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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{short description|Kerala Legislative Assembly Constituency in Kerala, India}}<br />
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{{Use Indian English|date=June 2019}}<br />
{{Infobox Indian constituency<br />
| name = Thodupuzha<br />
| state = Kerala<br />
| type = SLA<br />
| constituency_no = 90<br />
| map_image = Thodupuzha Civil Station.jpg<br />
| map_caption = [[Thodupuzha]] Civil Station<br />
| established = 1957<br />
| reservation = None<br />
| electors = 1,95,987 (2016)<br />
| mla = [[Apu John Joseph]]<br />
| party = {{Party index link|Kerala Congress}}<br />
| alliance = {{legend2|#0087BD |'''[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)|UDF]]'''|border=solid 1px #AAAAAA}}<br />
| latest_election_year = 2021<br />
| district = [[Idukki district|Idukki]]<br />
}} <br />
'''Thodupuzha State assembly constituency''' 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 [[Idukki Lok Sabha constituency]].<br />
<br />
==Local self-governed segments==<br />
Thodupuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="idk">{{cite web<br />
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/idukki.html<br />
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in<br />
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district, Kerala.<br />
}}</ref><br />
{|class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%;"<br />
!width="30px" |Sl no.<br />
!width="100px" |Name<br />
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])<br />
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]<br />
|-<br />
|1<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|Municipality<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|2<br />
|Edavetty<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|3<br />
|[[Karimannoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|4<br />
|[[Karimkunnam, Idukki|Karimkunnam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|5<br />
|[[Kodikulam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|6<br />
|[[Kumaramangalam]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|7<br />
|[[Manakkad]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|8<br />
|[[Muttom, Thodupuzha|Muttom]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|9<br />
|[[Purapuzha]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|10<br />
|[[Udumbannoor]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|11<br />
|[[Vannappuram]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|12<br />
|[[Velliyamattom]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]]<br />
|-<br />
|13<br />
|[[Alacode, Idukki district|Alacode]]<br />
|Grama panchayat<br />
|[[Thodupuzha]] and Idukki<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Members of the Legislative Assembly ==<br />
The following list contains all members of [[Kerala Legislative Assembly]] who have represented the constituency:<br />
<br />
'''Key'''<br />
<br />
{{Party index link|Indian National Congress}} {{Party index link|Independent (politician)}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress (Mani)}} {{Party index link|Kerala Congress (Jacob)}}<br />
{| class="wikitable sortable"<br />
!Election<br />
!Name<br />
! colspan="2" |Party<br />
|-<br />
|[[1957 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1957]]<br />
| rowspan="2" |C. A. Mathew<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1960 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1960]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]<br />
|K. C. Zacharia<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)|shortname=Independent}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]<br />
| rowspan="5" |[[P. J. Joseph]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Kerala Congress (Joseph)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]<br />
|[[P. T. Thomas]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]<br />
|P. J. Joseph<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (Joseph)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]<br />
|P. T. Thomas<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Indian National Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2006]]<br />
| rowspan="4" |P. J. Joseph<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress (Joseph)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2011]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Kerala Congress (M)|dab=y}}<br />
|-<br />
|[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2016]]<br />
|-<br />
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]<br />
| {{Full party name with color|Kerala Congress}}<br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
<br />
== Election results ==<br />
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediately previous election.<br />
<br />
===2026===<br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Thodupuzha}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Kerala Congress <br />
|candidate = [[Apu John Joseph]]<br />
|votes = 84796<br />
|percentage = 58.01<br />
|change = {{gain}}9.38<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Kerala Congress (M)<br />
|candidate = Cyriac Chazhikadan<br />
|votes = 40,505<br />
|percentage = 27.71<br />
|change = {{loss}}6.32<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Twenty20 Party <br />
|candidate = Roy A. Varikkad<br />
|votes = 12,679<br />
|percentage = 8.67<br />
|change = -<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Aam Aadmi Party <br />
|candidate = Adv. Basil John<br />
|votes = 2,603<br />
|percentage = 1.78<br />
|change = New<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Ajay V Marar (Ajay Unni)<br />
|votes = 2,580<br />
|percentage = 1.77<br />
|change = -<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Social Democratic Party of India<br />
|candidate = Afsal M B<br />
|votes = 1,626<br />
|percentage = 1.11<br />
|change = -<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 876<br />
|percentage = 0.6<br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent<br />
|candidate = Jomon John<br />
|votes = 267<br />
|percentage = 0.18<br />
|change = -<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)<br />
|candidate = P T Varghese<br />
|votes = 234<br />
|percentage = 0.16<br />
|change = {{loss}}0.04<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 44,291<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 1,46,166<br />
|percentage = <br />
