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 2026 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Sandeep Varier of Indian National Congress.
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.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk1NileshwaramMunicipalityHosdurg2CheruvathurGrama panchayatHosdurg3PadneGrama panchayatHosdurg4PilicodeGrama panchayatHosdurg5ThrikaripurGrama panchayatHosdurg6ValiyaparambaGrama panchayatHosdurg7Kayyur-CheemeniGrama panchayatHosdurg 8East EleriGrama panchayatVellarikundu9West EleriGrama panchayatVellarikundu
Members of Legislative Assembly The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
As Nileshwaram ElectionNiyamaSabhaMemberPartyTenure 1957 1st E. M. S. Namboodiripad CPI 1957 – 1960 1960 2nd C. Kunhikrishnan Nair INC 1960 – 1965 1967 3rdV. V. KunhambuCPI(M) 1967 – 1970 1970 4th 1970 – 1977
As Thrikaripur ElectionNiyama SabhaMemberPartyTenure19775thP. KarunakaranCPI(M)1977 – 198019806th1980 – 198219827thO. Bharathan1982 – 198719878thE. K. Nayanar1987 – 199119919th1991 – 1996199610thK. P. Satheesh Chandran1996 – 2001200111th2001 – 2006200612thK. Kunhiraman2006 – 2011201113th2011 – 2016201614thM. Rajagopalan 2016 - 2021 2021 15th 2021 – 20262026 16thSandeep VarierINC2026 – present
Election results
2026
Local BodyBooth RowsLDF VotesUDF VotesNDA/BJP VotesLeading FrontLeadNileshwar Municipality3411,52011,5322,201UDF12Kayyur-Cheemeni1810,4604,457478LDF6,003West Eleri268,34911,560707UDF3,211East Eleri224,03110,061473UDF6,030Cheruvathur259,8658,939596LDF926Pilicode2312,6154,959946LDF7,656Padne206,4638,972449UDF2,509Valiyaparamba164,1635,049267UDF886Trikaripur369,23116,1711,567UDF6,940TOTAL22076,69781,7007,684UDF5,003
2021
2016 There were 1,90,119 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 election.
2011 There were 1,78,139 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
2006
2001
1996
1991
1987
1982
See also Thrikaripur Kasaragod district List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
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