Chavara Assembly constituency

Chavara
Constituency No. 117 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
The coast at Chavara as seen from Kovilthottam Lighthouse
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictKollam
Established1977
Total electors1,75,280 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Party  RSP
Alliance  UDF
Elected year2026

Chavara State Assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one of the eleven Assembly constituencies in Kollam district.

Structure

As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chavara Assembly constituency consists of the seven wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and five neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.

Members of Legislative Assembly

Travancore-Cochin

Year Winner Party Vote Margin
1951 N. Sreekantan Nair Revolutionary Socialist Party 8,181
1954 Baby John 2,175

Kerala

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

Election Niyama Sabha Member Party Tenure
1977 5th Baby John Revolutionary Socialist Party 1977 – 1980
1980 6th 1980 – 1982
1982 7th 1982 – 1987
1987 8th 1987 – 1991
1991 9th 1991 – 1996
1996 10th 1996 – 2001
2001 11th Shibu Baby John Revolutionary Socialist Party 2001 – 2006
2006 12th N. K. Premchandran Revolutionary Socialist Party 2006 – 2011
2011 13th Shibu Baby John 2011 – 2016
2016 14th N. Vijayan Pillai Communist Party of India 2016 – 2020
2021 15th Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai Left Democratic Front 2021-2026
2026 16th Shibu Baby John Revolutionary Socialist Party Incumbent

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP Shibu Baby John 74,308 52.2
LDF Sujith Vijayanpillai 55,735 39.16
BJP K. R. Rajesh 11,012 7.74
NOTA None of the above 1289 0.91
Margin of victory 18,573
Turnout 142344
RSP gain from LDF Swing

2021

There were 1,74,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
LDF Sujith Vijayanpillai 63,282 44.29 Decrease2.51
RSP Shibu Baby John 62,186 43.52 Increase1.20
BJP Vivek Gopan 14,211 9.95 Increase2.51
Independent Johnson Kandachira 1,223 0.86 −
Independent Sujithmon 901 0.63 −
NOTA None of the above 701 0.49 Increase0.01
Independent Viji Ratheesh 376 0.26 −
Margin of victory 1,096 0.77 Decrease3.71
Turnout 1,42,189 78.66 Increase0.11
LDF hold Swing Decrease2.51

2016

There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) N. Vijayan Pillai 64,666 46.80
RSP Shibu Baby John 58,477 42.32 Decrease4.02
BJP M. Sunil 10,276 7.44 Increase5.85
PDP Shahul Thengumthara 1,439 1.04 −
SDPI Ansar Thevalakkara 1,106 0.80
NOTA None of the above 667 0.48
Independent Shibu 427 0.31
BSP Thevalakkara Manoj 403 0.29
Independent Abu Muhammed 228 0.16
Independent Anillumar Kallambalam 162 0.12
Independent Chellapan 121 0.09
SS V. Subash 427 0.31
Independent Karamkode Balakrishnan 93 0.07
Margin of victory 6,189 4.48
Turnout 1,38,186 78.55 Decrease1.04
LDF gain from RSP Swing

2011

There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
KRSP(B) Shibu Baby John 65,002 51.16
RSP N. K. Premachandran 58,941 46.80 Decrease7.07
BJP Nalini Sankaramangalam 2,028 1.59
Independent Maniyan G. 567 0.45 −
BSP V. Varadharajan 532 0.42 Decrease4.48
Margin of victory 6,061 4.77
Turnout 1,27,068 79.59
[[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP Swing

2006

There were 1,42,401 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP N. K. Premachandran 54,026 48.9
Independent Shibu Baby John 52,240 47.3
BJP Udayakumar 1,889 1.7
RSP(B) Shibu Balakrishnan 794 0.7
Independent Abu Muhammed 761 0.7
AIADMK K. Muhammad Kunju 409 0.4
BSP Jayakumar 378 0.3
Margin of victory 1,786 1.6
Turnout 1,10,501 77.6
RSP gain from RSP(B) Swing

2001

There were 1,53,473 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
RSP(B) Shibu Baby John 60,689 53.7
RSP V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai 52,240 42.6
BJP G. Hari 2,831 2.5
Independent Sukumaran Pillai 703 0.6
Independent Abu Muhammed 618 0.6
Margin of victory 12,483 11.0
Turnout 1,13,079 73.7
RSP(B) gain from RSP Swing

Notes

  1. ↑ Bypolls to the vacancy caused by MLA's death stands cancelled as per ECI.

References

  1. ↑ "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala" (PDF). Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  3. ↑ "Constituencies - Kollam District". Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala. Archived from the original on 1 August 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  4. ↑ "Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area". Government of Kerala. p. 37. Archived from the original on 21 October 2020. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  5. ↑ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin" (PDF). Election Commission of India. p. 37. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
  7. ↑ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.