Aranmula Assembly constituency

Aranmula
Aranmula
Constituency No. 113 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	The centre of the Aranmula kannadi is located in Aranmula Assembly constituency.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Established	1957
Total electors	2,37,351 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	16th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Abin Varkey
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2026

Aranmula State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Adv Abin Varkey of the Indian National Congress.

Local self-governed segments

Aranmula Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Pathanamthitta	Municipality	Kozhencherry^[3]
Aranmula	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Chenneerkara	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Elanthoor	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Kozhencherry	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Kulanada	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Mallappuzhassery	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Mezhuveli	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Naranganam	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Omalloor	Grama panchayat	Kozhencherry
Eraviperoor	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
Koipuram	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
Thottapuzhassery	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented Aranmula Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:^[4]

Key

INC CPI(M) Independent NDP SSP

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	K. Gopinathan Pillai	INC	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. Gopinathan Pillai	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. N. Chandrasenan	SSP	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. N. Chandrasenan	Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. K. Hemachandran	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	K. K. Sreenivasan		1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	R. Ramachandran Nair	NDP	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan	LDF	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Malethu Saraladevi	INC	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. C. Rajagopalan	CPI(M)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	K. Sivadasan Nair	INC	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Veena George	CPI(M)	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Veena George	CPI(M)	2021 – 2026
2026	16th	Abin Varkey	INC	2026 – 2030

Election results

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

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Abin Varkey	70,083	44.51	9.95
	CPI(M)	Veena George	51,098	32.45	13.85
	BJP	Kummanam Rajasekharan	34,983	22.22	4.24
	NOTA	None of the above	615
Margin of victory			18,985
Turnout			1,57,450
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

2021

There were 2,37,351 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[5]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Veena George	74,950	46.3	6.33
	INC	K. Sivadasan Nair	55,947	34.56	0.67
	BJP	Biju Mathew	29,099	17.98	5.5
	Independent	Sivadasan Nair S/o Raghavan Nair	629	0.39	N/A
	NOTA	None of the above	575	0.36	N/A
Margin of victory			19,003	11.74	7
Turnout			1,61,866	68.19	2.63
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	6.33

2016

There were 2,27,943 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[6]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Veena George	64,523	39.97	2.93
	INC	K. Sivadasan Nair	56,877	35.23	12.46
	BJP	M. T. Ramesh	37,906	23.48	15.96
	NOTA	None of the above	569	0.35	N/A
	BSP	T. Amrithakumar	548	0.34	0.19
	SP	Sreekanth M. Vallakkottu	252	0.16	N/A
	Independent	Chandran	249	0.15	N/A
	SUCI(C)	Anil Kumar K. G.	217	0.13	N/A
	PDP	Habeeb Rahman	187	0.12	N/A
	Independent	Shaji Mezhuveli	104	0.06	N/A
Margin of victory			7,646	4.74	0.05
Turnout			1,61,432	70.82	5.20
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	2.93

2011

There were 2,07,229 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.^[7]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Sivadasan Nair	64,845	47.69	35.89
	CPI(M)	K. C. Rajagopalan	58,334	42.90	5.82
	BJP	K. Haridas	10,227	7.52	1.44
	BSP	T. Amrithakumar	721	0.53
	SDPI	Nazurudheen	709	0.52
	Independent	Sugathan R.	387	0.28
	Independent	D. Sivadasan Achari	343	0.25
	Independent	Madhu G.	206	0.15
	SLAP	K. V. Varghese	134	0.10	0.80
	Independent	Pushpangadan	69	0.05
Margin of victory			6,511	4.79	16.17
Turnout			1,35,975	65.62	3.39
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	35.89

2006

There were 1,12,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. C. Rajagopalan	34,007	48.8	2.6
	Independent	K. R. Rajappan	19,387	27.8	−
	DIC	Malethu Saraladevi	8,244	11.8	34.4
	BJP	Ashokan Kulanada	6,250	9.0	3.8
	SLAP	Thomaskutty	632	0.9
	Independent	V. R. Sisily	487	0.7
	Independent	Radhakrishnan S.	461	0.7
	Independent	C. C. Kuttappan	302	0.4
Margin of victory			14,620	20.9	15.8
Turnout			69,794	62.3	8.7
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing	2.6

2001

There were 1,12,967 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aranmula
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Malethu Saraladevi	37,025	46.2
	CPI(M)	A. Padmakumar	32,900	41.1
	BJP	V. N. Unni	10,219	12.8
Margin of victory			4,125	5.1
Turnout			80,156	71.0
	INC gain from LDF		Swing

References

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala". pathanamthitta.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Aranmula". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.
^ "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

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[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala". pathanamthitta.nic.in. Archived from the original on 31 August 2019. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

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

[3] "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.

[4] "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Aranmula". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Archived from the original on 9 May 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2019.

[5] "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 April 2021.

[6] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

[7] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.

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