Kothamangalam Assembly constituency

Kothamangalam കോതമംഗലം
Indian electoral constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
District	Ernakulam
Party	CPI(M)

Kothamangalam State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കോതമംഗലം 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 Anthony John of CPI(M).

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Key

  KEC  INC   CPI(M)   KC(M)  KC(J)  Independent

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	T. M. Meethiyan	CPI(M)	style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/meta/color" |	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. I. Markose	IND	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. V. Mani	KEC	style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress/meta/color" |	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	T. M. Jacob	KC(J)	rowspan="2" style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Jacob)/meta/color" |	1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th		IND	style="background-color: Template:Independent (politician)/meta/color" |	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	V. J. Paulose	INC	rowspan="3" style="background-color: Template:Indian National Congress/meta/color" |	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	T. U. Kuruvilla	KEC	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	Anthony John	CPI(M)	style="background-color: Template:Communist Party of India (Marxist)/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 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Anthony John	65,467	50.98	-
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	46,185	35.96	13.30
	Independent	P. C. Cyriac	12,926	10.06	-
	SDPI	Anas N. A.	1,490	1.16	3.21
	NOTA	None of the above	803	0.63	-
	PDP	Yahiya Thangal	775	0.60	-
	Independent	T. K .Kuruvilla	357	0.28	-
	Independent	Cherian Abraham	261	0.20	-
	Independent	Anto John	163	0.13	-
Margin of victory			19,282	15.02
Turnout			1,28,427	80.50	6.02
	CPI(M) gain from KC(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,44,256 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	52,924	49.26
	Independent	Skariah Thomas	40,702	37.88
	BJP	K. Radhakrishnan	5,769	5.37
	SDPI	Shine Muhammed	4,691	4.37	-
	Independent	Skaria Thomas	1,008	0.94	-
	Independent	T. T. Kuruvilla	718	0.67	-
	Independent	Devaki Narayanan	524	0.49	-
	Independent	Joy Davasia	419	0.39	-
	Independent	Skaria Thomman	363	0.34	-
	Independent	Somini Prabhakaran	319	0.30
Margin of victory			12,222	11.38
Turnout			1,07,437	74.48	4.87
	KC(M) gain from KEC		Swing

See also

• Kothamangalam
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election