Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency

Muvattupuzha
Constituency No. 86 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Muvattupuzha Old and New Bridges
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1957
Total electors	1,91,116 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mathew Kuzhalnadan
Party	INC
Alliance	UDF
Elected year	2021

Muvattupuzha State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala in southern India. It is also one of the seven state legislative assembly constituencies included in Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. ^[1] As of the 2021 Assembly elections, the current MLA is Mathew Kuzhalnadan of Indian National Congress.

Local self-governed segments

Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Muvattupuzha	Municipality	Muvattupuzha
2	Arakuzha	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
3	Avoly	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
4	Ayavana	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
5	Kalloorkkad	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
6	Manjalloor	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
7	Marady	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
8	Paipra	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
9	Palakkuzha	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
10	Valakam	Grama panchayat	Muvattupuzha
11	Paingottoor	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam
12	Pothanikkad	Grama panchayat	Kothamangalam

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	K. M. George		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd				1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	P. V. Abraham		Communist Party of India	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Pennamma Jacob		Independent	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	P. C. Joseph		Kerala Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	V. V. Joseph			1980 – 1982
1982	7th				1982 – 1987
1987	8th	A. V. Isaac		Independent	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	Johnny Nellore		Kerala Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th				2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Babu Paul		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th	Joseph Vazhakkan		Indian National Congress	2011 – 2016
2016	14th	Eldo Abraham		Communist Party of India	2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Mathew Kuzhalnadan		Indian National Congress	Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,91,116 registered voters in Muvattupuzha Assembly constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[3]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Mathew Kuzhalnadan	74,425	44.63	1.93
	CPI	Eldo Abraham	68,264	40.36	8.91
	Twenty 20 Party	Adv. C. N. Prakash	13,535	9.38	New
	BJP	Jiji Joseph	7,527	5.21	1.63
	NOTA	None of the above	427	0.3	N/A
Margin of victory			6961	4.27	2.3
Turnout			1,44,354	75.53	4.62
	INC gain from CPI		Swing	1.93

2016

There were 1,77,939 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[4]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Eldo Abraham	70,269	49.27	3.81
	INC	Joseph Vazhakkan	60,894	42.70	7.20
	BJP	P. J. Thomas	9,759	6.84	3.08
	NOTA	None of the above	635	0.45	−
	PDP	P. K. Aboobacker Thangal	512	0.36	−
	SDPI	P. P. Moideenkunju	426	0.30	−
	Independent	Justin T. D.	121	0.08	−
Margin of victory			9,375	6.57
Turnout			1,42,616	80.15	4.87
	CPI gain from INC		Swing

2011

There were 1,54,440 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[5]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Muvattupuzha

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	INC	Joseph Vazhakkan	58,012	49.90
	CPI	Babu Paul	52,849	45.46
	BJP	Jiji Joseph	4,367	3.76	−
	Independent	Biju Sreedharan	546	0.47	−
	BSP	Boby Kaloor	487	0.42	−
Margin of victory			5,163	4.44
Turnout			1,16,261	75.28
	INC gain from CPI		Swing

See also

• Muvattupuzha
• Ernakulam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala".
2. "State Assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district, Kerala". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in.
3. "ceo.kerala.gov.in" (PDF).
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.