Kaduthuruthy (State Assembly constituency)
Kaduthuruthy State assembly constituency (Malayalam: കടുത്തുരുത്തി 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections,the current MLA is Monce Joseph of KC(M).
| 94 Kaduthuruthy കടുത്തുരുത്തി | |
|---|---|
| Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha | |
| Existence | 1957 - present |
| Reservation | None |
| Electorate | 2,14,779 (2019) |
| Current MLA | Monce Joseph |
| Party | KC(M) |
| Political Front | UDF |
| Elected Year | 2016 |
| District | Kottayam |
| Local Self Governed Segments | Kadaplamattom, Kanakkari, Kidangoor, Kuravilangad, Marangattupilly, Uzhavoor and Veliyannoor Panchayats in Meenachil Taluk and Kaduthuruthy, Manjoor, Mulakulam and Neezhoor Panchayats in Vaikom taluk. |
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 | M. C. Abraham | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |
| 1960 | 2nd | Abraham Chummar | 1960 – 1965 | ||
| 1967 | 3rd | Joseph Chazhikattu | KEC | 1967 – 1970 | |
| 1970 | 4th | O. Lukose | 1970 – 1977 | ||
| 1977 | 5th | 1977 – 1980 | |||
| 1980 | 6th | 1980 – 1982 | |||
| 1982 | 7th | P. C. Thomas | IND | 1982 – 1987 | |
| 1987 | 8th | 1987 – 1991 | |||
| 1991 | 9th | P. M. Mathew | KC(M) | 1991 – 1996 | |
| 1996 | 10th | Monce Joseph | 1996 – 2001 | ||
| 2001 | 11th | Stephen George | 2001 – 2006 | ||
| 2006 | 12th | Monce Joseph | 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 1,82,749 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | Monce Joseph | 73,793 | 58.03 |  | |
| Template:Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)/meta/shortname | Scaria Thomas | 31,537 | 24.80 | - | |
| KEC | Stephen Chazhikkadan | 17,536 | 13.79 | - | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 1,533 | 1.21 | - | |
| BSP | Ginish John M | 1,473 | 1.16 |  | |
| style="background-color: Template:Kerala Janatha/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | Template:Kerala Janatha/meta/shortname | T. P. Kuttappan Kuruppanthara | 968 | 0.76 | - |
| Independent | Rajeev Kidangoor | 332 | 0.26 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 42,256 | 33.23 | | ||
| Turnout | 1,27,172 | 69.59 | | ||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | |
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,71,486 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | Monce Joseph | 68,787 | 56.37 | ||
| style="background-color: Template:Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)/meta/color; width: 5px;" | | Template:Kerala Congress (Anti-merger Group)/meta/shortname | Stephen George | 45,730 | 37.48 | |
| BJP | P. G. Bijukumar | 5,340 | 4.38 | ||
| BSP | M. D. Thomas | 2,169 | 1.78 | - | |
| Margin of victory | 23,057 | 18.89 | |||
| Turnout | 1,22,026 | 71.16 | |||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
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.