# Thrikaripur Assembly constituency

Thrikaripur State assembly constituency Previously Nileshwaram 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 Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).
Thrikaripur constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing the Nileshwaram constituency which had existed from 1957 to 1977.

## Local self governed segments

Thrikaripur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | Nileshwaram | Municipality | Hosdurg |
| 2 | Cheruvathur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 3 | Padne | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 4 | Pilicode | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 5 | Thrikaripur | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 6 | Valiyaparamba | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg |
| 7 | Kayyur-Cheemeni | Grama panchayat | Hosdurg and Vellarikundu |
| 8 | East Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |
| 9 | West Eleri | Grama panchayat | Vellarikundu |

## Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
CPI(M) INC CPI
As Nileshwaram
As Thrikaripur

## Election results
### 2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 86,151 | 53.71 | 2.78 |
| | KEC | M P Joseph | 60,014 | 37.41 | |
| | BJP | Shibin T V | 10,961 | 6.83 | 0.09 |
| | SDPI | LIYAKATHALI P | 1,211 | 0.75 | |
| | WPOI | T MAHESH MASTER | 817 | 0.51 | |
| | NOTA | NOTA | 558 | 0.35 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 26,137 | 16.30 | 5.41 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,60,408 | 78.95 | 2.21 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | M. Rajagopalan | 79,286 | 50.93 | 1.02 |
| | INC | K. P. Kunhikannan | 62,327 | 40.04 | 3.42 |
| | BJP | M. Bhaskaran | 10,767 | 6.92 | 2.91 |
| | WPOI | C. H. Muthalib | 1.029 | 0.66 | − |
| | SDPI | M. V. Shaukathali | 840 | 0.54 | 3.47 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 774 | 0.50 | − |
| | Independent | P. P. Purushottaman | 263 | 0.17 | − |
| | Independent | K. P. Kunhikannan Kandothumpurath | 183 | 0.12 | − |
| | Independent | Kunjikannan P. M. Kuruvattu Veedu | 109 | 0.07 | − |
| | Independent | K. M. Sreedharan | 93 | 0.06 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 16,959 | 10.89 | 4.44 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,55,671 | 81.88 | 1.60 |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | 1.02 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | CPI(M) | K. Kunhiraman | 67,871 | 49.91 | |
| | INC | K. V. Gangadharan | 59,106 | 43.46 | |
| | BJP | T. Radhakrishnan | 5,450 | 4.01 | |
| | SDPI | Razak Haji Parambath | 5.450 | 4.01 | |
| | BSP | Arun Kumar | 1,031 | 0.76 | |
| | Independent | K .K .Dileep Kumar | 789 | 0.58 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 8,765 | 6.45 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,35,988 | 80.28 | |
| | CPI(M) hold | CPI(M) hold | Swing | | |