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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 = Aranmula
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 113
| map_image = File:Aranmula mirror high quality bronze mirror.jpg
| map_caption = The centre of the [[Aranmula kannadi]] is located in Aranmula Assembly constituency.
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| electors = 2,37,351 (2021)
| mla = [[Abin Varkey]]
| party = [[Indian National Congress]]
| alliance = {{legend2|#0073CF|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| district = [[Pathanamthitta district|Pathanamthitta]]
| incumbent_image = Abin Varkey.jpg
}}

'''Aranmula State assembly constituency''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern [[India]]. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://pathanamthitta.nic.in/ml/elected-members-and-constituencies
|website = pathanamthitta.nic.in
|title = State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala
|access-date = 17 November 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190831133942/https://pathanamthitta.nic.in/ml/elected-members-and-constituencies/
|archive-date = 31 August 2019
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[Abin Varkey Kodiyattu|Adv Abin Varkey]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Aranmula Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pathanamthitta.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District
}}</ref>

{{srn}}
{|class="wikitable sortable static-row-numbers static-row-header-hash"
! width="100px" | Name
! width="130px" | Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
! width="100px" | [[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
| [[Pathanamthitta]]
| Municipality
| [[Kozhencherry]]<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://pathanamthitta.nic.in/subdivisions-taluks-and-villages
|website = pathanamthitta.nic.in
|title = Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Pathanamthitta district.
}}</ref>
|-
| [[Aranmula]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Chenneerkara]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Elanthoor]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Kozhencherry]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Kulanada]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Mallappuzhassery]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Mezhuveli]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Naranganam]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Omalloor]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Kozhencherry]]
|-
| [[Eraviperoor]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thiruvalla taluk|Thiruvalla]]
|-
| [[Koipuram]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thiruvalla taluk|Thiruvalla]]
|-
| [[Thottapuzhassery]]
| Grama panchayat
| [[Thiruvalla taluk|Thiruvalla]]
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Aranmula Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Aranmula
|access-date = 17 November 2019
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160509200606/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/electionhistory.html
|archive-date= 9 May 2016
|url-status = dead
}}</ref>

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}} {{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|National Democratic Party (Kerala)}} {{Party index link|Samyukta Socialist Party}}

{| class="sortable" width="53%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big"
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br>Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| rowspan="2" |K. Gopinathan Pillai
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=2}}
| 1957 – 1960
|-
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| 2nd
| 1960 – 1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| rowspan="2" |P. N. Chandrasenan
| {{Party name with color|Samyukta Socialist Party}}
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| {{Party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| M. K. Hemachandran
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress|rowspan=4}}
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| rowspan="3" |K. K. Sreenivasan
| 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
| R. Ramachandran Nair
| {{Party name with color|National Democratic Party (Kerala)}}
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| [[Kadammanitta Ramakrishnan]]
| {{Party name with color|Left Democratic Front (Kerala)}}
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| [[Malethu Saraladevi]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| K. C. Rajagopalan
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
| 2006 – 2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| [[K. Sivadasan Nair]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| rowspan="2"|[[Veena George]]
| {{Party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)|rowspan=2}}
| 2016 – 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| 15th
| 2021 – 2026
|-
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 16th
| [[Abin Varkey]]
| {{Party name with color|Indian National Congress}}
| 2026 – 2030
|}

