Poonjar (Kerala) Assembly Constituency Elections

About Poonjar Assembly Constituency

Poonjar is constituency No. 101 of Kerala legislative assembly. It is situated in Kottayam district and comes under the Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency. It is an unreserved seat. The Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency came into being in 2008 following delimitation. According to the Election Commission of India, Poonjar assembly constituency has 1,67,928 registered voters. It comprises 83,979 male and 83,949 female registered voters. In the 2011 assembly elections, this seat was won by the Kerala Congress (Mani) party. KEC(M)'s P.C. George Plathottam, the winning candidate, secured 59,809 votes. Independent candidate Mohan Thomas was the nearest contender with 44,105 votes. The winning margin was 15,704 votes. The voter turnout was 70.16 %.

Sitting and previous MLAs from Poonjar Assembly Constituency

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

Year	A C No.	Constituency Name	Category	Winner	Gender	Party	Votes	Runner Up	Gender	Party	Votes
1957	51	Poonjar	GEN	Thomman T. A.	M	INC	21279	Chacko Vallikkappan (Jocob)	M	CPI	9045
1960	51	Poonjar	GEN	T. A. Thomman	M	INC	35722	Kumara Menon	M	CPI	14364
1965	87	Poonjar	GEN	P. D. Thommen	M	IND	21975	V. I. Purushothaman	M	IND	14926
1967	87	Poonjar	GEN	K . M . George	M	KEC	19944	K . K . Menon	M	CPM	16386
1970	87	Poonjar	GEN	K. M. George	M	KEC	26181	V. T. Thomas	M	IND	14042
1977	93	Poonjar	GEN	V. J. Joseph	M	KEC	34770	P. I. Devasia	M	KCP	21065
1980	93	Poonjar	GEN	P. C. George	M	KCJ	25806	V. J. Joseph	M	KEC	24658
1982	93	Poonjar	GEN	P. C. George	M	KCJ	33844	N. M. Joseph	M	JNP	23814
1987	93	Poonjar	GEN	N. M. Joseph	M	JNP	37604	P. C. George	M	KEC	36528
1991	93	Poonjar	GEN	Joy Abraham	M	KCM	43936	N.M. Joseph	M	JD	33518
1996	93	Poonjar	GEN	P.C.George	M	KEC	48834	Joy Abraham	M	KEC(M)	38698
2001	93	Poonjar	GEN	P C George Plathottom	M	KEC	48499	Adv. T.V. Abraham	M	KEC(M)	46605
2006	93	Poonjar	GEN	P C George (Plathottam)	M	KCS	48795	Adv. T V Abraham Kaipanplackal	M	KEC(M)	41158
2011	101	Poonjar	GEN	P C George, Plathottam	M	KEC(M)	59809	Adv Mohan Thomas	M	IND	44105
2016	101	Poonjar	GEN	P C George, Plathottam	M	IND	63621	Georgekutty Augusty	M	KEC(M)	35800
2021	101	Poonjar	GEN	Serbastian Kulathunkal	M	KEC(M)	58668	George Plathottam	M	KJ(S)	41851