Thodupuzha Assembly constituency
Thodupuzha തൊടുപുഴ | |
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Indian electoral constituency | |
![]() The Thodupuzha Civil Station. | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
District | Idukki |
Party | KC(M) |
Thodupuzha State assembly constituency (Malayalam: തൊടുപുഴ 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 Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections,the current MLA is P. J. Joseph of KC(M).
Local Self Governing Bodies
Thodupuzha Legislative Assembly Constituency is composed of the following LSG:[1]
- Thodupuzha Municipality Idukki District
- Alacode Panchayath Idukki District
- Edavetty Panchayath Idukki District
- Karimannoor Panchayath Idukki District
- Karimkunnam Panchayath Idukki District
- Kodikulam Panchayath Idukki District
- Kumaramangalam Panchayath Idukki District
- Manakkad Panchayath Idukki District
- Muttom Panchayath Idukki District
- Purapuzha Panchayath Idukki District
- Udumbannoor Panchayath Idukki District
- Vannapuram Panchayath Idukki District
- Velliyamattom Panchayath Idukki District
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 | |
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1957 | 1st | C. A. Mathew | INC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1957 – 1960 |
1960 | 2nd | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | K. C. Zacharia | IND | style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" | | 1967 – 1970 |
1970 | 4th | P. J. Joseph | KEC | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" | | 1970 – 1977 |
1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
1980 | 6th | KC(J) | rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Joseph)/meta/color" | | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
1991 | 9th | P. T. Thomas | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 1991 – 1996 |
1996 | 10th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Joseph)/meta/color" | | 1996 – 2001 |
2001 | 11th | P. T. Thomas | INC | style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" | | 2001 – 2006 |
2006 | 12th | P. J. Joseph | KC(J) | style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Joseph)/meta/color" | | 2006 – 2011 |
2011 | 13th | KC(M) | rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Mani)/meta/color" | | 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 1,95,987 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KC(M) | P. J. Joseph | 76,177 | 54.08 | ![]() | |
Independent | Roy Varicattu | 30,977 | 21.08 | ||
BDJS | S. Praveen | 28,845 | 20.37 | ||
SDPI | Roy Arackal | 1,294 | 0.91 | ![]() | |
NOTA | None of the above | 1,219 | 0.86 | − | |
SUCI(C) | Nisha Jimmy | 811 | 0.57 | ![]() | |
PDP | Najeeb Kalarickal | 710 | 0.50 | − | |
BSP | P. J. Ambily | 440 | 0.31 | ![]() | |
Independent | Santhosh P. K. | 292 | 0.21 | − | |
Independent | K. M. Veenas | 228 | 0.16 | − | |
Independent | Pareeth | 194 | 0.14 | − | |
Margin of victory | 45,587 | 32.20 | ![]() | ||
Turnout | 1,41,574 | 72.24 | ![]() | ||
KC(M) hold | Swing | ![]() |
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,77,529 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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KC(M) | P. J. Joseph | 66,325 | 51.92 | ||
Independent | Joseph Augustine | 43,457 | 34.02 | ||
BJP | P. M. Velayudhan | 10,049 | 7.87 | ||
SDPI | M. A. Najeeb | 5,386 | 4.22 | ||
BSP | Binu Sebastian | 677 | 0.53 | − | |
Independent | C. R. Dileep Kumar | 655 | 0.51 | − | |
Independent | T. S. Sreenivasan | 482 | 0.38 | − | |
Independent | Joman John | 282 | 0.22 | − | |
SUCI(C) | Siby C. Mathew | 246 | 0.19 | ||
KJ | Shibu Mon | 179 | 0.14 | − | |
Margin of victory | 22,868 | 17.90 | |||
Turnout | 1,27,738 | 71.95 | |||
KC(M) hold | Swing |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Local Self Governing Body - Corresponding Districts and Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituencies" (PDF).
- ^ "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.