Idukki Assembly constituency

Idukki State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Idukki Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Roshy Augustine of KC(M).

Idukki
Constituency No. 91 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Anamudi in Idukki district is the highest peak on Western Ghats and South India.
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Established	1977
Total electors	1,84,218 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Roshy Augustine
Party	KC(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kattappana	Municipality	Idukki
2	Idukki-Kanjikuzhy	Grama panchayat	Idukki
3	Vazhathope	Grama panchayat	Idukki
4	Kamakshy	Grama panchayat	Idukki
5	Kanchiyar	Grama panchayat	Idukki
6	Konnathady	Grama panchayat	Idukki
7	Mariapuram	Grama panchayat	Idukki
8	Vathikudy	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
9	Arakkulam	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha
10	Kudayathoor	Grama panchayat	Thodupuzha

Members of the Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of the 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		Kerala Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	Jose Kuttyani		Indian National Congress	1980 – 1982
1982	7th		INC		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Rosamma Chacko			1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Mathew Stephen		Kerala Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	P. P. Sulaiman Rawther		Janata Dal	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Roshy Augustine	KC(M)		2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016-2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,84,218 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Idukki

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Roshy Augustine	60,556	42.86	12.02
	JKC	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

2011

There were 1,69,984 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

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

See also

• Kattappana
• Idukki district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election