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Devikulam
Devikulam
Constituency No. 88 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Mattupetty Dam near Munnar
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Idukki
Established	1957
Total electors	1,64,803 (2016)
Reservation	SC
Member of Legislative Assembly
	15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent Vacant

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]

Local self governed segments

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

Name	Status (Grama panchayat/Municipality)	Taluk
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

CPI INC CPI(M)

Election	Niyama Sabha	Member		Tenure
1957	1st	Rosammma Punnose	Communist Party of India	1957 – 1958
1957		N. Ganapathy	Indian National Congress	1957 – 1960
1958*		Rosammma Punnose	Communist Party of India	1958 – 1960
1960	2nd	M. M. Sundaram	Communist Party of India	1960 – 1965
1960	2nd	Murugesan Thiruvengadan	Indian National Congress	1960 – 1965
1967	3rd	N. Ganapathy	Indian National Congress	1967 – 1970
1970	4th	G. Varadan	Communist Party of India	1970 – 1977
1977	5th	Kittappanarayanaswamy	Indian National Congress	1977 – 1980
1980	6th	G. Varadan	Communist Party of India	1980 – 1982
1982	7th	G. Varadan		1982 – 1987
1987	8th	Sundaram Manickam		1987 – 1991
1991	9th	A. K. Moni	Indian National Congress	1991 – 1996
1996	10th			1996 – 2001
2001	11th			2001 – 2006
2006	12th	S. Rajendran	Communist Party of India	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.

2021 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Devikulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	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]

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Devikulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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]

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election : Devikulam
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	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