Thrithala Assembly constituency

Thrithala
Thrithala
Constituency No. 49 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Thrithala Veliyamkallu Bridge in the Thrithala (State Assembly constituency).
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Palakkad
Established	1965
Total electors	1,94,108 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent M. B. Rajesh
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Thrithala State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala located in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ponnani Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. B. Rajesh of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Local self governed segments

Thrithala Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Anakkara	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
2	Chalissery	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
3	Kappur	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
4	Nagalassery	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
5	Parudur	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
6	Pattithara	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
7	Thirumittacode	Grama panchayat	Pattambi
8	Thrithala	Grama panchayat	Pattambi

Thrithala (State Assembly constituency)

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Thrithala Niyama Sabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[3]

Key

CPI(M) INC Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1967	3rd	E. T. Kunhan	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Vella Eacharan	INC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	K. Sankaranarayanan	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	M. P. Thami		1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. K. Balakrishnan		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	M. P. Thami		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	E. Sankaran	CPI(M)	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	V. K. Chandran		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	V. K. Chandran		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	T. P. Kunjunni		2006 – 2011
2011	13th	V. T. Balram	INC	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	V. T. Balram	INC	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	M. B. Rajesh	CPI(M)	Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrithala
Party		Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)
	INC
	BJP
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout
	gain from		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2021

There were 1,94,108 registered voters in constituency for the 2021 election.^[4]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrithala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. B. Rajesh	69,814	45.84%	6.16
	INC	V. T. Balram	66,798	43.86%	3.30
	BJP	Sanku T. Das	12,851	8.44%	1.85
	SDPI	M. K. Abdul Nasar	1,582	1.04%	0.11
	NOTA	None of the above	427	0.28%	−
	BSP	Rajagopal Thrithala	333	0.22%	0.04
Margin of victory			3,016	1.98%	5.50
Turnout			1,52,311	78.47%	0.41
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	6.16

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,55,638 registered voters in constituency for the 2016 election.^[5]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrithala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. T. Balaram	66,505	47.16%	0.31
	CPI(M)	Subaida Ishac	55,958	39.68%	5.07
	BJP	V. T. Rema	14,510	10.29%	5.46
	SDPI	C. P .Mohammedali	1,313	0.93%	0.15
	Independent	Subaida	1,080	0.77%	−
	NOTA	None of the above	549	0.39%	−
	PDP	Moideenkutty Pookath	541	0.38%	0.10
	BSP	Vinod Perumbavoor	366	0.26%	0.18
	Independent	Balaram	199	0.14%	−
Margin of victory			10,547	7.48%	6.41
Turnout			1,41,021	78.88%	0.42
	INC hold		Swing	0.31

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,784 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrithala
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. T. Balaram	57,848	47.37%
	CPI(M)	Mammikutty P.	54,651	44.75%
	BJP	V. Ramankutty	5,899	4.83%
	SDPI	Baburajan O. T.	1,320	1.08%
	Independent	P. Mammnkutty	902	0.74%	−
	PDP	P. Shamsudheen	590	0.48%	−
	BSP	Rameshan Perumannur	543	0.44%	−
	Independent	K. Balaraman	367	0.30%	−
Margin of victory			3,197	2.62%
Turnout			1,22,120	78.46%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

1952

1952 Madras Legislative Assembly election: Thrithala^[7]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Socialist	K. B. Menon	14,280	36.96%
	INC	P. K. Moideen Kutty	11,253	29.13%	29.13%
	CPI	K. P. Madhava Menon	6,661	17.24%
	IUML	P. Thangal	6,439	16.67%
Margin of victory			3,027	7.84%
Turnout			38,633	50.98%
Registered electors			75,781
	Socialist win (new seat)

References

^ "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thrithala". www.mapsofindia.com.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

[1] "State Assembly constituencies in Palakkad district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[2] "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Palakkad District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[3] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Thrithala". www.mapsofindia.com.

[4] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India".

[6] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[7] "Statistical Report on General Election, 1951 : To the Legislative Assembly of Madras" (PDF). Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 14 October 2014.

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