Aranmula Assembly constituency

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 Veena George of CPI(M).

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
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Veena George
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

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

  CPI(M)   INC   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				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,37,351 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Veena George	73,450	46.3	6.33
	INC	K. Sivadasan Nair	56,654	34.56	0.67
	BJP	Biju Mathew	21,099	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

2016

There were 2,27,943 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula

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

2011

There were 2,07,229 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sivadasan Nair	64,845	47.69	N/A
	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	N/A
	SDPI	Nazurudheen	709	0.52	N/A
	Independent	Sugathan R.	387	0.28	N/A
	Independent	D. Sivadasan Achari	343	0.25	N/A
	Independent	Madhu G.	206	0.15	N/A
	Social Action Party	K. V. Varghese	134	0.10	N/A
	Independent	Pushpangadan	69	0.05	N/A
Margin of victory			6,511	4.79	16.17
Turnout			1,35,975	65.62	3.39
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	N/A

See also

• Aranmula
• Pathanamthitta
• Pathanamthitta district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election