Mavelikara Lok Sabha constituency

Mavelikara
KL-16
Mavelikara ; KL-16
Lok Sabha constituency
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
Assembly constituencies	Changanassery; Kuttanad; Mavelikara; Chengannur; Kunnathur; Kottarakkara; Pathanapuram
Established	1962
Total electors	13,01,067 (2019)
Reservation	SC
Member of Parliament
	18th Lok Sabha
	Incumbent Kodikunnil Suresh
Party	INC
Alliance	[[United Democratic Front (Kerala)\|Template:United Democratic Front (Kerala)/meta/shortname]]
Elected year	2024

Mavelikara is one of the 20 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in Kerala state in southern India.

Assembly segments[edit | edit source]

Mavelikkara Lok Sabha constituency is composed of the following assembly regions:^[1]

No	Name	District	Member
99	Changanassery	Kottayam	Job Maichil	Kerala Congress	INC
106	Kuttanad	Alappuzha	Thomas K. Thomas	Nationalist Congress Party
109	Mavelikara		M. S. Arun Kumar	CPI (M)	CPI
110	Chengannur		Saji Cherian	INC
118	Kunnathur (SC)	Kollam	Kovoor Kunjumon	RSP(L)	CPI
119	Kottarakkara		K. N. Balagopal	CPI (M)
120	Pathanapuram		K. B. Ganesh Kumar	Kerala Congress	INC

As Thiruvalla

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1952	1st	C. P. Mathen	Indian National Congress	1952-1957
1957	2nd	P. K. Vasudevan Nair	Communist Party of India	1957-1962
1962	3rd	Ravindra Varma	Indian National Congress	1962-1967

As Mavelikara General constituency

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
1962	3rd	R. Achuthan	Indian National Congress	1962-1967
1967	4th	G. P. Mangalathumadom	Samyukta Socialist Party	1967-1971
1971	5th	R. Balakrishna Pillai	Kerala Congress	1971-1977
1977	6th	B. K. Nair	Indian National Congress	1977-1980
1980	7th	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress	1980-1984
1984	8th	Thampan Thomas	Janata Party	1984-1989
1989	9th	P. J. Kurien	Indian National Congress	1989-1991
1991	10th			1991-1996
1996	11th			1996-1998
1998	12th			1998-1999
1999	13th	Ramesh Chennithala		1999-2004
2004	14th	C. S. Sujatha	Communist Party of India	2004-2009

As Mavelikara (SC)

Election	Lok Sabha	Member		Tenure
2009	15th	Kodikunnil Suresh	Indian National Congress	2009-2014
2014	16th			2014-2019
2019	17th			2019-2024
2024	18th			Incumbent

2024 Indian general election: Mavelikara^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	369,516	41.29	4.07
	CPI	Adv. C. A. Arun Kumar	358,648	40.07	1.01
	BDJS	Baiju Kalasala	142,984	15.98	2.23
	NOTA	None of the above	9,883	1.1	0.51
	Independent	C. Monichen	4,974	0.6
	BSP	Santhosh Palathumpadan	4,306	0.5
	API	Suresh Nooranad	1,505	0.2
	SUCI(C)	K. Bimalji	1,370	0.2	0.05
	Independent	Manthara Velayudhan	929	0.1
	Independent	Kozhuvasseril Suresh	856	0.1
Majority			10,868	1.22	5.07
Turnout			8,98,111	67.07	7.26
	INC hold		Swing	4.07

2019 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	440,415	45.36	0.11
	CPI	Chittayam Gopakumar	379,277	39.06	2.51
	BDJS	Thazhava Sahadevan	133,546	13.75	4.78
	NOTA	None of the above	5,754	0.59	0.47
	BSP	Thollur Rajagopalan	3,864	0.4	−
	Independent	Kuttan Kattachira	1,982	0.2
	Independent	Usha Kottarakkara	1,620	0.2
	SUCI(C)	K. Bimalji	1,450	0.15	0.35
	Independent	Raghavan R.	1,314	0.1
	Independent	Ajayakumar	1,211	0.1
	Independent	Aji Pathanapuram	602	0.1
Margin of victory			61,138	6.29	2.61
Turnout			9,72,360	74.33	2.98
	INC hold		Swing	0.11

2014 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	402,432	45.25	4.17
	CPI	Chengara Surendran	369,695	41.57	1.87
	BJP	P. Sudheer	79,743	8.97	3.87
	NOTA	None of the above	9,459	1.06	−−−
	SDPI	Jyothish Perumpulickal	8,946	1.0
	AAP	N. Sadanandan	7,753	0.9
	SUCI(C)	Sasikala K. S.	4,736	0.5
	BSP	Adv. P. K. Jayakrishnan	3,603	0.4	0.7
	Independent	Pallickal Surendran	1,486	0.2
	Independent	Piravathoor Sreedharan	1,207	0.1
Margin of victory			32,737	3.68	2.30
Turnout			889,060	71.35	0.85
	INC hold		Swing	4.17

2009 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Kodikunnil Suresh	397,211	49.3	7.2
	CPI	R. S. Anil	349,163	43.3	−
	BJP	P. M. Velayudhan	40,992	5.1	7.8
	BSP	Dr. N. D. Mohan	8,681	1.1	0.3
	Independent	Sooranad Sukumaran	3,197	0.4
	Independent	K. S. Sasikala	2,369	0.3
	Independent	G. Anil Kumar	2,189	0.3
Margin of victory			48,048	6.0	4.8
Turnout			8,06,273	70.5	3.3
	INC gain from CPI (M)		Swing	7.2

2004 Indian general elections: Mavelikara
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	CPI(M)	C. S. Sujatha	278,281	43.3
	INC	Ramesh Chennithala	270,867	42.1
	BJP	S. Krishnakumar	83,013	12.9
	BSP	Adv. Saji K. Cheraman	4,918	0.8
	Social Action	Adv. V. C. Zachariah	2,987	0.5
	Independent	S. Radhamani	2,353	0.4
	Independent	Dr K Kishorekumar	1,298	0.2
	Independent	R. Kavitha	897	0.1
Margin of victory			7,414	1.2
Turnout			6,42,360	73.8
	CPI (M) gain from INC		Swing

↑ "Assembly Constituencies - Corresponding Districts and Parliamentary Constituencies" (PDF). Kerala. Election Commission of India. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2009. Retrieved 20 October 2008.
↑ "Mavelikkara Constituency Lok Sabha Election Result 2014 - 2024". The Times of India. 4 June 2024. Archived from the original on 16 August 2025. Retrieved 16 August 2025.