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Thrippunithura
Thrippunithura
Constituency No. 81 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Hill Palace, Tripunithura
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,98,425 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent K. Babu
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Thrippunithura 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] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is K. Babu of Indian National Congress.

Local self governed segments

Thrippunithura Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following 8 wards of the Kochi Municipal Corporation (Palluruthy zone) in Kochi Taluk, and 2 Municipalities and 2 Gram Panchayats in Kanayannur Taluk:^[2]

**Wards of Kochi Municipal Corporation in Thrippunithura Constituency**
Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name	Ward no.	Name
13	Kadebhagam	14	Thazhuppu	15	Edakochi North
16	Edakochi South	17	Perumbadappu	18	Konam
19	Palluruthy-Kacheripady	20	Nambyapuram

All of the above 8 wards are included in Kochi Taluk.

**Other Local Bodies in Thrippunithura Constituency**
Sl no.	Name	Local Body Type	Taluk
1	Thrippunithura	Municipality	Kanayannur
2	Maradu	Municipality	Kanayannur
3	Kumbalam	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur
4	Udayamperoor	Grama panchayat	Kanayannur

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

Key

Independent INC CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1967	3rd	T. K. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Paul P. Mani	INC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	T. K. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	T. K. Ramakrishnan	CPI(M)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. G. R. Kartha	NDP	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	V. Viswanatha Menon	CPI(M)	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	K. Babu	INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th	M. Swaraj	CPI(M)	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	K. Babu	INC	Incumbent

There were 2,11,581 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Babu	66,875	42.14	4.50
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	64,883	41.51	0.98
	BJP	K. S. Radhakrishnan	23,756	15.20	4.09
	NOTA	None of the above	1,099	0.70	−
	SS	Arun Babu	232	0.15	−
	Independent	Rajesh Pairoad	201	0.13	−
	SUCI(C)	C. B. Asokan	173	0.11	0.01
	Independent	K. P. Ayappen	88	0.06	−
Margin of victory			1232	0.23	2.66
Turnout			1,56,307	73.88	4.15
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing	4.50

There were 1,98,245 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. Swaraj	62,346	40.53	0.78
	INC	K. Babu	58,230	37.64	15.72
	BJP	Thuravoor Vishwambharan	29,843	19.29	15.52
	NOTA	None of the above	1,028	0.66	−
	BSP	T. A. Kamarudeen	683	0.44	0.19
	SDPI	Sudheer Yousaf	594	0.38	−
	PDP	Padmini D. Netoor	410	0.27	−
	Independent	Swaraj Manickathan	394	0.25	−
	Independent	Saju Kolattukudy	172	0.11	−
	SUCI(C)	Sudha M. P.	156	0.10	−
	Independent	Sonia Jose	128	0.08	−
	Independent	Gireesh Babu	122	0.08	−
	Independent	K. N. Pradeep	116	0.07	−
	Independent	Ayyapan	112	0,07	−
Margin of victory			4,467	2.89
Turnout			1,54,685	78.03	1.73
	CPI(M) gain from INC		Swing

There were 1,71,652 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thripunithura
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	K. Babu	69,886	53.36
	CPI(M)	C. M. Dinesh Mani	54,108	41.31
	BJP	Sabu Varghese	4,942	3.77	−
	BSP	Karthikeyan	826	0.63	−
	Independent	Babu Keezhathuparamu	330	0.25	−
	Independent	Saju Kolattukudy	327	0.25
	SS	Saji Thuruthikunnel	316	0.24	−
	Independent	P. K. Thankamani	137	0.10	−
	Independent	K. P. Ayyapan	105	0.08	−
Margin of victory			15,778	12.05
Turnout			1,30,977	76.30
	INC hold		Swing