Thodupuzha Assembly constituency

Thodupuzha
Thodupuzha
Constituency No. 90 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Thodupuzha Civil Station
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Established	1957
Total electors	1,95,987 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent P.J Joseph
Party	Kerala Congress
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Thodupuzha State assembly constituency 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.

Local self governed segments edit

Thodupuzha Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Thodupuzha	Municipality	Thodupuzha
2	Edavetty	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
3	Karimannoor	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
4	Karimkunnam	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
5	Kodikulam	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
6	Kumaramangalam	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
7	Manakkad	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
8	Muttom	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
9	Purapuzha	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
10	Udumbannoor	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
11	Vannappuram	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
12	Velliyamattom	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
13	Alacode	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha and Idukki

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

Key

INC Independent KC(M) KC(J)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	C. A. Mathew	INC	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	C. A. Mathew	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	K. C. Zacharia	Ind.	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	P. J. Joseph	KEC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th		KEC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th		KC(J)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. T. Thomas	INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. J. Joseph	KC(J)	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	P. T. Thomas	INC	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	P. J. Joseph	KC(J)	2006 – 2011
2011	13th		KC(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th		KC(M)	2016 – 2021
2021	15th		KEC	2021–Present

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

There were 1,95,987 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[2]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thodupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. J. Joseph	76,177	54.08	2.16
	Independent	Roy Varicattu	30,977	21.08
	BDJS	S. Praveen	28,845	20.37
	SDPI	Roy Arackal	1,294	0.91	3.31
	NOTA	None of the above	1,219	0.86	-
	SUCI(C)	Nisha Jimmy	811	0.57	0.38
	PDP	Najeeb Kalarickal	710	0.50	-
	BSP	P. J. Ambily	440	0.31	0.15
	Independent	Santhosh P. K.	292	0.21	-
	Independent	K. M. Veenas	228	0.16	-
	Independent	Pareeth	194	0.14	-
Margin of victory			45,587	32.20	1.12
Turnout			1,41,574	72.24	0.29
	KC(M) hold		Swing	2.16

There were 1,77,529 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[3]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Thodupuzha
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	P. J. Joseph	66,325	51.92
	Independent	Joseph Augustine	43,457	34.02
	BJP	P. M. Velayudhan	10,049	7.87
	SDPI	M. A. Najeeb	5,386	4.22
	BSP	Binu Sebastian	677	0.53	-
	Independent	C. R. Dileep Kumar	655	0.51	-
	Independent	T. S. Sreenivasan	482	0.38	-
	Independent	Joman John	282	0.22	-
	SUCI(C)	Siby C. Mathew	246	0.19
	KJ	Shibu Mon	179	0.14	-
Margin of victory			22,868	17.90
Turnout			1,27,738	71.95
	KC(M) hold		Swing