Chavara Assembly constituency
| Chavara | |
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| Constituency No. 117 for the | |
 Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam lighthouse
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| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1977–present |
| Total electors | 1,75,280 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
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Incumbent Sujith Vijayan Pillai
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Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.
Structure
As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.
Electoral history
Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N. Sreekantan Nair | RSP | 8,181 | NA |
| 1954 | Baby John | RSP | 2,175 | NA |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | Baby John | RSP | 1977 – 1980 | |
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | Shibu Baby John | RSPK(B) | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | N. K. Premchandran | RSP | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | Shibu Baby John | KRSP | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | N. Vijayan Pillai | CMPKSC | 2016 – 2020 | |
| 2021 | 15th | Dr.Sujith Vijayanpillai | LDF Independent | Incumbent | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | ||
| RSP | Shibu Baby John | 58,477 | 42.32 |
 4.02
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| BJP | M. Sunil | 10,276 | 7.44 |
 5.85
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| PDP | Shahul Thengumthara | 1,439 | 1.04 | - | |
| SDPI | Ansar Thevalakkara | 1,106 | 0.80 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 667 | 0.48 | ||
| Independent | Shibu | 427 | 0.31 | ||
| BSP | Thevalakkara Manoj | 403 | 0.29 | ||
| Independent | Abu Muhammed | 228 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Anillumar Kallambalam | 162 | 0.12 | ||
| Independent | Chellapan | 121 | 0.09 | ||
| SHS | V. Subash | 427 | 0.31 | ||
| Independent | Karamkode Balakrishnan | 93 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,189 | 4.48 | |||
| Turnout | 1,38,186 | 78.55 |
1.04
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| CMP gain from RSP | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRSP(B) | Shibu Baby John | 65,002 | 51.16 | ||
| RSP | N.K PREMACHANDRAN | 58,941 | 46.80 |
7.07
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| BJP | Nalini Sankaramangalam | 2,028 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Maniyan G. | 567 | 0.45 | - | |
| BSP | V. Varadharajan | 532 | 0.42 |
4.48
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| Margin of victory | 6,061 | 4.77 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,068 | 79.59 | |||
| [[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP | Swing | ||||