About Mavelikara Assembly Constituency
Mavelikkara is constituency No. 109 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Alappuzha district and comes under Mavelikkara Lok Sabha constituency. Both the assembly seat and the corresponding Lok Sabha seat are reserved for scheduled castes (SC).
According to the Election Commission of India, Mavelikkara assembly constituency has 1,77,789 registered voters. It comprises 81,467 men and 96,322 women.
In the 2011 assembly elections, CPI(M) candidate R.Rajesh won this seat by a narrow margin of 5,149 votes. Rajesh got 65,903 votes and K.K Shaju of JPSS was the nearest contender with 60,754 votes. The voter turnout was 75.21 %.
Sitting and previous MLAs from Mavelikara Assembly Constituency
Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Mavelikara assembly elections conducted so far.
| Year | A C No. | Constituency Name | Category | Winner | Gender | Party | Votes | Runner Up | Gender | Party | Votes |
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| 1957 | 20 | Mavelikara | GEN | Kunjachan P. K. | M | CPI | 44630 | K. C. George | M | CPI | 39617 |
| 1960 | 20 | Mavelikara | GEN | Gopala Kurup | M | CPI | 54340 | Kunjachan | M | CPI | 54042 |
| 1965 | 103 | Mavelikara | GEN | K. K. Chellappan Pillai | M | INC | 19391 | G. Gopinatha Pillai | M | SSP | 14058 |
| 1967 | 103 | Mavelikara | GEN | G . G . Pillai | M | SSP | 26669 | K . K . C . Pillai | M | INC | 23226 |
| 1970 | 103 | Mavelikara | GEN | Gopinatha Pillai | M | ISP | 24907 | P. Krishma Pillai | M | PSP | 22395 |
| 1977 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | Bhaskaran Nair | M | IND | 35103 | S. Govinda Kurup | M | CPM | 26310 |
| 1980 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | S. Govinda Kurup | M | CPM | 37990 | N. Bhaskaran Nair | M | IND | 32063 |
| 1982 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | S. Govinda Kurup | M | CPM | 34743 | N. Bhaskuran Nair | M | NDP | 33576 |
| 1987 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | S. Govinda Kurup | M | CPM | 41178 | K. P. Ramachandran Nair | M | IND | 32977 |
| 1991 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | M. Murali | M | INC | 50292 | S. Govinda Kurup | M | CPM | 44322 |
| 1996 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | M.Murali | M | INC | 51784 | P.N. Viswanathan | M | CPM | 42053 |
| 2001 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | M Murali | M | INC | 56402 | N V Pradeepkumar | M | NCP | 45419 |
| 2006 | 109 | Mavelikara | GEN | M.Murali | M | INC | 47449 | G.Rajamma | M | CPI(M) | 44777 |
| 2011 | 109 | Mavelikara | (SC) | R. Rajesh | M | CPM | 65903 | K.K Shaju | M | JPSS | 60754 |
| 2016 | 109 | Mavelikara | (SC) | R. Rajesh | M | CPM | 74555 | Baiju Kalasala | M | INC | 43013 |
| 2021 | 109 | Mavelikara | (SC) | M.S. Arun Kumar | M | CPM | 71743 | K.K Shaju | M | JPSS | 47026 |
Last Updated on July 29, 2021