Puthuppally Assembly constituency
| Puthuppally പുതുപ്പള്ളി | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
 The Pampady engineering college located in the Puthuppally (State Assembly constituency). | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kottayam |
| Party | INC |
Puthuppally State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പുതുപ്പള്ളി 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections,the current MLA is Oommen Chandy of INC.
Local self governed segments
Puthuppally Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Akalakunnam | Grama Panchayath | Kottayam[3] |
| 2 | Ayarkunnam | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 3 | Kooroppada | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 4 | Manarcaud | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 5 | Meenadam | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 6 | Pampady | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 7 | Puthuppally | Grama panchayat | Kottayam |
| 8 | Vakathanam | Grama panchayat | Changanassery |
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented Puthuppally Niyamasabha Constituency during the period of various assemblies:[4]
Key
| Election | Niyama Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | P. C. Cherian | INC | rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | E. M. George | CPI(M) | width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color"| | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | Oommen Chandy | INC | rowspan="11" width="4px" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color"| | 1970 – 1977 |
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | 1991 – 1996 | |||
| 1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | 2006 – 2011 | |||
| 2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
| 2016 | 14th | Incumbent | |||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,73,253 registered voters in Puthuppally Constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[5]
Partywise Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Oommen Chandy | 71,597 | 53.42% |  6.32
| |
| CPI(M) | Jaick C. Thomas | 44,505 | 33.20% |  1.87
| |
| BJP | George Kurien | 15,993 | 11.93% | 6.22
| |
| BSP | Shibu Parakadavan | 911 | 0.68% | 2.08
| |
| NOTA | None of the above | 630 | 0.47% | − | |
| SUCI(C) | M. V. Cherian | 131 | 0.10% | − | |
| Independent | K. M. Sivaprasad Gandhi | 103 | 0.08% | − | |
| Independent | A. K. Shaji | 64 | 0.05% | ||
| Independent | Jijo | 51 | 0.04% | ||
| Independent | Joseph T. M. | 49 | 0.04% | ||
| Margin of victory | 27,092 | 20.22% | 8.19
| ||
| Turnout | 1,34,034 | 77.36% | 2.92
| ||
| INC hold | Swing | 6.32
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,57,222 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Oommen Chandy | 69,922 | 59.74% | ||
| CPI(M) | Suja Susan George | 36,667 | 31.33% | ||
| BJP | P. Sunilkumar | 6,679 | 5.71% | ||
| BSP | Saji K. Cheraman | 3,230 | 2.76% | ' | |
| Independent | Jayakumar Kavunkal | 537 | 0.46% | ||
| Margin of victory | 33,255 | 28.41% | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,035 | 74.44% | |||
| INC hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Puthuppally
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala"". kottayam.nic.in.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in.
- ^ "Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Puthuppally". 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.