Paravur Assembly constituency

Paravur
Paravur
Constituency No. 78 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Varapuzha Bridge in Paravur Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957
Total electors	2,01,317 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent V. D. Satheesan
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Paravur 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is V. D. Satheesan of INC.

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	North Paravur	Municipality	Paravur
2	Chendamangalam	Grama panchayat	Paravur
3	Chittatukara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
4	Ezhikkara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
5	Kottuvally	Grama panchayat	Paravur
6	Puthanvelikkara	Grama panchayat	Paravur
7	Varappuzha	Grama panchayat	Paravur
8	Vadakkekara	Grama panchayat	Paravur

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
1957	1st	N. Sivan Pillai	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	K. A. Damodara Menon	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. T. George		1967 – 1970
1970	4th	K. T. George		1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Xavier Arakkal		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	A. C. Jose	Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	N. Sivan Pillai	Communist Party of India	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	N. Sivan Pillai		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. Raju		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. Raju		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	V. D. Satheesan	Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th			Incumbent

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

There were 2,01,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	82,264	51.87	5.17
	CPI	M. T. Nixon	60,963	38.44	4.59
	BDJS	A. B. Jayaprakash	12,964	8.17	9.33
	NOTA	None of the above	1,113	0.70	−
	BSP	N. K. Biju	724	0.46	0.11
	Independent	Sathyaneasan	287	0.18
	Independent	Prasanth	279	0.18	−
Margin of victory			21,301	13.43	0.58
Turnout			1,58,594	78.78	5.16
	INC hold		Swing	5.17

There were 1,91,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	74,985	46.70	5.08
	CPI	Sarada Mohan	54,351	33.85	10.06
	BDJS	Hari Vijayan	28,097	17.50	−
	SDPI	Faizal	923	0.57	−
	NOTA	None of the above	900	0.56	−
	BSP	Sijikumar K. K .	557	0.35	0.06
	Independent	Shinsa Selvaraj	302	0.19	−
	Independent	Sathyaneasan	261	0.16	−
	CPI(ML)L	Jose Thomas	200	0.12	−
Margin of victory			20,364	12.85	4.98
Turnout			1,60,576	83.94	0.26
	INC hold		Swing	5.08

There were 1,71,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	V. D. Satheesan	74,632	51.78	−
	CPI	Pannian Ravindran	62,955	43.91
	BJP	E. S. Purushottaman	3,934	2.73
	Independent	K. K. Jyothivas	754	0.52	−
	Independent	P. P. Raveendran	493	0.34	−
	BSP	M. Manoj	414	0.29
Margin of victory			11,349	7.87
Turnout			1,44,124	84.20
	INC hold		Swing