# Aruvikkara Assembly constituency

Aruvikkara is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Attingal Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is G. Steephen of Communist Party of India (Marxist).

## Local self governed segments

Aruvikkara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| Aruvikkara | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| Aryanadu | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| Tholicode | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| Vithura | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| Uzhamalackal | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad |
| Vellanad | Grama panchayat | Nedumangad and Kattakada |
| Kuttichal | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |
| Poovachal | Grama panchayat | Kattakada |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Member | Political party |
| 2011 | G. Karthikeyan | Indian National Congress |
| 2015^ | K. S. Sabarinadhan | Indian National Congress |
| 2016 | K. S. Sabarinadhan | Indian National Congress |
| 2021 | G. Steephen | Communist Party of India (Marxist) |
^By poll

## Election results

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

### 2021

Total votes polled 145,708.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | G. Stephen | 66,776 | 45.83 | 11.33 |
| | INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 61,730 | 42.37 | 6.95 |
| | BJP | C. Sivankutty | 15,379 | 10.55 | 3.57 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 900 | 0.62 | 0.17 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5046 | 3.47 | 11.35 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,45,708 | | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | 11.33 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 189,505 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 70,910 | 49.32 | 9.30 |
| | CPI(M) | A. A. Rasheed | 49,596 | 34.50 | 1.66 |
| | BJP | Rajasenan | 20,294 | 14.12 | 10.08 |
| | SDPI | M. A. Jaleel | 707 | 0.49 | |
| | BSP | Chitralekha E. | 673 | 0.47 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 640 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Sabarinath | 331 | 0.23 | |
| | Independent | Cherappally Viswanathan | 188 | 0.13 | |
| | Independent | Rasheed | 158 | 0.11 | |
| | Independent | A. P. Kakkadu | 134 | 0.09 | |
| | Independent | Ajitha B. | 130 | 0.09 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,314 | 14.82 | 7.64 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,43,761 | 75.86 | 0.30 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 9.30 | |

### 2015 by-elections

Due to the death of the sitting MLA G. Karthikeyan, Aruvikkara constituency went to bypolls, held on 27 June 2015. There were 185,216 registered voters for this election in the constituency.
2015 by-election: Aruvikkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | K. S. Sabarinathan | 56,448 | 40.02 | 8.77 |
| | CPI | M. Vijayakumar | 46,320 | 32.84 | |
| | BJP | O. Rajagopal | 34,145 | 24.20 | 17.59 |
| | Independent | K. Das | 1,197 | 0.85 | |
| | PDP | Poonthura Siraj | 703 | 0.50 | 0.25 |
| | Independent | P. K. Sukumaran | 481 | 0.34 | |
| | Independent | Sunil M. Karani | 422 | 0.30 | |
| | | Thomas Kaithaparambil | 383 | 0.27 | |
| | Independent | Irinchayam Suresh | 354 | 0.25 | |
| | ABHM | Sreejita T. R. | 171 | 0.12 | |
| | Independent | Sabarinath M. S. | 143 | 0.10 | |
| | | N. Sasidharan Pillai | 93 | 0.07 | |
| | Independent | Vijaya Kumar B. | 69 | 0.05 | |
| | IGP | K. M. Sivaprasad | 62 | 0.04 | |
| | Independent | Vijaya Kumar Nair | 40 | 0.03 | |
| | Independent | K. G. Mohanan | 35 | 0.02 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,128 | 7.18 | 9.30 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,41,066 | 76.16 | 5.88 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 8.77 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 165,638 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Aruvikkara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | G. Karthikeyan | 56,797 | 48.79 | |
| | RSP | Ambalathara Sreedharan Nair | 46,123 | 39.62 | |
| | BJP | Sivankutty C. | 7,694 | 6.61 | |
| | BSP | A. Balan | 1,746 | 1.50 | |
| | Independent | Poovathoor S. Rajeev | 972 | 0.83 | |
| | Independent | Sanil V. O. | 913 | 0.78 | |
| | Independent | R. Rajappan | 753 | 0.65 | |
| | Independent | Karakulam Sathyakumar | 651 | 0.56 | |
| | SUCI(C) | S. Sreekumar | 525 | 0.45 | |
| | Independent | Latha B. Vellumannadi | 244 | 0.21 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 10,674 | 9.17 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,16,418 | 70.28 | |
| | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) | INC win (new seat) |