|change = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
===2021===<br />
There were 1,91,210 registered voters in Dharmadam Constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{Cite web|title=ceo.kerala.gov.in|url=http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416184312/http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/pdf/GE-2021/VoterTurnout2021.pdf |archive-date=16 April 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1190.htm?ac=90 |title=Election Commission of India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506205823/https://results.eci.gov.in/Result2021/ConstituencywiseS1190.htm?ac=90 |archive-date=6 May 2021 |url-status=dead |website=results.eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin | title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Thodupuzha}}<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link<br />
|party = Kerala Congress <br />
|candidate = [[P. J. Joseph]]<br />
|votes = 67,495<br />
|percentage = 48.63<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Kerala Congress (M)<br />
|candidate = Prof. K. I. Antony<br />
|votes = 47,236<br />
|percentage = 34.03<br />
|change = {{loss}}20.05<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party<br />
|candidate = Shyamraj P.<br />
|votes = 21,263<br />
|percentage = 15.32<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party<br />
|candidate = Leethesh P. T.<br />
|votes = 934<br />
|percentage = 0.67<br />
|change = {{gain}}0.36<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = None of the above<br />
|candidate = None of the above<br />
|votes = 674<br />
|percentage = 0.49<br />
|change = {{loss}}0.37<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = M. T. Thomas<br />
|votes = 562<br />
|percentage = 0.40<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Independent (politician)<br />
|candidate = Parthasaradhi K.<br />
|votes = 370<br />
|percentage = 0.27<br />
|change = –<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link<br />
|party = Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)<br />
|candidate = T. R. Sreedharan<br />
|votes = 273<br />
|percentage = 0.20<br />
|change = {{loss}}0.37<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box margin of victory|<br />
|votes = 20,259<br />
|percentage = 14.60<br />
|change = {{loss}}17.60<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box turnout|<br />
|votes = 138,807<br />
|percentage = 72.59<br />
|change = {{gain}}0.35<br />
}}<br />
{{Election box gain with party link|<br />
|winner = Kerala Congress <br />
|loser = Kerala Congress (M)<br />
|swing = <br />
}}<br />
{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2016 ===<br />
There were 1,95,987 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref><br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Thodupuzha}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=P. J. Joseph|votes=76,177|percentage=54.08|change={{increase}}2.16|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Left Democratic Front (Kerala)|candidate=Roy Varicattu|votes=30,977|percentage=21.08|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=S. Praveen|votes=28,845|percentage=20.37|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Roy Arackal|votes=1,294|percentage=0.91|change={{decrease}}3.31|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=1,219|percentage=0.86|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Nisha Jimmy|votes=811|percentage=0.57|change={{increase}}0.38|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Peoples Democratic Party (India)|candidate=Najeeb Kalarickal|votes=710|percentage=0.50|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=P. J. Ambily|votes=440|percentage=0.31|change={{increase}}0.15}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Santhosh P. K.|votes=292|percentage=0.21|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. M. Veenas|votes=228|percentage=0.16|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Pareeth|votes=194|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=45,587|percentage=32.20|change={{increase}}1.12}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,41,574|percentage=72.24|change={{increase}}0.29}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing={{increase}}2.16}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
=== 2011 ===<br />
There were 1,77,529 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><br />
<br />
{{Election box begin|title=[[2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Thodupuzha}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Congress (M)|candidate=P. J. Joseph|votes=66,325|percentage=51.92|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joseph Augustine|votes=43,457|percentage=34.02|change=|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=P. M. Velayudhan|votes=10,049|percentage=7.87|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=M. A. Najeeb|votes=5,386|percentage=4.22|change=|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Binu Sebastian|votes=677|percentage=0.53|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=C. R. Dileep Kumar|votes=655|percentage=0.51|change=-|}}<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=T. S. Sreenivasan|votes=482|percentage=0.38|change=-|}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=Joman John|votes=282|percentage=0.22|change=-}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Socialist Unity Centre of India (Communist)|candidate=Siby C. Mathew|votes=246|percentage=0.19|change=}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Kerala Janapaksham|candidate=Shibu Mon|votes=179|percentage=0.14|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=22,868|percentage=17.90|change=}}<br />
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,27,738|percentage=71.95|change=}}<br />
<br />
{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Kerala Congress (M)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}<br />
<br />
==See also==<br />
* [[Thodupuzha]]<br />
* [[Idukki district]]<br />
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]<br />
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]<br />
<br />
==Notes==<br />
{{reflist|group=note}}<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}<br />
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[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Idukki district]]<br />
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1957]]<br />
[[Category:1957 establishments in Kerala]]</div>
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