Kaduthuruthy Assembly constituency

Kaduthuruthy
Constituency No. 94 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Kaduthuruthy town
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Kottayam
Established	1957 - present
Total electors	2,14,779 (2019)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Mons Joseph
Party	Kerala Congress
Alliance	UDF

Kaduthuruthy 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 Kottayam Lok Sabha constituency.^[1]

Local self governed segments

Kaduthurthy Niyama Sabha constituency is composed of the following local self governed segments:^[2]

Sl no.	Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
1	Kaduthuruthy	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
2	Manjoor	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
3	Mulakulam	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
4	Njeezhoor	Grama panchayat	Vaikom
5	Kadaplamattom	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
6	Kanakkary	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
7	Kidangoor	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
8	Kuravilangad	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
9	Marangattupilly	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
10	Uzhavoor	Grama panchayat	Meenachil
11	Veliyannoor	Grama panchayat	Meenachil

Members of Legislative Assembly

The following list contains all members of Kerala legislative assembly who have represented the constituency:

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member	Party		Tenure
1957	1st	M. C. Abraham		Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1960	2nd	Abraham Chummar			1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	Joseph Chazhikattu		Kerala Congress	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	O. Lukose			1970 – 1977
1977	5th				1977 – 1980
1980	6th				1980 – 1982
1982	7th	P. C. Thomas		Independent	1982 – 1987
1987	8th				1987 – 1991
1991	9th	P. M. Mathew		Kerala Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th	Mons Joseph			1996 – 2001
2001	11th	Stephen George			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	Mons Joseph			2006 – 2011
2011	13th				2011 – 2016
2016	14th				2016 - 2021
2021	15th			Kerala Congress	Incumbent

Election results

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

2021

Kerala Legislative Assembly Election, 2021: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	Mons Joseph	59,666	45.4
	KC(M)	Stephen George	55,410	42.17
	BJP	Ligin Lal	11,670	8.88
	NOTA	None of the above	731	0.56
Majority
Turnout
Registered electors
	gain from		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2016

There were 1,82,749 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.^[3]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Mons Joseph	73,793	58.03	1.66
	Kerala Congress (Skaria Thomas)	Scaria Thomas	31,537	24.80	−
	KEC	Stephen Chazhikkadan	17,536	13.79	−
	NOTA	None of the above	1,533	1.21	−
	BSP	Ginish John M	1,473	1.16	0.62
	Independent	T. P. Kuttappan Kuruppanthara	968	0.76	−
	Independent	Rajeev Kidangoor	332	0.26	−
Margin of victory			42,256	33.23	14.34
Turnout			1,27,172	69.59	1.57
	KC(M) hold		Swing	1.66

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,71,486 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.^[4]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Mons Joseph	68,787	56.37
	KC(AMG)	Stephen George	45,730	37.48
	BJP	P. G. Bijukumar	5,340	4.38
	BSP	M. D. Thomas	2,169	1.78	−
Margin of victory			23,057	18.89
Turnout			1,22,026	71.16
	KC(M) hold		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2006

There were 1,31,824 registered voters in the constituency for the 2006 election.^[5]

2006 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	Mons Joseph	44,958	48.32
	KC(M)	Stephen George	42,957	46.17
	BJP	K R Madhu	2, 646	2.84
	Independent	Monson Joseph	1,105	1.18
	BSP	C.M Devasia	927	0.99	−
	SWJP	E.V Joseph	439	0.47
Margin of victory			2,001	2.15
Turnout			93,032	70.60
	KEC gain from KC(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2001

There were 1,31,714 registered voters in the constituency for the 2001 election.^[6]

2001 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	Stephen George	50,055	50.14
	KEC	Mons Joseph	45,406	45.48
	BJP	P B Thamby	2,767	2.77
	Independent	M T Shibu	1,138	1.14
	Independent	Stephen	461	0.46
Margin of victory			4,649	4.66
Turnout			99,827	75.85
	KC(M) gain from KEC		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 1996

There were 1,32,503 registered voters in the constituency for the 1996 election.^[7]

1996 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kaduthuruthy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KEC	Mons Joseph	39,131	44.21
	KC(M)	P M Mathew	23,965	27.07
	Independent	P C Thomas	20,950	23.67
	BJP	Neezhoor Devarajan	2,825	1.14
	Independent	U R Harshakumar	455	0.51
	Independent	V Karthikeyan Nair	352	0.40
	Independent	V D John	271	0.31
	Independent	John Poochakkadan	204	0.23
	Independent	Biby Stephen Thekkenattu	144	0.16
	Independent	Joseph Pathrose	84	0.09
	Independent	Charley Joseph	75	0.08
	Independent	Chacko Joseph	58	0.07
Margin of victory			15,166	17.23
Turnout			88,514	69.53
	KEC gain from KC(M)		Swing

See also

• Kaduthuruthy
• Kottayam district
• List of constituencies of the Kerala Legislative Assembly
• 2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election

References

1. "State Assembly Constituencies in Kottayam district". kottayam.nic.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
2. "Local Self Governments in Assembly Constituencies of Kottayam District". www.ceo.kerala.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.
5. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2006, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
6. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2001, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
7. "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 1996, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.