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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=August 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name            = Chavara
| type    = SLA
| state    =  Kerala
| constituency_no    =  117
| map_image = Chavara coast as seen from Kovilthottam Lighthouse, Nov 2016.jpg
| map_caption = The coast at Chavara as seen from Kovilthottam Lighthouse
| established     = 1977
| reservation     = None
| electors        = 1,75,280 (2016)
| mla             = [[Shibu Baby John]]
| party           = [[Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|Revolutionary Socialist Party]]
| district        = [[Kollam district|Kollam]]
}}
'''Chavara State Assembly constituency''' is a [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|legislative assembly]] constituency in [[Kollam district]] of [[Kerala]], [[India]]. It is one of the eleven Assembly constituencies in [[Kollam district]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/constitutencies.html |title=CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>

==Structure==
As per the recent changes on Assembly constituency delimitations, Chavara Assembly constituency consists of the seven wards from [[Kollam Municipal Corporation]] ([[Maruthadi]], [[Sakthikulangara]], Meenathuchery, [[Kavanad]], [[Vallikeezhu]], [[Alattukavu]], Kannimel) and five neighbouring panchayaths including [[Chavara]], [[Neendakara]], [[Panmana]], [[Chavara Thekkumbhagom]] and [[Thevalakkara]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://keralaassembly.org/election/Delimitation.pdf |title=ASSEMBLY CONSTITUENCIES AND THEIR EXTENT - Kerala |publisher=Kerala Assembly |access-date=2018-04-23}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |title=Constituencies - Kollam District |publisher=Chief Electoral Officer - Kerala |access-date=2018-04-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801123818/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/kollam.html |archive-date=1 August 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
===[[Travancore-Cochin]]===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Winner
!colspan=2|Party
!Vote Margin
|---- 
|1951
|[[N. Sreekantan Nair]]
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}
|8,181<ref>{{cite web |url=https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |title=Election to the Travancore-Cochin Legislative Assembly-1951 and to the Madras Assembly Constituencies in the Malabar Area |page=37 |publisher=Government of Kerala |access-date=2018-10-23 |archive-date=21 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021080302/https://kerala.gov.in/documents/10180/8f8553b5-bcb5-4792-9271-9b6de83ba20b |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|----
|1954
|[[Baby John]]
|2,175<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1954/StatRep_TravCochin_1954.pdf |title=Statistical Report on General Election, 1954 to the Legislative Assembly of Travancore-Cochin |page=37 |publisher=Election Commission of India |access-date=2018-10-23}}</ref>
|}

=== Kerala ===
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|Kerala legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Election
!Niyama Sabha
! Member
! colspan="2"|Party
! Tenure
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="6" |[[Baby John]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=6|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)}}
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
|[[Shibu Baby John]]
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)}}
|2001 – 2006
|-
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
|12th
|[[N. K. Premachandran|N. K. Premchandran]]
|{{Full party name with color|Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|rowspan=2}}
|2006 – 2011
|-
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
|13th
| Shibu Baby John
|2011 – 2016
|-
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
|14th
|[[Vijayan Pillai|N. Vijayan Pillai]]
| {{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|2016 – 2020{{Efn|Bypolls to the vacancy caused by MLA's death stands cancelled as per ECI.|name=|group=}}
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| Dr. Sujith Vijayanpillai
| {{Full party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| [[Incumbent]]
|}

