| 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 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. As of the 2021 assembly elections, the current MLA is Vazhoor Soman of CPI.
Local self governed segments
Peerumade Niyamasabha constituency is composed of the following local self-governed segments:
| 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 | Incumbent | ||
Election results
Percentage change (±%) denotes the change in the number of votes from the immediate previous election.
2016
There were 1,75,524 registered voters in the constituency for the 2016 Kerala Niyamasabha Election.
| 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
|
|||
Niyamasabha Election 2011
There were 1,65,380 registered voters in the constituency for the 2011 election.
| 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
- ^ "State Assembly constituencies in Idukki district". www.ceo.kerala.gov.in. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2016, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in.
- "Kerala Niyamasabha Election Results 2011, Election commission of India". eci.gov.in. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
| Elections in Kerala | |
|---|---|
| General elections | |
| Legislative Assembly | |
| Local elections | |
| See also: Elections in India | |