Devikulam | |
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Constituency for the | |
Constituency details | |
Country | India |
District | Idukki |
Established | 1957 - present |
Total electors | 1,64,803 (2016) |
Reservation | SC |
Member of Legislative Assembly | |
Incumbent |
Devikulam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies at the state Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. [1] Since 2011, the constituency has been reserved for members of Scheduled Caste (SC). After the 2021 assembly elections, A. Raja of CPI(M) was elected as the MLA however he was subsequently disqualified by Kerala High Court on 20 March 2023 [2] [3]
Devikulam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: [1]
Name | Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality) | Taluk |
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Adimali | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Edamalakkudy | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Kanthalloor | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Mankulam | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Marayur | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Munnar | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Pallivasal | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Vattavada | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Vellathuval | Grama panchayat | Devikulam |
Bisonvalley | Grama panchayat | Udumbanchola |
Chinnakanal | Grama panchayat | Udumbanchola |
The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency: [4]
Key
Election | Niyama Sabha | Member | Party | Tenure | |
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1957 | 1st | Rosammma Punnose | CPI | 1957 – 1958 | |
N. Ganapathy | INC | 1957 – 1960 | |||
1958* | Rosammma Punnose | CPI | 1958 – 1960 | ||
1960 | 2nd | M. M. Sundaram | 1960 – 1965 | ||
Murugesan Thiruvengadan | INC | 1960 – 1965 | |||
1967 | 3rd | N. Ganapathy | 1967 – 1970 | ||
1970 | 4th | G. Varadan | CPI(M) | 1970 – 1977 | |
1977 | 5th | Kittappanarayanaswamy | INC | 1977 – 1980 | |
1980 | 6th | G. Varadan | CPI(M) | 1980 – 1982 | |
1982 | 7th | 1982 – 1987 | |||
1987 | 8th | Sundaram Manickam | 1987 – 1991 | ||
1991 | 9th | A. K. Moni | INC | 1991 – 1996 | |
1996 | 10th | 1996 – 2001 | |||
2001 | 11th | 2001 – 2006 | |||
2006 | 12th | S. Rajendran | CPI(M) | 2006 – 2011 | |
2011 | 13th | 2011 – 2016 | |||
2016 | 14th | 2016 – 2021 | |||
2021 | 15th | A. Raja | 2021-2023 |
* indicates bypolls
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | A. Raja | 59,049 | 51.00 | ||
INC | D. Kumar | 51,201 | 44.22 | ||
BDJS | Ganesan. S | 4,717 | 4.07 | ||
NOTA | None of the above | 921 | 0.78 | ||
Margin of victory | 7,848 | ||||
Turnout | 1,15,774 | 68.34 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
There were 1,64,803 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election. [5]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | S. Rajendran | 49,510 | 42.18 | 6.25 | |
INC | A. K. Mony | 43,728 | 37.25 | 7.37 | |
AIADMK | R. M. Dhanalakshmy | 11,613 | 9.89 | 9.29 | |
BJP | N. Chandran | 9,592 | 8.17 | 4.82 | |
NOTA | None of the above | 921 | 0.78 | - | |
Independent | J. Rajeshwary | 650 | 0.55 | - | |
PDP | Rajendran R. | 485 | 0.41 | - | |
Independent | C. K. Govindhan | 303 | 0.26 | - | |
Independent | K. Manikandan | 267 | 0.23 | 0.03 | |
Independent | Pandiraj | 184 | 0.16 | - | |
Independent | K. P. Ayyapan | 129 | 0.11 | - | |
Margin of victory | 6,232 | 4.93 | 1.12 | ||
Turnout | 1,17,382 | 71.23 | 1.18 | ||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | 6.25 | |||
There were 1,47,855 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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CPI(M) | S. Rajendran | 51,849 | 48.43 | - | |
INC | A. K. Mony | 47,771 | 44.62 | ||
BJP | S. Rajagopal | 3,582 | 3.35 | - | |
Independent | Selvaraj Madaswami | 1,060 | 0.99 | - | |
BSP | T. C. Thankappan | 913 | 0.85 | ||
AIADMK | Mallika | 646 | 0.60 | - | |
SDPI | Raju Ayyapan | 628 | 0.59 | - | |
Independent | P. K. Mani | 336 | 0.31 | - | |
Independent | K. Manikandan | 274 | 0.26 | - | |
Margin of victory | 4,078 | 3.81 | |||
Turnout | 1,07,059 | 72.41 | |||
CPI(M) hold | Swing | ||||
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