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Kothamangalam
Constituency No. 87 for the Kerala Legislative Assembly
Inchathotty suspension bridge, Kothamangalam
Constituency details
Country	India
Region	South India
State	Kerala
District	Ernakulam
Established	1965
Total electors	1,59,539 (2016)
Reservation	None
Member of Legislative Assembly
15th Kerala Legislative Assembly
Incumbent Antony John
Party	CPI(M)
Alliance	LDF
Elected year	2016

Kothamangalam State assembly constituency is one of the 140 state legislative assembly constituencies in Kerala state in southern India. It is also one of the 7 state legislative assembly constituencies included in the Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. As of the 2016 assembly elections, the current MLA is Anthony John of CPI(M).

Local self governed segments

Kothamangalam Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:

Members of Legislative Assembly

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

Election results

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

2016

There were 1,59,539 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.

2016 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	CPI(M)	Antony John	65,467	50.98	−
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	46,185	35.96	13.30
	Independent	P. C. Cyriac	12,926	10.06	−
	SDPI	Anas N. A.	1,490	1.16	3.21
	NOTA	None of the above	803	0.63	−
	PDP	Yahiya Thangal	775	0.60	−
	Independent	T. K .Kuruvilla	357	0.28	−
	Independent	Cherian Abraham	261	0.20	−
	Independent	Anto John	163	0.13	−
Margin of victory			19,282	15.02
Turnout			1,28,427	80.50	6.02
	CPI(M) gain from KC(M)		Swing

Niyamasabha Election 2011

There were 1,44,256 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.

2011 Kerala Legislative Assembly election: Kothamangalam

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	KC(M)	T. U. Kuruvilla	52,924	49.26
	Independent	Skariah Thomas	40,702	37.88
	BJP	K. Radhakrishnan	5,769	5.37
	SDPI	Shine Muhammed	4,691	4.37	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomas	1,008	0.94	−
	Independent	T. T. Kuruvilla	718	0.67	−
	Independent	Devaki Narayanan	524	0.49	−
	Independent	Joy Davasia	419	0.39	−
	Independent	Skaria Thomman	363	0.34	−
	Independent	Somini Prabhakaran	319	0.30
Margin of victory			12,222	11.38
Turnout			1,07,437	74.48	4.87
	KC(M) gain from KEC		Swing

See also

• Kothamangalam
• 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. "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.

• Assembly constituencies of Kerala
• State assembly constituencies in Ernakulam district