Idukki (State Assembly constituency)

Idukki State assembly constituency (Malayalam: ഇടുക്കി 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.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Roshy Augustine of KC(M).

91 Idukki ഇടുക്കി
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Anamudi Peaks ,The highest peak in south India
Existence	1977 - present
Reservation	None
Electorate	1,84,218 (2016)
Current MLA	Roshy Augustine
Party	KC(M)
Political Front	UDF
Elected Year	2016
District	Idukki

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC(I)    INC    JD    KC(M)  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1977	5th	V. T. Sebastian	KEC		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Jose Kuttyani	INC(I)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th		INC		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Rosamma Chacko			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Mathew Stephen	KC(M)		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. P. Sulaiman Rawther	JND		1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Roshy Augustine	KC(M)		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 1,84,218 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Idukki

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	KC(M)	Roshy Augustine	60,556	42.86	12.02
	Independent	K. Francis George	50,758	36.26	-
	BDJS	Biju Madhavan	27,403	19.40	-
	BSP	Sabu Kochuparambil	566	0.40	-
	Independent	P. T. Poomkudy	436	0.31	-
	NOTA	None of the above	433	0.86	-
	SDPI	Babu Kozhimala	411	0.29	-
	Independent	Idukki Ravi	250	0.18	-
Margin of victory			9,323	6.60	6.59
Turnout			1,41,278	76.69	6.23
	KC(M) hold		Swing	12.02

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,69,984 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Idukki

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	KC(M)	Roshy Augustine	65,734	54.88
	CPI (M)	C. V. Varghese	49,928	41.69
	BJP	C. C. Krishnan	3,013	2.52
	Independent	Kanchiyar Peethambaran	389	0.32
	Independent	M. K. Narayanan	226	0.19	0.38
	Independent	V. Lakshmanan	158	0.13	-
Margin of victory			15,806	13.19
Turnout			1,19,773	70.46
	KC(M) hold		Swing

References

1. "CONSTITUENCIES IN KERALA". Kerala Assembly. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.