* [[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)|KRSP(B)]] is a splinter group of RSP.
* [[Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)|CMP(A)]] later merged with [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box  candidate with party link|party=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=[[Sujith Vijayanpillai]]|votes=55735|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[Shibu Baby John]]|votes=74308 |percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=K. R. Rajesh|votes=11012|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
   |votes      = 18573
   |percentage = 
   |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
   |winner     = 
   |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
There were 1,74,993 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
  |candidate  = [[Sujith Vijayanpillai]]
  |votes      = 63,282
  |percentage = 44.29
  |change     = {{down}}2.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = [[Shibu Baby John]]
  |votes      = 62,186
  |percentage = 43.52
  |change     = {{up}}1.20
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = BJP 
  |candidate  = Vivek Gopan 
  |votes      = 14,211
  |percentage = 9.95
  |change     = {{up}}2.51
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = Johnson Kandachira 
  |votes      = 1,223
  |percentage = 0.86
  |change     = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = Sujithmon
  |votes      = 901
  |percentage = 0.63
  |change     = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = None of the above
  |candidate  = None of the above
  |votes      = 701
  |percentage = 0.49
  |change     = {{up}}0.01
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = Viji Ratheesh 
  |votes      = 376
  |percentage = 0.26
  |change     = -
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
   |votes      = 1,096
   |percentage = 0.77
   |change     = {{down}}3.71
}}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 1,42,189
   |percentage = 78.66
   |change     = {{up}}0.11
 }}
{{Election box hold with party link|
   |winner     = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
   |swing      = {{down}}2.51
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016 ===
There were 1,75,916 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2011|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Marxist Party (Aravindakshan)|candidate=[[N. Vijayan Pillai]]|votes=64,666|percentage=46.80|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[Shibu Baby John]]|votes=58,477|percentage=42.32|change={{decrease}}4.02|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=M. Sunil|votes=10,276|percentage=7.44|change={{increase}}5.85|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Shahul Thengumthara|votes=1,439|percentage=1.04|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Ansar Thevalakkara|votes=1,106|percentage=0.80|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=667|percentage=0.48|change=}} 
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Shibu|votes=427|percentage=0.31|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Thevalakkara Manoj|votes=403|percentage=0.29|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Abu Muhammed|votes=228|percentage=0.16|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Anillumar Kallambalam|votes=162|percentage=0.12|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Chellapan|votes=121|percentage=0.09|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Shiv Sena|candidate=V. Subash|votes=427|percentage=0.31|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Karamkode Balakrishnan|votes=93|percentage=0.07|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,189|percentage=4.48|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,38,186|percentage=78.55|change={{decrease}}1.04}}

{{Election box gain with party link|winner= Communist Marxist Party  |loser=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|RSP(B)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,59,655 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box winning candidate|party=[[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)|KRSP(B)]]|candidate=[[Shibu Baby John]]|votes=65,002|percentage=51.16|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|candidate=[[N. K. Premachandran]]|votes=58,941|percentage=46.80|change={{decrease}}7.07|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Nalini Sankaramangalam|votes=2,028|percentage=1.59|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Maniyan G.|votes=567|percentage=0.45|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=V. Varadharajan|votes=532|percentage=0.42|change={{decrease}}4.48|}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=6,061|percentage=4.77|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,068|percentage=79.59|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link|winner=[[Kerala Revolutionary Socialist Party (Baby John)|KRSP(B)]]|loser=Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

===2006===
There were 1,42,401 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 Kerala Assembly election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = [[N. K. Premachandran]]
  |votes      = 54,026
  |percentage = 48.9
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = [[Shibu Baby John]]
  |votes      = 52,240
  |percentage = 47.3
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = BJP 
  |candidate  = Udayakumar 
  |votes      = 1,889
  |percentage = 1.7
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
  |candidate  = Shibu Balakrishnan 
  |votes      = 794
  |percentage = 0.7
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = Abu Muhammed 
  |votes      = 761
  |percentage = 0.7
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = AIADMK 
  |candidate  = K. Muhammad Kunju 
  |votes      = 409
  |percentage = 0.4
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Bahujan Samaj Party
  |candidate  = Jayakumar 
  |votes      = 378
  |percentage = 0.3
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
   |votes      = 1,786
   |percentage = 1.6
   |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 1,10,501
   |percentage = 77.6
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
   |winner     = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
   |loser      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
   |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001===
There were 1,53,473 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 Kerala Assembly election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Chavara}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
  |candidate  = [[Shibu Baby John]]
  |votes      = 60,689
  |percentage = 53.7
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
  |candidate  = V. P. Ramakrishna Pillai
  |votes      = 52,240
  |percentage = 42.6
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = BJP 
  |candidate  = G. Hari
  |votes      = 2,831
  |percentage = 2.5
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent
  |candidate  = Sukumaran Pillai 
  |votes      = 703
  |percentage = 0.6
  |change     =   
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
  |party      = Independent 
  |candidate  = Abu Muhammed 
  |votes      = 618
  |percentage = 0.6
  |change     = 
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
   |votes      = 12,483
   |percentage = 11.0
   |change     = 
}}
{{Election box turnout|
   |votes      = 1,13,079
   |percentage = 73.7
   |change     = 
 }}
{{Election box gain with party link|
   |winner     = Revolutionary Socialist Party (Bolshevik)
   |loser      = Revolutionary Socialist Party (India)
   |swing      = 
}}
{{Election box end}}

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{MLAs from Kerala assembly constituencies in Kollam city}}
{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies |state=expanded}}
{{Kollam |state=collapsed}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:Government of Kollam]]
[[Category:Politics of Kollam district]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kollam district]]
[[Category:1977 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1977]]