Puthuppally Assembly constituency

Puthuppally
Puthuppally
Constituency No. 98 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Puthuppally Assembly constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,76,412 (2023)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Chandy Oommen
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2023

Puthuppally 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] As of the 2023 Assembly by-election, the current MLA is Chandy Oommen of the Indian National Congress.

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Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Akalakunnam	Grama Panchayath	Kottayam^[3]
2	Ayarkunnam	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
3	Kooroppada	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
4	Manarcaud	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
5	Meenadam	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
6	Pampady	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
7	Puthuppally	Grama panchayat	Kottayam
8	Vakathanam	Grama panchayat	Changanassery

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party	Tenure
1957	1st	P. C. Cherian	INC	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. C. Cherian	INC	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E.M George	CPI(M)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Oommen Chandy	INC	1970 – 1977
1977	5th			1977 – 1980
1980	6th			1980 – 1982
1982	7th			1982 – 1987
1987	8th			1987 – 1991
1991	9th			1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th			2006 – 2011
2011	13th			2011 – 2016
2016	14th			2016 – 2021
2021	15th			2021 – 2023
2023^	15th	Chandy Oommen		2023-Incumbent

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Oommen Chandy	29784	54.55%
	CPI(M)	E M George	22496	41.20%
Margin of victory			7288	13.34%
	INC gain from CPI(M)		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	INC	Oommen Chandy	40376	60.10%
	BLD	P C Cherian	24466	36.42%
Margin of victory			15910	23.68%
	INC hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Oommen Chandy	69,922	59.74%
	CPI(M)	Suja Susan George	36,667	31.33%
	BJP	P. Sunilkumar	6,679	5.71%
	BSP	Saji K. Cheraman	3,230	2.76%	'
	Independent	Jayakumar Kavunkal	537	0.46%
Margin of victory			33,255	28.41%
Turnout			1,17,035	74.44%
	INC hold		Swing

Local self-governed segments

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Puthuppally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Oommen Chandy	71,597	53.42	6.32
	CPI(M)	Jaick C. Thomas	44,505	33.20	1.87
	BJP	George Kurien	15,993	11.93	6.22
	NOTA	None of the above	630	0.47	−
Margin of victory			27,092	20.22	8.19
Turnout			1,34,034	77.36	2.92
	INC hold		Swing	6.32

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Puthuppally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Oommen Chandy	63,372	48.08%	5.34
	CPI(M)	Jaick C. Thomas	54,328	41.22%	8.02
	BJP	N. Hari	11,694	8.87%	3.06
	Independent	George Joseph Vathappally	997	0.76%	−
	BSP	P. P. Abhilash	763	0.58%	0.10
	NOTA	None of the above	497	0.38%	−
	SUCI(C)	M. V. Cherian	146	0.11%	0.01
Margin of victory			9,044	6.86%	13.36
Turnout			1,31,797	77.36%	2.46
	INC hold		Swing	5.34

Kerala Assembly by-election, 2023: Puthuppally
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Chandy Oommen	80,144	61.38%	13.3
	CPI(M)	Jaick C. Thomas	42,425	32.49%	8.73
	BJP	G. Lijinlal	6,558	5.02%	3.82
	AAP	Luke Thomas	835	0.64%
	Independent	Santhosh Pulickal	78	0.06%
	Independent	Shaji	63	0.05%
	Independent	P.K Devadas	60	0.05%
	NOTA	None of the above	400	0.31%	0.07
Margin of victory			37,719	29.32%	22.46
Turnout			1,28,624	72.1%	5.26
	INC hold		Swing	13.3