Thiruvambady Assembly constituency

Thiruvambady
Thiruvambady
Constituency No. 32 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Mukkam Kadav Bridge, Mukkam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kozhikode
Established	1977 - present
Total electors	1,80,289 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Linto Joseph
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Thiruvambady 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 Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Linto Joseph of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Mukkam	Municipality	Kozhikode
2	Kodencheri	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
3	Koodaranji	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
4	Puthuppadi	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery
5	Karassery	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
6	Kodiyathur	Grama panchayat	Kozhikode
7	Thiruvambady	Grama panchayat	Thamarassery

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

Key

INC IUML CPI(M) INC(U) Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1977	5th	P. Cyriac John	INC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th		INC(U)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Ind.	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	P. P. George	INC	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	A. V. Abdurahiman	IUML	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	A. V. Abdurahiman		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	C. Moinkutty		2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Mathayi Chacko	CPI(M)	2006
2006*	12th	George M. Thomas	CPI(M)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	C. Moinkutty	IUML	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	George M. Thomas	CPI(M)	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Linto Joseph	CPI(M)	Incumbent

* indicates bypolls

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

There were 1,80,289 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambadi
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Linto Joseph	67,867	47.46	1.53
	IUML	C. P Cheriya Muhammed	63,224	44.21	0.49
	BJP	Baby Ambattu	7,794	5.45	−
	Independent	Sunny V Joseph	1,847	1.29	−
	Independent	K. P Cheriya Muhammed	1,121	0.78	−
	Independent	Linto Joseph	579	0.4	−
	NOTA	None of the above	419	0.17	0.29
	Independent	Lenilal T. D	80	0.06	−
	Independent	George Mathew Thottathimyalil	78	0.05	−
Margin of victory			4,643	3.25	1.04
Turnout			1,43,009	79.32	1.25
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	1.53

There were 1,68,412 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambady
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	George M. Thomas	62,324	45.93	0.53
	IUML	V. M. Ummer	59,316	43.72	4.99
	BDJS	Giri Pambanal	8,749	6.45	3.09
	WPOI	Raju Punnakkal	2,226	1.64	−
	NOTA	None of the above	776	0.57	−
	Independent	Simon Thonakkara	641	0.47	−
	SDPI	T. P. Mohammed	569	0.42	0.26
	PDP	Noushad Kodiyathoor	517	0.38	−
	Independent	Sibi Valayil	426	0.31	−
	Independent	C. M. Ummer Chokliyil	77	0.06	−
	Independent	Ummar Vilangot	65	0.05	−
Margin of victory			3,008	2.21
Turnout			1,35,686	80.57	1.18
	CPI(M) gain from IUML		Swing

There were 1,45,763 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvambady
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	IUML	C. Moyinkutty	56,386	48.71
	CPI(M)	George M. Thomas	52,553	45.40
	BJP	Jose Kappattmala	3,894	3.36
	SDPI	C. T. Ashraf	790	0.68
	Independent	K. Moyinkutty	576	0.50	−
	Independent	George Thomas	574	0.50	−
	Independent	K. P. Basheer Haji	541	0.47	−
	BSP	Gafoor Puthuppady	440	0.38	−
Margin of victory			3,883	3.35
Turnout			1,15,754	79.41
	IUML gain from CPI(M)		Swing