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{{Short description|Constituency of the Kerala Legislative Assembly}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Indian English|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox Indian constituency
| name = Udumbanchola
| type = SLA
| state = Kerala
| constituency_no = 89
| map_image = Ramakkalmedu 1.jpg
| map_caption = [[Ramakkalmedu]] viewpoint near [[Karunapuram]]
| established = 1965
| reservation = None
| electors = 1,66,760 (2016)
| mla = Senapathi Venu
| party = [[Indian National Congress|INC]]
| latest_election_year = [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
| district = [[Idukki district|Idukki]]
}}
'''Udumbanchola 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]].<ref name="idk">{{cite web
|url = http://www.ceo.kerala.gov.in/idukki.html
|website = www.ceo.kerala.gov.in
|title = State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district
|access-date = 16 March 2020
|archive-date = 25 February 2020
|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200225131126/http://ceo.kerala.gov.in/idukki.html
|url-status = dead
}}</ref> As of the [[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021 Assembly elections]], the current MLA is [[M. M. Mani]] of [[Communist Party of India (Marxist)|CPI(M)]].

==Local self-governed segments==
Udumbanchola Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:<ref name="idk"/>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%;"
!width="30px" |Sl no.
!width="100px" |Name
!width="130px" |Status ([[Gram panchayat|Grama panchayat]]/[[Municipality]])
!width="100px" |[[Tehsil|Taluk]]
|-
|1
|Erattayar
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|2
|[[Karunapuram]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|3
|[[Nedumkandam]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|4
|[[Pampadumpara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|5
|[[Rajakkad]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|6
|[[Rajakumari, Idukki district|Rajakumari]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|7
|[[Santhanpara]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|8
|[[Senapathy village (Idukki district)|Senapathy]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|9
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|-
|10
|[[Vandanmedu]]
|Grama panchayat
|[[Udumbanchola]]
|}

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

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Election
! Niyama<br>Sabha
! Name
! colspan="2"|Party
! Tenure
|-
|[[1965 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1965]]
|
|[[K. T. Jacob]]
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India|rowspan=2}}
|
|-
|[[1967 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1967]]
|3rd
|K. T. Jacob
|1967 – 1970
|-
|[[1970 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1970]]
|4th
|Sebastian Thomas
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=3|Kerala Congress}}
|1970 – 1977
|-
|[[1977 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1977]]
|5th
| rowspan="2" |Thomas Joseph
|1977 – 1980
|-
|[[1980 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1980]]
|6th
|1980 – 1982
|-
|[[1982 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1982]]
|7th
|M. Jinadevan
|{{Full party name with color|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|1982 – 1987
|-
|[[1987 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1987]]
|8th
|Mathew Stephen
|{{Full party name with color|Independent (politician)}}
|1987 – 1991
|-
|[[1991 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1991]]
|9th
| rowspan="2" |E. M. Augusty
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=2|Indian National Congress}}
|1991 – 1996
|-
|[[1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|1996]]
|10th
|1996 – 2001
|-
|[[2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2001]]
|11th
| rowspan="3" |[[K. K. Jayachandran]]
| {{Full party name with color|rowspan=5|Communist Party of India (Marxist)}}
|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
| rowspan="2"|[[M. M. Mani]]
| 2016 - 2021
|-
|[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election|2021]]
|15th
|[[Incumbent]]
|}

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

===2026===

{{Election box begin | title=[[2026 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Udumbanchola}}
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|candidate = [[Senapathi Venu]]
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|candidate = Adv. Sangeetha Vishwanathan
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|candidate = P K Sajeevan
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=== 2021 ===
There were 1,67,459 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India|url=https://old.eci.gov.in/files/file/3767-kerala-general-legislative-election-2016|website=eci.gov.in}}</ref>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Udumbanchola}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[M. M. Mani]]|votes=77,381|percentage=61.80|change={{increase}}21.48|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=E. M. Augusthy|votes=39,076|percentage=31.21|change={{decrease}}8.23|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Santhosh Madhavan|votes=7,208|percentage=5.76|change={{decrease}}11.54|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=A. C. Biju|votes=867|percentage=0.69|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=687|percentage=0.55|change=-}}
{{Election box margin of victory||votes=38,305|percentage=0.88|change={{decrease}}8.01}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,26,018|percentage=75.56|change={{increase}}3.56}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{increase}}21.48|}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2016 ===
There were 1,66,770 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>
{{Election box begin|title=[[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]: Udumbanchola}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[M. M. Mani]]|votes=50,813|percentage=40.32|change={{decrease}}11.16|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Senapathy Venu|votes=49,704|percentage=39.44|change={{decrease}}3.15|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharath Dharma Jana Sena|candidate=Saji Parambath|votes=21,799|percentage=17.30|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam|candidate=B. Soman|votes=1,651|percentage=1.31|change=-|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Shanavas Baker|votes=831|percentage=0.66|change={{decrease}}0.54|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=None of the above|candidate=None of the above|votes=602|percentage=0.48|change=-|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Raju Manjakkunel|votes=486|percentage=0.39|change={{decrease}}0.26|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=M. J. Fransis|votes=132|percentage=0.10|change=-}}{{Election box margin of victory||votes=1,109|percentage=0.88|change={{decrease}}8.01}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,26,018|percentage=75.56|change={{increase}}3.56}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing={{decrease}}11.16}}{{Election box end}}

=== 2011 ===
There were 1,53,563 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]]: Udumbanchola}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|candidate=[[K. K. Jayachandran]]|votes=56,923|percentage=51.48|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Indian National Congress|candidate=Jossy Sebastian|votes=47,090|percentage=42.59|change=|}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bharatiya Janata Party|candidate=Narayana Raju|votes=3,836|percentage=3.47|change=|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Social Democratic Party of India|candidate=Muhammed Sharafudeen|votes=1,331|percentage=1.20|change=|}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Bahujan Samaj Party|candidate=Benny Thomas|votes=714|percentage=0.65|change=-|}}{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Independent politician|candidate=K. C. Mammachan|votes=669|percentage=0.61|change=-|}}

{{Election box margin of victory||votes=9,833|percentage=8.89|change=}}
{{Election box turnout||votes=1,10,563|percentage=72.00|change=}}

{{Election box hold with party link|winner=Communist Party of India (Marxist)|swing=}}{{Election box end}}

==See also==
* [[Udumbanchola]]
* [[Idukki district]]
* [[List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly]]
* [[2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Kerala Assembly Constituencies}}

{{Kerala Niyamasabha elections}}
[[Category:Assembly constituencies of Kerala]]

[[Category:State assembly constituencies in Idukki district]]
[[Category:Legislative Assembly constituencies of Indian states established in 1965]]
[[Category:1965 establishments in Kerala]]

Udumbanchola Assembly constituency - Revision history

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