Thrippunithura Assembly constituency

Thrippunithura 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Babu of Indian National Congress.

Thrippunithura
Constituency No. 81 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Hill Palace, Tripunithura
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,98,425 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent K. Babu
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Local self-governed segments

Thrippunithura Assembly constituency is composed of the following eight wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Palluruthy zone) in Kochi Taluk, and two Municipalities and two Gram Panchayats in Kanayannur Taluk:^[2]

Wards of Kochi Municipal Corporation in Thrippunithura Assembly constituency

Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
13	Kadebhagam	14	Thazhuppu	15	Edakochi North
16	Edakochi South	17	Perumbadappu	18	Konam
19	Palluruthy-Kacheripady	20	Nambyapuram

All of the above eight wards are included in Kochi Taluk.

Other Local Bodies in Thrippunithura Assembly constituency

Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Thrippunithura	Municipality	Kanayannur
2	Maradu	Municipality	Kanayannur
3	Kumbalam	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
4	Udayamperoor	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  Independent   INC   CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	T. K. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Paul P. Mani	INC		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	T. K. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)		1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. G. R. Kartha	NDP		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	V. Viswanatha Menon	CPI(M)		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. Babu	INC		1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	M. Swaraj	CPI(M)		2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. Babu	INC		Incumbent

Election results

2021

There were 2,11,581 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Babu	66,875	42.14	4.50
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	64,883	41.51	0.98
	BJP	K. S. Radhakrishnan	23,756	15.20	4.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,099	0.70	−
	SS	Arun Babu	232	0.15	−
	Independent	Rajesh Pairoad	201	0.13	−
	SUCI(C)	C. B. Asokan	173	0.11	0.01
	Independent	K. P. Ayappen	88	0.06	−
Margin of victory			1232	0.23	2.66
Turnout			1,56,307	73.88	4.15
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.50

2016

There were 1,98,245 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	62,346	40.53	0.78
	INC	K. Babu	58,230	37.64	15.72
	BJP	Thuravoor Vishwambharan	29,843	19.29	15.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,028	0.66	−
	BSP	T. A. Kamarudeen	683	0.44	0.19
	SDPI	Sudheer Yousaf	594	0.38	−
	PDP	Padmini D. Netoor	410	0.27	−
	Independent	Swaraj Manickathan	394	0.25	−
	Independent	Saju Kolattukudy	172	0.11	−
	SUCI(C)	Sudha M. P.	156	0.10	−
	Independent	Sonia Jose	128	0.08	−
	Independent	Gireesh Babu	122	0.08	−
	Independent	K. N. Pradeep	116	0.07	−
	Independent	Ayyapan	112	0,07	−
Margin of victory			4,467	2.89
Turnout			1,54,685	78.03	1.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,71,652 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Babu	69,886	53.36
	CPI(M)	C. M. Dinesh Mani	54,108	41.31
	BJP	Sabu Varghese	4,942	3.77	−
	BSP	Karthikeyan	826	0.63	−
	Independent	Babu Keezhathuparamu	330	0.25	−
	Independent	Saju Kolattukudy	327	0.25
	SS	Saji Thuruthikunnel	316	0.24	−
	Independent	P. K. Thankamani	137	0.10	−
	Independent	K. P. Ayyapan	105	0.08	−
Margin of victory			15,778	12.05
Turnout			1,30,977	76.30
	INC hold		Swing

See also

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