Mavelikara Assembly constituency

Mavelikara 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] The current MLA is M. S. Arun Kumar of CPI(M).

Mavelikara
Constituency No. 109 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Mavelikara railway station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Alappuzha
Established	1957
Total electors	1,98,395 (2016)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. S. Arun Kumar
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Mavelikara Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (grama panchayat/municipality)	Taluk
1	Mavelikkara	Municipality	Mavelikkara
2	Chunakkara	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
3	Mavelikkara-Thekkekara	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
4	Mavelikara-Thamarakkulam	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
5	Nooranad	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
6	Palamel	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
7	Thazhakkara	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara
8	Vallikunnam	Grama panchayat	Mavelikkara

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	P. K. Kunjachan		Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
		K. C. George
1960	2nd	Eravankara Gopala Kurup			1960 – 1965
		P. K. Kunjachan
1967	3rd	G. Gopinathan Pillai		Samyukta Socialist Party	1967 – 1970
1970	4th			Praja Socialist Party	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	N. Bhaskaran Nair		Independent	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	S. Govinda Kurup		Communist Party of India	1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	M Murali		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th	R. Rajesh		Communist Party of India	2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-21
2021	15th	M. S. Arun Kumar			Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 2,06,012 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. S. Arun Kumar	71,743	47.61	2.20
	INC	K. K. Shaju	47,026	31.21	2.47
	BJP	K. Sanju	30,955	20.54	0.12
	NOTA	None of the above	519	0.34	0.03
	Ambedkar People's Organisation of India	Suresh Nooranad	165	0.11
	SUCI(C)	K. Sasikumar	151	0.10
	Independent	B. Subhash	131	0.09
Margin of victory			24,717	16.40
Turnout			1,50,690	73.16	2.29
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	2.20

2016

There were 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Rajesh	74,555	49.81	0.51
	INC	Baiju Kalasala	43,013	28.74	−
	BJP	P. M. Velayudhan	30,929	20.66	16.93
	NOTA	None of the above	523	0.35	−
	SUCI(C)	Asha T.	242	0.16	−
	BSP	Kattanam Suresh	213	0.14	0.50
	Independent	Ajeeshkumar	213	0.14
Margin of victory			31,542	21.07	17.22
Turnout			1,49,688	75.45	0.26
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.51

2011

There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Rajesh	65,903	49.30
	JSS	K. K. Shaju	60,754	45.45
	BJP	S. Girija	4,984	3.73
	Independent	R. Rajeesh	1,185	0.89
	BSP	Subhash Mankamkuzhy	860	0.64	−
Margin of victory			5,149	3.85
Turnout			1,49,688	75.19
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2016

There were 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Rajesh	74,555	49.81	0.51
	INC	Baiju Kalasala	43,013	28.74	−
	BJP	P. M. Velayudhan	30,929	20.66	16.93
	NOTA	None of the above	523	0.35	−
	SUCI(C)	Asha T.	242	0.16	−
	BSP	Kattanam Suresh	213	0.14	0.50
	Independent	Ajeeshkumar	213	0.14
Margin of victory			31,542	21.07	17.22
Turnout			1,49,688	75.45	0.26
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	0.51

2011

There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	R. Rajesh	65,903	49.30
	JSS	K. K. Shaju	60,754	45.45
	BJP	S. Girija	4,984	3.73
	Independent	R. Rajeesh	1,185	0.89
	BSP	Subhash Mankamkuzhy	860	0.64	−
Margin of victory			5,149	3.85
Turnout			1,49,688	75.19
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

See also

• Mavelikara
• Alappuzha district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election