Thrikkakara Assembly constituency

Thrikkakara
Thrikkakara
Constituency No. 83 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Kochi Metro at Palarivattom in Thrikkakkara Constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	2011 - present
Total electors	1,81,261 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Uma Thomas
Party	Indian National Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2022

Thrikkakara State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] After 2022 by-polls, Uma Thomas of INC became the MLA.

Local self governed segments

Thrikkakara Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 22 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Edappally zone and Vyttila zone), and 1 Municipality in Kanayannur Taluk:^[2]

**Wards of Kochi Municipal Corporation in Thrikkakara Constituency**
Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
35	Ponekkara	37	Edappally	38	Devankulangara
39	Karukapally	40	Mamangalam	41	Padivattom
42	Vennala	43	Palarivattom	44	Karanakkodam
45	Thammanam	46	Chakkaraparambu	47	Chalikkavattam
48	Ponnurunni East	49	Vyttila	50	Chambakkara
51	Poonithura	52	Vyttila Janata	53	Ponnurunni
54	Elamkulam	55	Giri Nagar	56	Panampilly Nagar
57	Kadavanthra

All of the above 22 wards are included in the Kanayannur Taluk.

**Other Local Bodies in Thrikkakara Constituency**
Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Thrikkakkara	Municipality	Kanayannur

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name		Tenure
2011	13th	Benny Behanan	Indian National Congress	2011–2016
2016	14th	P. T. Thomas		2016–2021
2021	15th	P. T. Thomas		2021–2021
2022^	15th	Uma Thomas^[3]		2022-Incumbent

^2022 by-poll

Election results

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

By-election 2022

Kerala Assembly by election, 2022 : Thrikkakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Uma Thomas	72,770	53.76	8.34
	CPI(M)	Jo Joseph	47,754	35.28	1.27
	BJP	A. N. Radhakrishnan	12,957	9.57	6.13
	NOTA	None of the Above	1,111	0.82
Majority			25,016	18.48
Turnout			135,349	68.75
	INC hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrikkakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	P. T. Thomas	61,268	45.42	10.46
	CPI(M)	Sebastian Paul	49,455	36.55	0.32
	BJP	S. Saji	21,247	15.70	10.66
	NOTA	None of the above	1,275	0.94	−
	SDPI	K. M. Shajahan	956	0.71	0.03
	BSP	Shibu P. A.	346	0.26	0.08
	Independent	Vinod P. K.	302	175	−
	Independent	Silvi Sunil	147	0.11	−
	Independent	Sreedharan	82	0.06	−
	Independent	Lal Viswan	60	0.04
	Independent	Rahul R.	58	0.04
	Independent	P. H. Ramachandran	52	0.04
Margin of victory			11,966	8.87	8.14
Turnout			1,35,304	74.65	0.94
	INC hold		Swing	10.46

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thrikkakara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Benny Behanan	65,854	55.88
	CPI(M)	M. E. Hassainar	43,448	36.87
	BJP	N. Saji Kumar	5,935	5.04	−
	Independent	Hassainar	933	0.79	−
	SDPI	Abdul Salam Parakkadan	869	0.74	−
	Independent	Benny George	410	0.35	−
	BSP	Shereef Thankayathil	404	0.34
Margin of victory			22,406	17.01
Turnout			1,17,853	73.71	0.26
	INC win (new seat)

References

^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
^ "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
^ The Hindu (3 June 2022). "UDF retains Thrikkakara with record margin". Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[1] "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".

[ekm-2] "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.

[UDF_retains_Thrikkakara_with_record_margin-3] The Hindu (3 June 2022). "UDF retains Thrikkakara with record margin". Archived from the original on 12 February 2023. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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

[5] "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

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