# Eravipuram Assembly constituency

Eravipuram is a legislative assembly constituency in the southern coastal area of Kollam district in Kerala, India. It is one among the 11 assembly constituencies in the district. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Noushad of CPI(M).

## Structure

As per the recent changes on assembly constituency delimitations, the Eravipuram assembly constituency consists of the 24 wards from Kollam Municipal Corporation (Asramam, Uliyakovil, Mangadu, Arunoottimangalam, Chathinamkulam, Karicode, College Division, Palkulangara, Ammannada, Vadakkevila, Pallimukku, Ayathil, Kilikollur, Punthalathazham, Palathara, Manakkadu, Kollurvila, Kayyalakkal, Valathungal, Akkolil, Thekkumbhagam, Eravipuram, Bharanikkavu, Thekkevila) and neighbouring Mayyanad panchayath in Kollam Taluk.

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

| Year | Winner | Party | Vote Margin | Coalition |
| 1951 | C. Kesavan | Indian National Congress | 774 | Right |
| 1954 | Chandrasekharan | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 762 | Left |
| 1954 | Sukumaran | Communist Party of India | 10,935 | Left |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. Ravindran | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. Ravindran | Communist Party of India | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | R. S. Unni | Independent | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | R. S. Unni | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | R. S. Unni | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | R. S. Unni | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | R. S. Unni | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1982 – 1984 |
| 1987 | 8th | V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | P. K. K. Bava | Indian Union Muslim League | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | V. P. Ramakrishnna Pillai | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | A. A. Aziz | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | A. A. Aziz | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | A. A. Aziz | Revolutionary Socialist Party | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | M. Noushad | Communist Party of India | 2016 - 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | M. Noushad | Communist Party of India | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2016

There were 1,70,253 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | M. Noushad | 65,392 | 52.33 | |
| | RSP | A. A. Azeez | 36,589 | 29.28 | 19.72 |
| | BDJS | Akkavila Satheek | 19,714 | 15.77 | |
| | SDPI | Ayathil Razak | 988 | 0.79 | |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 950 | 0.76 | |
| | PDP | Muhammed Ismail | 643 | 0.51 | |
| | Independent | Manoj | 463 | 0.37 | |
| | SUCI(C) | Vinod B. | 232 | 0.19 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 28,803 | 23.05 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,24,971 | 73.40 | 5.26 |
| | CPI(M) gain from RSP | CPI(M) gain from RSP | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,53,575 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Eravipuram :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | RSP | A. A. Azeez | 51,271 | 49.00 |
| | IUML | P. K. K. Bava | 43,259 | 41.34 |
| | BJP | Pattathanam Babu | 5,048 | 4.82 |
| | Independent | Mylakkad Shah | 3,234 | 3.09 |
| | BSP | Sushama Vijayan | 580 | 0.55 |
| | Independent | Abdul Azeez | 552 | 0.53 |
| | Independent | Saiju V. | 391 | 0.37 |
| | Independent | Deepu N. | 310 | 0.30 |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,012 | 7.66 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,04,645 | 68.14 |
| | RSP hold | RSP hold | Swing | |