Udumbanchola Assembly constituency

Udumbanchola
Constituency No. 89 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Ramakkalmedu viewpoint near Karunapuram
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Established	1965
Total electors	1,66,760 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent M. M. Mani
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2021

Udumbanchola 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 M. M. Mani of CPI(M).

Local self-governed segments

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

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	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	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
7	Santhanpara	Grama panchayat	Udumbanchola
8	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:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Name	Party		Tenure
1965		K. T. Jacob		Communist Party of India
1967	3rd	K. T. Jacob			1967 – 1970
1970	4th	Sebastian Thomas		Kerala Congress	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Thomas Joseph			1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	M. Jinadevan		Communist Party of India	1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Mathew Stephen		Independent	1987 – 1991
1991	9th	E. M. Augusty		Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th				1996 – 2001
2001	11th	K. K. Jayachandran		Communist Party of India	2001 – 2006
2006	12th				2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th	M. M. Mani			2016 - 2021
2021	15th				Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

There were 1,67,459 registered voters in the constituency for the 2021 Kerala Assembly election. ^[2]

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udumbanchola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. M. Mani	77,381	61.80	21.48
	INC	E. M. Augusthy	39,076	31.21	8.23
	BDJS	Santhosh Madhavan	7,208	5.76	11.54
	BSP	A. C. Biju	867	0.69	−
	NOTA	None of the above	687	0.55	−
Margin of victory			38,305	0.88	8.01
Turnout			1,26,018	75.56	3.56
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	21.48

2016

There were 1,66,770 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Assembly election. ^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udumbanchola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	M. M. Mani	50,813	40.32	11.16
	INC	Senapathy Venu	49,704	39.44	3.15
	BDJS	Saji Parambath	21,799	17.30	−
	AIADMK	B. Soman	1,651	1.31	−
	SDPI	Shanavas Baker	831	0.66	0.54
	NOTA	None of the above	602	0.48	−
	BSP	Raju Manjakkunel	486	0.39	0.26
	Independent	M. J. Fransis	132	0.10	−
Margin of victory			1,109	0.88	8.01
Turnout			1,26,018	75.56	3.56
	CPI(M) hold		Swing	11.16

2011

There were 1,53,563 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election. ^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Udumbanchola

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	K. K. Jayachandran	56,923	51.48
	INC	Jossy Sebastian	47,090	42.59
	BJP	Narayana Raju	3,836	3.47
	SDPI	Muhammed Sharafudeen	1,331	1.20
	BSP	Benny Thomas	714	0.65	−
	Independent	K. C. Mammachan	669	0.61	−
Margin of victory			9,833	8.89
Turnout			1,10,563	72.00
	CPI(M) hold		Swing

See also

• Udumbanchola
• 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". eci.gov.in.
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.