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Thrikaripur
Constituency No. 5 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Nileshwaram in Thrikaripur constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kasaragod
Established	1977 - present
Total electors	2,02,249 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. Rajagopalan
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Thrikaripur State assembly constituency Previously Nileshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).

Thrikaripur constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing the Nileshwaram constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1977.

Local self governed segments

Thrikaripur 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:

Key

  CPI(M)   INC   CPI

As Nileshwaram

As Thrikaripur

Election results

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Rajagopalan	86,151	53.71	2.78
	KEC	M P Joseph	60,014	37.41
	BJP	Shibin T V	10,961	6.83	0.09
	SDPI	LIYAKATHALI P	1,211	0.75
	WPOI	T MAHESH MASTER	817	0.51
	NOTA	NOTA	558	0.35
Margin of victory			26,137	16.30	5.41
Turnout			1,60,408	78.95	2.21
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Rajagopalan	79,286	50.93	1.02
	INC	K. P. Kunhikannan	62,327	40.04	3.42
	BJP	M. Bhaskaran	10,767	6.92	2.91
	WPOI	C. H. Muthalib	1.029	0.66	−
	SDPI	M. V. Shaukathali	840	0.54	3.47
	NOTA	None of the above	774	0.50	−
	Independent	P. P. Purushottaman	263	0.17	−
	Independent	K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath	183	0.12	−
	Independent	Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu	109	0.07	−
	Independent	K. M. Sreedharan	93	0.06	−
Margin of victory			16,959	10.89	4.44
Turnout			1,55,671	81.88	1.60
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.02

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

See also

• Thrikaripur
• Kasaragod district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kasaragod district, Kerala". kasargod.gov.in.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kasaragod District".
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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