Ranni Assembly constituency
| Ranni റാന്നി | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 The view of the Pamba River from the Ranni New Bridge in the Ranni (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Party | CPI(M) |
Ranni State assembly constituency (Malayalam: റാന്നി നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Raju Abraham of CPI(M).
Local self governed segments
Ranni Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kottangal | Grama panchayat | Mallapally[3] |
| 2 | Vechoochira | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 3 | Ranni-Perunad | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 4 | Naranammoozhy | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 5 | Ranni-Pazhavangadi | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 6 | Ranni-Angadi | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 7 | Kottanad | Grama panchayat | Mallapally |
| 8 | Ezhumattoor | Grama panchayat | Mallapally |
| 9 | Ayiroor | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 10 | Ranni | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 11 | Vadasserikkara | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
| 12 | Cherukole | Grama panchayat | Ranni |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Ranni Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
CPI(M) INC CPI Independent KEC INC(U) IC(S)
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | Vayala Idicula | INC | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | M . K . Divakaran | CPI | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India/meta/color"| | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Jacob Skariah | Independent | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color"| | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | K. A. Mathew | KC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color"| | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | M. C. Cherian | INC(U) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress (U)/meta/color"| | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | Sunny Panavelil | IC(S) | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian Congress (Socialist)/meta/color"| | 1982 – 1986 |
| 1986* | Rachel Sunny Panavelil | 1986 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | Eapen Varguese | KC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color"| | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | M. C. Cheriyan | INC | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | Raju Abraham | CPI(M) | rowspan="5" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
* indicates bypoll
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,90,196 registered voters in Ranni Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Raju Abraham | 58,749 | 43.87% |  4.64
| |
| INC | Mariamma Cherian | 44,153 | 32.97% | 10.05
| |
| BDJS | Padmakumar K. | 28,201 | 21.06% | ||
| BSP | Prasad Uthimoodu | 1,072 | 0.80% | 0.28
| |
| SDPI | Fawseena Thakbeer | 862 | 0.64% | 0.11
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 438 | 0.33% | ||
| Independent | Geethamma Madhavan | 298 | 0.22% | ||
| Independent | Varughese Thomas | 154 | 0.11% | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,596 | 10.90% |  5.42
| ||
| Turnout | 1,33,927 | 70.42% | 1.90
| ||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | 4.64
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,75,669 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPI(M) | Raju Abraham | 58,391 | 48.51% | ||
| INC | Peelipose Thomas | 51,777 | 43.02% | ||
| BJP | Suresh Kadambari | 7,442 | 6.18% | ||
| BSP | V. D. Saji Mon | 1,300 | 1.08% | ||
| SDPI | Ibrahim Kutty | 905 | 0.75% | ||
| Independent | S. Radhakrishan | 350 | 0.29% | ||
| Independent | Ulakan Thevan | 196 | 0.16% | ||
| Margin of victory | 6,614 | 5.42% | |||
| Turnout | 1,20,361 | 68.52% | |||
| CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Ranni
- Pathanamthitta district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district, Kerala". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Subdivisions Taluks and Villages in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Ranni". www.mapsofindia.com.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.