Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency

Mavelikara
KL-16
Mavelikara ; KL-16
Lok Sabha constituency
	Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Changanassery; Kuttanad; Mavelikara; Chengannur; Kunnathur; Kottarakkara; Pathanapuram
Established	1962
Total electors	13,01,067 (2019)
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Kodikunnil Suresh
Party	Indian National Congress
Elected year	2024

Mavelikara is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Quick Facts Mavelikara KL-16, Constituency details ...

No	Name	District	Member
99	Changanassery	Kottayam	Job Maichil	KC(M)	INC
106	Kuttanad	Alappuzha	Thomas K. Thomas	NCP-SP	INC
109	Mavelikara		M. S. Arun Kumar	CPI(M)	CPI
110	Chengannur		Saji Cherian	CPI(M)	INC
118	Kunnathur (SC)	Kollam	Kovoor Kunjumon	RSP(L)	CPI
119	Kottarakkara		K. N. Balagopal	CPI(M)	CPI
120	Pathanapuram		K. B. Ganesh Kumar	KC(B)	INC

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1952	1st	C. P. Mathen	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
1957	2nd	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	Ravindra Varma	Indian National Congress	1962-1967

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1962	3rd	R. Achuthan	Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	G. P. Mangalathumadom	Samyukta Socialist Party	1967-1971
1971	5th	R. Balakrishna Pillai	Kerala Congress	1971-1977
1977	6th	B. K. Nair	Indian National Congress	1977-1980
1980	7th	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress (U)	1980-1984
1984	8th	Thampan Thomas	Janata Party	1984-1989
1989	9th	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress	1989-1991
1991	10th			1991-1996
1996	11th			1996-1998
1998	12th			1998-1999
1999	13th	Ramesh Chennithala		1999-2004
2004	14th	C. S. Sujatha	Communist Party of India (Marxist)	2004-2009

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
2009	15th	Kodikunnil Suresh	Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th			2014-2019
2019	17th			2019-2024
2024	18th			Incumbent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	369,516	41.29	−4.07
	CPI	C. A. Arun Kumar	3,58,648	40.07	+1.01
	BDJS	Baiju Kalasala	1,42,984	15.98	+2.23
	BSP	Santhosh Palathumpadam	4,306	0.48
	SUCI(C)	K Bimalji	1,370	0.15
	API	Suresh Nooranad	1,505	0.17
	NOTA	None of the above	9,883	1.1
Majority			10,868	1.22
Turnout			8,98,111	67.07
	INC hold		Swing

Assembly segments

2019 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	440,415	45.36	+0.11
	CPI	Chittayam Gopakumar	3,79,277	39.06	−2.51
	BDJS	Thazhava Sahadevan	1,33,546	13.75	+4.78
	SUCI(C)	K. Bimalji	1,450	0.15
	BSP	Thollur Rajagopalan	3,864	0.4
	NOTA	None of the above	5,754	0.59
Margin of victory			61,138	6.29
Turnout			9,72,360	74.33
	INC hold		Swing

2014 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	402,432	45.25	−4.17
	CPI	Chengara Surendran	369,695	41.57	−1.87
	BJP	P. Sudheer	79,743	8.97	+3.87
	NOTA	None of the above	9,459	1.06%	−−−
Margin of victory			32,737	3.68%	−2.30%
Turnout			889,060	71.35
	INC hold		Swing