Poonjar (State Assembly constituency)

Poonjar State assembly constituency (Malayalam: പൂഞ്ഞാർ 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1]The current MLA is P. C. George of KJ(S).

101 Poonjar പൂഞ്ഞാർ
Constituency for the Kerala Niyamasabha
Existence	1957 - present
Reservation	None
Electorate	1,83,590 (2016)
Current MLA	P. C. George
Party	KJ(S)
Political Front	NDA
Elected Year	2016
District	Kottayam
Local Self Governed Segments	Erumeli, Koottickal, Mundakayam, Parathode Panchayats in Kanjirappally Taluk and Erattupetta, Poonjar, Poonjar Thekkekara, Teekoy and Thidanad Panchayats in Meenachil Taluk.

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  INC    Independent    KC(M)    KEC    JD  

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	T. A. Thomman	INC		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. M. George	KEC		1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	V. J. Joseph	KEC		1977 – 1980
1980	6th	P. C. George	KC(J)		1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	N. M. Joseph	JND		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Joy Abraham	KC(M)		1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. C. George	KEC		1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th		KC(S)		2006 – 2011
2011	13th		KC(M)		2011 – 2016
2016	14th		IND		Incumbent

Election results

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

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,83,590 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Poonjar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Independent	P. C. George	63,621	43.65	-
	KC(M)	Georgekutty Augustine	35,800	24.56	26.21
	Independent	P. C. Joseph Ponnattu	22,270	15.28	-
	BDJS	M. R. Ullas	19,966	13.70	-
	WPOI	P. A. Abdul Hakkim	804	0.55	-
	PDP	Nishad Nadakkal	530	0.36	-
	Independent	Sainulladeen	525	0.36	-
	Independent	Indulekha Joseph	397	0.27	-
	Independent	Georgekutty Sebastan	375	0.26	-
	NOTA	None of the above	313	0.21	-
	Independent	Joseph P. C. Purathayil	234	0.16	-
	Independent	Siyam P. Ashraf	194	0.13
	Independent	George Chacko	166	0.11
	SUCI(C)	Raju Vattapara	148	0.10	0.11
	Independent	James Joseph	143	0.10	-
	KJ	Santhosh Chennadu	96	0.07	-
	CPI(M-L)	T. M. Surendran	94	0.06	-
	Independent	Abraham	77	0.05	-
Margin of victory			27,821	19.10
Turnout			1,45,753	79.39	9.24
	Independent gain from KC(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,67,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Poonjar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	KC(M)	P. C. George	59,809	50.77	-
	Independent	Mohan Thomas	44,105	37.44	-
	BJP	K. M. Santhosh Kumar	5,010	4.25	-
	SDPI	V. M. Sulaiman Moulavi	3,579	3.04	-
	BSP	P. P. Joshy	2,956	2.51	-
	Independent	Sivan	524	0.44	-
	Independent	P. K. Divakaran	455	0.39	-
	Independent	P. C. George	417	0.35	-
	Independent	K. Rajappan	280	0.24	-
	SUCI(C)	Raju Vattapara	243	0.21	-
	Independent	Mano George	192	0.16
	Independent	Anoop Bhaskaran	132	0.11
	Independent	Anil Mathew	107	0.09
Margin of victory			14,984	13.33
Turnout			1,17,809	70.15
	KC(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Poonjar
• Kottayam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
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.