Aruvikkara Assembly constituency explained

Aruvikkara
Type:	SLA
Loksabha Cons:	Attingal
State:	Kerala
Constituency No:	136
Established:	2011
Reservation:	None
District:	Thiruvananthapuram
Mla:	G. Steephen
Party:	Communist Party of India (Marxist)
Electors:	(2021)
Latest Election Year:	2021

Aruvikkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. Steephen of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

Local self governed segments

Aruvikkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
Aruvikkara	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
Aryanadu	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
Tholicode	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
Vithura	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
Uzhamalackal	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad
Vellanad	Grama panchayat	Nedumangad and Kattakada
Kuttichal	Grama panchayat	Kattakada
Poovachal	Grama panchayat	Kattakada

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:^[3]

Key

Election	NiyamaSabha	Member	Party		Tenure
2011	13th	G. Karthikeyan		2011–2015
2015^		K. S. Sabarinadhan	2015–2016
2016	14th		2016–2021
2021	15th	G. Steephen		2021

^By poll

Election results

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

2021

Total votes polled .

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2015 by-elections

Due to the death of the sitting MLA G. Karthikeyan, Aruvikkara constituency went to bypolls, held on 27 June 2015.^[5] There were registered voters for this election in the constituency.

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[6]

See also

• Aruvikkara
• Thiruvananthapuram district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

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Notes and References

1. Web site: State Assembly Constituencies in Thiruvananthapuram district . trivandrum.nic.in . 16 March 2020.
2. Web site: Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Thiruvananthapuram District. www.ceo.kerala.gov.in .
3. Web site: Aruvikkara Assembly Election Results 2016, Winning MLA List, Constituency Map. 3 June 2020. www.mapsofindia.com.
4. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India. eci.gov.in.
5. Web site: Despite rains, 76% polling in Aruvikkara by-election. 27 August 2020. Mathrubhumi. en.
6. Web site: Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India. 11 March 2020. eci.gov.in.