Peerumade Assembly constituency

Peerumade
Constituency No. 92 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Tea estate at Kumily
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Established	1965
Total electors	1,74,354 (2021)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Vazhoor Soman
Party	CPI
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Peerumade 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 Vazhoor Soman of CPI.

Local self-governed segments

Peerumade Assembly constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments: ^[1]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Elappara	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
2	Kokkayar	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
3	Kumily	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
4	Peermade	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
5	Peruvanthanam	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
6	Upputhara	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
7	Vandiperiyar	Grama panchayat	Peerumedu
8	Ayyappancoil	Grama panchayat	Idukki
9	Chakkupallam	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola

Members of the Legislative Assembly

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1967	3rd	K. I. Rajan		Communist Party of India (Marxist)	1967 – 1970
1970	4th				1970 – 1977
1977	5th	C. A. Kurian		Communist Party of India	1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	K. K. Thomas		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th			Indian National Congress	1987 – 1991
1991	9th				1991 – 1996
1996	10th	C. A. Kurian		Communist Party of India	1996 – 2001
2001	11th	E. M. Augusty		Indian National Congress	2001 – 2006
2006	12th	E. S. Bijimol		Communist Party of India	2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 – 2021
2021	15th	Vazhoor Soman			2021-2025

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,74,514 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	Vazhoor Soman	60,141	47.25
	INC	Cyriac Thomas	58,306	45.81
	BJP	Sreenagari Rajan	7,126	5.6
	BSP	Biju Mattappally	818	0.64
	NOTA	None of the above	401	0.32
Margin of victory			1,835	1.44
Turnout			1,27,291	72.27
	CPI hold		Swing

2016

There were 1,75,524 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. S. Bijimol	56,584	43.94	5.32
	INC	Cyriac Thomas	56,270	43.70	1.41
	BJP	Kumar	11,833	9.19	6.26
	AIADMK	Abdul Khader	2,862	2.22	−
	BSP	Benny Thomas	489	0.38	0.18
	NOTA	None of the above	448	0.35	−
	Independent	Ramaswamy Govindan	175	0.14	−
	Independent	Joseph M. T.	107	0.08	−
Margin of victory			314	0.24	3.91
Turnout			1,28,768	73.36	3.70
	CPI hold		Swing	5.32

2011

There were 1,65,380 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Peerumade

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI	E. S. Bijimol	56,748	49.26
	INC	E. M. Augusty	51,971	45.11	−
	BJP	P. P. Sanu	3,380	2.93	−
	Independent	M. K. Suppu Royal	694	0.60	−
	Independent	K. D. Vasudevan	667	0.58	−
	BSP	Biju Mattapally	641	0.56	−
	SDPI	P. S. Madhu	437	0.38	−
	Independent	Joseph Jacob	307	0.27	−
Margin of victory			4,777	4.15
Turnout			1,15,204	69.66
	CPI hold		Swing

See also

• Peerumade
• Idukki district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2021, Election commission of India".
3. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
4. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.