Thrikaripur Assembly constituency

Thrikaripur Assembly constituency, previously Nileshwaram Assembly constituency, is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Kasaragod Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is M. Rajagopalan of CPI(M).

Thrikaripur Assembly constituency came into existence in 1977. It was created by replacing Nileshwaram Assembly constituency, which had existed from 1957 to 1977.

Local self-governed segments

Thrikaripur Assembly 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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party
1957	1st	E. M. S. Namboodiripad	CPI	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	C. Kunhikrishnan Nair	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	V. V. Kunhambu	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	1970 – 1977

As Thrikaripur

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party
1977	5th	P. Karunakaran	CPI(M)	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	O. Bharathan	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	E. K. Nayanar	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	K. P. Satheesh Chandran	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	K. Kunhiraman	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	M. Rajagopalan	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Incumbent

Election results

2026

2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur
Party	Candidate	Votes
	CPI(M)	V. P. P. Mustafa
	INC	Sandeep Varier
	TTP	Ravi Kulangara
	NOTA	None of the above
Margin of victory
Turnout		79.64
		Swing

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikaripur
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	26,137	16.30	5.41
Turnout	1,60,408	78.95	2.21
	CPI(M) hold	Swing

2016

There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur
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	16,959	10.89	4.44
Turnout	1,55,671	81.88	1.60
	CPI(M) hold	Swing	1.02

2011

There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thrikkaripur
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	8,765	6.45
Turnout	1,35,988	80.28
	CPI(M) hold	Swing