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Piravom
Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
The Piravom bridge in Piravom Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,00,003 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Anoop Jacob
Party	KC(J)
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2016

Piravom State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

Local self governed segments

Piravom Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

* indicates by-elections

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	85,056	53.8	8.03
	KC(M)	Dr.Sindhumol Jacob	59,692	37.76
	BJP	N. Ashish	11,021	6.97
	NOTA	None of the above	1109	0.7
Majority			25,364	16.04	12.20
Turnout			1,58,097	74.62	7.04
Registered electors			2,11,861
	KC(J) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	73,770	45.77	7.04
	CPI(M)	M. J .Jacob	67,575	41.93	0.32
	BDJS	C. P. Sathyan	17,503	10.86	−
	NOTA	None of the above	964	0.60	−
	PpGP	Gireesh	485	0.30	−
	SUCI(C)	K. O. Sudheer	342	0.21	−
	Independent	Anoop	298	0.18	−
	Independent	Rajan	233	0.14	−
Margin of victory			6,195	3.84	3.86
Turnout			1,61,770	80.58	5.72
	KC(J) hold		Swing	7.04

2012 by-election

Piravom bye-election was held in Piravom assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011. There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election

2012 by-election: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	82,756	52.81	5.28
	CPI(M)	M. J .Jacob	70,686	45.11	2.30
	BJP	K. R. Rajagopal	3,241	2.07	0.96
Margin of victory			12,071	7.70	7.58
Turnout			1,56,683	86.30	6.93
	KC(J) hold		Swing	5.28

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

See also

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

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
2. "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
4. "Anoop Jacob to contest in Piravom". kaumudiglobal.com. Archived from the original on 23 May 2012. Retrieved 21 November 2011.
5. "M J Jacob to face son of late UDF minister in Piravom by-poll". News.in.msn.com. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2011.
6. Anita (21 March 2012). "Piravom bypoll results | Kerala | UDF's Anoop Jacob wins | 12,071 vote margin | LDF | MJ Jacob". www.oneindia.com. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
7. Mathew, Roy (21 March 2012). "UDF candidate wins Piravom bypoll in Kerala". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
8. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district