Kothamangalam (Kerala) Assembly Constituency Election

About Kothamangalam Assembly Constituency

Kothamangalam is constituency No. 87 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Ernakulam district and comes under Idukki Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved constituency.

According to the Election Commission of India, Kothamangalam has 1,44,256 registered voters comprising 73,457 male and 70,799 female registered voters.

In the 2011 Assembly elections, the Kerala Congress (Mani) won this seat by a margin of 12,222 votes. T.U. Kuruvilla, the winning KEC(M) candidate, got 52,924 votes. Independent candidate Skariah Thomas was the runner-up with 40,702 votes. The voter turnout was 74.48 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Kothamangalam Assembly Constituency

Below is the list of winners and runners-up in the Kothamangalam assembly elections conducted so far.

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
1965	73	Kothamangalam	GEN	K. M. George	M	KC	18744	N. P. Varghese	M	INC	18198
1967	73	Kothamangalam	GEN	T . M . Meethiyan	M	CPM	21210	M . I . Markose	M	KEC	14822
1970	73	Kothamangalam	GEN	M. I. Mankose	M	IND	22930	T. M. Meethian	M	CPM	21603
1977	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	M. V. Mani	M	KEC	34523	M. E. Kuriakose	M	KCP	31432
1980	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	T. M. Jacob	M	KCJ	40356	M. V. Mani	M	KEC	32843
1982	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	T. M. Jacob	M	KCJ	39529	T. M. Meethaian	M	CPM	35467
1987	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	T. M. Jacob	M	IND	46847	T. M. Paily	M	IND	44715
1991	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	V.J. Faulose	M	INC	51862	T.M. Paily	M	IND	44490
1996	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	V.J.Poulose	M	INC	49874	T.M.Meethian	M	CPM	43783
2001	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	V J Poulose	M	INC	58389	Prof. Baby M Varghese	M	KEC	45966
2006	81	Kothamangalam	GEN	Chev. T. U Kuruvila	M	KEC	51498	V J Paulose	M	INC	49684
2011	87	Kothamangalam	GEN	Shev.T.U.Kuruvilla	M	KEC(M)	52924	Commander Skariah Thomas	M	IND	40702
2016	87	Kothamangalam	GEN	Antony John	M	CPM	65467	T.U. Kuruvilla	M	KEC(M)	46185
2021	87	Kothamangalam	GEN	Antony John	M	CPM	64234	Shibu Thekkumpuram	M	KEC	57629