# Mavelikara Assembly constituency

Mavelikara State assembly constituency 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency. The current MLA is M S Arunkumar of CPI(M).

## Local self governed segments

Mavelikara Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (grama panchayat/municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Mavelikkara | Municipality | Mavelikkara |
| 2 | Chunakkara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 3 | Mavelikkara-Thekkekara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 4 | Mavelikara-Thamarakkulam | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 5 | Nooranad | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 6 | Palamel | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 7 | Thazhakkara | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |
| 8 | Vallikunnam | Grama panchayat | Mavelikkara |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | P. K. Kunjachan | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1957 | 1st | K. C. George | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | Eravankara Gopala Kurup | Communist Party of India | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1960 | 2nd | P. K. Kunjachan | Communist Party of India | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | G. Gopinathan Pillai | Samyukta Socialist Party | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | G. Gopinathan Pillai | Praja Socialist Party | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | N. Bhaskaran Nair | Independent | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | S. Govinda Kurup | Communist Party of India | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | S. Govinda Kurup | Communist Party of India | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | S. Govinda Kurup | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | M Murali | Indian National Congress | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | M Murali | Indian National Congress | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | M Murali | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | M Murali | Indian National Congress | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | R. Rajesh | Communist Party of India | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | R. Rajesh | Communist Party of India | 2016-21 |
| 2021 | 15th | M. S. Arun Kumar | 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 1,98,395 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | R. Rajesh | 74,555 | 49.81 | 0.51 |
| | INC | Baiju Kalasala | 43,013 | 28.74 | − |
| | BJP | P. M. Velayudhan | 30,929 | 20.66 | 16.93 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 523 | 0.35 | − |
| | SUCI(C) | Asha T. | 242 | 0.16 | − |
| | BSP | Kattanam Suresh | 213 | 0.14 | 0.50 |
| | Independent | Ajeeshkumar | 213 | 0.14 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 31,542 | 21.07 | 17.22 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,688 | 75.45 | 0.26 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 0.51 | |

### Niyamasabha election 2011

There were 1,77,789 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Mavelikara :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | R. Rajesh | 65,903 | 49.30 | |
| | JSS | K. K. Shaju | 60,754 | 45.45 | |
| | BJP | S. Girija | 4,984 | 3.73 | |
| | Independent | R. Rajeesh | 1,185 | 0.89 | |
| | BSP | Subhash Mankamkuzhy | 860 | 0.64 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 5,149 | 3.85 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,49,688 | 75.19 | |
| | CPI(M) gain from INC | CPI(M) gain from INC | Swing | | |