Kothamangalam Assembly constituency

Kothamangalam
Kothamangalam
Constituency No. 87 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Inchathotty suspension bridge, Kothamangalam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,59,539 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Antony John
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Kothamangalam 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. ^[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anthony John of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Kothamangalam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kothamangalam	Municipality	Kothamangalam
2	Kavalangad	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
3	Keerampara	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
4	Kottappady	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
5	Kuttampuzha	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
6	Nellikuzhi	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
7	Pallarimangalam	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
8	Pindimana	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
9	Varappetty	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1967	3rd	T. M. Meethiyan	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	M. I. Markose	Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	M. V. Mani	KEC	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	T. M. Jacob	KC(J)	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		KC(J)	1982 – 1987
1987	8th		Independent\|	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	V. J. Paulose	INC	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	T. U. Kuruvilla	KEC	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	T. U. Kuruvilla	KC(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Antony John	CPI(M)	2016 - 2021
2021	15th	Antony John	CPI(M)	Incumbent

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

There were 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kothamangalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Antony John	65,467	50.98	−
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	46,185	35.96	13.30
	Independent	P. C. Cyriac	12,926	10.06	−
	SDPI	Anas N. A.	1,490	1.16	3.21
	NOTA	None of the above	803	0.63	−
	PDP	Yahiya Thangal	775	0.60	−
	Independent	T. K .Kuruvilla	357	0.28	−
	Independent	Cherian Abraham	261	0.20	−
	Independent	Anto John	163	0.13	−
Margin of victory			19,282	15.02
Turnout			1,28,427	80.50	6.02
	CPI(M) gain from KC(M)		Swing

There were 1,44,256 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Kothamangalam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	52,924	49.26
	Independent	Skariah Thomas	40,702	37.88
	BJP	K. Radhakrishnan	5,769	5.37
	SDPI	Shine Muhammed	4,691	4.37	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomas	1,008	0.94	−
	Independent	T. T. Kuruvilla	718	0.67	−
	Independent	Devaki Narayanan	524	0.49	−
	Independent	Joy Davasia	419	0.39	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomman	363	0.34	−
	Independent	Somini Prabhakaran	319	0.30
Margin of victory			12,222	11.38
Turnout			1,07,437	74.48	4.87
	KC(M) gain from KEC		Swing