# Paravur Assembly constituency

Paravur State assembly 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 Ernakulam Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is V. D Satheesan of INC.

## Local self governed segments

Paravur Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
| 1 | North Paravur | Municipality | Paravur |
| 2 | Chendamangalam | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 3 | Chittatukara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 4 | Ezhikkara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 5 | Kottuvally | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 6 | Puthanvelikkara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 7 | Varappuzha | Grama panchayat | Paravur |
| 8 | Vadakkekara | Grama panchayat | Paravur |

## Members of the Legislative Assembly

| Election | Niyama Sabha | Name | Party | Tenure |
| 1957 | 1st | N. Sivan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | K. A. Damodara Menon | Indian National Congress | 1960 – 1965 |
| 1967 | 3rd | K. T. George | Indian National Congress | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | K. T. George | Indian National Congress | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | Xavier Arakkal | Indian National Congress | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | A. C. Jose | Indian National Congress | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | N. Sivan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1982 – 1987 |
| 1987 | 8th | N. Sivan Pillai | Communist Party of India | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | P. Raju | Communist Party of India | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | P. Raju | Communist Party of India | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | 2001 – 2006 |
| 2006 | 12th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | 2006 – 2011 |
| 2011 | 13th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | 2011 – 2016 |
| 2016 | 14th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | 2016 – 2021 |
| 2021 | 15th | V. D. Satheesan | Indian National Congress | Incumbent |

## Election results

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

### 2021

There were 2,01,317 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | V. D. Satheesan | 82,264 | 51.87 | 5.17 |
| | CPI | M. T. Nixon | 60,963 | 38.44 | 4.59 |
| | BDJS | A. B. Jayaprakash | 12,964 | 8.17 | 9.33 |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 1,113 | 0.70 | − |
| | BSP | N. K. Biju | 724 | 0.46 | 0.11 |
| | Independent | Sathyaneasan | 287 | 0.18 | |
| | Independent | Prasanth | 279 | 0.18 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 21,301 | 13.43 | 0.58 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,58,594 | 78.78 | 5.16 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 5.17 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,91,307 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | V. D. Satheesan | 74,985 | 46.70 | 5.08 |
| | CPI | Sarada Mohan | 54,351 | 33.85 | 10.06 |
| | BDJS | Hari Vijayan | 28,097 | 17.50 | − |
| | SDPI | Faizal | 923 | 0.57 | − |
| | NOTA | None of the above | 900 | 0.56 | − |
| | BSP | Sijikumar K. K . | 557 | 0.35 | 0.06 |
| | Independent | Shinsa Selvaraj | 302 | 0.19 | − |
| | Independent | Sathyaneasan | 261 | 0.16 | − |
| | CPI(ML)L | Jose Thomas | 200 | 0.12 | − |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 20,364 | 12.85 | 4.98 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,60,576 | 83.94 | 0.26 |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | 5.08 | |

### Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,71,172 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Paravur :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | INC | V. D. Satheesan | 74,632 | 51.78 | − |
| | CPI | Pannian Ravindran | 62,955 | 43.91 | |
| | BJP | E. S. Purushottaman | 3,934 | 2.73 | |
| | Independent | K. K. Jyothivas | 754 | 0.52 | − |
| | Independent | P. P. Raveendran | 493 | 0.34 | − |
| | BSP | M. Manoj | 414 | 0.29 | |
| Margin of victory | Margin of victory | Margin of victory | 11,349 | 7.87 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,44,124 | 84.20 | |
| | INC hold | INC hold | Swing | | |