | 1987 – 1991 | ||
| 1991 | 9th | E. Sankaran | CPI(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | V. K. Chandran | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | T. P. Kunjunni | 2006 – 2011 | ||
| 2011 | 13th | V. T. Balram | INC | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | 2016 - 2021 | |||
| 2021 | 15th | M. B. Rajesh | CPI(M) | Incumbent | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2026
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. B. Rajesh | ||||
| INC | V. T. Balram | ||||
| BJP | V. Unnikrishnan | ||||
| NOTA | None of the above | ||||
| Margin of victory | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Swing | |||||
2021
There were 1,94,108 registered voters in constituency for the 2021 election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | M. B. Rajesh | 69,814 | 45.84% |  6.16 | |
| INC | V. T. Balram | 66,798 | 43.86% |  3.30 | |
| BJP | Sanku T. Das | 12,851 | 8.44% | 1.85 | |
| SDPI | M. K. Abdul Nasar | 1,582 | 1.04% | 0.11 | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 427 | 0.28% | − | |
| BSP | Rajagopal Thrithala | 333 | 0.22% | 0.04 | |
| Margin of victory | 3,016 | 1.98% | 5.50 | ||
| Turnout | 1,52,311 | 78.47% | 0.41 | ||
| CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 6.16 |
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2016
There were 1,55,638 registered voters in constituency for the 2016 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. T. Balaram | 66,505 | 47.16% | 0.31 | |
| CPI(M) | Subaida Ishac | 55,958 | 39.68% | 5.07 | |
| BJP | V. T. Rema | 14,510 | 10.29% | 5.46 | |
| SDPI | C. P .Mohammedali | 1,313 | 0.93% | 0.15 | |
| Independent | Subaida | 1,080 | 0.77% | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 549 | 0.39% | − | |
| PDP | Moideenkutty Pookath | 541 | 0.38% | 0.10 | |
| BSP | Vinod Perumbavoor | 366 | 0.26% | 0.18 | |
| Independent | Balaram | 199 | 0.14% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 10,547 | 7.48% | 6.41 | ||
| Turnout | 1,41,021 | 78.88% | 0.42 | ||
| INC hold | Swing | 0.31 |
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2011
There were 1,78,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | V. T. Balaram | 57,848 | 47.37% | ||
| CPI(M) | Mammikutty P. | 54,651 | 44.75% | ||
| BJP | V. Ramankutty | 5,899 | 4.83% | ||
| SDPI | Baburajan O. T. | 1,320 | 1.08% | ||
| Independent | P. Mammnkutty | 902 | 0.74% | − | |
| PDP | P. Shamsudheen | 590 | 0.48% | − | |
| BSP | Rameshan Perumannur | 543 | 0.44% | − | |
| Independent | K. Balaraman | 367 | 0.30% | − | |
| Margin of victory | 3,197 | 2.62% | |||
| Turnout | 1,22,120 | 78.46% | |||
| INC gain from CPI(M) | Swing | ||||
1952
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Socialist Party (India) | K. B. Menon | 14,280 | 36.96% | ||
| INC | P. K. Moideen Kutty | 11,253 | 29.13% | 29.13% | |
| CPI | K. P. Madhava Menon | 6,661 | 17.24% | ||
| IUML | P. Thangal | 6,439 | 16.67% | ||
| Margin of victory | 3,027 | 7.84% | |||
| Turnout | 38,633 | 50.98% | |||
| Registered electors | 75,781 | ||||
| Socialist Party (India) win (new seat) | |||||