Piravom Assembly constituency

Piravom
Constituency No. 85 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Piravom Bridge in Piravom Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957
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 in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2016 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

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

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

*by-election

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

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(J)	Anoop Jacob	85,056	53.8	8.03
	KC(M)	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

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

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

A by-election was held in Piravom Assembly constituency following the death of the sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011.^[4][5][6][7] 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

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[8]

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