Kothamangalam Assembly constituency

Kothamangalam 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 Anthony John of CPI(M).

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

Local self-governed segments

Kothamangalam Assembly 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

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala Legislative Assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		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				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			KC(M)	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Antony John		CPI(M)	2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly 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

2011

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

See also

• Kothamangalam
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election