Poonjar Assembly constituency
| Poonjar പൂഞ്ഞാർ | |
|---|---|
| Indian electoral constituency | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| District | Kottayam |
| Party | KJ(S) |
Poonjar State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പൂഞ്ഞാർ നിയമസഭാ നിയോജക മണ്ഡലം) is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala 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 P. C. George of KJ(S).
Members of Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | Tenure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | T. A. Thomman | INC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1957 – 1960 |
| 1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K. M. George | KEC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 |
| 1970 | 4th | 1970 – 1977 | |||
| 1977 | 5th | V. J. Joseph | KEC | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" | | 1977 – 1980 |
| 1980 | 6th | P. C. George | KC(J) | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Jacob)/meta/color" | | 1980 – 1982 |
| 1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
| 1987 | 8th | N. M. Joseph | JD | style="background-color: Template:Janata Dal/meta/color" | | 1987 – 1991 |
| 1991 | 9th | Joy Abraham | KC(M) | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 |
| 1996 | 10th | P. C. George | KEC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" | | 1996 – 2001 |
| 2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
| 2006 | 12th | KC(S) | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" | | 2006 – 2011 | |
| 2011 | 13th | KC(M) | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/color" | | 2011 – 2016 | |
| 2016 | 14th | IND | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | Incumbent | |
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,83,590 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. C. George | 63,621 | 43.65 | − | |
| KC(M) | Georgekutty Augustine | 35,800 | 24.56 |  26.21
| |
| JKC | P. C. Joseph Ponnattu | 22,270 | 15.28 | − | |
| BDJS | M. R. Ullas | 19,966 | 13.70 | − | |
| WPOI | P. A. Abdul Hakkim | 804 | 0.55 | − | |
| PDP | Nishad Nadakkal | 530 | 0.36 | − | |
| Independent | Sainulladeen | 525 | 0.36 | − | |
| Independent | Indulekha Joseph | 397 | 0.27 | − | |
| Independent | Georgekutty Sebastan | 375 | 0.26 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 313 | 0.21 | − | |
| Independent | Joseph P. C. Purathayil | 234 | 0.16 | − | |
| Independent | Siyam P. Ashraf | 194 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | George Chacko | 166 | 0.11 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Raju Vattapara | 148 | 0.10 | 0.11
| |
| Independent | James Joseph | 143 | 0.10 | − | |
| KJ | Santhosh Chennadu | 96 | 0.07 | − | |
| CPI(M-L) | T. M. Surendran | 94 | 0.06 | − | |
| Independent | Abraham | 77 | 0.05 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 27,821 | 19.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,753 | 79.39 |  9.24
| ||
| Independent gain from KC(M) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,67,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | P. C. George | 59,809 | 50.77 | − | |
| Independent | Mohan Thomas | 44,105 | 37.44 | − | |
| BJP | K. M. Santhosh Kumar | 5,010 | 4.25 | − | |
| SDPI | V. M. Sulaiman Moulavi | 3,579 | 3.04 | − | |
| BSP | P. P. Joshy | 2,956 | 2.51 | − | |
| Independent | Sivan | 524 | 0.44 | − | |
| Independent | P. K. Divakaran | 455 | 0.39 | − | |
| Independent | P. C. George | 417 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | K. Rajappan | 280 | 0.24 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Raju Vattapara | 243 | 0.21 | − | |
| Independent | Mano George | 192 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Anoop Bhaskaran | 132 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Anil Mathew | 107 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,984 | 13.33 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,809 | 70.15 | |||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
- Poonjar
- Kottayam district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "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.
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