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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala legislative assembly in India}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use Indian English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Puthuppally
| state = [[Kerala]]
| type = SLA
| constituency_no = 98
| map_image = <mapframe text="Puthuppally Assembly constituency" width=265 height=300 align=right >{ "type": "ExternalData", "service": "geoshape", "ids": "Q16133577,Q13110092,Q20576926,Q20582342,Q13114100,Q16133919,Q13113324,Q13114624"}</mapframe>
| map_caption =
| established = 1957
| reservation = None
| district = [[Kottayam district|Kottayam]]
| mla = [[Chandy Oommen]]
| party = [[File:Indian National Congress hand logo.svg|20px]] [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| alliance = {{legend2|{{party color|United Democratic Front (Kerala)}}|'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}
| latest_election_year = [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| electors = 1,76,412 (2023)
}}
'''Puthuppally''' is one of the 140 [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies in [[Kerala]] in southern India. It is also one of the seven [[Kerala Legislative Assembly|state legislative assembly]] constituencies included in [[Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency]].<ref>{{cite web| url = https://kottayam.nic.in/constituencies| website = kottayam.nic.in| title = State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district, Kerala}}</ref> As of the [[2023 elections in India#Kerala|2023 Assembly by-election]], the current [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] is [[Chandy Oommen]] of the [[Indian National Congress]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Puthuppally Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/kottayam.htm|website=www.ceo.kerala.gov.in|title= Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="20px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="50px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|[[Akalakunnam]]
|Grama Panchayath
|Kottayam<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://kottayam.nic.in/tehsil
|website = kottayam.nic.in
|title = Villages and Curresponding Talukas in Kottayam district.
}}</ref>
|-
|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, Kottayam|Puthuppally]]
|Grama panchayat
|Kottayam
|-
|8
|[[Vakathanam]]
|Grama panchayat
|Changanassery
|}

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented Puthuppally Assembly constituency during the period of various assemblies:<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.mapsofindia.com/assemblypolls/kerala/puthuppally-assembly-constituency-map.html|website = www.mapsofindia.com|title = Members of Kerala Legislative Assembly: Puthuppally}}</ref>

'''Key'''

{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}

{| class="sortable" width="55%" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" border="1" style="border-collapse: collapse; border: 2px #000000 solid; font-size: x-big
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Election
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Niyama<br>Sabha
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Member
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" colspan="2"|Party
! style="background-color:#666666; color:white" |Tenure
|-
| [[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]
| 1st
| rowspan="2" |P. C. Cherian
| rowspan="2" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="2" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| 1957 – 1960
|-
| [[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]
| 2nd
| 1960 – 1965
|-
| [[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
| 3rd
| E.M George
| [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]]
| width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}"|
| 1967 – 1970
|-
| [[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
| 4th
| rowspan="12" |[[Oommen Chandy]]
| rowspan="14" |[[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| rowspan="14" width="4px" style="background-color: {{party color|Indian National Congress}}" |
| 1970 – 1977
|-
| [[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
| 5th
| 1977 – 1980
|-
| [[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
| 6th
| 1980 – 1982
|-
| [[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
| 7th
| 1982 – 1987
|-
| [[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
| 8th
| 1987 – 1991
|-
| [[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
| 9th
| 1991 – 1996
|-
| [[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
| 10th
| 1996 – 2001
|-
| [[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
| 11th
| 2001 – 2006
|-
| [[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]
| 12th
| 2006 – 2011
|-
| [[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]
| 13th
| 2011 – 2016
|-
| [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]
| 14th
| 2016 – 2021
|-
| [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| rowspan="2" |15th
| 2021 – 2023
|-
|[[2023 elections in India|2023]]^
| rowspan="2" |[[Chandy Oommen]]
| 2023 – 2026
|-
| [[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2026]]
| 16th
| 2026 – present
|-
|}
{{notelist}}

^[[2023 elections in India|2023]] by-election

==Election results==

=== LOCAL BODY ELECTIONS ===
=== 2025 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|SEGMENTS
|LDF
|NDA
|UDF
|IND
|
|LEADING ALLIANCE
|-
|AKALAKKUNNAM
|4427
|1464
|5377
|413
|11681
|UDF
|-
|AYARKUNNAM
|6546
|3528
|8588
|863
|19525
|UDF
|-
|KOOROPPADA
|5942
|3763
|6104
|808
|16617
|UDF
|-
|MANARCAUD
|5499
|2295
|7613
|547
|15954
|UDF
|-
|MEENADAM
|3422
|543
|4348
|6
|8319
|UDF
|-
|PAMPADY
|8090
|1532
|10813
|87
|20522
|UDF
|-
|PUTHUPPALLY
|5496
|2507
|8752
|496
|17251
|UDF
|-
|VAKATHANAM
|7670
|1602
|9543
|694
|19509
|UDF
|-
|TOTAL
|47092
|17234
|61138
|3914
|129378
|
|-
|
|36.3987695
|13.3206573
|47.25532935
|3.025243859
|}

