Piravom Assembly constituency

Piravom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

Piravom
Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Piravom Bridge in Piravom Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957
Total electors	2,00,003 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anoop Jacob
Party	KC(J)
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2016

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Elanji	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
2	Maneed	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
3	Pampakuda	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
4	Ramamangalam	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
5	Thirumarady	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
6	Amballur	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
7	Edakkattuvayal	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
8	Chottanikkara	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
9	Mulanthuruthy	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
10	Thiruvankulam region of Thrippunithura	Municipality	Kanayannur
11	Piravom	Municipality	Muvattupuzha
12	Koothattukulam	Municipality	Muvattupuzha

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
1977	5th	T. M. Jacob		Kerala Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. C. Chacko		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	Benny Behanan		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Gopi Kottaramunikkal		Communist Party of India	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	T. M. Jacob		Kerala Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			Kerala Congress	1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	M. J. Jacob		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	T. M. Jacob		Kerala Congress	2011 – 2012
2012*	13th	Anoop Jacob			2012 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	85,056	53.8	8.03
	KC(M)	Sindhumol Jacob	59,692	37.76
	BJP	N. Ashish	11,021	6.97
	NOTA	None of the above	1109	0.7
Majority			25,364	16.04	12.20
Turnout			1,58,097	74.62	7.04
Registered electors			2,11,861
	KC(J) hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	73,770	45.77	7.04
	CPI(M)	M. J .Jacob	67,575	41.93	0.32
	BDJS	C. P. Sathyan	17,503	10.86	−
	NOTA	None of the above	964	0.60	−
	PpGP	Gireesh	485	0.30	−
	SUCI(C)	K. O. Sudheer	342	0.21	−
	Independent	Anoop	298	0.18	−
	Independent	Rajan	233	0.14	−
Margin of victory			6,195	3.84	3.86
Turnout			1,61,770	80.58	5.72
	KC(J) hold		Swing	7.04

2012 by-election

A by-election was held in Piravom Assembly constituency following the death of the sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.^[4][5][6][7] There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election.

2012 by-election: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	82,756	52.81	5.28
	CPI(M)	M. J. Jacob	70,686	45.11	2.30
	BJP	K. R. Rajagopal	3,241	2.07	0.96
Margin of victory			12,071	7.70	7.58
Turnout			1,56,683	86.30	6.93
	KC(J) hold		Swing	5.28

2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	T. M. Jacob	66,503	47.53
	CPI(M)	M. J. Jacob	66,346	47.41
	BJP	M. N. Madhu	4,234	3.03	−
	Independent	Sau Kunjappan	958	0.65	−
	SUCI(C)	M. K. Usha	908	0.65	−
Margin of victory			157	0.12
Turnout			1,39,928	79.37
	KC(J) hold		Swing

See also

• Piravom
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election