Thiruvalla Assembly constituency

Thiruvalla 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 Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.^[1] The current MLA is Mathew T. Thomas of JD(S).

Thiruvalla
Constituency No. 111 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Thiruvalla town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Pathanamthitta
Established	1957
Total electors	2,08,798 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mathew T. Thomas
Party	JD(S)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Thiruvalla	Municipality	Thiruvalla
2	Kadapra	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
3	Kaviyoor	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
4	Kuttoor	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
5	Nedumpuram	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
6	Niranam	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
7	Peringara	Grama panchayat	Thiruvalla
8	Anicadu	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
9	Kallooppara	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
10	Mallapally	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
11	Puramattam	Grama panchayat	Mallappally
12	Kunnamthanam	Grama panchayat	Mallappally

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Key

  CPI  KEC  INC  Independent  JP  KC(M)   JD(S)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	G. Padmanabhan Thampi	CPI		1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	P. Chacko	INC		1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	E. John Jacob	KEC		1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1979
1979*	5th	P. C. Thomas Painummoottil	JNP		1977 – 1979
1980	6th	P. C. Thomas Painummoottil			1980 – 1982
1982	7th		Ind.		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mathew T. Thomas	JNP		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Mammen Mathai	KC(M)		1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2003
2003*	11th	Elizabeth Mammen Mathai			2003 – 2006
2006	12th	Mathew T. Thomas	JD(S)		2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

*by-election

Election results

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

2021

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	62,178	44.56	3.28
	KEC	Kunju Koshy Paul	50,757	36.37	New
	BJP	Ashokan Kulanada	22,674	16.25	New
	Independent	Thomas Mathew	1,461	1.05	New
	BSP	Rajendra Das	1,074	0.77	0.25
	NOTA	None of the above	608	0.44	0.11
Turnout			1,39,544	-	−
	JD(S) hold		Swing	3.28

2016

There were 2,08,798 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	59,660	41.28	8.69
	KC(M)	Joseph M. Puthussery	51,398	35.56	5.91
	BDJS	Akkerman Kalidasan Bhattathiripad	31,439	21.75	−
	BSP	Saji Kadampanad	756	0.52	0.67
	NOTA	None of the above	479	0.33	−
	SDPI	Simi M. Jacob	444	0.31	0.02
	Independent	Cherian M. V.	366	0.25
Margin of victory			8,262	5.72	2.78
Turnout			1,44,542	69.23	3.91
	JD(S) hold		Swing	8.69

2011

There were 1,93,874 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Thiruvalla

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	JD(S)	Mathew T. Thomas	63,289	49.97
	KC(M)	Victor T. Thomas	52,522	41.47
	BJP	Rajan Moolaveetil	7,656	6.05
	BSP	Kurian Joseph	1,511	1.19	−
	SUCI(C)	Radhamani S.	456	0.36	−
	Independent	Kathikan Niranam Rajan	439	0.35	−
	Independent	P. K .Sukumaran	398	0.31
	SDPI	Sam Kutty Jacob	371	0.29
Margin of victory			10,737	8.50
Turnout			1,26,642	65.32
	JD(S) hold		Swing

See also

• Thiruvalla
• Pathanamthitta district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election