Kuttanad Assembly constituency

Kuttanad
Constituency No. 106 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Muttar village in Kuttanad Assembly constituency
Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionSouth India
StateKerala
DistrictAlappuzha
Established1965
Total electors1,65,172 (2016)
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyNCP
Elected year2021

Kuttanad State 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 Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency.[1]

Local self-governed segments

Kuttanad Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:[2]

Sl no.NameStatus (Grama panchayat/Municipality)Taluk
1ChampakulamGrama panchayatKuttanad
2EdathuaGrama panchayatKuttanad
3KainakaryGrama panchayatKuttanad
4KavalamGrama panchayatKuttanad
5MuttarGrama panchayatKuttanad
6NedumudiGrama panchayatKuttanad
7NeelamperoorGrama panchayatKuttanad
8PulinkunnooGrama panchayatKuttanad
9RamankaryGrama panchayatKuttanad
10ThakazhyGrama panchayatKuttanad
11ThalavadyGrama panchayatKuttanad
12VeliyanadGrama panchayatKuttanad
13VeeyapuramGrama panchayatKarthikappally

[3]

Members of Legislative Assembly

ElectionNiyama

Sabha

NamePartyTenure
19673rdK. K. K. PillaiIndependent1967 – 1970
19704thOommen ThalavadySocialist Party1970 – 1977
19775thEapen KandakudyKerala Congress1977 – 1980
19806thOommen MathewKerala Congress1980 – 1982
19827thK. C. Joseph1982 – 1987
19878thKerala Congress1987 – 1991
19919th1991 – 1996
199610th1996 – 2001
200111th2001 – 2006
200612thThomas ChandyDemocratic Indira Congress2006 – 2011
201113thNationalist Congress Party2011 – 2016
201614th2016 - 2019[a]
202115thThomas K. ThomasNationalist Congress Party2021-2026
  1. ^ A by-election due to the vacancy caused by the incumbent MLA's death was cancelled per the Election Commission of India.

[4]

Brief election history

ElectionVotes polledWinnerRunner-up 1Runner-up 2Margin of victory
YearNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesNamePartyVotesVotesPercent
2016130082 (78.76%)Thomas Chandy  NCP5011438.52%Jacob Abraham  KC(M)4522334.76%Subash Vasu  BDJS3304425.40%48913.76%[5]
2011118110 (78.63%)Thomas Chandy  NCP6001050.81%K. C. Joseph  KC(M)5203944.06%K. Soman  BJP43953.72%79716.75%[6]
Major delimitation of constituency
200683460 (75.16%)Thomas Chandy  DIC4210950.45%K. C. Joseph  KEC3672844.01%Thomas  Ind.15531.86%53816.44%[7]
200184639 (71.02%)K. C. Joseph  KEC4453452.62%Oommen Mathew  KEC(J)3414440.34%A. K. Chacko  BJP42435.01%1039012.28%[8]
199687889 (73.10%)K. C. Joseph  KEC4453250.67%J. Joseph  INC4044746.02%G. Mohandas  BJP26022.96%40854.65%[9]
199186408 (73.07%)K. C. Joseph  KEC4566952.85%P. D. Luke  KC(M)3667342.44%S. Radhakrishnan  BJP31073.60%899610.41%[10]
198785551 (84.41%)K. C. Joseph  KEC4109648.04%M. M. Anthony  CPI(M)3783344.22%V. S. Vijayakumar  BJP54626.38%32633.82%[11]
198271356 (80.69%)K. C. Joseph  KC(J)3717252.09%G. Suchakaran Nair  CPI(M)3418447.91%Only two candidates contested29884.18%[12]
198070772 (78.09%)Oommen Mathew  KC(J)3734652.77%K. P. Joseph  CPI(M)3325646.99%Mathew J. Pallithanam  Ind.1700.24%40905.78%[13]
197764686 (83.23%)Eapen Kandakudy  KEC3416152.81%K. P. Joseph  CPI(M)2701441.76%K. Ravu  Ind.30544.72%714711.05%[14]
Major delimitation of constituency
197057606 (77.67%)Oommen Thalavady  SP2737247.52%Thomas John  KEC2186637.96%P. N. Padmanabhan  RSP774313.44%55069.56%[15]
196748938 (79.15%)K. K. K. Pillai  Ind.2379748.63%T. John  KEC1663333.93%M. C. Joseph  INC850817.39%716414.70%[16]
196549124 (76.46%)Thomas John  KEC2531951.54%V. Z. Job  INC1506730.67%Sonney Sebastian  Ind.768415.64%1025220.87%[17]

Detailed election results

Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.

2016

There were 1,65,172 eligible voters in Kuttanad Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.[18]

Results by party

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuttanad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NCPThomas Chandy 50,114 38.52 Decrease12.29
KC(M)Jacob Abraham45,22334.76Decrease9.30
BDJSSubash Vasu33,04425.40
SUCI(C)Nandanan Valiyaparambu3710.29Decrease0.03
BSPSunny Pathinaril3540.27Decrease0.32
NOTANone of the above3460.27Increase0.27
IndependentJose Koippally2630.20 –
IndependentJacob Abraham Panavelil2620.20 –
IndependentMohanan1050.08 –
Margin of victory4,8913.76Decrease2.99
Turnout1,30,08278.76Increase0.13
NCP holdSwing-12.29

Results by local self-governed segment

The results of 2016 Assembly election for each self-governed segment is as follows:[19][20]

No.SegmentValid votesLeadAllianceMargin of lead
UDF VotesLDF VotesNDA Votes
1Kainakary11966340628.46%551646.10%289924.23%Thomas ChandyLDF211017.64%
2Kavalam8894227625.59%365841.13%280331.52%Thomas ChandyLDF8559.61%
3Neelamperoor8694245028.18%325937.49%285532.84%Thomas ChandyLDF4044.65%
4Veliyanad8370325038.83%270032.26%234428.00%Jacob AbrahamUDF5506.57%
5Pulinkunnoo13060461335.32%428832.83%402230.80%Jacob AbrahamUDF3252.49%
6Nedumudi12386450636.38%525642.44%249020.10%Thomas ChandyLDF7506.06%
7Champakulam9791406141.48%309831.64%242724.79%Jacob AbrahamUDF9639.84%
8Ramankary8234296936.06%338541.11%176621.45%Thomas ChandyLDF4165.05%
9Muttar5760231540.19%205835.73%129022.40%Jacob AbrahamUDF2574.46%
10Thalavady12031370130.76%473839.38%344828.66%Thomas ChandyLDF10378.62%
11Edathua11879567147.74%372231.33%235319.81%Jacob AbrahamUDF194916.41%
12Thakazhy11263326228.96%507045.01%279724.83%Thomas ChandyLDF180816.05%
13Veeyapuram7375261835.50%318943.24%147620.01%Thomas ChandyLDF5717.74%
Postal votes37912532.98%17746.70%7419.53%Thomas ChandyLDF5213.72%
TOTAL1300824522334.76%5011438.52%3304425.40%Thomas ChandyLDF48913.76%

2011

There were 1,50,213 eligible voters in Kuttanad Assembly constituency for the 2011 Kerala Assembly election.[21]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kuttanad
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
NCPThomas Chandy60,01050.81
KC(M)K. C. Joseph52,03944.06
BJPK. Soman4,3953.72
BSPShibu Vadakkettom6970.59
SUCI(C)P. R. Satheesan3730.32
IndependentJoseph3610.31
IndependentAsok Kumar2350.20
Margin of victory7,9716.75
Turnout1,18,11078.63
NCP gain from DICSwing

See also

References

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