Thiruvambady Assembly constituency

Thiruvambady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Linto Joseph of CPI(M).

Thiruvambady
Constituency No. 32 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Thiruvambady
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1977
Total electors	1,80,289 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Linto Joseph
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Thiruvambady	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
2	Kodencheri	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
3	Koodaranji	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
4	Puthuppadi	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
5	Karassery	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
6	Kodiyathur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
7	Mukkam	Municipality	Kozhikode

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  INC   IUML   CPI(M)   INC(U)   Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	P. Cyriac John	INC		1977 – 1980
1980	6th		INC(U)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Ind.		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	P. P. George	INC		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	A. V. Abdurahiman	IUML		1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	C. Moinkutty			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Mathayi Chacko	CPI(M)		2006
2006*	12th	George M. Thomas			2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. Moinkutty	IUML		2011 – 2016
2016	14th	George M. Thomas	CPI(M)		2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Linto Joseph			Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,80,289 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambadi

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Linto Joseph	67,867	47.46	1.53
	IUML	C. P Cheriya Muhammed	63,224	44.21	0.49
	BJP	Baby Ambattu	7,794	5.45	−
	Independent	Sunny V Joseph	1,847	1.29	−
	Independent	K. P Cheriya Muhammed	1,121	0.78	−
	Independent	Linto Joseph	579	0.4	−
	NOTA	None of the above	419	0.17	0.29
	Independent	Lenilal T. D	80	0.06	−
	Independent	George Mathew Thottathimyalil	78	0.05	−
Margin of victory			4,643	3.25	1.04
Turnout			1,43,009	79.32	1.25
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.53

2016

There were 1,68,412 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	George M. Thomas	62,324	45.93	0.53
	IUML	V. M. Ummer	59,316	43.72	4.99
	BDJS	Giri Pambanal	8,749	6.45	3.09
	WPOI	Raju Punnakkal	2,226	1.64	−
	NOTA	None of the above	776	0.57	−
	Independent	Simon Thonakkara	641	0.47	−
	SDPI	T. P. Mohammed	569	0.42	0.26
	PDP	Noushad Kodiyathoor	517	0.38	−
	Independent	Sibi Valayil	426	0.31	−
	Independent	C. M. Ummer Chokliyil	77	0.06	−
	Independent	Ummar Vilangot	65	0.05	−
Margin of victory			3,008	2.21
Turnout			1,35,686	80.57	1.18
	CPI(M) gain from IUML		Swing

2011

There were 1,45,763 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambady

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	C. Moyinkutty	56,386	48.71
	CPI(M)	George M. Thomas	52,553	45.40
	BJP	Jose Kappattmala	3,894	3.36
	SDPI	C. T. Ashraf	790	0.68
	Independent	K. Moyinkutty	576	0.50	−
	Independent	George Thomas	574	0.50	−
	Independent	K. P. Basheer Haji	541	0.47	−
	BSP	Gafoor Puthuppady	440	0.38	−
Margin of victory			3,883	3.35
Turnout			1,15,754	79.41
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing

See also

• Thiruvambady
• Kozhikode district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election