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Chavara
Constituency No. 117 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kollam
Established	1977–present
Total electors	1,75,280 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Sujith Vijayan Pillai

Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.

Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.

Electoral history

Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

• KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.
• CMP(A) later merged with CPI(M).

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha 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	4.02
	BJP	M. Sunil	10,276	7.44	5.85
	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	1.04
	CMP gain from RSP		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha 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	7.07
	BJP	Nalini Sankaramangalam	2,028	1.59
	Independent	Maniyan G.	567	0.45	−
	BSP	V. Varadharajan	532	0.42	4.48
Margin of victory			6,061	4.77
Turnout			1,27,068	79.59
	] 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.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• Government of Kollam
• Politics of Kollam district
• Assembly constituencies in Kollam district
• 1977 establishments in Kerala
• Constituencies established in 1977