# Piravom Assembly constituency

Piravom 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anoop Jacob of KC(J).

## Local self governed segments

Piravom Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Elanji | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 2 | Maneed | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 3 | Pampakuda | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 4 | Ramamangalam | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 5 | Thirumarady | Grama panchayat | Muvattupuzha |
| 6 | Amballur | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 7 | Edakkattuvayal | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 8 | Chottanikkara | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 9 | Mulanthuruthy | Grama panchayat | Kanayannur |
| 10 | Thiruvankulam region of Thrippunithura | Municipality | Kanayannur |
| 11 | Piravom | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |
| 12 | Koothattukulam | Municipality | Muvattupuzha |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1977 | 5th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | P. C. Chacko | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Benny Behanan | Independent | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | Gopi Kottaramunikkal | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | M. J. Jacob | Communist Party of India | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | T. M. Jacob | Kerala Congress | 2011 – 2012 |
| 2012* | 13th | Anoop Jacob | Kerala Congress | 2012 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | Anoop Jacob | Kerala Congress | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | Anoop Jacob | Kerala Congress | Incumbent |
* indicates by-elections

## Election results

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

### Niyamasabha Election 2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Piravom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 85,056 | 53.8 | 8.03 |
| | KC(M) | Dr.Sindhumol Jacob | 59,692 | 37.76 | |
| | BJP | N. Ashish | 11,021 | 6.97 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1109 | 0.7 | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 25,364 | 16.04 | 12.20 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,097 | 74.62 | 7.04 |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,11,861 | | |
| | KC(J) hold | KC(J) hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,81,261 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 73,770 | 45.77 | 7.04 |
| | CPI(M) | M. J .Jacob | 67,575 | 41.93 | 0.32 |
| | BDJS | C. P. Sathyan | 17,503 | 10.86 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 964 | 0.60 | − |
| | PpGP | Gireesh | 485 | 0.30 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | K. O. Sudheer | 342 | 0.21 | − |
| | Independent | Anoop | 298 | 0.18 | − |
| | Independent | Rajan | 233 | 0.14 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,195 | 3.84 | 3.86 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,61,770 | 80.58 | 5.72 |
| | KC(J) hold | KC(J) hold | Swing | 7.04 | |

### 2012 by-election

Piravom bye-election was held in Piravom assembly constituency following the death of sitting MLA and minister T. M. Jacob on 30 October 2011. There were 1,81,556 registered voters in the constituency for the resulting by-election
2012 by-election: Piravom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(J) | Anoop Jacob | 82,756 | 52.81 | 5.28 |
| | CPI(M) | M. J .Jacob | 70,686 | 45.11 | 2.30 |
| | BJP | K. R. Rajagopal | 3,241 | 2.07 | 0.96 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 12,071 | 7.70 | 7.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,56,683 | 86.30 | 6.93 |
| | KC(J) hold | KC(J) hold | Swing | 5.28 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,877 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Piravom :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KC(J) | T. M. Jacob | 66,503 | 47.53 | |
| | CPI(M) | M. J. Jacob | 66,346 | 47.41 | |
| | BJP | M. N. Madhu | 4,234 | 3.03 | − |
| | Independent | Sau Kunjappan | 958 | 0.65 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | M. K. Usha | 908 | 0.65 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 157 | 0.12 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,39,928 | 79.37 | |
| | KC(J) hold | KC(J) hold | Swing | | |