==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]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Abin Varkey|votes=70,083|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[Veena George ]]|votes=51,098|percentage=|change=}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=BJP|candidate=[[Kummanam Rajasekharan]]|votes=34,983|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=615|percentage=|change=}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes =
|percentage =
|change =
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{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2021===
There were 2,37,351 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416184312/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2021 }}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Veena George]]
|votes = 74,950
|percentage = 46.3
|change = {{gain}}6.33
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K. Sivadasan Nair]]
|votes = 55,947
|percentage = 34.56
|change = {{loss}}0.67
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Biju Mathew
|votes = 29,099
|percentage = 17.98
|change = {{loss}}5.5
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sivadasan Nair S/o Raghavan Nair
|votes = 629
|percentage = 0.39
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 575
|percentage = 0.36
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 19,003
|percentage = 11.74
|change = {{gain}}7
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,61,866
|percentage = 68.19
|change = {{loss}}2.63
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{gain}}6.33
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2016===
There were 2,27,943 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016
|website = eci.gov.in
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = [[Veena George]]
|votes = 64,523
|percentage = 39.97
|change = {{loss}}2.93
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K. Sivadasan Nair]]
|votes = 56,877
|percentage = 35.23
|change = {{loss}}12.46
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = M. T. Ramesh
|votes = 37,906
|percentage = 23.48
|change = {{gain}}15.96
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 569
|percentage = 0.35
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = T. Amrithakumar
|votes = 548
|percentage = 0.34
|change = {{loss}}0.19
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Samajwadi Party
|candidate = Sreekanth M. Vallakkottu
|votes = 252
|percentage = 0.16
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Chandran
|votes = 249
|percentage = 0.15
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)
|candidate = Anil Kumar K. G.
|votes = 217
|percentage = 0.13
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Peoples Democratic Party (India)
|candidate = Habeeb Rahman
|votes = 187
|percentage = 0.12
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Shaji Mezhuveli
|votes = 104
|percentage = 0.06
|change = ''N/A''
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 7,646
|percentage = 4.74
|change = {{loss}}0.05
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 1,61,432
|percentage = 70.82
|change = {{gain}}5.20
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{loss}}2.93
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 2,07,229 registered voters in Aranmula Constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web
|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011/
|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India
|website = eci.gov.in
}}</ref>

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[K. Sivadasan Nair]]
|votes = 64,845
|percentage = 47.69
|change = {{up}} 35.89
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|candidate = K. C. Rajagopalan
|votes = 58,334
|percentage = 42.90
|change = {{loss}}5.82
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = K. Haridas
|votes = 10,227
|percentage = 7.52
|change = {{loss}}1.44
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = T. Amrithakumar
|votes = 721
|percentage = 0.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Democratic Party of India
|candidate = Nazurudheen
|votes = 709
|percentage = 0.52
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Sugathan R.
|votes = 387
|percentage = 0.28
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = D. Sivadasan Achari
|votes = 343
|percentage = 0.25
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Madhu G.
|votes = 206
|percentage = 0.15
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Action Party (India)
|candidate = K. V. Varghese
|votes = 134
|percentage = 0.10
|change = {{down}} 0.80
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)
|candidate = Pushpangadan
|votes = 69
|percentage = 0.05
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory
|votes = 6,511
|percentage = 4.79
|change = {{loss}}16.17
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 1,35,975
|percentage = 65.62
|change = {{gain}}3.39
}}
{{Election box gain with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{up}} 35.89
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2006===
There were 1,12,086 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = K. C. Rajagopalan
|votes = 34,007
|percentage = 48.8
|change = {{up}} 2.6
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = K. R. Rajappan
|votes = 19,387
|percentage = 27.8
|change = -
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Democratic Indira Congress (Karunakaran)
|candidate = Malethu Saraladevi
|votes = 8,244
|percentage = 11.8
|change = {{down}} 34.4
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Ashokan Kulanada
|votes = 6,250
|percentage = 9.0
|change = {{down}} 3.8
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Social Action Party (India)
|candidate = Thomaskutty
|votes = 632
|percentage = 0.9
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = V. R. Sisily
|votes = 487
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = Radhakrishnan S.
|votes = 461
|percentage = 0.7
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent
|candidate = C. C. Kuttappan
|votes = 302
|percentage = 0.4
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 14,620
|percentage = 20.9
|change = {{up}} 15.8
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 69,794
|percentage = 62.3
|change = {{down}}8.7
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = CPI(M)
|loser = Indian National Congress
|swing = {{up}} 2.6
}}
{{Election box end}}

===2001===
There were 1,12,967 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Aranmula}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Malethu Saraladevi
|votes = 37,025
|percentage = 46.2
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = A. Padmakumar
|votes = 32,900
|percentage = 41.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = V. N. Unni
|votes = 10,219
|percentage = 12.8
|change =
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 4,125
|percentage = 5.1
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 80,156
|percentage = 71.0
|change =
}}
{{Election box gain with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Left Democratic Front (Kerala)
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Aranmula]]
* [[Pathanamthitta]]
* [[Pathanamthitta district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}
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[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Pathanamthitta district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Aranmula]]

Aranmula Assembly constituency - Revision history

PrinceRey4 at 06:34, 7 May 2026