| Chavara | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 117 for theKerala Legislative Assembly | |
 The coast at Chavara as seen from Kovilthottam Lighthouse | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kollam |
| Established | 1977 |
| Total electors | 1,75,280 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
Chavara State Assembly constituency is alegislative assembly constituency inKollam district ofKerala,India. It is one of the eleven Assembly constituencies inKollam district.[1]
As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chavara Assembly constituency consists of the seven wards fromKollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi,Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery,Kavanad,Vallikeezhu,Alattukavu, Kannimel) and five neighbouring panchayaths includingChavara,Neendakara,Panmana,Chavara Thekkumbhagom andThevalakkara.[2][3]
| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | N. Sreekantan Nair | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 8,181[4] | |
| 1954 | Baby John | 2,175[5] | ||
The following list contains all members ofKerala legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 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 | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006 | |
| 2006 | 12th | N. K. Premchandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | Shibu Baby John | 2011 – 2016 | ||
| 2016 | 14th | N. Vijayan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2020[a] | |
| 2021 | 15th | Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai | Left Democratic Front | Incumbent | |
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | ||
| RSP | Shibu Baby John | 58,477 | 42.32 |  4.02 | |
| BJP | M. Sunil | 10,276 | 7.44 |  5.85 | |
| 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 | ||
| SS | 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 | ||
| CMPgain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[7]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KRSP(B) | Shibu Baby John | 65,002 | 51.16 | ||
| RSP | N.K PREMACHANDRAN | 58,941 | 46.80 | 7.07 | |
| BJP | Nalini Sankaramangalam | 2,028 | 1.59 | ||
| Independent | Maniyan G. | 567 | 0.45 | − | |
| BSP | V. Varadharajan | 532 | 0.42 | 4.48 | |
| Margin of victory | 6,061 | 4.77 | |||
| Turnout | 1,27,068 | 79.59 | |||
| [[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]]gain fromRSP | Swing | ||||