=== ASSEMBLY ELECTIONS ===
=== 1970 ===
{{Election box begin|title=[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Puthuppally, Kottayam|Puthuppally]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Oommen Chandy]]|votes=29784|percentage=54.55|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=E M George|votes=22496|percentage=41.20|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=7288|percentage=13.34|change=}}
{{Election box gain with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,57,222 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3763-kerala-2011|access-date=11 March 2020|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>

{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Puthuppally, Kottayam|Puthuppally]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Oommen Chandy]]|votes=69,922|percentage=59.74|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Suja Susan George|votes=36,667|percentage=31.33|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. Sunilkumar|votes=6,679|percentage=5.71|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Saji K. Cheraman|votes=3,230|percentage=2.76|change='|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent (politician)|candidate=Jayakumar Kavunkal|votes=537|percentage=0.46|change=|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=33,255|percentage=28.41|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,17,035|percentage=74.44|change=}}
{{Election box hold with party link||winner=Indian National Congress|loser=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,73,253 registered voters in Puthuppally Assembly constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website = eci.gov.in|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India}}</ref>

====Results by political party====
{{Election box begin | title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Puthuppally, Kottayam|Puthuppally]]}}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Oommen Chandy]]|votes=71,597|percentage=53.42|change={{decrease}}6.32}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Jaick C. Thomas|votes=44,505|percentage=33.20|change={{increase}}1.87}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=[[George Kurian (politician)|George Kurien]]|votes=15,993|percentage=11.93|change={{increase}}6.22}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=630|percentage=0.47|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 27,092
|percentage = 20.22
|change ={{decrease}}8.19
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,34,034|percentage=77.36|change={{increase}}2.92}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{decrease}}6.32
}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2021 ===
There were 1,75,959 registered voters in Puthuppally Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2021|website = eci.gov.in|title = Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India}}</ref>

====Results by political party====
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: [[Puthuppally, Kottayam|Puthuppally]]}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Indian National Congress|candidate=[[Oommen Chandy]]|votes=63,372|percentage=48.08|change={{decrease}}5.34}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=Jaick C. Thomas|votes=54,328|percentage=41.22|change={{increase}}8.02}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=N. Hari|votes=11,694|percentage=8.87|change={{decrease}}3.06}}

{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Independent (politician)|candidate=George Joseph Vathappally|votes=997|percentage=0.76|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. P. Abhilash|votes=763|percentage=0.58|change={{decrease}}0.10}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=497|percentage=0.38|change=-}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=M. V. Cherian|votes=146|percentage=0.11|change={{increase}}0.01}}

{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 9,044
|percentage = 6.86
|change ={{decrease}}13.36
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,31,797|percentage=77.36|change={{decrease}}2.46}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{decrease}}5.34}}
{{Election box end}}

=== 2023 by-election ===
<section begin="Assembly Election 2022"/>
{{Election box begin|
|title=[[2023 elections in India#Kerala|Kerala Assembly by-election, 2023]]: Puthuppally }}
{{Election box winning candidate with party link||candidate=[[Chandy Oommen]]|party=Indian National Congress|votes=80,144|percentage=61.38|change={{increase}}13.3}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Jaick C. Thomas|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|votes=42,425|percentage=32.49|change={{decrease}}8.73}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=G. Lijinlal|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|votes=6,558|percentage=5.02|change={{decrease}}3.82}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Luke Thomas|party=Aam Aadmi Party|votes=835|percentage=0.64|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Santhosh Pulickal|party=Independent|votes=78|percentage=0.06|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=Shaji|party=Independent|votes=63|percentage=0.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link||candidate=P.K Devadas|party=Independent|votes=60|percentage=0.05|change=}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=400|percentage=0.31|change={{decrease}}0.07}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 37,719
|percentage = 29.32
|change ={{increase}}22.46
}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,28,624|percentage=72.1|change={{decrease}}5.26}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner = Indian National Congress
|loser = Communist Party of India (Marxist)
|swing = {{increase}}13.3}}
{{Election box end}}

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Puthuppally}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Chandy Oommen]]
|votes = 84031
|percentage = 65.56
|change = +4.18
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = CPI(M)
|candidate = K. M. Radhakrishnan
|votes = 31124
|percentage = 24.28
|change = -8.21
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = BJP
|candidate = Ravindranath Vakathanam
|votes = 11544
|percentage = 9.00
|change = +3.98
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = None of the above
|candidate = None of the above
|votes = 613
|percentage = 0.48
|change = +0.17
}}
{{Election box margin of victory|
|votes = 52907
|percentage = 41.28
|change = +11.96
}}
{{Election box turnout|
|votes = 128180
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link|
|winner =
|swing =
}}
{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Puthuppally, Kottayam]]
* [[Kottayam district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]
[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Kottayam district]]

Puthuppally Assembly constituency - Revision history

Vernell29N at 10:37, 8 May 2026