Thiruvalla Assembly constituency
| Thiruvalla | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 111 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
 Thiruvalla town. | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Kerala |
| District | Pathanamthitta |
| Established | 1957 - present |
| Total electors | 2,08,798 (2016) |
| Reservation | None |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | JD(S) |
| Alliance | LDF |
| Elected year | 2016 |
Thiruvalla State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in the state of Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency.[1] The current MLA is Mathew T. Thomas of JD(S).
Local self governed segments
[edit]Thiruvalla Niyamasabha 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
[edit]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 | |||
* indicates bypolls
Election results
[edit]Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
[edit]There were 2,08,798 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.[3]
| 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
|
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Niyamasabha Election 2011
[edit]There were 1,93,874 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.[4]
| 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
[edit]- Thiruvalla
- Pathanamthitta district
- List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
- 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election
References
[edit]- ^ "State Assembly Constituencies in Pathanamthitta district". pathanamthitta.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Pathanamthitta District". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- ^ "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.