Poonjar Assembly constituency
Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Poonjar State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Sebastian Kulathunkal of KC(M).
| Poonjar | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 101 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
Kaippally, the hilly region of Poonjar | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Kottayam |
| Established | 1957 |
| Total electors | 1,84,857 (2021) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | KC(M) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2021 |
Local self governed segments
Poonjar Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:[2]
| Sl no. | Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Erattupetta | Municipality | Meenachil |
| 2 | Poonjar | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 3 | Poonjar Thekkekara | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 4 | Teekoy | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 5 | Thidanad | Grama panchayat | Meenachil |
| 6 | Erumely | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
| 7 | Koottickal | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
| 8 | Koruthodu | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
| 9 | Mundakayam | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
| 10 | Parathode | Grama panchayat | Kanjirappally |
Members of the Legislative Assembly
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:
Key
| Election | Niyama
Sabha |
Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | 1st | T. A. Thomman | Indian National Congress | |
| 1960 | 2nd | |||
| 1967 | 3rd | K. M. George | Kerala Congress | |
| 1970 | 4th | |||
| 1977 | 5th | V. J. Joseph | Kerala Congress | |
| 1980 | 6th | P. C. George | Kerala Congress | |
| 1982 | 7th | |||
| 1987 | 8th | N. M. Joseph | Janata Dal | |
| 1991 | 9th | Joy Abraham | Kerala Congress | |
| 1996 | 10th | P. C. George | Kerala Congress | |
| 2001 | 11th | |||
| 2006 | 12th | Kerala Congress | ||
| 2011 | 13th | Kerala Congress | ||
| 2016 | 14th | Independent | ||
| 2021 | 15th | Sebastian Kulathunkal | Kerala Congress | |
Election results
Summarize
Perspective
2021
There were 1,89,091 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 election.[3]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | Sebastian Kulathunkal | 58,668 | 41.94 |  17.38 | |
| KJ(S) | P. C. George | 41,851 | 29.92 | − | |
| INC | Tomy Kallany | 34,633 | 24.76 | ||
| BDJS | M. P Sen | 2,965 | 2.12 |  11.58 | |
| BSP | Ancy George | 596 | 0.43 | ||
| NOTA | None of the above | 345 | 0.25 | ||
| Independent | M. V George | 278 | 0.2 | ||
| Independent | Abdu Samad | 259 | 0.19 | − | |
| Independent | Albin Mathew | 205 | 0.15 | − | |
| Independent | Tomy Chemarapallil | 94 | 0.07 | ||
| Margin of victory | 16,581 | 11.85% | |||
| Turnout | 1,39,894 | 73.98 | 5.41 | ||
Niyamasabha Election 2016
There were 1,83,590 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[4]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | P. C. George | 63,621 | 43.65 | − | |
| KC(M) | Georgekutty Augustine | 35,800 | 24.56 | 26.21 | |
| JKC | P. C. Joseph Ponnattu | 22,270 | 15.28 | − | |
| BDJS | M. R. Ullas | 19,966 | 13.70 | − | |
| WPOI | P. A. Abdul Hakkim | 804 | 0.55 | − | |
| PDP | Nishad Nadakkal | 530 | 0.36 | − | |
| Independent | Sainulladeen | 525 | 0.36 | − | |
| Independent | Indulekha Joseph | 397 | 0.27 | − | |
| Independent | Georgekutty Sebastan | 375 | 0.26 | − | |
| NOTA | None of the above | 313 | 0.21 | − | |
| Independent | Joseph P. C. Purathayil | 234 | 0.16 | − | |
| Independent | Siyam P. Ashraf | 194 | 0.13 | ||
| Independent | George Chacko | 166 | 0.11 | ||
| SUCI(C) | Raju Vattapara | 148 | 0.10 | 0.11 | |
| Independent | James Joseph | 143 | 0.10 | − | |
| KJ | Santhosh Chennadu | 96 | 0.07 | − | |
| CPI(M-L) | T. M. Surendran | 94 | 0.06 | − | |
| Independent | Abraham | 77 | 0.05 | − | |
| Margin of victory | 27,821 | 19.10 | |||
| Turnout | 1,45,753 | 79.39 | 9.24 | ||
| Independent gain from KC(M) | Swing | ||||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,67,928 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[5]
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC(M) | P. C. George | 59,809 | 50.77 | − | |
| Independent | Mohan Thomas | 44,105 | 37.44 | − | |
| BJP | K. M. Santhosh Kumar | 5,010 | 4.25 | − | |
| SDPI | V. M. Sulaiman Moulavi | 3,579 | 3.04 | − | |
| BSP | P. P. Joshy | 2,956 | 2.51 | − | |
| Independent | Sivan | 524 | 0.44 | − | |
| Independent | P. K. Divakaran | 455 | 0.39 | − | |
| Independent | P. C. George | 417 | 0.35 | − | |
| Independent | K. Rajappan | 280 | 0.24 | − | |
| SUCI(C) | Raju Vattapara | 243 | 0.21 | − | |
| Independent | Mano George | 192 | 0.16 | ||
| Independent | Anoop Bhaskaran | 132 | 0.11 | ||
| Independent | Anil Mathew | 107 | 0.09 | ||
| Margin of victory | 14,984 | 13.33 | |||
| Turnout | 1,17,809 | 70.15 | |||
| KC(M) hold | Swing | ||||
See also
References
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