# Chavara Assembly constituency

Chavara state assembly constituency is a legislative assembly constituency in Kollam district of Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in Kollam district.

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Chavara assembly constituency consists of the 7 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Maruthadi, Sakthikulangara, Meenathuchery, Kavanad, Vallikeezhu, Alattukavu, Kannimel) and 5 neighbouring panchayaths including Chavara, Neendakara, Panmana, Chavara Thekkumbhagom and Thevalakkara.

## Electoral history
### Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly Elections

| Year | Winner | Party | Party | Vote Margin |
| 1951 | N. Sreekantan Nair | | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 8,181 |
| 1954 | Baby John | | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2,175 |

### Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1977 | 5th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | Shibu Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | N. K. Premchandran | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | Shibu Baby John | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | N. Vijayan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 2016 – 2020 |
| 2021 | 15th | Dr.Sujith Vijayanpillai | Left Democratic Front | Incumbent |
* KRSP(B) is a splinter group of RSP.
* CMP(A) later merged with CPI(M).

## Election results

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

### 2016

There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan) | N. Vijayan Pillai | 64,666 | 46.80 | |
| | RSP | Shibu Baby John | 58,477 | 42.32 | 4.02 |
| | BJP | M. Sunil | 10,276 | 7.44 | 5.85 |
| | PDP | Shahul Thengumthara | 1,439 | 1.04 | − |
| | SDPI | Ansar Thevalakkara | 1,106 | 0.80 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 667 | 0.48 | |
| | Independent | Shibu | 427 | 0.31 | |
| | BSP | Thevalakkara Manoj | 403 | 0.29 | |
| | Independent | Abu Muhammed | 228 | 0.16 | |
| | Independent | Anillumar Kallambalam | 162 | 0.12 | |
| | Independent | Chellapan | 121 | 0.09 | |
| | SS | V. Subash | 427 | 0.31 | |
| | Independent | Karamkode Balakrishnan | 93 | 0.07 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,189 | 4.48 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,38,186 | 78.55 | 1.04 |
| | CMP gain from RSP | CMP gain from RSP | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Chavara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | KRSP(B) | Shibu Baby John | 65,002 | 51.16 | |
| | RSP | N.K PREMACHANDRAN | 58,941 | 46.80 | 7.07 |
| | BJP | Nalini Sankaramangalam | 2,028 | 1.59 | |
| | Independent | Maniyan G. | 567 | 0.45 | − |
| | BSP | V. Varadharajan | 532 | 0.42 | 4.48 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 6,061 | 4.77 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,27,068 | 79.59 | |
| | [[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP | [[KRSP(B)|Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)]] gain from RSP | Swing | | |